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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
opportunity to grow and engage its user base by tapping into data and analytics and could add value to Nix in the eyes of prospective acquirers. Should Nix stay the analog course, make the transition to digital, or split limited resources... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
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Finalists | New Venture Competition
2026) Vineet Jammalamadaka (MS/MBA 2026) Kevin Mathew (MS/MBA 2026) Gordon Xiang (MS/MBA 2026) Importrix is an AI platform for imports that automates the customs brokerage process end-to-end to improve the efficiency of logistics... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
for bold moves, such as game-changing acquisitions. The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunity in an Uncertain World by Donald Sull (MBA ’92, DBA ’96) (HarperBusiness) Based on a decade of research into companies that have not only... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
making business decisions," observes Lecturer Thomas J. Kosnik, who teaches Entrepreneurial Marketing. "Entrepreneurial Marketing encourages students to embrace analysis and logic while remaining open to the experience of creativity,... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
commission on every sale. (E-book editions of most new fiction and nonfiction releases will cost between $12.99 and $14.99.) "Publishers are worried that more and more customers are going to get used to the sort of cheap prices that... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
fluctuations. We first exposit that in the presence of Cobb-Douglas production functions and consumer preferences, there is a specific pattern of economic transmission whereby demand-side shocks propagate upstream (to input-supplying industries), and supply-side shocks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
is bilingual, acted as interpreter.) Staffing For Peak Occupancy For many restaurants, some nights of the week attract more customers than others. A bistro packed with customers on the weekend might be half... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
customers even though they screened out clients with environmentaly shaky projects. So despite having stringent standards for potential borrowers to meet, and stringent standards for employees, Banco Real has flourished. Its competitors... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
Globalization of Markets” (1983). With nearly 900,000 reprints sold to date, “Marketing Myopia” posed a question that reverberates nearly fifty years later: “What business are you really in?” “An industry begins with the customer and his... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
relationships through its "Two-in-a-box" (TIB) model. This model is based on having two people share complete responsibility for the client. In the U.S. or Europe, the "on site" person, along with his or her... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
and customer satisfaction, factors that contribute to revenue growth. So how can shareholders and other stakeholders know if a company’s commitment to a sustainable society is contributing to a sustainable strategy that will create value... View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
entrepreneurship, and policy making. "It was an exciting effort that joined health care administrators, policymakers, and academics in discussing how to strengthen management education in the health sector, with a special focus on innovation," according to Herzlinger.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
ideas to make people’s lives more fun or more productive, is an amazing opportunity. The other thing that’s important to me is to interact with people in a way that will earn their respect and make them want to do business with me — as investors, partners, or View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the authors... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
technology and processes to support customers that align with their entrepreneurial culture. If you are a professional today buying from Home Depot, an app on your phone lets you order directly from the job site and gives you the option... View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
entry of new female candidates, no change in female or male voter turnout, and no spillover effects to neighboring areas. Further analysis points to a reduction in party bias against women candidates as the main mechanism driving the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
when he began his own pottery workshop in 1759. Nevertheless, each of the three, she writes, instinctively grasped the fundamentals of earning long-term customer trust and loyalty. Effective brand creation and management have a vital... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
based on the chemical similarity between new drug candidates and existing drugs. We show that drug candidates that we identify as ex-ante novel are riskier investments, in the sense that they are subsequently less likely to be approved by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
among those working closely with Japanese employees highlights intergroup contact as a factor in shaping the unearned status gain experience. Supplemental analysis of data gathered from 66 Japanese employees provided the broader... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of productivity gains from multinational production. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42615 Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel