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06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

example would be laptop computers that vary in configuration, with one having a CD-ROM and another having a wireless modem. Entrees in a restaurant would be another example. In these cases, choosing one alternative provides you with some... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products

27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

rationally respond to attractive investment opportunities signaled by public market shifts. The Relationships between Market Orientation and Alternative Strategic Orientations: A Meta-Analysis Author:Amir... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

Panel on Pedagogical Innovations in MBA Courses

School. These innovations include subject matter innovations such as courses that focus on globalization and green businesses. They also include innovations in how courses are structured and taught, including greater integration between courses and View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Education

Profile

Maria Brewer

& long term career? HBS prepares you by changing the way you think and approach a problem. HBS did this by broadening my business horizons, reinforcing the importance of the customer, exposing me to many View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

culture of quantitative enthusiasm and are dedicated to risk measurement, others, with a culture of quantitative skepticism, take a different path, focusing instead on risk envisionment, aiming to provide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

of capital commitments) were in such alternative vehicles; the allocation increased by more than 10 percentage points over the last decade. Alternative vehicles were far more likely View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

05 Oct 2018
Blog Post

The Reflective Leader

qualify for the program, be prepared to experience two things that will make you green with envy: the food at the executive education facility is excellent, and the lodging accommodations rival that of many View Details

Profile

Juan Camargo

eventually graduate to the luxe level. FASHION WITH FUNCTION "People want to do the right thing, but they want to do it in style," says Camargo, who describes the ELR... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology; Consumer Products

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

optimize your time and choose an effective event format? Is a Company Presentation right for us? At HBS, Company Presentations are held either off-campus at a local hotel or restaurant or on-campus in a classroom. Our classrooms seat up... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

learning among lower-level employees. We exploit a field-research setting in which business units vary in the "tightness" with which they monitor employee decisions. We find that tighter monitoring gives rise to implicit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Phil Wong

Phil (Caltech ‘05, HBS ‘10) is currently the CFO and co-founder of Sevi Health, a healthcare startup on a mission to simplify primary care in the US. His role at Sevi focuses on acquiring clinics, integrating housing and healthcare for... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

the "comp," or complimentary benefit, which can include a free dinner at a hotel restaurant, reduced-priced tickets and good seats to a show, or even free lodging in deluxe accommodations. In short, casino... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

It was a dramatic contrast on our screens last week. As Hurricane Dorian unleashed nature’s fury on the Bahamas and danced with a wide swath of the East Coast of the United States, I flipped to the CNN Climate Town Hall, where Democratic... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

two very different alternatives as to which direction to take Bausch & Lomb. Essentially, she can either stay the course or terminate the management team she originally... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language

the best economics and have provided an alternative system, which I believe is the correct way to measure generational policy. It's a start." Kotlikoff is professor of economics at Boston University and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

in an office building on the city’s main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Reforma, to discuss a proposed hotel development. As the developers introduced themselves, I quickly realized we were beginning negotiations... View Details

March 2025
Case

Hurtigruten: Sea Zero

By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. Toffel

Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessel's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Alternative Energy; Ship Transportation; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Management; Green Technology; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Battery Industry; Norway; Europe

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06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its... View Details