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- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
ability of a firm to transfer its capabilities across markets: no learning, local learning, and global learning. Three equilibrium strategies arise: accommodate, marginalize, and collocate. We identify how these strategies emerge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It
leadership, and business growth—as well as personal growth—depends on the ability to push the boundaries, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules—our own," says Malhotra. "In the face of established... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction. However, at a micro level,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
seemed like the quickest way to have an impact, if I wanted to give back to a society that somehow valued this specific ability I had.” Seoul as seen from Namsan Mountain. In 1970, Korea’s GDP per capita was just under $280. By 2021, it... View Details
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
Consumer Research The use of large language models (LLMs) in consumer research is rapidly evolving, with applications including synthetic data generation, data analysis, and more. However, their role in creative ideation—a cornerstone of... View Details
- 04 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.
ability to collect and analyze more data more quickly, decision-making and problem-solving have become increasingly complex. Many people look to technology to solve modern problems, but the more technology advances, the more human... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In Full Flower
Eliminating middlemen also increases vase life and leverages flowers’ ability to travel without water; many of the company’s bouquets are sent dry, in flat boxes that fit through a letter-box door slot. Gelbard notes that Valentine’s Day... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
Starbucks Reinvented
of what he wanted to accomplish. The case, Koehn's fourth to focus on Starbucks, opens in February 2007. Schultz, no longer Starbucks' CEO but still its chairman, is worried the company is losing its ability to be true to its values while... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
synthetic data generation, data analysis, and more. However, their role in creative ideation—a cornerstone of consumer research—remains underexplored. Drawing on the human creativity literature, we propose... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
According to a new book by Harvard Business School's Ranjay Gulati, it is customer-centric firms—those with a so-called outside-in perspective—that are most resilient during turbulent markets. An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to View Details
- 13 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen
they were more likely to be poor listeners. The research team replicated these results in four more studies. In one of the later studies, the researchers discovered that people deemed very extroverted were also rated highly in the ability... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
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Business History - Faculty & Research
simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship.... View Details
- 30 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration
greenhouse gas emissions far below EU regulatory requirements, the plant’s own environmental approved limits, and even current state-of-the-art reference levels. Our impressions The facility has a beautiful and creative design, both... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
restaurants typically purchase without the ability to hedge or otherwise lock in pricing, and so are at the mercy of supply-price fluctuations. A third cost challenge for restaurants is occupancy. Locations are generally leased on a... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
to victims of the Holocaust, and also may have engaged in long-term attempts to block survivors' ability to recover those assets after World War II. Stuart Eizenstat, a longtime government official, and U.S. Special Envoy for Property... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
would adopt, such as Word, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player. Even more importantly, such platforms would allow creative developers outside your organization to add their unique value. Grove faced a crucial decision regarding... View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
students. A few weeks into the course, accounting terminology came alive as I realized why accounting is the language of business. I can now talk confidently with clients and understand the business aspect of their problems. Gaurang Manjrekar Technology Consultant Gain... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
provide further major challenges for new ventures. Creative talent, astute marketing skills, and the ability to understand and respond rapidly to consumer fashions and preferences are all needed to succeed.... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
different value proposition to a new market context that did not need all of the raw performance offered by the incumbent. They all created massive growth; to flip Joseph Schumpeter's famous phrase, creative destruction, on its head, this... View Details