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- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
middle managers and line employees attempt to execute the explicit strategy. Unfortunately, these strategies often diverge. They are not aligned. And so the potential of the enterprise becomes unrealized. "Strategy therefore becomes the View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
be possible without the power of ERP systems. Many companies invested tens or hundreds of millions in their ERP systems but found it difficult to identify a return on investment from their spending. Installing analytic software, such as...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
focuses on scaling a venture's sales process and provides a methodology for identifying core customers and some implications for governance criteria and potential product changes as well as sales management. Paper:
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
success as it continues to expand its product line into handheld devices like the iPod and, now, the iPhone? The Apple case originally appeared in 1992 and has been rewritten 5 times since. "The company always looks a little...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Juicy Story
and gave students insights as to what the CEO was trying to do and why he was having so much difficulty.” When Apple’s cofounder, Steve Jobs, returned to the company in 1997, he also moved quickly to make some changes, announcing that...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
information is to be exchanged over whiskey, let us get it rather than give it.” “An auditor is like a tailor: He can make a fat man look thinner or taller or younger.” “You will get nowhere if you do not inspire people.” “Always remember that someone somewhere is...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
started World War I, and it all collapsed. As percentages of GDP, we didn’t return to those earlier levels of global capital flows until the 1990s. Global free trade is not the natural order of things. Globalization is a project, and...
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- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
financial valuation just like one would as a venture capitalist, but there’s an overlay of impact. And what I define as impact is that the companies we invest in are focused on providing products and services to underserved populations in...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
structures in lesser developed countries, multinational joint ventures, and product development. Encouraged by these efforts, we are looking forward in the near future to the opening of a center in Latin America that will broaden our...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1977 A.B., Visual Studies (Film) LESSONS FROM HBS “Having seen that ninety bright minds in an...
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- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
talked about how the GDP of a nation correlates directly to the health, education, and productivity of women." Seegull, who lives in Santa Monica, California, and is a ranked beach volleyball player, recently View Details
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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
uncertainty, and therefore demand their own strategies and tactics for managing risk vs. reward. Historically, most entrepreneurship courses (at HBS, and elsewhere) disproportionately focus on consumer- and /or software-centric business model and View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
began making hiking boots. The cluster later expanded into ski boots and sneakers, and drew investments from major brands like Nordica and Nike. Lead firms started offshoring production to cheaper economies like Romania and China,...
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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
decompose the productivity decrease that arises from taxation, we estimate that 40% is due to the lower net wage and the remaining 60% to tax aversion. This tax aversion affects labor supply more on the extensive margin (working less)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Carry It On
Award” and a “Community Banker of the Year” award from American Banker newspaper. “We have to have products that are competitive and an atmosphere that’s friendly for our customers, but I’d like to believe a lot of folks come to us beyond...
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- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
Founder and Chairman, FiBA Group Download Özyeğin profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1945 Born, Izmir, Turkey 1966 Elected student body president at Oregon State 1972 View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
sales, but not so much for those with high base sales. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49141 Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production Cost Advantage By:...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
public market impact investing fund. This case explores the process of building a new impact investing product within a leading asset manager. In addition, the case examines two fundamental questions about impact investing in public...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
need to proactively reach out to potential and current customers about products and services, digital and delivery options, health safeguards, and payment plans,” Deshpandé advises. “Whether demand has declined or increased during such...
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- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
In our latest “First Five Years” interview, we discuss product reviews, lessons learned at HBS, and more with BestReviews.com cofounders Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014). The company, which they launched in 2014, publishes...
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