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01 Jun 2022
News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

plan for rapid growth. Syrup raised $1 million in a preseed round and enrolled seven brands, retailers, and manufacturers that use the tool on a weekly basis and implement the inventory suggestions it offers. To date, Theuerkauf says,... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

better attract, develop, engage, and retain Black talent on our professional staff. To attract Black talent more effectively, we will conduct a systematic review of our recruitment and hiring processes to identify and implement... View Details

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

are evaluating an executive decision or a family matter. "Whenever you implement something, if it fails, then almost invariably it did so because there was an assumption in there that, looking back on it, clearly was not plausible," he... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Oct 2022
Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

Tell us about your life before HBS. As a first-generation Latina who was raised by a single mom, I’ve always felt a deep urgency to advocate for those whose voices have historically been marginalized. To that end, after college I worked with a Brazilian NGO to View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

depending on when they initiate following a co-option strategy and where they implement it. Growth-driven co-option needs to occur early and entails going after an entrant's core customers. In essence, an incumbent co-opts the disruption... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

Summing Up Business school relevance is an issue, judging from the predominance of responses to this month's column. The ways of increasing relevance were advanced, but the question of whether, in the current academic context, they can be View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Richard P. Melnick | About

Board (chaired by the University CIO) that evaluates the business, technical and financial case for major university administrative technology investments. He sits on several Executive Committees that manage the implementation of... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

moving target, potential customers are wary of costs and implementation complexities, and use cases, while powerful, are still lacking in many areas. Take advantage of uncertainty All this uncertainty is a fertile breeding ground for... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

01 Sep 2023
News

The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics

ecosystem. In the case of Airbnb, you could imagine changes like more instant bookings and not showing people’s pictures up-front. Once you start thinking about the problem, there is a wide range of solutions that could reduce discrimination. Airbnb has now View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

to explore a traditional career in a fast-paced and exciting environment, so I spent 2 years working as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, Sao Paulo. After those years in consulting, I decided to roll up my sleeves and work on the View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

Summing Up Predominant reactions to notions of self-management explored in this month's column could perhaps be described best by two words, "enthusiasm" and "skepticism." Many respondents felt that the concepts should be View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

and mistakes made by employees in two different branches of the same bank that implemented different policies on Internet use over the course of three months. "It would be relatively easy to do, and have very clear implications for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

January 2024
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Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona

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By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

and Nitin Nohria, extended the inquiry to 20 General Electric top executives who moved to high positions in other companies. They concluded that those who "took over, built, or implemented management systems that resembled GE's were... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

the health of their patients, their colleagues, and themselves, physicians had to implement new methods for providing treatment, whether in-person or over Zoom. Finally, they had to manage challenges related to securing scarce equipment... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

about how each of us contributes to and can address climate change, invest in public private partnerships to accelerate deploying existing and to promote new technologies addressing climate change, implement carbon taxes, and arrange for... View Details

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

a good follower, a team member; when should I lead from the front?' Those are the kinds of skills that we want to build in our PLD program. "Many a time strategy gets set [several] levels above and has to get implemented effectively.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 May 2018
News

Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987

school until Haddad and a group of investors purchased it and transformed it into a nonprofit, it was not simply a matter of implementing proven ideas within a Brazilian institution. Haddad was committed to crafting a university that... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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