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- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
customer loyalty management initiative, in and of itself, will overcome basic shortfalls in product/service delivering in a competitive situation." Robin Clark pointed out that: "Neither view is completely right or wrong. I... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708440 Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 408-066 As CEO of leading executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles for the past 18 months, Kevin Kelly was pleased with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
essential blue-collar positions. Says Harvey, "Firms must respond to these realities with higher wages, which make the goods and services they produce more expensive, which in turn makes the overall economy less competitive in a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
concluded that we needed a relatively simple set of ideas to organize the course. First, we adopted a functional perspective, a concept that University Professor Bob Merton and a number of us have been working on for the last fifteen years. The functional perspective... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
who applied to the School on a lark, accepted a position at Bain & Company after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. She and a Bain partner later wrote an article about leadership styles and submitted it to the Harvard Business... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
concluded that trust has important positive consequences. For example, trusted automakers spend significantly less time contracting and haggling with their suppliers. Similarly, we know that trust lowers the costs of negotiation and... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
weeks or days. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/03/manage-your-work-manage-your-life/ar/1 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Search Diversion and Platform Competition By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007
producer, Canada would have a long-term advantage because of its history of high-quality grain production. Further, he believed that SWP, with its deep farmer relationships and state-of-the-art infrastructure, was ideally positioned to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
of traditional U.S. public companies by more R&D-intensive firms is key to understanding the secular trend in average cash holdings. Over the last 35 years, an increasing share of R&D-intensive firms has entered the stock market with progressively higher cash... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
marketing positioning in a customer's mind, and a way to keep an organization on its collective toes. But the concept is, in the opinion of readers, one that in application raises more questions than it answers. Among these are: (1) Are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
China’s biggest trading partner, accounting for around a fifth of Chinese exports. On the other hand, the importance of net exports to Chinese growth has declined considerably in recent years. Moreover, Chinese reserve accumulation has put Beijing in the powerful View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
Australia, South Africa, Chile, etc.). Q: What do you see as the major differences between Old World and New World winemakers? A: The Old World market continues to be highly fragmented. The competitive landscape is filled with many small,... View Details
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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions - Course Catalog
opportunities for businesses. This course examines the determinants of competitiveness and economic development and challenges students to understand the role of micro and macro policies. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the world... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
a tradeoff here, in terms of how similar a product will be around the world and what sort of product range a company will offer," Collis says. Will a company allow for local variation and differences in taste, and what will its differences be, if any, when it comes to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
valuable IP," he says. "That IP tends to be lost, or picked up for little money by companies that don't contribute to the competitiveness of the technology industry. I like salvaging them, then selling them to big corporate buyers. The... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
examine the effect of increased competition on the disciplining effects of reputation. Using a variety of data sources, we find that competition leads to more issuer friendly and less informative ratings.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
Contemporary Theories and Perspectives on Economic Development Upgrading Regional Competitiveness: What Role for Regional Governments? By: Ketels, Christian H.M. Abstract—The literature on the competitiveness of locations has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
policy issues associated with climate change. Highlights Property Rights in Fisheries Positive Feedback Loops Club Goods and Common Goods Show Hide Details Concepts Course Introduction The Science of Climate Change The Economics and... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
the sports industry. Bringing His Skills Back to the Court After a little more than a year in the UK, the sports industry came calling for Laitsas yet again and he returned to the US. The Head of the North America Basketball Business Unit at Adidas was the exact right... View Details