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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online
entrepreneur looking to grow your startup company or a strategist interested in introducing innovation ideas to your organization. A course about entrepreneurship and innovation will teach you how to assess new business opportunities and use creativity to take your... View Details
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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade
became a partner in 1850. Albert Heard came to China after graduating from Yale and became a partner in 1856, the same time that Augustine II went home and John returned to China to take his place. By 1857, John Heard reported that the company was View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
Pietro Verri and Cesare Beccaria, author of the epochal On Crimes and Punishments. Yet the views and concerns of these first socialists, developed inside a pugnacious intellectual coterie dubbed the Academy of Fisticuffs, differ dramatically from those of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Logging In - Research Computing Services
desktop, launch Tweak Tool and click on the Desktop left tab (1) and turn on the Icons on Desktop option (2): More information about configuring NoMachine and the Gnome desktop are available in our NoMachine Interface Changes guide .... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
calendar to tackle your most challenging work, particularly when your energy is high, and focus on giving it your undivided attention by turning off distracting notification pings on your phone, email, and Slack channels. In a recent... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
automatically when you advance the film for the next picture. . . . You can have your pictures when they mean the most. You can share and enjoy the pictures together with others in the pictures." 76 Users also had the benefit of ascertaining on the spot if a photograph... View Details
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
chips, now sold by the company. This year's submissions include Smoky Brisket and Tzaziki. The glut of easily accessible information on the Web has birthed The Age of Transparency, turning millions of consumers into amateur journalists.... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
Publications May 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations By: Brown, Daniel, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—We explore the role of the corporate leader in creating value for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- October 2023
- Teaching Note
Metaverse Wars
By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-431. Metaverse Wars recaps the development of the metaverse concept and the attendant hype, bringing the narrative up to the summer of 2023 when Meta’s big pivot looked more like a costly misstep than a stroke of strategic genius. In... View Details
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Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Hoffman, Andrew J. Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape. Island Press, 2000.
- May 2017
- Teaching Note
Hilti Fleet Management (A) and (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
These notes are meant to accompany Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head (717-427) and Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (717-465).
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; BMI; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Growth Management; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong; France; Italy; Spain
- 20 Feb 2014
- HBS Seminar
Teck Ho, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960
education. When asked what he hopes to pass along, Sant turns the question around. "I'm the one who is learning from them," he observes. "I love seeing how they think and what they have to offer." While Sant's accomplishments are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
Consumers turning to fintech lenders are more likely to spend beyond their means, sink further into debt, and ultimately default more often than people with similar credit profiles borrowing from traditional banks, according to recent... View Details
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
the job,” according to Bell. The company began looking for ways to attract new demographic groups to truck driving, including women and young people. Another important move has been what the company refers to as its “grow-your-own strategy.” That means View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
city. It was against this backdrop that Dixon turned her career ambitions to music. “I thought that by becoming a hip-hop A&R person I could change the world, empower black voices, and also make music,” she says. There would be no bigger... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
care about who you are without any transactional expectations. Even if it’s just a coffee or a meal over the two years, it makes a difference that someone has taken the time to share their story, and in turn learn yours. These genuine... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
"emotional intelligence" may take the form of changing body language or tone of voice to influence the way the other person responds—or taking a break during a difficult point in negotiations in order to turn down the heat when... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
concoction emerging again in a slightly different disguise. Again, salespeople for the banks and brokerages are telling investors that they have a safe haven for investments at high returns and are placing investors' money in extremely speculative investment vehicles.... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills