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- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
Meanwhile, starting in 2013, Analog Devices CEO Vince Roche encouraged innovators from the top down and transformed the semiconductor giant into a designer of integrated, strategic systems—including a platform that accelerated the global rollout of 5G technology. As...
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by Lane Lambert
- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
five times faster than the United Breaks Guitars video. The reason, it seemed, was that it spread not from person to person, but by algorithm. It spread because the algorithm noticed that if the song was served to people on TikTok, many...
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by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
are, what are you good at? What are you interested in? What are your passions? Where do you think you can add value to an organization? And I touch on the general topic of, are you a startup person and what does it mean to work in a...
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
life-threatening situations, he had reached the top of Mt. Everest, the earth's highest point. By doing so, he became only the 24th person in history to "summit" the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. Wendel was the first...
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- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
that is fully staffed and before new acquisition processes have been formalized, Reses must decide whether acquiring Stamped is a wise strategy. The case also considers the perspective of Robby and Bart and explores if selling Stamped to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
want the selling of kidneys to be legal might be the following. Suppose you don't want to sell your kidney. The standard argument is that if we made selling kidneys legal, you...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Special Collections and Archives Exhibits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
collections of business records, professional accounts, and personal perspectives, document the life and trajectory of a prosperous 19th century firm that prospered at the height of the China trade. These materials also offer a window...
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- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
personally profit by violating the law or by harming or misleading others. The stakes can be enormous, especially when a big transaction or career-making decision is involved. This means people in business often face much larger...
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by Lane Lambert
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
repetitious,” says Austin. “It’s important to do it correctly, but it’s very difficult to keep your attention on it well enough to do it correctly.” Austin wrote a case study on Specialisterne while at HBS in 2008, and invited Sonne to an executive education program...
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- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
Amazon officials understandably figured that the prize it offered New Yorkers would sell itself: 25,000+ jobs paying in excess of $100,000 each with all the ancillary economic benefits. Decide (on Long Island City, Queens), Announce (the...
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- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
chypre, and was the first perfumer to sell his wares in elegantly designed glass bottles, rather than in the pharmaceutical bottles used previously. An ambitious believer in globalization, he even sent his energetic mother-in-law to open...
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- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
presidents he managed still echoed in his head. He couldn't escape his frustrations about carrying one partner who hated travel, didn't know how to sell business, and—while good at producing work that was assigned to him—hadn't progressed...
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by Kim Girard
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
from one of the three major credit reporting agencies over several years. This offered an in-depth look at borrowers that either used a fintech company or a bank to obtain a personal loan. (A personal loan...
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of Product Strategy for...
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- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
the same question Fahey debated with his team: to whom should this person report? To Fahey himself, signaling the importance of the role? To the Global Media Group, which is responsible for the magazine, book publishing, TV and film, and...
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- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally invested in the firm, re-organized many aspects...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
managing through the pandemic. The topics: people and personal management, strategy, marketing, and organizational design. PEOPLE AND PERSONAL MANAGEMENT Tip: Guide your team to create new norms, protocols,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
5.1 Information Technology - MBA
Use A student is personally responsible for ensuring that use of the Resources accessed with their username and password is appropriate and complies with all HBS and Harvard University policies. To protect one’s privacy—as well as...
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
which Novo could expand, the manufacturing shortfalls it faced, the competition that was expected to arise, and the moral issues that came with selling a product that affected so many people worldwide. Keywords: Cost vs Benefits;...
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- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
economy. The fraud renewed the focus on corporate governance policies worldwide, but especially in Japan, where the lack of board independence and a deep-rooted corporate culture entrenched in personal loyalties fostered an environment...
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Sean Silverthorne