Filter Results:
(4,497)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,497)
- People (11)
- News (1,751)
- Research (2,133)
- Events (17)
- Multimedia (92)
- Faculty Publications (807)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,497)
- People (11)
- News (1,751)
- Research (2,133)
- Events (17)
- Multimedia (92)
- Faculty Publications (807)
- 15 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright
program, you’re likely someone who likes to plan and have a sense of what their future looks like. Being admitted to 2+2 means that you have an incredible graduate school experience waiting for you down the line and the opportunity to... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
apart and the strategy is built on speed and the ability to quickly turn planes around at the gate. The powerful part of that story from our perspective is that he responds to this grandmother and then he CCs the entire company. And so everybody sees with deep clarity... View Details
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
have a long standing deal with him. [. . .] As with our other talent, we work hard to support their creative freedom—even though this means there will always be content on Netflix some people believe is harmful.” While acknowledging... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
immediate revenue generation. My advice is to prioritize solid unit economics from the outset and build steadily, without compromising for rapid scale. This doesn’t mean you can’t be innovative in your scaling approach. Various partners... View Details
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
own." Unfortunately, lean's prevalence has led to some misconceptions. "Some people think lean means 'not fat,' as in laying people off," Upton says, noting that in their paper they propose that the difference in a lean... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
Someone is out to shoot down your best ideas. Do you know how to defend yourself? In their new book, Buy-IN: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, HBS professor emeritus John P. Kotter and University of British Columbia professor Lorne A. Whitehead teach how to... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
new business. “The logic is that we’ll lower our corporate tax rates, which will attract companies to invest in our countries, which will mean more employment, which will mean everybody benefits. That... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- Web
Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
program concludes with a final exam. What are the learning requirements in order to successfully complete Business Analytics, and how are grades assigned? + – Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will View Details
- Web
Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online
important and how you can encourage it in the workplace. Go to Article How are Innovation and Entrepreneurship Connected? Innovation is a unique and valuable product, service, business model, or strategy. It can be disruptive or sustaining , View Details
- Web
Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
automatically when you advance the film for the next picture. . . . You can have your pictures when they mean the most. You can share and enjoy the pictures together with others in the pictures." 76 Users also had the benefit of... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
PublicationsTalk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Authors:Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2025
- Case
Netflix: Takedown Troubles
By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell
In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details
Keywords: Change; Disruption; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Demographics; Ethics; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Management; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Society; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
- 2010
- Book
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
By: Robert L. Simons
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy
Simons, Robert L. Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
- February 2008
- Supplement
Avaya (C): Implementing Demand Generation in Brazil
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (C): Implementing Demand Generation in Brazil." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-050, February 2008.
- February 2008
- Supplement
Avaya (B)
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-049, February 2008.
- Web
Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
Unidentified Industries Ratios Over Time Show Hide Details Concepts Examining the Balance Sheet Utilizing Ratios Finding Meaning Case: Unidentified Industries Comparisons Featured Exercises Categorize financial ratios DuPont Analysis... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
unmitigated disaster with the communications available in the first decade of the twentieth. Shipments arrived late, or piled up on docks with no means to unload them. By 1905 the New York Times was complaining that the Isthmian Canal... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT services industry as players seek to develop their capabilities for their growing domestic market. We describe the implications of our findings for CIOs in developed countries. Our main prediction is that the challenges of serving the domestic market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Bringing climate change down to earth (and actionable) means focusing on cities in which nearly all the salient issues intersect. Metropolitan areas are beginning to ramp up actions in the... View Details
- Web
Gallatin Hall | About
reinforcing the independence of the Treasury, Gallatin also was responsible for the 1801 law that required the treasury secretary to submit an annual report to Congress documenting debts, expenditures, loans, and revenue. In addition, he helped create the House Ways... View Details