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- 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20
http://www.people.hbs.edu/rgreenwood/shipsIA.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 513-703 Tyra Banks: Personal Branding No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/513703-PDF-ENG Harvard View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
the obvious person may not be the one in charge. John Bennion, 1977. My first job coming out of business school was right here in Boston. I joined Bain & Company. I think I was the 40th employee. I really enjoyed the work, and I left just... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
Novelty is a core requirement for patentability, but patent officers, failing to realize that these herbs are far from novel, go ahead and issue the patents. “When a Western firm goes to a Western exchange, the patent examiner often... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
After decades of destructive outsourcing, America's ability to innovate and create high-tech products essential for future prosperity is on the decline, argue professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih. They won the prestigious McKinsey Award for their July-August 2009... View Details
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
individuals identified as likely to defect. The tricky part comes in figuring out exactly who should be targeted. “You have to look at the net profitability of the retention campaign” Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of View Details
- 16 May 2015
- Blog Post
Using an MBA to Reimagine the Music Industry
Monica. In her free time she also tours as the drummer for artist M.I.A (no big deal!). Why did you decide to come to HBS? I decided to come to HBS because I wanted to learn about other industries who had also been hit by severe disruption in the past. What strategies... View Details
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
foresees. He quoted Thomas Malone's writing that "We are in the early stages of an increase of human freedom in business that may, in the long run, be as important a change for businesses as the change... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
AI Enhanced Learning: HBS IT and Faculty Collaborate on Research Navigator Bot | Information Technology
Fuller saw an opportunity. With recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), he recognized that this course could lead the way in providing students with the practical skills to apply AI to real world business... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
Authors:Claudio Dell'Era, Alessio Marchesi, and Roberto Verganti Publication:International Journal of Innovation Management 12, no. 1 (March 2008) Abstract In today's business and academic arenas, design is increasingly viewed as a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
independent unit, businesses need to change the core of their business and ensure that their digital strategy touches all aspects of their organization: View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
finding allies in several HBS professors bolstered my confidence to take the leap. When I graduated, I had nothing but a business plan and the $3,000 pitch prize. Then came the $25,000 HBS fellowship in 2009. Today, we are a $3 million... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
firm, and by extension in the emergence of an industry, Higgins writes in her chapter, titled "Careers Creating Industries." "With a significant number of IPOs, what was previously simply a group of young organizations engaged in similar View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
like budgeting, should be part of the annual governance cycle. Whenever plans are changed at the enterprise or business unit level, executives likely need to realign the organization with the new direction. The alignment process, of... View Details
- Web
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
change and effectively inspire and lead your team. "This was an excellent course with concepts that were immediately applicable to my consulting business." Kerri Roche Owner and Strategic Planner, Sift Strategic Planning at Sift Strategic Planning Master of View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
wells or having a portfolio of venture-capital companies. Three or four horses will hit big, three or four won’t make it, and three or four will pay their way.” While the business has grown over the years, Clay says that Three Chimneys’... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
The Entrepreneurial Venture (Second Edition) by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Amar Bhidé (Harvard Business School Press) At least one million new entrepreneurial ventures are begun every year. As... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
savings and loans. I compare this disaster to a Greek epic, in which RCA is lured away from its core capabilities by "Sirens" consisting of the business press, the academy, and Wall Street, for whom... View Details
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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
skilled labor and logistics infrastructure, were historically American strengths but are now in decline. The U.S. retains some core strengths in clusters, entrepreneurship, and other areas. What can business... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
Harvard Business School professors Jim Heskett (now emeritus), Earl Sasser, and Len Schlesinger have been studying the service sector—the good and the great as well as the bad and the ugly—for more than three decades. In their new book,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
consumption sharply, which will provoke further business contraction, and so on. And even those workers who have not been laid off—the vast majority—have more reason to be worried than before (because of rising unemployment), more reason... View Details