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- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
Business School Case 706-496 Apple has reaped the benefits of its innovative music player, the iPod. However, its PC and server business continue to hold small market share relative to the worldwide computer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
Over just a few months, the United States stock market plunged almost 20 percent—then in one day rebounded a record 1,000 points. 2018 seemed just that kind of year in business: restless, surging, full of surprises. Big-name retailers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Latin America - Global Activities 2021
Latin America Latin America Appreciating One’s Humanity as a Leader Pictured: Karen Bruck, a vice president at MercadoLibre, is the protagonist of a case highlighting the challenges of helping employees to succeed. Danyel O’Connor (PLD 32, 2021), the executive vice... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
country. The impact is notable: Statewide analyses show students who use Zearn show double-digit gains on standardized exams. But while test scores and market share are great, Sharma also has loftier goals... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
for cosmetics needed to be more customer focused, so in 1999 she launched Bluemercury, a retailer of high-end beauty products. Perhaps the most obvious evidence that Beck’s thoughtful strategy and hard work have disrupted the beauty View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
about E Ink’s market share seems healthy, too. The battle to dominate by offering new color and video capabilities promises to unfold with all the drama of a high-stakes horse race in a View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
growing the audience for the newsletter, believing it would need to reach at least 50,000 or 100,000 organically to confirm market fit. Without any paid advertising, the subscriber base has reached 2,000, Patel says, with a 40 percent... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
their shared objectives of pursuing entrepreneurship at some point in the future. Three years after graduation, they felt that they had identified an opportunity worth pursuing. “After three years of being a general manager at McKinsey... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New cat-focused subscription boxes have... View Details
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
Management or Investment Strategies. Course Content and Objectives An increasing share of assets globally are subject to a non-traditional (environmental, social, and governance [“ESG”] and impact screens), including over 30% of all... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an offer of $37.60 per share after going through intense negotiations with numerous firms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan
won for specializing in small direct-current motors, a strategy that has garnered it 50 percent or higher world market share for several decades. Canon’s Lens Product Group was recognized for continuous... View Details
Keywords: awards
- Profile
John Smith-Ricco
by how multi-faceted everyone is here. The business titles don’t really speak to their passions or the ways in which they contribute on campus. At the Social Enterprise Club and Conference, for example, so many different kinds of people participate and are eager to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
people to work at promising start-ups. Vinamea (Gurvan Rallon and Cornelius Frey, both HBS ’12): A platform that allows people to rent a portion of a vineyard and receive their share of the year’s vintage. Zumper (Anthemos Georgiades, Tom... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
165, 2003) (Catto Creations LLC) Nick curated this collection of essays by a wide array of authors, who share a passion for quality leadership in every walk of life and provide candid insights, helpful tips, memorable quotes, and... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
would have wanted our target is still have 275 million euro synergies and to do these synergies we have people leave the firm we change the premises we discontinue using some software and so on." Although actually sharing good news... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
work in exploring the forces that govern the process of CEO change. I have conducted research in four interrelated areas: factors that lead to vacancies in the CEO position; factors that affect the choice of successors; the role of market... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Athena Ko
and hired help. The days started with Bloomberg and emails at 4am and a manic blur of babies and work thereafter. I still had the picture perfect life, but I was in tears from tiredness and anger. I was not enjoying anything, let alone View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Harbus Foundation Supports Community Projects
Miguel, a junior at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, is eager to tell others about the civil rights tour he took last summer in the South. He and fellow students involved in the Bill of Rights Education Project will be able to View Details
- 09 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Is Business School Right for You?
Dr. Jill Avery is a senior lecturer in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School, an authority on brand management and customer relationship management (CRM), and the Faculty Chair for HBS Peek. Imagine yourself sitting in a classroom... View Details