Filter Results
:
(38,452)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(38,452)
- People (86)
- News (13,853)
- Research (15,636)
- Events (669)
- Multimedia (2,080)
- Faculty Publications (13,233)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(38,452)
- People (86)
- News (13,853)
- Research (15,636)
- Events (669)
- Multimedia (2,080)
- Faculty Publications (13,233)
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
Why REITs Aren't Immune to the Market Crash
- July–August 2016
- Article
The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Peter Jamieson
A new wave of Internet startups is disrupting established businesses by the process of “decoupling.” In this article, the authors discuss how these new digital disruptors allow consumers to benefit from one activity (e.g., watching shows) without incurring the cost of...
View Details
Keywords:
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Business Startups;
Product Marketing;
Customization and Personalization
Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson. "The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors." European Business Review (July–August 2016): 17–24.
- August 2009
- Case
Intel NBI: Vivonic
By: Willy C. Shih and Thomas Thurston
Vivonic was a start-up that was part of Intel's New Business Initiatives that sought to develop and sell personal health monitoring hardware and software. When it was first funded, Intel was in the midst of record growth and was seeking diversification. But the company...
View Details
Keywords:
Business Startups;
Experience and Expertise;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Product Development;
Failure;
Diversification;
Semiconductor Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Thomas Thurston. "Intel NBI: Vivonic." Harvard Business School Case 610-025, August 2009.
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
high standards, commanded great respect, and the fear he created was entirely purposeful and positive.” John Hudson stated, “(It is) hard to find a business without fear of something in its bag of incentives, be it fear of failure, fear...
View Details
Keywords:
by James Heskett
- 20 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com
promotion of independent bookstores. But then a funny thing happened. While pressure from Amazon forced Borders out of business in 2011, indie bookstores staged an unexpected comeback. Between 2009 and 2015, the ABA reported a 35 percent...
View Details
- February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Sarvajal: Water for All
By: John D. Macomber and Mona Sinha
Entrepreneur wrestles with business model using SMS and RFID technology, franchising, and leasing to rapidly grow off-the-grid water purification business without subsidies. The company seeks to provide potable water services to rural and urban India where the public...
View Details
Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Model;
Communication Technology;
Private Sector;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Cost Management;
Rural Scope;
Emerging Markets;
Infrastructure;
Problems and Challenges;
Information Infrastructure;
India
Macomber, John D., and Mona Sinha. "Sarvajal: Water for All." Harvard Business School Case 211-028, February 2011. (Revised September 2013.)
- 16 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society
On Earth Day 2021, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and the AMP199 Energy Circle co-hosted a conversation between Joan MacNaughton, Chair of the Climate Group and of the Advisory Board of the New Energy Coalition of Europe, and...
View Details
- 21 Feb 2013
- News
The Multipolar MBA
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
What The Starbucks' Race Campaign Says About Corporate Activism
- 15 May 2017
- News
New Black Entrepreneurship Course Draws Strong Interest
- 05 Feb 2020
- Video
Keshub Mahindra
Keshub Mahindra, who was Chair of the India-based diversified business group Mahindra and Mahindra, explains why he believed that businesses must be involved in development in India: “How many villages have no water?”
View Details
- Web
Benefits & Compensation - Employment
Benefits & Compensation Benefits & Compensation Competitive compensation is just the beginning. From health care and unmatched paid time off to an unbeatable package of perks and access to our stellar facilities, at Harvard Business...
View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
New research suggests that if you break out in tears in front of supervisors or colleagues, you have a chance to recover. The key: reframe your distress as passion. Most people tend to apologize in those situations, says Elizabeth Baily Wolf, a doctoral student in...
View Details
Keywords:
by Roberta Holland
- Apr 13 2015
- Testimonial
Creating Value as an Entrepreneur
- Apr 25 2012
- Testimonial
The Power of the OPM Network
- October 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Considers the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February...
View Details
Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Operations;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Efficiency;
Competitive Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 609-046, October 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- 09 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?
Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the...
View Details
- Web
Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HOW, NOT WHAT It is not what a location competes in that determines its prosperity, but how productively it competes. What Determines Competitiveness? Microeconomics Competitiveness Quality of the Business Environment State of Cluster...
View Details