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- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
whether you can buy T Mobile? The U.S. Department of Justice. Who decided it was a good idea to send consumers a text message before they exceeded data limits on their cell phones? The Federal Communications... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
In the world of family business, the entrepreneurs we celebrate are usually founders of companies. These clever, hardworking individuals identify a good business opportunity, scrape together some money and loyal employees, and start a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
locations in the US, and counts consumer experience, increased sales, and sustainable profits among his charges. We asked him about the pros of corporate ownership, the data that drives his strategy, and—naturally—his regular order.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Double Vision
the consumer the product and how it is used," says Teixeira. RESULTS: This approach, the study found, had the opposite effect of the call-to-action ads, pushing less traffic to the websites but converting more of that traffic into sales.... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
and I started to learn what it takes to manage an unwieldy production process and to please the fickle consumer. Business school made sense to me because I liked to hatch ideas and make them happen. After HBS I went to work in consumer... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits “To term an American farmer dilatory in regard to the payment of his bills is arrant flattery. 6 — Bookkeeper for the J. I. Case Threshing Machine... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
consumed outside of the home, we felt it was critical to continue to operate—our restaurants serve 4.3 million meals a day on average. With so many of our locations already set up for drive-in, drive-through, and takeout, about 97 percent... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
consumer products. Finally, a series of cubes represents major customers. The shapes lie scattered on your desk. Your job is to fit the pieces together. Do you place the spheres on top of the blocks so that functions report to the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
The so-called chicken-and-egg problem is arguably the most discussed and most obvious business dilemma in the sharing economy. Platform providers–like Uber, Airbnb, or Etsy–rely on both consumers and producers to create and sustain a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
This is truly a revolution." Nolan underlined the advantage that new-economy companies have over their incumbent competitors, using drugstore.com as an example. Taking only a year to build, drugstore.com has become the fastest-growing company to reach $1 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
growth. Three months ago, they replaced some lights with LEDs in their greenhouses with good results. Prior to the replacement, lighting consumed 12 megawatt-hours per day. The greenhouse shuts down all... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
of Business Administration; Emilie Billaud, assistant director; and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, research associate. The case explores how Unilever, the UK-based consumer goods giant, has implemented an... View Details
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Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources
Data resources for HBS Fellowship students focusing on emerging and frontier markets. Industry and Market Research Passport - Market research reports about... View Details