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10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

coming attractions in the retail industry. In summary, just as category killers led to the demise of mom-and-pop shops, e-tailers are leading to the death of the big-box category killer. The economics of the Internet and its... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

concluded that this thinking gained momentum after the scandalous failure of organizations like WorldCom and Enron 20 years ago. These companies supposedly were led and managed for the primary benefit of shareholders (and the top... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation: associating, observing, quetioning,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

joint degree to make a difference in the world. Gupta shared, “I was in corporate VC looking at technology in agriculture, specifically for the African context which led me to start thinking about innovative models to address food... View Details

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

you like that? Why aren’t we like that? Because we are crazy-driven hard-working believers, that’s why! That “crazy” American work ethic has led to accomplishments from the Wright Brothers to the moon landing, the voice continues—before... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Papers in progress

“The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Challenges BIO The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global tragedy that continues to affect tens of millions around the world. Some call it a black swan event. However, through this adversity, we have seen remarkable examples of human ingenuity and collaboration that have,... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

organization required a very specific kind of leader, and he had one in mind: former classmate Williams, who led corporate and investment banking for African markets at South Africa’s Standard Bank. “He’s always been a real strategic,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

2011
Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

that premise to a new level, opening a four-story, 22,000-square-foot boutique on Fifth Avenue designed by architect Peter Marino that features details such as flashing LED screens and a staircase made of bronze and chestnut. (An even... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

Profile

Sebastian Velasco

pursuing capital, debt management. She took me on business trips to New York City; I got to know what the business world was like." The combination of his mother's influence and their business trips together led to Sebastian's first... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

I have immersed myself into social media, thanks to an amazing team I'm working with in Raleigh, NC, that is led by Zach Clayton (HBS MBA 2009). I'm learning how to actively use Twitter as well as Facebook and LinkedIn. I enjoy the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

collective practice has led us to understand that the individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the senior team. Just calling HR to say we have a strategy, we want to be more safe, do... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

executives, led by Ken Lay, created an extreme performance-oriented culture that both institutionalized and tolerated deviant behavior. It's a story about a group of executives who created a world that they could not understand and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

communications firm, named “PR Agency of the Decade” by AdAge. He has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management, having led assignments with major corporations, NGOs and family businesses in over 25 industries around the... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

to nurture talent is legendary. Just about anybody who is anybody in jazz can trace some lineage back to "Miles University." Finally, the process that led to Kind of Blue is an example of pushing boundaries and taking... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

is looking out the window, wondering what to do? I had 10,000 of those moments.”) She led one of the first private equity deals in Ethiopia. And as CEO of BGFI Investment banking, she oversaw the financing and the development of two ports... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

learned that graphic warnings led to a drop in sugary drink purchases, they supported the labels in much greater numbers. One question that remains unanswered by the study is whether the warnings spur consumers to change their behavior... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

16 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga

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