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- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
characterizing these networks, our primary measure is "hierarchy," defined as the degree to which transactions flow in one direction, from "upstream" to "downstream." Our empirical results show that the View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
industry segments that depend on the NFL." Surveying the league's 32 franchises, Grubman observes that each has arguably become a global brand in its own right."The size and complexity of the local franchise as a business has exploded in...
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- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
coverage, care delivery, and spending. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/712466-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-056 ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet Days after Jerry Shen introduced a new tablet computer at the Consumer View Details
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Anna Secino
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
effectively within the newly merged entities. No PDF is available at this time. Reputation and Competition: Evidence from the Credit Rating Industry Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Abstract Fair and accurate credit ratings arguably...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
They came from as far away as Nigeria and as close as Harvard Square, from industries ranging from banking to television. They were entrepreneurs who headed their own companies, senior executives at major corporations, and leaders of...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
survivors, the future of e-commerce and other info tech industries seemed perilous. BusinessWeek.com recently ranked Amazon #6 in its annual list of most innovative companies; four of the other five are internet or computer businesses. In...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Execution Steve Kaufman, former CEO of Arrow Electronics, a large distributor of electronic components, often says, "A less than perfect strategy with perfect execution will beat a perfect strategy with less with perfect execution...
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- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
hierarchy in interfirm transaction networks in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. Our empirical results show that the electronics sector exhibits a much lower degree of hierarchy than...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 2024 (Revised March 2024)
- Teaching Note
X: The Foghorn Decision
By: Kyle Myers and Walter Frick
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 618-060.
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Alternative Energy;
Energy Generation;
Energy Sources;
Climate Change;
Green Technology;
Selection and Staffing;
Knowledge;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Science-Based Business;
Innovation and Invention;
Auto Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
industries for decades. And even though Mustapha and his sons had earned a reputation as hard workers, there was only so much they could produce within a system that left farmers either chronically undersupplied or dealing with bags of...
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- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
electronics company Philips; the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk; the Brazilian cosmetics company Natura; and the U.S.-based technology and aerospace company United Technologies all come to mind. All have done a very good job...
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by Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
car company. You need to go to business school.” In 2006, during his first year at HBS, Rogers sought out sectionmate Jeff Jones (MBA 2007), who had just left a job at Ford. On a run along the Charles one day, Jones laid out the state of the automotive View Details
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
SeventyFour Few phrases in business are more seductive than the one attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 19th century: “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Unless, of course, what you are selling is something totally new, like 3-D...
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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to participate in a workshop with academics who study government regulation and industry compliance. The event featured a series of presentations by scholars sharing their research findings and...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of at least 51 people in Panama after they ingested medicine made with diethylene glycol, an industrial chemical similar to antifreeze that a Chinese company used as a substitute for pharmaceutical-grade syrup. In June, officials at the...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
business school, became a software guy and focused on the global life sciences industry. And in the first few years of my career, I was part of client-server software, kind of traditional installed software, becoming more and more verticalized going after specific...
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and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Michael S. Kaufman,Andy Pforzheimer Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders Accounting & Management, General Management, Organizational...
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- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809089 LeBron James Harvard Business School Case 509-050 In 2005, to the astonishment of many sports industry insiders, superstar basketball player LeBron James fired his...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-042 Lenovo to Buy IBM PC: Integration Challenges In December 2004, Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo announced its purchase of IBM’s PC division. At the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
case-method style of teaching explain much of the subsequent entrepreneurial success enjoyed by HBS alumni; certainly the real-world record of achievement compiled by HBS graduates would seem to bear that out. From the breakthrough inspiration for the first View Details