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- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
against governments and corporations and accepts funding only through individuals and foundation grants. Explores the detailed history and business models of both organizations. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
history of innovation, by the late 1990s Muzak had anemic financials and low employee morale. When new CEO Bill Boyd took the helm in 1997, he assembled a new management team. The new VP of Marketing, Kenny Kahn, worked with design firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Business School Centennial Colloquium, this edited volume brings together the most important scholars from fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, economics, and history to shape the academic discipline of leadership. Book: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
Jordan brand and served as president of the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team? Probably not, says HBS Professor Francesca Gino, who coauthored the case with HBS Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson and View Details
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
is available at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-78902-6 The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting Author: Walter Friedman Publication: History of Political Economy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Amazon.com, 2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402.
On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Market Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Competition; Internet; Corporate Strategy; Online Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Hardware; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Price; Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
storage capacity, bandwidth and memory — especially on a per-dollar basis — are driving the observed business benefits. However, all of these have been getting better, faster and cheaper at about the same rate throughout the history of... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-018.pdf Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930 Authors:André Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Publication:Financial History Review... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
PublicationsDriven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership Author:Paul R. Lawrence Publication:Jossey-Bass, forthcoming (2010) Abstract The author applies the four drive theory of human behavior (to acquire, to defend, to comprehend, to bond) to the leadership... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2017
- Chapter
Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter places the concepts of ethical capitalism developed by the 19th century Japanese venture capitalist Shibusawa Eiichi in a global historical perspective. The chapter reviews the similarities and differences over time and between countries of proponents of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ethics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Jones, Geoffrey. "Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism." Chap. 7 in Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective, edited by Patrick Fridenson and Takeo Kikkawa, 144–169. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
shareholders. He believed this required good corporate governance and effective oversight by the board of directors. The case explores the history of AFSCME's shareholder activism on this front and particularly its use of shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Risa Kavalercik
In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition—Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the... View Details
Keywords: Nigeria; Entrepreneurs; Import Substitution; China In Africa; Killer Tomato Paste; Mira Mehta; Tomato Jos; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government Legislation; Business History; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
Reinert, Sophus A., and Risa Kavalercik. "Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 718-027, February 2018. (Revised March 2018.)
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
Ernst & Young, or McKinsey should all get a shot at becoming candidates to run cities and districts with a history of corruption. Entities that are experts at municipal accounting, consulting to foreign governments, or providing... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Co.: Breaking New Grounds Harvard Business School Case 807-004 Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
from around the world. The resulting book includes several of the papers and lectures that were presented at the conference, providing a wide range of views about China's past, present, and future. In this excerpt, editor William C. Kirby, an View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
To Nancy F. Koehn, the history of the Irish rock band U2 has it all as a business case study: teamwork, leadership, creative destruction, branding, and strategy. Koehn's case "Bono and U2", co-written with Katherine Miller and Rachel K.... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
"Humans have evolved a leadership brain," says HBS professor emeritus Paul R. Lawrence. "Good leaders are people with a conscience who respect and reward all the four drives of other stakeholders [the drive to acquire, to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets Authors:John Y. Campbell, Robert J. Shiller, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
property development. A family member, Raymond Cheng, had narrowed the list of potential markets to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Notwithstanding a history of instability and conflict and substantial government control of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
established brands are facing a loss of credibility as they are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands,” says Vettese, whose research project was guided by HBS professor Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History.... View Details