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- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Yi-Ling WeiHarvard Business School Case 610-005 Tony Lo, the CEO of Giant Manufacturing, the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world, finally realized that his products were not meeting the needs of women customers when even his wife complained to him that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
objectives of a laptop computer targeted at children of the developing world with the escalating content demands from the marketplace and the non-profit OLPC Foundation. It also had to fit the project into its company business model which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
steward ideal than to the agents described in agency theory. Stewardship theory is far less known and probably doesn't apply as much to most executives, but it seems to fit founders very well. Executive compensation provides one test of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
some success with three different patent-based ventures, for instance—and Darwall will see if she can find a subject that fits the bill. An HBS Outpost While research is the primary function of the CRC, there is also an opportunity and a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In 2003, Deckinger was running a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using U.S. Census microdata on firm-level output, R&D, and patenting. The model provides a good View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
hospital system in U.S. The hospital was inaugurated in February 2014, but there were open questions related to pricing of the procedures and the related target patient segment and volumes. Also, HCCI senior management realized the need to adapt the NH model developed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
had previously successfully developed the landmark Xintiandi retail and entertainment district in Shanghai. Lo must decide if the opportunity is the right fit in terms of place, timing, government support, and market demand. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
just made the biggest mistake of my life by thinking that I could fit in at HBS. I learned that my 75 sectionmates had been working on Wall Street or in banks or as salesmen for Xerox and IBM. At least six of them were certified public... View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
single day. Based on what you've learned, do you think discount vouchers make sense for large retailers? A: Discount vouchers seem to be most compelling for merchants with a low cost of goods sold and with a highly perishable product. Restaurants View Details
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
them."6 This may be true enough, but here Schumpeter extends the theme of cycles into something like a determinate paradigm. He attempts the hopeless task of fitting historical patterns of business booms and busts into predictable... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
camaraderie, time with animals or nature, self-expression. If your normal fitness routine is no longer possible, switching to an online version of the exercise may be satisfying. If it is not, try something entirely different: Moving the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
retail, the book offers prescriptive advice to store-based retailers caught in the squeeze. "First off, there is no one size fits all answer," says Alvarez, a senior lecturer. "Your strategy depends on what type of items you sell, who... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
investing in a range of new products, customer experiences, and organizational capabilities designed to make the company fit for enduring success in a turbulent global economy. Set against the backdrop of the Great Recession, the case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
straightforward guy you'd ever meet. What you see and hear is what you get. Nicely done, but it doesn't fit here. Lose it, please." Then, two weeks later, the director came back with a different reaction. "I've been thinking about that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
for this product. However, he is not entirely certain how this new business will function, both with respect to how the product is distributed and to how Sidoti & Company will get compensated for it. The case discusses Sidoti & Company's business model and how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008) Abstract The article reports on a study concerning team building and the fit or interpersonal congruence among team members. The study found that the performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
Women, alone, have the unique calling of becoming mothers. To me, that is exactly what feminism means. Feminism is knowing that I am equal, but also recognizing the unique gifts I have as a woman. Feminism is about embracing my differences, instead of trying to View Details