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- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
preach the importance of differentiation; in our executive suites, we build our strategies around the concepts of differentiation. But when most consumers leave their homes to purchase something as prosaic as a bottle of shampoo or a...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 17 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
and drug development. These qualities straddle the science and business fields – for example, to instill a science-focused culture within an organization, or to craft a drug development strategy that maximizes the chances of a...
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- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
Many products in those sectors are sold in a bundled form, so bundling strategies have always been a key topic for media and entertainment firms. But I learned that the rise of digital channels is introducing new questions. Executives are...
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- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Professor Ranjay Gulati, whose research looks at how the most resilient companies approach growth and profitability, chaired the Advanced Management Program at HBS for many years. Over time, more and more...
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- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
diseases in low-and middle-income countries. I am part of CHAI’s Global Malaria Strategy and Financing team, a team that provides direct technical and operational support to countries to strengthen their malaria programs and eradicate the...
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- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
transactions—the metrics Karavites tracks most closely—are up at all his locations. Formulating a turnaround strategy required Kempczinski and his team—which included Kristy Cunningham—to get to the heart of what exactly had happened to...
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- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS
partnerships. There, Yoonjin was part of the strategy team collaborating with government entities. Discovering a big opportunity with a smaller startup Yoonjin applied to HBS with the express intention “to continue exploring business...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
getting students to think across disciplines and functions. “The front-end perspectives courses and the capstone Synthesis Seminar definitely focus on the integrated nature of management issues,” Joss explains in an e-mail. “But most of...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
nonfinancial rewards of teaching. When asked for highlights from the last year, he enthusiastically describes a session where he asked students how his class could be better. “In business, we'd call it participative management,” he notes. “My senior teaching colleagues...
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- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
innovative, social value-creating activity that can occur within or across the nonprofit, government, or business sectors. While virtually all enterprises, commercial and social, generate social value, fundamental to this definition is...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
HBS. And I’ll never forget the day my marketing professor, Steve Starr, asked me to open the Acme Paint Company case. I was one of three Black students in my section and definitely wanted to be in the mix. I’m not a shy, shrinking violet,...
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- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
we’ll give you [something] Q: They’re manipulating you. A: Manipulating to some extent. You could argue what the definition of manipulation is. If it’s changing your mind, they’re not changing your mind because you already said that you...
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- 26 Jul 2016
- News
Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze
locations and retailers to provide ‘real world’ ($) rewards to players.” Many alumni see possibilities and potential in other areas: “Augmented reality can definitely revolutionize e-commerce and mobile-friendly brand apps,” said Ameera...
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Arts, Entertainment
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context
career. It is true that many cases we study take place in developed economies. But what I remember about those cases are lessons for how to make business decisions that apply anywhere. There were many moments where I felt “this is View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
Whether or not game theory has applications for business strategy remains unclear - to date, empirical studies have been too limited to yield any definitive conclusions. In Games Businesses Play: Cases and...
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- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
must be “thick,” meaning there are enough participants for the market to thrive. “Pet finding is definitely a thick market,” Exley says. “About 23 million people each year are looking for a new pet. The majority of those individuals are...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
managers to prevent harm to society. They begin with a controversial definition of managerial responsibility. Managers must first act to protect individuals, employees, and society from the mistakes made by managerial decisions and...
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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
definition you use. Since the owner’s looking for a loan from the bank, he’s obliged to accept the bank’s definition even though it’s different from his definition.” Professor Vancil watched me while I...
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- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—How do you create your own definition of success-and reach your unique...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
effort to achieve early market share and economies of scale that would position them to be bought out later by national players. Unlike craft beer, marijuana would be inexpensive to transport across state lines to retail outlets across the country. "I think you'll...
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