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Georges F. Doriot

strategy for supporting the war effort earned him the rank of Brigadier General. He was an outlier who believed deeply in innovation, disciplined analysis and future focus. He refused to use HBS’s vaunted case method, preferring to... View Details
  • 21 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 21

their willingness to pay for two product characteristics and marginal costs are increasing with the quality level chosen on each attribute. We show that while firms seek to manage competition through product positioning, their differentiation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

Fútbol By: Elberse, Anita Abstract—Markets for soccer players are winner-take-all markets in which a select few top players earn extremely high rewards. The search for effective talent strategies in these conditions has led clubs to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • October 2020 (Revised November 2023)
  • Case

COVID-19 Testing at Everlywell

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
In March 2020, as COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the U.S., Everlywell founder Julia Cheek considers how to respond as a small start-up specializing in at-home lab testing. After making dramatic budget cuts, she decides to pivot the organization to address the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Leading Change; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy; Science; Adaptation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Crisis Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government Legislation; Health; Health Testing and Trials; Health Pandemics; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Texas; United States
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  • 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in the workplace and offers five... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

military’s shooting down of a Russian military airplane over the Turkish-Syrian border. The incident threatened to undermine the countries’ political and economic ties, and starting from late 2015, the dialogue between Ankara and Moscow... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Nov 2024
  • News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 05 Dec 2016
  • News

The Dragon’s Tale

running out. The old low-cost manufacturing-for-export strategy had run out of steam. They were developing a new economic formula based on stimulating consumer consumption. More recently, there was an anticorruption campaign that created... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 03 Sep 2018
  • News

Moving Pictures

was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment
  • Web

Departments | Employment

orientation Analytical thinking Comfort with ambiguity Applied expertise Measurement-focused What makes it challenging to work in Baker Library? Constant evolution in the information industry and scholarly publishing A shift to a more global View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Hard Choices

the way I want to discuss it is by asking questions. They may sometimes seem rhetorical, but they’re not. They may sometimes seem straightforward, but they’re not. Because these choices are usually hard ones, and tests not just of intellect but of character. They are... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
  • 02 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

is a lot other work at the school going on around these issues by many other faculty. For instance, Dave Scharfstein is doing great work on how capital market forces influence the development strategies of biotechnology companies. David... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

An American Odyssey

radicalized. A postal worker, he was a union activist and organizer and an active supporter of the NAACP. So there were a lot of conversations about social problems and the politics of race.” Young Richard grew up and went to high school... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance
  • December 1998 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

City of Charlotte (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan
The city manager's office in Charlotte, North Carolina, is attempting to align and focus the city's programs and operating departments. City managers, working collaboratively with the elected mayor and city council, have identified five strategic themes to make... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Government Administration; City; Growth and Development Strategy; Adoption; Public Sector; Management Teams; Programs; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Public Administration Industry; North Carolina
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  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

been priorities in national initiatives. Conclusions. Our study suggests an underutilized strategy for improving patient safety and staff efficiency: leveraging frontline staff experiences with work systems to identify and remove... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

noteworthy considering the challenges that confronted HBS and other academic institutions this year, from an economic landscape marked by higher operating costs to an increasingly complex global political climate that created pressure on... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

September 2018 Strategy Science Applying Random Coefficient Models to Strategy Research: Identifying and Exploring Firm Heterogeneous Effects By: Alcácer, Juan, Wilbur Chung, Ashton Hawk, and Gonçalo... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

differences in the price of capital across countries. Our strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries import the bulk of machinery equipment (from a small number of industrialized countries). We find the price of imported... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School 718-471 Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape Medtronic is adapting its strategy to changes in healthcare competition and payments.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24

these effects are particularly strong in stable environments, and we identify empirical strategies that can tease out the true performance impact of high-level choices.   Cases & Course MaterialsAdult Life Stages John A. DavisHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace