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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

to improve strategy execution within your team, department, or organization. “I was impressed by how well the course material fit my personal challenges and goals at work, and how easy it was to use the material to improve my team’s... View Details

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

those with chronic health conditions. She was extremely good at understanding the customers' needs and then devising solutions to fit those needs. She got a thrill out of it! Then I asked her what she hated about her job. She hesitated,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

about disruption vis-à-vis public education? Where do you see the most room for innovation? A: The lesson from all industries is that the most promising areas for innovation are pockets of what we call "nonconsumption"—areas... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

innovative product's inherently disruptive nature, the incumbent inevitably tries to morph the product to fit into its existing processes and values. It alters the innovation to enhance its appeal to core customers and View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

risk reports-that spread their expertise (toolmaking). While controlling the tools' design and implementation, the risk managers incorporated business managers' insights (teamwork) and made sure everyone could understand the findings (translation). Ultimately, experts'... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

weren’t evaluating merely what was written on paper. “They were looking at him and applying subjective character tests. Do you look trustworthy? Do you fit the image in my mind of a successful businessperson?” The solution, Ballard... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

business. I had often felt that my interests were non-traditional and I had sometimes doubted how I could carve out a path that would fit these disparate parts together, but HBS showed me how much opportunity is out there. For one,... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

offered free hotel rooms located near medical facilities to healthcare workers, while Serta Simmons donated 100,000 mattresses to hospitals as they frantically worked to increase the number of ICU beds during a surge in cases. Shift... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

and managing cow manure (a material source of emissions!).” Hilton continues to support climate founders as an independent sponsor. He’s carefully working “to define the niche that fits my skillsets and interests best.” He remains... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

content that informs and inspires managers, corporations, and educators around the world. The Campus: A Legacy for the 21st Century The total renovation of Morgan Hall (a faculty and support staff office building), the addition of Shad Hall (a View Details

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

job by running bhist -l JOBID (use bhist alone for a list of your recently run jobs). Take note of MAX MEM and when you run a similar job in the future, request that amount plus about 20% for wiggle room (e.g., if your past job had a... View Details

31 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

organizations live-blog or live-tweet their corporate meetings or events to give employees a sense of the back-and-forth in the moment. The virtual platforms that companies are relying on these days offer a similar opportunity to invite... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

retailers will need to reconfigure as vast spaces become unproductive. The most obvious victims so far of this shift are music, video, and book retailers—these categories are virtually nonexistent outside the Internet channel. Barnes... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

market need.” There were differences in how companies handled their founding stories, though. Virtually any startup goes through one or several iterations before hitting on the right product and the right target customer. The more... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

With a pandemic temporarily closing many businesses and stifling consumer demand, whole industries, especially those that recently leveraged their balance sheets to take advantage of near-zero interest rates, are seeing their profits disappear View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

looks out over the sea of guests gathered on the California coast. From across the room she locks eyes with Mariah Wood (MBA 2022). Together, Royle and Wood cofounded Tilden Cocktails, which is sharing the spotlight for a moment. Everyone... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

Clubs News Clubs News Singapore War Room Sessions Link Startups with HBS Alumni Mentors The HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS), in collaboration with the Textile and Fashion Federation (TaFF) and its signature The Bridge Fashion Incubator... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Nov 2020
News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

1999). She adds that three attendees at a time went to virtual breakout rooms for 10 minutes and then returned to main group for larger discussion. “This was repeated three times and everyone agreed for us... View Details