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until 24 hours after the start of the Program. Please note, this is 24 hours after the course materials become available, not after the participant logs in. We encourage all Participants to log in to their Program as soon as it starts to confirm it will be a good View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Q: Why is it so effective? A: A wide range of factors explains its success. For one, strong brands and high production values matter. Scale also brings marketing advantages: It is relatively cost-efficient to advertise those tent-pole bets. And trying to create... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
"Just the challenge of fitting all of the compliance activities that boards and their committees have to execute on, while still doing these broader and perhaps more interesting things that boards are supposed to do-in terms of providing... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
pay a fair or even premium price for products and services that really suit them. If companies are smart about this, the increases in profits from new and more satisfied customers can more than offset losses from helping some customers realize their best View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
what he can do to get started building a global brand. Again, he sees the technology, what's available from the wool. He understands what outdoor athletic people or design-conscious people might want. He makes assumptions about how these are going to View Details
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
important next step for us is finding strong product market fit – among all the different capabilities we can engineer within our microalgae, which ones are most important? And to whom is it important? If you’re reading this and have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
approach to design, which became known as Project Platypus. The real platypus, a curious combination of species, seemed a fitting emblem for the unique, cross-disciplinary product-development teams created by Ross. Unlike the Ello group,... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
in serving on a board? What are some of the things they should look for aside from a good fit in the organization? TB: Well, it's knowing how the board is currently working before you leap into it. Is it a team? And it’s not just the job... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
economy. The last of these state variables enables the model to fit the changing covariance of bond and stock returns. Log bond yields and term premia are quadratic in these state variables, with term premia determined by the nominal-real... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
which focuses on financial innovation and the use of financial engineering techniques by corporations, may fit this general description, for some time now Tufano has also been involved in a very different project aimed at "trying to teach... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
parts to exact specifications, which could fit into almost any gun of the same type. This made replacement and repair significantly easier and production more uniform. Other industries and countries would later implement these principles... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
formats now fit only a narrow segment of the population. Finally, much of retail growth over the last three decades has relied on aggregating volume to support a large store infrastructure. However, this volume may not materialize in any... View Details
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
cycles. To sustain these changes, leaders may want to initiate "periodic monitoring of the fit between outcomes and assumptions, and intermittent periods of analysis relatively free of new activities." The study also underlines... View Details
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
work and how the parts fit together. We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with." In short, Roth has determined that successful marketplaces require three key elements. "They must be thick,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
than luxurious prizes like electronics or trips. It’s even better if a gift feels personalized. A manager could give an employee who enjoys fitness activities a gift card to a store that sells workout clothes, while giving another worker... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
those that most closely fit their strategy and adapt or develop others. There is no rule for the right number of metrics to include in a measurement system; however, including too many tends to distract managers from pursuing a focused... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
culture fit me best. That firm turned out to be Boston Consulting Group. BCG recruiters went out of their way to make my interview period one that worked best for me. They asked me if I wanted to interview in mid-December, about a month... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
customers routinely selected cards that although profitable for the bank could be a poor fit for customers’ needs—leading to low satisfaction scores, cancellations, and occasionally, financial distress. To that end, the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the organizational impact of a pivot as well as the role of VCs and boards in outlining company strategy. In 2008, Jason Jacobs, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
decide whether they want to try to restructure the nature of the engagement to better fit the firm's service model. Although young and small, the firm has grown successfully and is optimistic about its future prospects. Kutchins and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace