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10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

Great chefs, like great artists, go far beyond their materials (in this case, food) to provoke an experience that fulfills their creative vision. Unlike artists, however, they are running a business that requires putting diners in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

to the purposes of the old consumption, according to the principles of the old capitalism. The new medium will not fulfill its historic destiny without a new enterprise logic capable of liberating its revolutionary potential. The presence... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

course, our reflex when confronted with fear of the future is often to run for cover, particularly if management can get away with downsizing while blaming the crisis. But of course, this only fulfils the short-term objectives of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

supervision. While Thyssen delegated tasks and expected managers to achieve certain objectives, Taylor's management principles had managers and workers run through a checklist of motions or functions to be fulfilled in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

control over pricing and associated revenues from the content to the content provider in order to reduce price competition at the platform level. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-009.pdf Applying the Care Delivery... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

engage in self-creation and the utility that they derive from such activities. We propose that creating products fulfills consumers' psychological need to signal competence to themselves and to others, and that feelings of competence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

A may prefer to accept lower future profits in order to interact with a monopolist complement in B. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-009.pdf Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

and to calculate metrics to compare their levels of modularity. Our research takes advantage of a natural experiment in this industry, where products exist that fulfill the same function, but that have been developed using very different... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

prematurely pressured into decisions that went against their open-platform philosophy, they also knew that in order to fulfill their mission to democratize education, they had to eventually build a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

rather than truly expanding boundaries. Despite the questioning, Paulus remained committed to fulfilling her vision of the A.R.T. mission in order to solidify A.R.T. as a leading and financially stable... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

an older case study, Deaver Brown and Cross River Inc. (HBS No. 394-042). It concerns two entrepreneurs, Andrew Sullivan and Hope Abasi, who have designed an innovative pushchair (baby stroller) and, a year later, are looking for an order... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

organizations. What is the best structure for Planned Parenthood to fulfill its mission? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309104 Real Property Negotiation Game: Buyer Case, Celia Hernandez (A)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

"one-stop shop" for IP services, with five interrelated lines of business. Which of these services provided the largest market opportunity for Ocean Tomo? How should the company allocate its scarce resources (it had not sought outside funding yet) in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details