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- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
sales and no earnings went public with market valuations in the billions of dollars before falling to the ground little more than a year ago. But that's as far as the analogy goes, according to Yoffie. 'no Room For Error' "Post-crash... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Sales forces also struggled with distancing. One CEO described how “[The] sales force conducted customer visits online, which they did not like, and it took them a while to get the hang of it. As soon as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
compromising our values and the culture of our organization trying to keep up with competitors who were pushing products down people’s throats.” While customers hunkered down, iTrust had the breathing room to perfect its hybrid model of... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
integration affects prices, this paper provides evidence that prices can affect integration. Many theories in organizational economics and industrial organization posit that integration, while costly, increases productivity. It follows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
Sales Growth Show Hide Details Concepts Role of Forecasts Forecasting Company Performances Conducting Financial Statement Forecasts Featured Exercise Perform a step-by-step financial statement forecast using modified DuPont ratios 8-10... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
million sale to Florida investors and impending departure from San Francisco. “That’s my ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ headline,” declares Baer, for whom keeping the Giants in San Francisco is one of the remarkable business accomplishments he... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51680 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Surprises and Post-announcement Returns? By: Froot, Kenneth A., Namho... View Details
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
isolated—their ideas will never catch on. So pick leaders who not only can communicate inside and outside the organization but who also know how to foster a collaborative culture. In short, there are a lot of specific things companies can... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Event Guidelines | About
displays/exhibits. Chalking : Individuals and organizations are not permitted to chalk, paint, engrave, or otherwise write or draw on any University property without prior written approval from the Campus Services team . Any such... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
billion in disability benefits a year, Eldridge says. Gain Life’s existing wellness market has good prospects, although it’s highly competitive, “almost to the point of commoditization,” he adds, and the sales cycles can last up to a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
company examples such as eBay, Lending Club, and Airbnb to offer practical advice for avoiding those hazards. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50940 April 2016 Harvard Business Review Culture Is Not the Culprit: When View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
at least 3 decades. This paper outlines the range of accountability mechanisms currently in place at the World Bank along 4 basic levels: (1) staff, (2) project, (3) policy, and (4) board governance. We argue that civil society View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
1986) (Brick Tower Press) This book offers tested solutions to a variety of problems from a multitude of expert sources. The problems discussed are ones most frequently asked about by readers of the Small Business Digest (SBD) during the past 15-plus years. Topics... View Details
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
partnership programs that connect alumni with non–profit organizations in need of private–sector expertise on specific consulting projects. Now the HBS Clubs of South Florida and Minnesota have established their own “Community Partners”... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
“HBS has always been good at running experiments — reinforcing the ones that make progress and killing the ones that don’t,” says HBS professor of management practice Joseph B. Lassiter, who, together with Sahlman, worked with student View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
financial management advice. But startups often run into issues outside those categories, everything from what to ask potential hires in a job interview to analyzing sales funnels. Experienced investors have likely run into those issues... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
was beginning to take hold in the 1920s. Chains and department stores opened across America, using volume sales to offer lower prices on a variety of goods. Gleason encountered competition from these chain stores as well as “pineboards,”... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
agglomerating (e.g., universities, government). Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-003.pdf Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization Authors:Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart, and Michael L.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace