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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
two dilapidated row houses that had been vacant since 1978. She intends to replace them with affordable rental apartments—the opening salvo in an ambitious plan to redevelop West Baltimore Street, whose boarded-up windows and abandoned... View Details
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
to 25 percent. The company also matches the gratuities; the total has been rising steadily since Trader Joe’s began stocking the product in its 200 California stores in 2021, and Nyamumbo expects it to grow significantly following the... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
there." At the same time, she has observed, by hogging the discussion, these leaders not only limited their own learning but also made the class less productive as a whole. Gino wondered if the same dynamic could be occurring in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
"It is the combination of theory and common sense that makes a great leader and decision maker." Jeremy Pooley asked, "Could it be that planning and testing helps us better understand the questions we need to be asking and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
a personal and professional setting as you look to work on new projects with peers or enter career recruiting. Through various other team simulations, I learned the importance of setting team norms and establishing a game plan during a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
Haft (MBA/MCRP 1977) launched Crown Books in the Washington, DC, area, with plans for rapid growth and a pitch sure to set the chain apart from the growing market: lower prices. Crown’s books were discounted 10 to 40 percent every day, an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
mining and exporting raw phosphate rock—its traditional focus, which it performed at a relatively low cost—towards greater production of phosphoric acid and finished fertilizer products. In the next phase of the program, OCP View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
managing the relationship. "Rather than going after the entire volume, break up the needs into different parts, and try to initiate a relationship using one component, selling only this one component," he advised. For a foot-in-the-door View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Harvard Business School
wealth in urban communities. Frank S. Jones MBA 1957 In 1971, Frank Jones was named Ford Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning and became the first African American tenured professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Outstanding Service to the HBS Community for creating and developing/growing the Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML). 2020 Ethan S. Bernstein : Winner of the 2020 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize for the most outstanding MIT Sloan Management Review... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
security. But by the end of 2021, TuSimple had completed an 80-mile run from Tucson to Phoenix without a human driver in the truck’s cab. Routes are currently focused on the “middle miles” in the southern United States, with plans to... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- August 2019
- Case
The Allstate Corporation, 2019
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums... View Details
Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Insurance; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry; North America
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Allstate Corporation, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-366, August 2019.
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
exceeding. But the price for his little white lie was extremely high: The company based its demand planning on his sales forecast and consequently ran out of its core product in one of its largest markets at... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
model helps measure that." The Ideal Mix When planning marketing campaigns, brand managers have a wide portfolio of weapons to draw on, including in-store merchandising, advertising, coupons and sweepstakes, trade promotions, prices,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
expansion," Ghemawat argues. While identifying similarities from one place to the next is essential, effective cross-border strategies will take careful stock of differences as well. An expert on global strategy, Ghemawat lays out an action View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
other aspects of the business? It would actually inform my decisions in a better way. I could pursue more productive lines of action for the firm.' "Business is only getting more complicated. Understanding the interactions of various... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
HBS Club of Seattle and the Harvard Club of Seattle to present Leadership in Tech: Innovation, Disruption, and Opportunity at the Columbia Center in Seattle on February 8. The panel discussion featured industry experts Rathi Murthy, CTO and president of Expedia View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Charts & Statistics - Leadership
isolationism Influence: High 40 1940 s 19 War Production Board readies nation for WWII U.S. becomes a global power Creation of IMF and World Bank Marshall Plan Cold war begins Influence: Medium-High 50 1950... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman