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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
time to invest in this industry because it was depressed, yet the long-term fundamentals were sound." By all indications, Simmons's gamble has paid off. SCF Partners, the private equity fund his firm manages, has achieved net returns to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
customer order, or processing the same type of paycheck or benefit claim across multiple companies. But benchmarking is not informative when it is used to compare fundamentally different processes or products. For example, knowing that a... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
purchasing power of the endowment by spending only a small fraction of its value each year. Spending more than that over time, for whatever reason, would privilege the present over the future in a manner inconsistent with an endowment’s View Details
- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. “They didn’t know it would turn out to be a multibillion dollar industry.” “By definition, when an investor makes an investment, it changes the probability of success” In a new working paper, Shu asks the View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- Book
6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation
for our children,'” Takeuchi says. “When he heard this, that’s when Honda himself decided it was time for him to retire.” 2. Rely on intuition to grasp the essence of people, things, and events. Takeuchi explains this practice as having View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
may not be the same, he said. Satisfaction can turn into pride and pride into hubris. "This is fundamentally the story of every Greek tragedy that exists." What Is Success? Stevenson and Nash believe success is a state of being.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- July 1996 (Revised July 2025)
- Case
Innovative Opportunities to Manage Health Care Delivery: THG/Healthy Shop
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and D. Scott Lurding
The purpose of this case is:
To familiarize the students with the changing landscape of health care delivery, through chains of retail medical centers and those offering value-based care (VBC).
To discuss fundamental managerial decisions about their... View Details
To discuss fundamental managerial decisions about their... View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., and D. Scott Lurding. "Innovative Opportunities to Manage Health Care Delivery: THG/Healthy Shop." Harvard Business School Case 197-011, July 1996. (Revised July 2025.)
- 05 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project
completed an Independent Project under the guidance of a professor. In recent years, the beauty industry has fundamentally changed – incumbents are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands, customer data is being used to deliver a... View Details
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
excellence in a single functional area to integrating consistency, cohesion, and alignment across many moving parts in the business unit. "When you're responsible for leading, it's not enough to do what you've done in the past. You need to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Finance & Investing - Business & Environment
the Era of Climate Change On March 4, 2020 the Business & Environment Initiative and Alumni Relations hosted Risks, Opportunities, and Investment in the Era of Climate Change, a groundbreaking and timely Harvard Business School alumni conference that asked a View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
of Barton's talented security specialists performs with his jazz ensemble. This leads to a discussion about how to manage real-time collaboration between highly skilled people, and gives readers the chance to consider new ways to think about how to manage IT... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Modularity and Intellectual Property Protection
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Ecometano/MDCPAR Stephen Renter & Raviraj Jain HBS MBA 2013 (L) Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems Pictured here with Raviraj Jain, HBS MBA 2013 (R) “Access to energy is a fundamental human right, and we must produce... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
will complete seven courses and a capstone project during the year-long program. Upon successful completion, participants will earn a Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business. CORe is a business fundamentals program... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
approach, we would worry about investment fundamentals, above all else. We’re definitely trying to thread that needle. On the investment-thesis side, we’re collecting intelligence around the fundamentals that we think will drive... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce
keeping people together when there are fundamental disagreements over a company's direction. But even these rifts must be managed in a respectful and careful way, ultimately with a commitment to preserve family unity and assets. The... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
profitability.” Gazette: It seems that Amazon has a shot at improving the business of health care, but is that the same as really fundamentally changing the field? Chandra: If you ask me what the biggest challenges in American health care... View Details
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
influence the stories consumers create or their relationship with a brand or company, they need to know what deep metaphors are operating. These metaphor insights then allow managers to leverage them in advertising, packaging, product design, and so on. For this... View Details
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Josh Bronstein
organizations. The right to a rewarding career — one that engages the mind and fills the heart with joy — shouldn't be limited to just a privileged few; everyone has dreams. I want to fundamentally change the way the world views work, to... View Details