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- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 13 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Intermediaries for the IP Market
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie
- January 2024
- Supplement
Buurtzorg
By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino
As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Style; Business Model; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; Netherlands
Bernstein, Ethan, and Tatiana Sandino. "Buurtzorg." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-705, January 2024.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to Solve Their Internal Problems
Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the internal conflicts and constituencies on his or her own side. Far less familiar are the many valuable... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to Solve Their Internal Problems." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-091, March 2014.
- 11 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?
image of raw serenity it presented to the world; yet it took a concerted marketing effort that highlighted these elements in an attractive way to succeed. Prepare to invest money and time. Ten years ago, South Korea set out to remove the... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
they eschew efforts—even bold, cutting-edge proposals—that are unlikely to generate value for customers, employees, or suppliers. “Companies that raise customer willingness to pay in a distinctive manner attract the very customers that... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Teele Hall | About
enrollments. In addition, Teele presided over the School’s 50th anniversary celebration in 1958, which attracted more than 2,000 visitors, including then vice president Richard Nixon. Of the changes enacted during his tenure, Teele once... View Details
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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni
meal delivery, and more. Important note: Take care of your support team. Remember it may be cheaper – and more rewarding to all parties concerned – to offer attractive wages and benefits that to incur the switching costs of cycling... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Integrated Reporting and Investor Clientele
- 09 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Economics of Structured Finance
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Value of a 'Free' Customer
By: Sunil Gupta, Carl F. Mela and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz
Central to a firm's growth and marketing policy is the revenus and profit potential of its customer assets. As a result, there has been a recent proliferation of work regarding customer lifetime value. However, extant research in this area is silent regarding how to... View Details
Gupta, Sunil, Carl F. Mela, and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz. "The Value of a 'Free' Customer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-035, December 2006.
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting
HBS alumni and collaborating with stakeholders as she attracts capital and grows a highly effective team. In her role as Partner and as a manager, Nneka now combines her love for solving challenging problems with the interpersonal skills... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ikenna Okezie
and the Harvard Medical School. He plans to combine his two loves - medicine and entrepreneurship - in a way that will improve health care for all. Born in Nigeria, Okezie came to the United States at the age of two and was raised in Detroit. His View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
you're figuring things out." As SpinBrush continued to gain market share, Osher's little company began to attract the attention of big players in the market: P&G, Colgate, Johnson & Johnson, to name a few. Osher held... View Details
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
immediate." “The fact that this car seemed to be targeted toward women was highly problematic for many in the brand community” In the eyes of Porsche brand community members, those headlines were designed to attract a feminine... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
attractive BATNA (“walkaway option”) often increases one’s bargaining power. A minimally necessary condition for an agreement to be mutually acceptable is that each side prefers the deal to its BATNA. Thus, how well each party’s BATNA... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project
brands that were disrupting the current landscape and had noticed a similar shift away from major beauty brands. The data showed that established beauty brands face loss of credibility, requiring them to think about partnerships with trusted sources and new ways of... View Details
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Resources - Creating Emerging Markets
Resources Events CEM has hosted international conferences in Boston, Mumbai, and Santiago that attracted prominent scholars, archivists, and practitioners in the respective regions. Published Materials The interviews in the CEM archive... View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
notice and take action, according to the research, published September in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. The study could provide an incentive of its own for businesses looking to attract and retain talent amid a... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis