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- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
seminar. The other implication is sales models, most of which are the ad hoc accumulation of decisions that different managers made pursuing different objectives, usually quarter by quarter. Changes in buying have exposed the loose screws... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
personality. Something of a dandy, Schumpeter (1883-1950) was a hit with women, adored by students, and both made and lost a fortune in a matter of years. He also once initiated a sword fight with a librarian—and won. McCraw, the Isidor... View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
You don’t know what you don’t know—and almost by definition new entrepreneurial ventures need a helping hand from established partners if they hope to succeed. “Startups suffer from what researchers call ‘liability of newness,’” says... View Details
- 10 Feb 2023
- Video
50th AASU Conference Honors the Past and Challenges the Future
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
Are brand management issues faced by a powerful for-profit company such as Toyota the same as those navigated by an international non-government organization (NGO) such as the Red Cross? Yes and no. In their... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
behavior as well as many more testing scenarios, opening a world of opportunity to companies. To harness that power effectively, Edelman offers newbies some pointers on how to leverage AI’s shiny promise. “It’s easy to be seduced View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Kiatpongsan%20Norton%20PPS_31f17547-5033-401c-8ed2-ccc9b6a2b433.pdf Working Papers Bitcoin By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore Abstract—Bitcoin is an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
challenging, is achievable. Take HBS colleague Benjamin G. Edelman, an expert in online markets whose research focuses on consumer protection related to online businesses. “My research is made better by... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
market regulation. New Deal partnerships in planning borrowed from those efforts to manage competitive markets, yet ultimately discredited the fair trade model by mandating economy-wide trade rules that sharply reduced competition. Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2015
- Video
HBS Campaign - Hong Kong Event
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
how recent increases in competition among raters led to "friendlier," poorer-quality ratings. As Becker explains, "The related theory goes back to the early 1980s (especially to an influential paper by economists View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
Second, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Third, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, with the effect driven by managers at the low end of the wage... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
School professor Benjamin G. Edelman discusses the paper's findings Teaching a 'Lean Startup' Strategy (24,997) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6659.html Published: April 11, 2011 Most startups fail because they... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
face of public transportation in cities and smaller communities? HBS professor Benjamin G. Edelman weighs the benefits and opportunities for entrepreneurs and for society. "Right now, the field is wide... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
Cox Pahnke, Dan Wang, and Benjamin Hallen. Ripe for study. In a plenary talk on crowdsourced contests and competitions, Lakhani outlined numerous areas in need of further study, which is made much easier by... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2014 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
StepSmart Fitness
By: Robert J. Dolan, Benson P. Shapiro and Alisa Zalosh
StepSmart Fitness, a manufacturer of exercise equipment, is undergoing a sweeping reorganization. The new CEO has terminated the District Sales Director and Regional VP and promoted 30-year-old Benjamin Cooper to manage the underperforming New England district. A... View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Restructuring; Salesforce Management; Management Succession; Performance Improvement; Manufacturing Industry; Sports Industry; New England
Dolan, Robert J., Benson P. Shapiro, and Alisa Zalosh. "StepSmart Fitness." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-509, January 2014. (Revised August 2017.)