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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
objective was "to gain insight into hospital problems in order to serve them better," in a market where service would make the difference since price disparities were rapidly vanishing due to increasing competition. The candid... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
growing rapidly in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52240 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail chain data, we study the effects of a tournament incentive plan based primarily on objective performance, but incorporating managerial discretion in the selection of winners.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
world that was not a traditional game, Second Life had achieved profitability and strong growth. However, growth had strained the company's infrastructure, resulting in frequent software crashes. Software ease-of-use was also a serious... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
These models offer very different value propositions. Firms allocate resources into distinctively different processes, and they earn returns using parallel but different profit models. Yet while most scholars view the LCC model as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details
- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-401, May 2022.
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
services in Vietnam, for example, might go to an inner-city neighborhood of Boston with a high concentration of foreign nationals, to survey them on their banking habits and test out new ideas for changing these habits. Theory Into... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
very large, important, and well-run organizations making significant commitments to sustainability. I would cite Wal-Mart, Cisco, IBM, Unilever, Duke Energy, and Marks & Spencer as organizations on the leading edge. For example, Wal-Mart is working to completely... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
intensifying as HTC faced big name players such as Nokia, Apple, and Samsung Electronics. Many companies were offering their own application stores. What did HTC have to do to become a more powerful global brand? Where should HTC participate in the value View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
ventures during the venture capital boom of the late 1990s was selecting areas that had no staying power, such as Web calendars or Web-dispatched limousine services. Over time, it was inevitable that these new niches would merge with existing ones. The View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
major HBS report to Harvard's Board of Overseers outlining the School's plan to "enlarge its activities so as to be of still more service to the country" by expanding instruction in public aspects of business. Articles during World War II... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
and technology; and governance, corporate finance, and organizational performance. The remaining chapters in the book give in-depth histories of and updates on some of the other efforts that bore considerable fruit under McArthur: Competition and Strategy; the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
determining the expected return of, and hence the optimal allocation to, less persistent, more turnover-intensive characteristics. The mean-variance optimal tilts toward value, size, and profitability are roughly equal to each other and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
and organic growth. Odyssey had just realized its first profitable year in 2000—recording a net income of $3.1 million—and was still a relatively young company. In addition, the hospice industry was subject to extensive federal, state,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
service requests to their city government. Users who viewed photos of city workers responding to their service requests were more likely to continue using the app over the ensuing 13 months, demonstrating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
California, several professors, including an HBS alumnus, encouraged him to apply to HBS. Darden hoped an MBA would help further his interest in a career focused on service and academia. DARDEN: The environment that I found myself in at... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-040_96933ceb-3097-4432-97d1-0b32625889f9.pdf January 2014 Harvard Business Review Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy By: Ready, Douglas A., Linda A. Hill, and Robert J. Thomas Abstract—When most of the world's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
paper addresses these questions by analyzing the available evidence on two related claims: (1) that the current U.S. policy of deferring taxation of foreign profits represents a subsidy to American firms and (2) that activity abroad by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional kitchen could address that. From these fundamental observations, he soon developed a View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons