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11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

Take a seat and hold on tightly. You're aboard the Internet Express, where speed is the order of the day and profit but a remote destination. For firms that ride the rails of the Internet's fast track, getting big fast—whatever its... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

a mouse click or a remote control device. And the third, contractual flexibility, describes the nature of the demands the various media place on advertisers. The contractual requirements associated with network television advertising with... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

OnStar as president and CEO for 14 years. A major subsidiary of General Motors, OnStar provides in-vehicle security, navigation, remote diagnostic, and emergency services to more than 6 million subscribers. Now a senior lecturer at HBS,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

result of such despondency, children are not encouraged to go to school; many fail to attend at all or drop out early. Yet many multinational corporations, while undertaking their regular profit-making activities, have managed to change... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

know each other as if they are family members. One can imagine they know where all the buttons are that can be pushed. As the case describes, they went through periods of not liking each other very much. Paul told me how other string... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

14 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 14

relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—software, animation and mobile telephony—we illustrate two key sources of inefficiencies that this mismatch can create, all... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

is." Some variant of that conversation can go on for years. If that is all that has happened about succession, then when the time comes, the board may have to go outside. Q: You argue that the best candidate for the top job is an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

01 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 1

Publications August 2013 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Delaware's Choice By: Subramanian, Guhan Abstract—This article first documents the shift to annual elections of all directors at most U.S. corporations and argues that the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Apr 2016
First Look

April 26

April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

remotely from their homes or at a reading center. As new scans come in, they are randomly assigned to the radiologists, who must be licensed in the state and credentialed at the hospital where the scan was performed. The random assignment... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

organization, selling 46 products, including pouched milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, and infant food through a million retailers across the country as well as being the market leader in almost all the categories in which it operates.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

in 2022, Wu and Clough saw a striking connection between the Las Vegas Strip and the digital platforms they had studied over the past decade. “People visit Las Vegas for the sense of hustle and bustle, which is generated by the presence of View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Despite all this, the online draft will certainly not be the same. Apart from the lost entertainment value—NFL draft fashion has become a much-watched spectacle in recent years—there are concerns about potential technical challenges. The... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

business strategy 101 for most entrepreneurs, so why have so many mobile money service offerings failed? It’s a question being studied by Rajiv Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. “You would think mobile money should be a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

06 May 2015
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

individuals. All forecasting is a case in point. When the application becomes personal, it raises many questions that will have to be addressed. In this case, should we be careful what we wish for? What do you think? Original Article In... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

do the job well, and people will offer you more responsibility. Commitment. Demonstrate that you are excited about your job, and people will invest in you. Compatibility. Prove that you can get along with your teammates and managers, and people will want to work with... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

discover that our skills weren't necessarily honed to respond precisely to customer demand, our technologies weren't all they should be, and our manufacturing wasn't as efficient as we'd thought." In his soon-to-be-published book of... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

trouble: Iridium and Globalstar (two global telecommunications firms), Global Crossing, Eurotunnel, EuroDisney, and many others have all defaulted. The challenge of building and managing these projects is the focus of my ongoing research.... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Nov 2024
HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

seekers and employers. As remote work surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment hovered below 4 percent, and many employers struggled to fill openings. “Harley has to build a team, but doesn’t have View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment

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