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  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

will evaluate innovative strategies to create new marketplaces and opportunities, we will examine the key challenges in competing with large incumbent firms, and how incumbents can defend their market shares. We are going to discuss... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

School Case 207-084 Following a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2005 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

eAccess, Ltd.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Masako Egawa and Ariko Ota
The managers of eAccess, Japan's third largest provider of digital subscriber line (DSL) service, must decide whether to enter the mobile communications business. Japan's mobile services are among the world's most expensive, and incumbent carriers' profits are high. To... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Diversification; Policy; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
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  • May–June 2023
  • Article

Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit?: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs

By: Cait Brumme and Brian Trelstad
Years ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those of the best for-profits, and for-profits can deliver as much social value as charities. Despite the blurred... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • 19 May 2021
  • Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

success in terms of both educational attainment and labor market outcomes. For example, only 33 percent of the organizations tracking college-related outcomes also prioritize employment outcomes. [div... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
  • September 2001 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

Webvan

Examines Webvan's operations and the processes by which it delivers groceries that were ordered from the Internet to customers' homes. Recounts Webvan's history from founding through early 2001 and concentrates on the unique approaches to warehousing, delivery,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Failure; Business Startups; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT READ MORE STORIES Syrup works by integrating a retailer’s data—historical and real-time transactions and inventory, e-commerce patterns, and marketing and promotion plans, among other things—with weather, search,... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • November 15, 2022
  • Article

Using Simulations to Upskill Employees

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Trond Aas, Alex Hunt and Huw Newton-Hill
Reskilling employees tops the agenda in many organizations, according to a LinkedIn report. Korn Ferry estimates an 85-million person talent shortage by 2030, and McKinsey likens the challenge to the shift from agricultural to manufacturing work that occurred in the... View Details
Keywords: Employee Engagement; Managing People; Talent Development; Training; Human Capital; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Retention; Personal Development and Career
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  • 27 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

Southern California; Political Science Military experience: Aircraft Maintenance Officer, US Air Force Why did you decide to pursue an MBA? Instead of pursuing an MBA directly after my service, I decided to join an edtech startup in San... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • September 2016 (Revised September 2016)
  • Case

Spectio: A Digital Lighting Company

By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
Spectio Tech, founded in 2005, developed and implemented intelligent LED lighting solutions for the industrial market. Sensors and wireless connectivity embedded in its LED fixtures not only significantly reduced lighting-related energy use—by up to 90% in some... View Details
Keywords: Internet Of Things; IoT; LED Lighting; Start-up; Energy Efficiency; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Internet and the Web
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  • April 2008
  • Journal Article

Heart of Darkness: Business Tokens of the Congo (Part 1)

By: Louis T. Wells
Few numismatic fields are as unexplored as the tokens of what was once the Belgian Congo. Although the head (and “extra-wife”) tokens have been thoroughly cataloged, I have found only one very early and incomplete attempt, by Mahieu in the 1920s, to report other tokens... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Mining; Currency; Labor; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

file labor certification applications. The system requires employers to first test the US labor market through a variety of standard recruitment methods. Following the... View Details
  • Fast Answer

Compensation by Industry/Position/Location

Institute is a directory of various for-fee salary surveys available by region. PayScale.com Designed to help employees obtain accurate real-time information on job market compensation, the website allows individual employees to submit... View Details
  • Web

Climate Impact - Business & Environment

face of changing climate, increasing regulation, labor pressures, and customer demands, farms are under existential threat. Robots have the power to completely transform the farm's "Operating System" from human-driven to AI-and-robot... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2022
  • HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

companies, US mid-sized companies, international small companies, and international equity. Brown’s teams use revenue instead of market capitalization to define their areas of focus, and search for companies with high long-term growth... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • February 2015 (Revised May 2017)
  • Case

Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Delhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Organizational Alignment; Talent Management; Leadership Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Belgium
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  • 18 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors:Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda, and M. Julia Prats Abstract Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

information systems for Salomon Brothers. In 1981, with the idea for a technology company that would bring greater transparency and fairness to the financial system, he launched a small startup in a one-room office. Today, Bloomberg L.P.... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

labor policies. As to foreign direct investment, any American business person contemplating an investment elsewhere must take into consideration all of the policies mentioned above, as well as for the foreign country into which the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne