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- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
together.” In April, Janice opened a Kanin Energy office in Houston. She noted that “Houston is the heart of the energy transition for the country and it’s important for us to be where the industrial emissions are. There are so many... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
associate knowledge with editorials, professional and customer reviews, and ratings systems. Expanding fulfillment networks get products to customers in increasingly shorter time windows, defeating any convenience advantage that category killers might have.... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
expand their own ecosystems. They formalized the network in a database called Katapult Talent, which today holds 8,000 names—something Hoffman touts as an invaluable problem-solving tool. Culture Shift’s focus on building connections is about View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
thoughtful and entertaining talk on "Prospects for Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa." Slabbert, one of the architects of the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, is a former leader of the opposition in the old South African Parliament who now chairs the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
financial crises, and weak intellectual property rights. HBS professors Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu, authors of the new book Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution (Harvard Business Press), offer an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
effectively within the newly merged entities. No PDF is available at this time. Reputation and Competition: Evidence from the Credit Rating Industry Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Abstract Fair and accurate credit ratings arguably play an important role in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
national security, and increased competition for land. The $1 trillion global financial loss is staggering. Despite these challenges, the authors call attention to the extraordinary social and environmental opportunities created by... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go. Now, with financials for the spa's second year completed, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
decisions that would not have made been made on purely financial grounds. It's like P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water program. When P&G could not make a commercial market out of water purification powder, it created a nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
Open the Wall Street Journal on any given day, and you are likely to find at least one story about how technology is disrupting yet another industry, and the pressures companies face to innovate. And yet, for board members of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
men's outdoor shoes and clothing had become saturated. A comprehensive strategy review revealed that the Sport-Man brand could be extended to other apparel lines. Furthermore, its retail footprint in major malls throughout the United States provided an excellent... View Details
- Profile
Dana Hoffmann
Before she applied to HBS, Dana Hoffmann seemed to be on a dream career trajectory. With a master’s degree in applied mathematics, she had worked as a financial analyst at Symantec, the Silicon Valley security software giant, and was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
test my limits and spark my sense of purpose. When the Peace Corps turned me down (it typically requires a college degree), I moved to Latin America. The experience blew open my sense of self and what I wanted to do with my life. Ever... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
been able to achieve excellent operating and financial performance. The case examines the challenges it potentially faces as it contemplates growing the chain significantly from the 28 units it currently operates. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
and the classroom experience. Teaching faculty join study groups and practice preparing and opening a case, then receive feedback and advice from more experienced colleagues. Tenure-Track Faculty Livia Alfonsi Assistant Professor of... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Hagiu and Altman provide a framework for doing so. They lay out four specific ways in which products and services can be turned into platforms and examine the strategic advantages and pitfalls of each: (1) opening the door to third... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
system, and other countries have lessons to offer. Are you optimistic that health-care reform is imminent? We cannot continue on our present course in health care. The current system will not allow us to remain financially sound and still... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
thriving economic engine for blacks. With a vision of economic self-sufficiency, she established a newspaper in 1902, chartered the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903, becoming the first woman bank president in the United States, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
says Bond, who, prior to her Motown career, served as a financial analyst for several corporations and investment firms. "The songs are as fresh today as they were 25 years ago." Candace Bond, vice president of catalog development and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
technology company that they planned to start. “Having to submit the plan formally and knowing it would be scrutinized forced us to spend a lot more time making sure all the details — especially the financials — were perfect,” says Bang... View Details