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- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
brother-in-law, who was a CPA; my dad was an 8th grade-educated entrepreneur. And my uncle began taking the money from the partnership that broke up in 1955 and started a competitive chain called Mr. Donut. My dad was so upset at the fact... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
In order to get the biggest bang for taxpayers' bucks, OSHA typically inspects companies most likely to have problems, often following accidents and complaints, stacking the deck with companies that are worse than average. "Where there is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
communications issues? (Nanda, who was able to launch the product with seed money from family members, retained full design control but subcontracted production to an Asian firm.) More pointedly, the cases address the reasons for Clocky's... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
You don't have to do something major or spend money on a dinner out to have a ritual that's psychologically powerful for your relationship." Thoughtful gesture: Another 11 percent of respondents made a point of doing something thoughtful... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
at how that anxiety can change the outcomes of negotiations. In order to induce anxiety in participants, she asked them to listen to the theme from the horror film Psycho; others heard soothing classical music instead. Then she placed... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
reality is that we don’t really know if commercial space flight will ultimately be a money maker, how many competitors will fit in the market, or what demand will be for consumers taking off on space vacations after the initial enthusiasm... View Details
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
the legend of the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez, who, after arriving in South America with 700 men seeking to conquer the continent for Spain, ordered them to burn their boats so they could not even think of retreat. One founder... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
which a Nash equilibrium exists while the set of Nash equilibria coincides with the solutions of the system of first order condition equations, a property of essential importance to empirical studies. This condition specifies that in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
Finance can be intimidating, and many business executives don’t even try to get their arms around it. But Harvard Business School Professor Mihir Desai says business leaders need to engage with the world of finance in order to succeed.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
which a person is given an amount of money, and then must decide how much of the money to give to a partner. Every dollar participants give is tripled. However, it is the partner who decides how much to give back to them-none, some, or... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
in Washington politicians. Fairly or not, people have become willing to believe that executives, as a class, are greedy and dishonest. However natural it might be to ask how so many executives—not to mention accountants, investment bankers, stock market analysts,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
understanding the group's interests but in understanding its constraints. In order to increase the amount of food sent to disadvantaged countries, the consortium had in the past partnered with American farmers to lobby the U.S. government... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- Web
Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
Development Process Effectively balance the deliberate and emergent strategy processes to unlock innovation within your organization and determine which “type” of money will empower new business ideas to flourish. Highlights The Resource... View Details
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
lot of tech firms make big investments in growth upfront, and then the payoff is long-term in the future. In our current macroeconomic climate, it’s harder for them to find money for those sorts of investments, and so that type of... View Details
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
At one end of the global coffee supply chain are the diners who gather for brunch at the sidewalk tables outside Chloe’s Cafe in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. Regulars there order the fluffy banana-walnut pancakes and steaming... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
approach to globalization has allowed Toyota to thrive among automakers? A: Toyota has overtaken General Motors to become the largest automaker in the world—while making money in the process. Toyota is distinguished from most of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
Cash Flow Metrics and Milestones Show Hide Details Concepts Using Money to Produce Information The Investor Perspective Business Models Calculating Financing Needs Featured Exercises Understanding and presenting key financial metrics... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food
self-service in the meat department,” Hisano writes. Hisano goes on to describe how some retailers manipulated meat with artificial food additives, in order to maintain—or artificially create—the coveted red color. (She provides an... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
have a business model that will get us to profitability. We make money when users buy offsets. So currently the primary service we provide that customers want to pay for is if they want to offset their footprint, the average subscriber... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
region. After all, while it might have a Silicon Valley–like valuation and aggressive expansion plan, the organization can’t simply hire more software engineers in order to grow. And unlike the NBA’s efforts to operate in China, where it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell