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09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

learning and teaching about the assessment of opportunities, deal structuring, and incentives. (Metallization refers to a thin layer of metal that covers the CDs before information can be laid on them.) The entrepreneur who started Singulus—essentially founding a new... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

did you write this book? Jeffrey Fear: This book began as a very different project. One problem in German history is that a good deal of literature understandably focuses on discrete time periods: Imperial Germany 1871-1914; World War I... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

preparing for the innovations that will define the future. This mental balancing act can be one of the toughest of all managerial challenges—it requires executives to explore new opportunities even as they work diligently to exploit existing capabilities—and it's no... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

24 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

at scale. Win-win. Conversely, someone with a lot of startup experience may have a hard time adjusting to a mature company. A hiring manager at a mature company may question whether a candidate with only... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

12 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 12

PublicationsPricing to Create Shared Value Authors:Marco Bertini and John T. Gourville Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012) Abstract Many companies are in competition with their customers to extract as much value as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

The bad news is that the researchers discovered a wide divergence in opinions between how respondents thought a company should behave and how their company actually behaved. Furthermore, the lower a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

The Hawthorne Plant – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction Next The Hawthorne Plant The Hawthorne Plant Any company controlling many thousand workers tends to lack any satisfactory... View Details

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

passion for coffee, no longer had time to dialogue with customers. The brand experience declined as waiting times increased. Moreover, the price premium for a Starbucks coffee seemed less justifiable for... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

12 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

like education planning and account aggregation, advisory firms can strengthen their businesses, shows the study, which Di Maggio cowrote with five collaborators from the investment company Dimensional Fund Advisors. "The issue is, the... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Financial Services

02 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses

the cash flow edge. One aspect of this cash flow formula is the extent of time that small businesses wait for or don’t receive payment from the companies they supply. Insufficient or delayed financing is the... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

15 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday

Amazon.com is taking an interesting approach to its birthday this year. The company is throwing itself a party where all its Prime customers get the gifts. Amazon Prime Day is slated for July 15th, "a one-day shopping event with more... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Retail

Web

Europe - Global

Europe Paris HBS opened the Europe Research Center (ERC) in Paris in 2003, to help HBS develop and strengthen relationships with European business and academic leaders. The ERC enables HBS faculty to study more effectively one of the world’s most important economic... View Details

Fast Answer

Stock prices: current & historical

hit GO for historical prices. LSEG Workspace is good for downloading a time series: Type a company name or ticker into the main search bar and select the appropriate View Details

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits grown 2,600 times. He believes that the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Web

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

the company could limit customer questions and increase order completion rates and sales by simplifying mymuesli’s customer journey (e.g., through reducing the number of ingredients to choose from and/or by adding pre-packaged muesli... View Details

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

years for politicians to act on their constituencies' widespread indignation. Don't count on regulation to solve anything in time or on budget. This is what makes a market-based way to deliver consumer privacy attractive. Markets have an... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Dec 2023
News

The Imposter Among Us

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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