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  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Innovation: Frozen Assets

knew she was onto something when her son started snagging Luvo meals from the freezer after school. “This is a space where the consumer is actually ahead of the food industry,” Day says. “We have the opportunity to disrupt the whole frozen-food aisle.” Day is well... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • News

Brightening the Future

in the Philippines, Jaime “Jim” Ayala (MBA ’88) decided to put his considerable business experience to work improving the lives of some of his native country’s poorest citizens. Explaining his 2009 decision to leave Ayala Land, which had seen a 130 percent View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • Web

Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

time: Networking is transactional , Bulls says, whereas connecting is about engaging in a sincere relationship. If you connect in a genuine way with fellow leaders consistently, they’ll learn they can trust you. This, combined with the right expertise, View Details
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

in terms of their R&D investment and financing decisions. We document that these negative shocks lead affected firms to increase R&D expenditures, which they finance with debt. In terms of investment behavior, these shocks... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

greatest success factor: disciplined leadership. The authors relate the stories of executives who have successfully broken through the barriers of growth to identify what they all have in common. They supplement these findings with... View Details
  • January 2018
  • Supplement

Scaling Swagbucks (B)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
“Swagbucks (B),” HBS No. 817123, picks up in mid-2014 following the events described in “Swagbucks (A),” HBS No 817122. Davis and Gorowitz were successful in their efforts to position the company for scale without negatively affecting the company’s foundational... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Focused Growth by Sanjay Khosla (AMP 155, 1998) and Mohanbir Sawhney (Portfolio) In the authors’ experience, too many companies expand too fast, taking on more products, markets, people, and acquisitions, and every quarter becomes a mad... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Supplement

Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)

By: Willy Shih

This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
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  • 29 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

and dispose of them. The circular economy uses what is already there, which saves on the extraction and processing piece, then keeps those materials in the system. If you can avoid both extraction and waste disposal costs, it can create significant margin View Details
  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

School. Making the connection at HBS At HBS, Nneka enjoyed her coursework focused on emerging markets, and she took an active role in the Africa Business Club as co-leader of the Africa Business Conference. Leading the conference provided... View Details
  • 29 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

and fellows’ companies funding has quadrupled. It is gratifying to be a part of the program’s tremendous growth and mentor next generation entrepreneurs who contribute to society by commercializing groundbreaking technology and biomedical... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52406 January–March 2017 Enterprise & Society Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000 By: Jones, G., and Andrew Spadafora Abstract—Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I’m working at Year Up, a leading workforce development nonprofit that is helping... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

private benefits. Trade policy provides a source of exogenous price variation to test this proposition: higher tariffs should lead to more vertical integration; moreover, ownership structures should be more alike across countries with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 6, 2015

economic impact of digitization, with each chapter identifying a promising new area of research. The Internet is one of the key drivers of growth in digital communication, and the first set of chapters discusses basic supply-and-demand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about—innovation far more audacious than a new way to find a restaurant or a smart phone you can wear on your wrist. Amy C. Edmondson and Susan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

In 2007, Sony Pictures became the first multinational studio to enter the India film business known as Bollywood with its $7 million film Saawariya. The movie grossed only $9 million. That same year, Walt Disney Pictures collaborated with Yash Raj Studios, one of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 01 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

could lead to populist politics that would adversely affect the conduct of capitalism. A second major concern was that our productive system, as currently operated, contributes to unsustainable environmental damage and resource depletion.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 25 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

HKS toolkit After my first year in the joint degree program at HKS (MPA/ID Program) with leading development economists such as Professors Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik, I developed the analytical and quantitative toolkit necessary to... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government