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19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

market conditions and, indeed, to a company's own strategic decisions. By serving the U.S. market from Japan, Toyota in its early days implicitly considered that market to be... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

19 Sep 2022

Behind the Scenes of Writing a Case Study

"How can start-ups in emerging markets compete against established global giants?" Join Professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Khalid Al Omran as they discuss Professor Casadesus-Masanell’s recent series of case studies on Maestro Pizza,... View Details

15 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

item online, and second when they open the box and compare the product to what they remember seeing on their screen.) 7 Similarly, for more basic items, the fit of different garment styles tends to be better understood, making it easier... View Details

Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

sites. Our online visits often come in short bursts rather than extended leisurely strolls through cyberspace. People with higher incomes spend less time online than those making less. In other words, consumers behave online in a much different way than they do in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

01 Sep 2006
News

Winston to Lead the Global Initiative

first overseas research center was launched in the Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) in 1999, with additional centers opening in relatively quick succession in Latin America (Buenos Aires), Europe (Paris), Japan (Tokyo), and, most recently, India... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Fast Answer

Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/search?spc.page=1&query=india&spc.sf=score&spc.sd=DESC&">World Bank Open Knowledge Repository: reports, policy briefs, and working papers from the World Bank. View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Martin V. Marshall Remembered

urging of his first wife, Rosanne Borden (HRPBA ’52), spearheaded the effort in the early 1960s to open the two-year MBA Program to women. Martin Vivan Marshall was born on July 22, 1922, in Kansas City, Missouri. He would later say that... View Details

Keywords: obiturary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Apr 2007
HBS Case

How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

Frei notes. Employee training relies on a management approach summed up by Luiza Helena as "assisted freedom," with a focus on self-development, open communication, and participation. For most workers, about 65 percent of their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

01 Dec 2015
News

Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?

Ishan Sachdev (MBA 2013) Since 2009, more than 80 mobile money services have popped up in emerging markets to offer financial services to the millions of people who have a cell phone but no traditional bank account. Taking advantage of... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

2003
Working Paper

Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pankaj Ghemawat

This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (or marginal cost), with the cumulation of output affecting their relative positions over time. The modeling effort is motivated by... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Competition; Open Source Distribution; Balance and Stability; Applications and Software; Network Effects; Duopoly and Oligopoly

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05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55572 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 14 Introducing Open Platforms and Ecosystems By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— The purpose of this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Creighton Taylor

me to business, because as a business person, you need to adapt to new environments quite a bit.” Even as Creighton majored in music in college, he nurtured his interest in numbers. After graduation, he spent three years in a variety of sales and View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

that there might just be too many activities available and too much to do, thus decreasing the serendipity of chance social encounters among residents as they crisscross the community’s lush green grounds. Even so, Marshall, a marketing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

delegation of Chubb executives to discuss insurance issues. In the mid-1990s, Chubb opened representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to do market research and assess the potential of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

R. David Thomas

A high school dropout, Thomas began his career running four Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. In 1969, he opened his first Wendy's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Thomas focused Wendy's successful marketing... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

02 Sep 2021
News

Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs

an HBS alum that graduated close to 30, 40 years ago. And he reached out to me, out of the blue, through the HBS network. And he was one of the senior partners and MDs at Bain close to 20 years ago. Through him, we've been getting access to a lot of foreign companies... View Details

04 May 2017
News

How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

A recent BloombergBusinessweek magazine profile of Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) offers an in-depth look at the Facebook COO’s philosophy of sharing and how that vision guides the company—now the world’s fifth largest by market value. The... View Details

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: keyboard

How does the Bloomberg keyboard work? In Bloomberg type BPS and hit GO for the Bloomberg Resource Center where you will find cheat sheets by topic. Select 'Getting Started' on the left side menu and then open the Terminal Getting... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Case Study: Moment in the Sun

worries about losing focus on the hospitality business. The other side of that: If those pilots prove successful, they could open up a new core business. And with the market getting crowded—with heavies like... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

Albert H. Gordon

Gordon, with the financial assistance of Stone and Webster, acquired the venerable investment firm in 1931 when it was on the brink of collapse. Gordon helped rebuild the firm by focusing on specific niche markets including utility... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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