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  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

regularly ascribed to culture, Latin sensuousness, and machismo attitudes, this article shows that the growth of the industry was historically contingent. It was shaped by corporations, especially Avon and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2014
  • Blog Post

A Summer Internship: Sparking Curiosity

choose classes of interest. I discovered a newfound curiosity in healthcare this summer and decided to change my course selection to include Healthcare IT. Since my project at Danaher brought me in close... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Technology
  • February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
  • Case

Cable Data Systems

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga
Describes the operating challenges of Cable Data Systems (CDS), a minority-owned cable installation company with a dual mission of maximizing profits and providing employment opportunities to minorities in urban markets. Following the merger of two cable installation... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Employment; Forecasting and Prediction; Urban Scope; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Boston
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  • 04 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann

what you were doing before joining HBS and what inspired you to join the Career & Professional Development (CPD) team. Before coming to HBS, I lived in New York City where I worked in integrated View Details
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

specific assumptions about fairness principles or priority criteria, our method offers the designer the flexibility to select his desired criteria and fairness constraints from a broad class of allowable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

enterprising companies, the current threats to market capitalism present vital opportunities. Drawing on discussions with business leaders around the world, the authors argue that companies must stop seeing themselves as bystanders View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2018
  • Case

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

By: Boris Groysberg, Matthew G. Preble and Katherine Connolly Baden
In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company, a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise, are discussing how the company should proceed... View Details
Keywords: Child Care; Childcare; Day Care; Daycare; Early Childhood Education; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Leadership; Marketing; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Product Design; Product Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Selection and Staffing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Education Industry; United States; Canada
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  • 19 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

competition among firms? In the working paper Competing with Privacy, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andrés Hervás-Drane "consider a market where firms set prices and disclosure... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • Fast Answer

FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Rwanda

select a topic, then scroll down to select Rwanda under Regions.  You can also search Statista's main search bar using keywords and then narrow your results to Rwanda... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 May 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

Summing Up Personal Predictive Analytics: Should We Be Careful What We Wish For? The world of continuous monitoring of numerous sensors for machines and humans, limitless information storage capacity, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 15 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

Vallée explains. To that end, he and Célérier set out to quantify talent. To do so, they capitalized on data from French engineering schools. Measuring Talent In France, students are selected for engineering... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Electronic Arts in Online Gaming

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Justin Wong
Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest independent video-game publisher, must decide whether to support Microsoft's initiatives in online gaming. Historically, EA has been platform-agnostic, releasing versions of its titles for all major console platforms. However,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Policy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Revenue; Segmentation; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 11 Aug 2014
  • HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics. Here's how StickK works. The user selects a goal—like losing weight—and pledges a certain amount of money toward achieving it. Then a referee—often a friend—is chosen and a contract... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

undergraduate or graduate level of education for leadership, such efforts should strive to provide a context in which individuals can draw their own conclusions regarding such topics of vital importance for future leaders. Further, courses in functional subjects such... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Sep 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

It’s Wall Street doctrine that small firms struggle to raise capital at reasonable rates and are often rejected for credit lines and loans because banks think their risk profile is too high. “If you really... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • 29 Jun 2015
  • HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

to target high-risk patient segments with advice about exercise, nutrition, and other programs in an effort to minimize medical visits. The problem: insurers' claims data is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology
  • Student-Profile

Byungyeon Kim

number of PhD programs in quant marketing, and selected Harvard Business School in large part because of the outstanding reputation of the Harvard Economics department. When he arrived at HBS, Byungyeon... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

Working Papers Debt Redemption, Reserve Accumulation, and Exchange-Rate Regimes By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Foreign participation in local-currency-bond View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

outdated. Instead, innovations are increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, selected for their unique capabilities, and operating in a coordinated manner. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace