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- 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
S. Fader, Sunil Gupta, Bruce Hardie, Aurelie Lemmens, Barak Libai, David T. Neal, Foster Provost, and Rom Schrift Abstract—In today’s turbulent business environment, customer retention presents a significant challenge for many service companies. Academics have View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
Social enterprise groups are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. Most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? lays out the thesis that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a new View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
acquirers with a powerful new tool during the due-diligence process. By using existing industry templates, potential acquirers with access to the target's general ledger, and order, product and customer files, can quickly build an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
By: Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
industry. Would the industry be best served by a model in which these three entities operate under one umbrella? —Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen (AMP 190, 2016) CARTY: The growth and development of the airline industry over the last 30 years... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
When the number of Internet-based businesses took off in the mid-1990s, many long-standing rules for product innovation were blown away. Previous models of development based on a sequential process of planning and execution are not... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
huge impact on the business models of major record labels. Modularity, and the commoditization spill-over enabled by modularity in the personal computer industry, was a major force in the development of the market. While Apple's iPod... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog
opportunities for entrepreneurial innovation. This course is primarily designed for students who are interested in exploring entrepreneurial opportunities within the life sciences, including exploring ideation, generating and/or licensing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Collaborative Cures
finance. “By increasing the collaborative efforts between Harvard Business School and Harvard’s scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science entrepreneurs and provide a further catalyst for innovation and... View Details
- 25 Oct 2018
- News
Bringing the Background into Focus
celebrating 50 years of women in the MBA program. “By the end of that hiatus, I was enrolled in a full time PhD program at Columbia.” A recent article in the New York Times highlights Murrell’s new exhibition at Columbia’s Wallach Art Gallery, Posing Modernity: The... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
What's happening in another part of the world that you could adopt and adapt in your environment? These disruptive innovations are not just novel inventions. Successful innovators take ideas and turn them into opportunities by adding a business View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
John Maynard Keynes. The book that made Keynes famous, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1920), is an easy read, a model of concision and argument. Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
notes that HBS Ventures generated more than $80,000 for the SA this academic year. "By subsidizing items like yearbooks, as well as social events and intramurals, those funds cut students' costs dramatically." During his tenure, Mitchell... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Alumni Board Wraps Up Year
Board members give generously of their time and energy because they know HBS listens and values our feedback. The board’s work over the past year is no exception. Four committees devoted significant time researching vital issues and... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
personal information because the additional revenues generated in the process exceed the consumer disutility incurred. Clearly, personal consumer information is a valuable asset in the marketplace. To better understand the implications of... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
continuously update plans and actions against rapidly shifting challenges. 1. Pierce the fog of war Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, coined the term "fog of war." He understood that a strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
when the sovereign is temporarily excluded from capital markets. Differently from previous analyses, we assume that in addition to accumulating international reserves, countries can borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne