Large Language Model - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

self-compacting solution to keep streets clean. Last year, however, the Massachusetts-based company’s CEO shared plans to change its business model from selling a product—waste and recycling stations—to selling a subscription-based... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

relationship: the best customer. Ironically, we find that firing the customer is often a case of blaming the victim: managers remain largely unaware of their own roles in creating the unprofitable customers they seek to shed. We reveal... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Putting the Project Puzzle Together

critical. Q: Most large organizations manage their portfolios as a collection of projects, rather than as an integrated portfolio. Yet, as you write, the practice of using investment portfolio management techniques to manage project... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Kenny Salas

Kenny Salas, MBA 2015, came to HBS with a clear goal: "To work for a big company and gain operational experience." Then a combination of unexpected events changed his mind. After a summer internship at General Mills' headquarters in Minneapolis, "I... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

01 Jun 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

entrepreneurship and a fascinating case study of a large media business both experiencing and driving change. In their groundbreaking book, The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation, Heidi... View Details

Keywords: Harvard Business School Press; books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

their research, public firms invest less than half as much as private firms of similar size and industry—and private firms are 3.5 times more responsive to changes in investment opportunities. The authors argue that this is largely due to... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

PublicationsManaging the New Primary Care: The New Skills That Will Be Needed Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:Health Affairs 29, no. 5 (May 2010) Abstract Developing new models of primary care will demand a level of managerial... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

engage in instrumental networking influences how dirty this networking makes them feel. Three laboratory experiments and a survey study of lawyers in a large North American law firm provide support for our predictions. We call for a new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2014
Blog Post

Working in Tech 4Dev

of business development, marketing, engineering, and design. In fact, I’ve been surprised how much I’m loving this role thus far- it’s cross functional, involves working with experts, and allows me to leverage my knowledge gained in the first MBA year. The product I’ve... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Web

Diversity | Employment

the online membership database and participation in Harvard’s large LGBT community. There are also several networking and support groups that focus on organizing LGBT faculty and staff and helping them feel comfortable in the workplace.... View Details

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

large-sample evidence adding to a growing literature suggesting that NPEs—in particular, large patent aggregators—on average act as "patent trolls," suing cash-rich firms seemingly irrespective of actual patent infringement.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

biggest departure from the traditional banking model, where banks do the legwork on behalf of investors, and investors may have little or no information about loans—and in fact may not know which loans their money is supporting. “The lending View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

and attach a more business-oriented perspective to the challenge: from added customer value to pricing, marketing, and so on. It's always a shame to see brilliant organizations where the technology team and the business team don’t speak the same View Details

Profile

Paul Lenehan

professors are really good at teasing out contrary positions." As an example, Paul points to a case on the media industry. "Just today, we were talking about publishing and the future of a major economics magazine. The prevailing view was that the magazine... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

Express; Solomon Trujillo, president and CEO of U S West Communications; and Ann Fudge, president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and Post Cereals? How did these people of color overcome the odds and break through the glass ceiling that hangs over the heads of most... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

25 Sep 2015
Blog Post

4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face

evaluation of the ideas introduced to see if any of the business models could be applied to a different vertical. That allowed us to be exhaustive in our options and would also ensure that the best industry for the idea could be... View Details

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

values by sharing stories about their institutions. Indeed, they have discovered that pastors of so-called megachurches publish an unusually large number of books, not only to connect to church members, but to spread the message to an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

key questions: In this particular market, which market institutions are working, and which institutions are missing? Which parts of our business model can be adversely affected by these institutional voids? How can we build competitive... View Details