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- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
low prices, and the ultimate in convenience) is giving online retailers the upper hand. Thinking About The Future We believe that category killers specifically and retailers in general need to think urgently about two key strategic questions in order to View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
effectively allocate, and insufficient to do everything. If I am certain of anything, it is that my daughter does not agree with my allocation of this precious resource. HBS is the first time in my adult life that I have been outside of a... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
economic connections that once existed between corn and indigenous people. At the same time, Keen and his students were brainstorming potential directions for what would become Sacred Seed. Initially they viewed the organization through a... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
market need.” There were differences in how companies handled their founding stories, though. Virtually any startup goes through one or several iterations before hitting on the right product and the right target customer. The more successful executives were “very View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers Authors:Shawn Cole, Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
countries. I find that price levels are identical about 72% of the time. Price changes are not synchronized but have similar frequencies and average sizes. These results have implications for national statistical offices, researchers using online data, and anyone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
held against him the fact that he is an immigrant. Nor was he held back because he is of Jewish origin. When he graduated first in his engineering class at the City College of New York in 1960, he was quoted in The New York Times to the View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
When booking an international flight, the choice often comes down to “expensive but direct” or “cheap with connections.” But what if an airline warned customers that the direct flight was frequently delayed? Would customers appreciate... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
journals. “Academic research can be helpful, but it tends to be overly complex, hard to digest, and not backed by real quantitative insights from customer populations or engagements,” says Neale-May, executive director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, a... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
organization doesn’t seem psychologically safe, create venues for honest questions and ideas. Find a channel for people who have concerns they may not want to bring to their direct supervisors. In meetings, allow people to submit... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
networks of personal relationships: 1) Change agents who were central in the organization's informal network had a clear advantage, regardless of their position in the formal hierarchy. 2) People who bridged... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online
such as surveys, inquires, and other feedback. Online and Electronic Information such as browser ID, browser type, device ID, device type, operating system, network carrier or data providers, and IP address. Usage Data such as cookies,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
get. Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chief Creative Officer, Disney Studios Content Business Should Lead the Way BIO It is time for business leaders to respond to the challenge of climate change in a powerful and effective way. It is clear—and... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
In 2002 Weber Shandwick, a leading global public relations agency, instituted a Client Relationship Leader (CRL) Program for its top 32 global accounts. The purpose of the program is to ensure that all of the firm's resources across geographies, practice areas, and... View Details
Keywords: Blogs; Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Public Relations Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program." Harvard Business School Case 408-077, February 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
studies the direct effects of managers' biases and nonstandard preferences on their decisions. We review relevant psychology, economic theory and predictions, empirical challenges, empirical evidence, new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Machinery (ACM) Conference on Economics and Computation for “Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency in a Simple Labor Market” with Bobak Pakzad-Hurson. Ranjay Gulati : Finalist for the 2019 Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
“Women are well represented in the banking and government sectors in Egypt,” says Enan. But there are still gaps, which is why the decision to pivot Lotus to a support network for women entrepreneurs was easy to make. In partnership with... View Details