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Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

Changing consumer behaviors have redefined what it means to be direct to consumer ("DTC"). What once began online a decade ago as a distribution and disintermediation strategy has since evolved into a multifaceted approach for the modern-day brand.

The... View Details

  • July 2015
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Uncharted Play (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ali Huberlie
The case recounts the process of launching an early stage venture, from idea conception through initial efforts to validate the concept, followed by product launch, and fund raising. It emphasizes the Customer Value Proposition of the business model, and asks – Who is... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage; Female Protagonist; Value Proposition; Team Building; Founders' Agreements; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Business Startups; Sports; United States; North America; Nigeria; Africa
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Ali Huberlie. "Uncharted Play (A)." Harvard Business School Case 816-018, July 2015.

    Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

    * Top 10 Technology Books of 2020 (Forbes)
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    * Top Shelf Pick of Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation (Strategy + Business)
    * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

    • 21 Nov 2023
    • Op-Ed

    The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

    In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics

      The Heart of Business—Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

      How to unleash “human magic" and achieve improbable results.

      Having recently stepped down as Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Joly shares the leadership principles – illustrated by multiple vivid and concrete stories -- that underpinned... View Details

      • 03 May 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

      in raising investment capital. Magic happens within 20 meters Startups within 20 meters of each other influence each other the most in the choice and implementation of web technologies. According to the study, working within that short... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand
      • 14 Aug 2023
      • Blog Post

      Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

      macroeconomic level. My highlight has been the magic of it all—the special moments with classmates ideating our future aspirations, the surprise guests that show up to class and bring cases to life, and the random excursions where... View Details
      • 03 Oct 2023
      • Research Event

      Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

      Oprah is trying to make here and we try to make in the book. That the magic of all of this is that if you want more happiness in your life, show more love to other people in your life. Winfrey: Yeah. Brooks: Love of the divine and of your... View Details
      Keywords: by HBS Staff
      • 18 Jul 2023
      • News

      The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

      Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Anaïs Nin, Richard Wright Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs think Downton Abbey meets Call My Agent. -A family movie about the world of dreams, set on Earth and on a distant magical planet... View Details
      Keywords: Robert Bochnak
      • Web

      2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

      business leader, a facility in talking about complex social issues, and a greater understanding of the merits of reparations. A New Way to Measure Shareholder Returns / End to Magical Thinking Professor Mihir Desai (MBA 1993) + More Info... View Details
      • 15 Jul 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

      reevaluating existing processes. In the meantime, the group rests assured that the cure for health care does not hinge on a single magic bullet. "At the end of the day, the big idea is that there's no big idea," Huckman says.... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
      • 20 Jul 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

      and Alvy Ray, who headed up a small computer graphics operation called Industrial Light & Magic (the group created special effects for George Lucas's movies). Fascinated by their operation, Jobs bought Industrial Light & View Details
      Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen
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      Davida Bynum

      Coming to HBS is like Opening the secret door to Narnia. As an applicant, it seemed like a magical land far, far away where my wildest dreams (and professional ambitions) could come true. And, during the time that I have been here, that... View Details
      • 26 May 2023
      • Blog Post

      Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

      would magically know how to bridge the gap between technology and business strategy,” she said. “Knowing how to build out a financial forecast, carry out a discounted cash flow and do all of those financial steps in modeling and business... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2023
      • News

      Drop Everything, Read This

      Cat’s Divorce,” where Link describes with spot-on satire the delicious frustration of an aging tech billionaire who can barely hide his envy of his sons’ youth. Link is a literary genius whose magical realism entertains and asks us to... View Details
      Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
      • 31 Mar 2022
      • Op-Ed

      Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

      profitability for its partners. And then we have the multinational Magic Circle firm Linklaters, which offers seamless, cross-jurisdictional, cross-practice legal services to its clients, the opportunity to work on complex matters with... View Details
      Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
      • 02 May 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

      they've struck upon the magic solution. And it's two orders of magnitude better than whatever else is out there. Finally, we want the team to have conviction. We get a little concerned when the entrepreneur comes in and says, "I'm in... View Details
      Keywords: by Lauren Barley
      • 01 Jun 2024
      • News

      Quantum Leap

      “This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
      Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
      • 09 Jun 2022
      • Blog Post

      The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

      person, feeling their energy, hearing their laughter, and getting to listen to their discussions truly highlighted the magic of the HBS case method. I felt—and still feel—very grateful to have been a part of it all. What is your biggest... View Details
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      Alumnae Circles - Alumni

      occasionally need to miss a meeting. However, the Circle dynamic can be negatively affected by members who don't make their best efforts to show up. Commitment truly is the magic to making a Circle work. Community Values All members are... View Details
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