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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)

Edited by Julia Hanna; photo by Webb Chappell When I was 16, I took my savings to the bank and bought some shares of a neighbor’s scaffolding company. Before coming to HBS, I sold them to my mother, who had also acquired some, and we felt pleased about saving the... View Details
Keywords: climate change; finance; sustainability; prediction; Finance
  • 10 Feb 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Investing in Improvement: Strategy and Resource Allocation in Public School Districts

Keywords: by Stacey Childress; Education
  • Research Summary

Innovation and Productivity

In this stream of research, Professor Steinwender examines how firms adjust their innovative behavior and productivity in response to changes in the external environment. Analyzing Spanish firm-level data, she finds that two mechanisms proposed in the economic... View Details

  • January 2015 (Revised November 2016)
  • Case

La Martina: Leveraging Polo's Luxury Lifestyle

By: Anat Keinan, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Sandrine Crener
Founded in 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Martina has grown from a high-end polo equipment company into a global fashion brand with operations in 56 countries. Polo, which is not only a sport but also a way of life, is at the core of the brand DNA. Polo is a... View Details
Keywords: Luxury Brand; Digital Marketing; Premium Brands; Fashion; Leather Goods; Retail; Globalization; Brand Positioning; Brand Extension; Lifestyle Brand; Growth Strategy; Polo; Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Brand Partnerships; Business Model; Product Positioning; Diversification; Luxury; Sports; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Sports Industry; Buenos Aires
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  • 2014
  • Article

Framework for China's Novel Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy

By: Robert G. Eccles and Peijun Duan
China’s sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic growth and economic transformation is insufficient; second, some resources and environment loads have reached their limits; third, some products affecting the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Development; Integrated Report; New Evaluation System; China
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    Innovation Without Borders; Innovations, Summer 2007

    The willingness to connect with an external network is key in an environment where products and services are themselves increasingly inter-connected. We see trends in this direction for a variety of reasons, either because uses of multiple products are complementary... View Details

    • 29 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

    Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 25 Aug 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers

    Keywords: by Julia Rose Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer & Michael W. Toffel; Health
    • 2022
    • Book

    Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs

    By: Chris Bingham and Rory McDonald
    Why is leading innovation in nascent business environments so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90% of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80% of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6%... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Decision Making
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    • September–October 2018
    • Article

    Online MAP Enforcement: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

    By: Ayelet Israeli
    This paper investigates a manufacturer’s ability to influence compliance rates among its authorized online retailers by exploiting changes in the Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy and in dealer agreements. MAP is a pricing policy widely used by manufacturers to... View Details
    Keywords: Pricing Policies; Pricing; Channel Management; Legal Aspects Of Business; Retail; Price; Policy; Governance Compliance; Distribution Channels; Management; Retail Industry
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    • April 2014
    • Article

    The Limits of Scale: Companies That Get Big Fast Are Often Left Behind. Here's Why.

    By: Hanna Halaburda and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
    The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network effects influence consumer decisions and affect companies' ability to compete. Strategists... View Details
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    • December 1997 (Revised April 1998)
    • Case

    www.springs.com

    By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
    Business Week's June 1997 "Rising Star" profile of Springs Industries' president and COO, Crandall Bowles, reported that she was poised to become one of the top two or three women executives in the country. In November 1997, the company announced Bowles' appointment to... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Operations; Product Marketing; Management; Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; South Carolina
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      Who Guarantees Your Workplace is Safe for Return?

      As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed... View Details

        Ray A. Goldberg

        A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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        Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
        • 19 Dec 2023
        • Blog Post

        Answering Your Questions About the HBS MBA Application

        prepare my recommenders? A good recommender knows you well and is able to speak to your specific strengths and abilities. We prefer to have one of your two recommenders be a current or former supervisor, but we also understand that not all workspaces provide the right... View Details
        • 12 Feb 2018
        • Research & Ideas

        Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

        the service process rather than the line they’re waiting in. “Showing customers the work that’s being done to serve them can cause them to mind waiting less and value the service more,” he says. In virtual environments such as call... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service
        • Web

        Economic Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        environment can be distinctive strengths relative to peers? What strong or emerging clusters can be built upon? How Should States Compete with Each Other? Related Resources 04 May 2012 BusinessWeek “Why America Needs an Economic Strategy”... View Details
        • 21 Jul 2021
        • Research & Ideas

        What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

        Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details
        Keywords: by Kristen Senz
        • 10 Dec 2021
        • Research & Ideas

        Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing

        Dey: It would be interesting to understand the other avenues of motivating employees to come forward. To do that, we would need to study to what extent the environment within a company or specific society plays a role. What elements of... View Details
        Keywords: by April White
        • 02 Jan 2024
        • Cold Call Podcast

        Should Businesses Take a Stand on Societal Issues?

        Keywords: Re: Hubert Joly