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25 Mar 2025
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

schools across the US and Europe and have some thoughtful discussions about how we'll all fit into the changing landscape. I was pleased that the conference focused so much on Food & Ag and included an urban farm tour of Oxford Tract... View Details

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

this category has lower performance along traditional metrics but offers new benefits around convenience, customization, and simplicity that fit squarely with a customer's behavior patterns and priorities. The business model supports... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

food industry interest you, because there are many different facets. What functional areas would be a good fit for you? What part of the food supply chain? If you aren’t sure, your time at HBS is a great time to explore options and ask... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

years—developing a gut reaction that a particular candidate, while spectacular on paper, isn't a good fit for his portfolio company. At the end of the day, as Leonard and Swap argue in their new book, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Oct 2002
News

View from the Top

professor Carl Kester, a member of the Class of 1977, has engaged many students in discussions about leadership. So it seemed fitting for the Bulletin to ask him to coordinate an exchange of views on the topic among a small group of the... View Details

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

trade-off between competitive price discovery and convenience. Evidence from eBay fits the theory: auctions are favored by less experienced sellers and for idiosyncratic products, and auction listings sell at a discount but with higher... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

marginalized or less powerful,” he says. “Moving from one of the power actors, the provincial government, into another power actor—but one with less resources and little authority in the last century—actually fit where my religious... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

attractive and a workforce that fits their needs - all within a comfortable community where key employees will want to live. Locales that offer an effective infrastructure, a skilled workforce, and business-friendly regulations will... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

organizations. The American approach to ad hoc globalization suits the interests of the Treasury and of the private financial community perfectly well, and it also fits broader patterns of American foreign policymaking over the past... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Jun 2012
News

Straight to the Heart

everyone needs, whether you’re single or married. Otherwise, you become just another commodity. There are 50 million people dating online—you need to stand out and be memorable. But your personal brand can’t be aspirational. It needs to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

people and lots of money. The opportunity seemed right for Bronner, who had founded Digitas, a marketing-services firm that created customer-loyalty programs for clients such as American Express and AT&T. It also seemed a good fit for... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Jun 2004
News

Luxe Redux

clients while attracting new customers.” At Steuben, Haupt says that there’s an ongoing assessment of the appropriate balance between a product’s form and function and how that fits with the way people live today. In the past, she notes,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade

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

22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

program, developed under the umbrella role Genzyme's corporate social responsibility, fits into its global competitive strategy. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910407-PDF-ENG Leading Teams Note Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

as entrepreneurs. Although historically there have been few, women are now seeing opportunities, and financing is becoming much more available. They previously saw that their path up the corporate ladder was not a particularly attractive route. Q: How does the course... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Sep 2009
News

Professor, Historian, and Storyteller

encompasses the birth of the consumer society, the shift away from an industrial economy, and the decline of the social contract between companies and workers. So the Times articles were chosen — from a huge array of possibilities — to View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2011
News

Li & Fung's Global Footprint

company is that when we hire people, we always hire for attitude. We don’t hire for skills. We hire for attitude because we feel skills can be taught and trained. But if you have the wrong attitude, no matter how skillful you are, you’re not going to View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

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