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the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin America. CPG Matters A twice-monthly e-zine directed to the... View Details

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

one had to live with that decision for some time. Today, the movement is toward settings that aren't "matchy-match"; Steuben's new lines of glassware work together and meet the needs of a consumer who wants a differentiated, View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

teaching excellence and innovation. Also visit the book's Web site. Martha Lagace: What led you to identify and study gaps and opportunities in MBA education? David Garvin: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Harvard Business School in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

reason to trust each other. Without trust, many transactions will never materialize. A crucial feature of any platform is enabling and creating a trust environment allowing independent parties to feel comfortable that they’re not putting their business, operation, or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2013
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Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

Marissa Mayer's decision to ask Yahoo! employees to work from offices rather than at home has at least two potentially negative consequences, one for her and one for her employees. But she can mitigate both by linking personal and... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Web Services; Web Services

01 Dec 2007
News

Man on a Mission

his life to a campaign to promote prostate-cancer awareness and education, including a Web site. The site, which taps into the experiences of patients and doctors, provides a lot of the information Girand could not find when he was... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

be on the verge of another significant advance. For if the mutual fund first empowered the "little guy" by encouraging him to visit Wall Street, the Internet has captured the Street and placed it at his disposal, inside his View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

fraud than other kinds of advertising. An advertiser might think: "Faking that a person paid money is very hard. You need a credit card, and if I'm getting the order, how bad can it be?" In fact, fraud is not impossible. Maybe... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Web Services; Web Services

01 Mar 2004
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High Brow

According to the Times, T&H patrons can expect “half-hour-long shaves that include three passes with a straight razor, nine hot towels, and a facial massage.” T&H grooming products are currently available from the company’s Web site and... View Details

Keywords: men's grooming; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

01 Jun 2009
News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Marketing After the Recession... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
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New Editor Takes Helm at HBS Bulletin

Roger Thompson, a longtime editor at Nation’s Business magazine and, more recently, a Web site developer and manager for Cox Interactive Media, is the new editor of the HBS Bulletin. In July, he assumed the position formerly held by... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2008
News

Letters to the Editor

open mind. He had a great personality and was honest and honorable and in every sense a “good guy.” I am sure that he continued to have all of these characteristics as a faculty member. K. Martin Worthy (MBA 5/’43) St. Simons Island, GA... View Details

Keywords: Roland Christensen; Roberta Moniz Lasley; Diana Greer; Edna Homa; Anne Jardim; Eunice Jensen; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

fraction of the applicants. Borrowers and platform employees have no personal interactions; no physical meetings, phone interviews, or web chats. The platform pre-screens loans based on the borrower’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

broader conception of what went wrong. I believe that business schools have a responsibility to help deal with these problems, and therefore the challenge has a very strong personal dimension for me. This is not a theoretical exercise.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

01 Dec 2009
News

When More Is Better

books. Some of you are incredible adventurers. Others concentrate on humanitarian and philanthropic endeavors. Apart from my personal reading pleasure, there’s a higher purpose at work. My colleagues here at the Bulletin and I are... View Details

Keywords: meta

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

Seated before a computer with an Internet link, consumers today can flip through an estimated 800 million Web pages of public information by merely clicking a mouse. Add to this that television, now in 98 percent of American homes, is... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

Fall 2018
Article

The Value of Fit Information in Online Retail: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

By: Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno

Online channels generate frictions when selling products with nondigital attributes, such as apparel. Customers may be reluctant to purchase products they have not been able to try on, and those customers who do purchase may return products when they do not fit as... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Information; Fit Uncertainty; Online Retail; Randomized Field Experiment; Virtual Fitting Room; Digital Retail; Customization and Personalization; Internet and the Web; Value; Performance Improvement; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry

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23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

spending needs as well as economic factors such as rising interest rates that affect different assets in different ways. Viceira's research analyzes asset allocation strategies for personal and institutional investors. He teaches... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

14 Feb 2005
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Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

about the desktop; it's not about where the content is on your hard drive versus on a public-facing Web site. It's really about the user's relationship to that content." The company also has a product on the market, Horowitz said,... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

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Industry Information - Alumni

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

Leadership and Teaming

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

Man on a Mission

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

High Brow

Faculty Research Online

New Editor Takes Helm at HBS Bulletin

Letters to the Editor

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

When More Is Better

Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

The Value of Fit Information in Online Retail: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams