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- 15 Aug 2021
- News
Prithwiraj Choudhury on the Future of Remote Work
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
Professors Ananth Raman and Roy Shapiro are two members of the HBS faculty team that developed the new Executive Education program, Managing the Supply Chain: The General Manager's Perspective. In this conversation with the Executive...
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- 19 Dec 2011
- News
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
Eric J. Van den Steen
Eric Van den Steen is a Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he teaches strategy. He holds the Roy Little chair, established in honor of the founder of Textron.
Professor Van den Steen's research studies the fundamentals of strategy and... View Details
- 07 Jan 2011
- News
Narcissists Rejoice: Self-Centeredness Is an Asset
- Awards
Best Business Books: IT & Innovation
By: Marco Iansiti
The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability with Roy Levien (Harvard Business School Press, 2004) was selected by Strategy + Business as one of the 10 Best Business Books on IT &...
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- 14 Dec 2011
- News
“I'm a leader, not a manager!”
- 25 Jun 2012
- News
Collaborating Across Cultures
- August 15, 2022
- Article
Preparing Sales for a Changing Economy: Part 2: Getting More from Your Training Spending
A previous article discussed changing business development requirements and some implications. This article discusses three areas that are fundamental to getting ROI from training initiatives and how engagement between Sales and L&D professionals, completed by smart...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Preparing Sales for a Changing Economy: Part 2: Getting More from Your Training Spending." TrainingIndustry.com (August 15, 2022).
- 27 Sep 2012
- News
Guanxi or关系: one word, many interpretations
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)
2+2 deferred admissions process? Education has always been very important to my family, and I believe it was the best ROI you can get. Thus, an MBA was already on the table for me while at Purdue. Applying while I was still in my...
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- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
States a rich field of study and one that's a specialty for Harvard Business School professor Roy Chua. Chua, a native of Singapore who speaks fluent Mandarin, draws on human psychology to better understand important social processes in...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- June 2020
- Case
In-housing Digital Marketing at Sprint Corp.
By: David E. Bell, Rajiv Lal and Olivia Hull
In the fall of 2019, Sprint’s Chief Digital Officer Rob Roy reflected on the telecom’s efforts to improve the effectiveness of its digital marketing campaigns. Digital media buying had long been handled by an outside agency, but in 2017, Sprint brought those functions...
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Advertising;
Digital Marketing;
Transformation;
Talent and Talent Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Telecommunications Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Web Services Industry;
United States
Bell, David E., Rajiv Lal, and Olivia Hull. "In-housing Digital Marketing at Sprint Corp." Harvard Business School Case 520-026, June 2020.
- May 2023
- Article
Where Sales Technology (Really) Helps
Interest in Sales Enablement (SE), the catch-all term for attempts to increase sales productivity with AI and other technologies, is driven by multiple factors. One is the declining costs of the tools. Also, selling is now data-hungry work and not just in tech sectors....
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- August 9, 2022
- Article
Preparing Sales for a Changing Economy: Part 1
Companies spend more per capita on sales training than any other function, but the return on investment is disappointing. One recent estimate indicates “that 85-90% of sales training fails to translate into a lasting improvement in productivity.” A major reason is...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Preparing Sales for a Changing Economy: Part 1." TrainingIndustry.com (August 9, 2022).
- Research Summary
Innovations in Logistics: The Impact of Channel Coordination
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Roy D. Shapiro is studying innovative systems and management approaches that integrate and coordinate material and information flows through the supply chain so as to reduce or eliminate the redundant activities that tend to characterize these channels. His research...
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- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
In recent conversations with US executives doing business in China, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Roy Y.J. Chua heard about a new trend. In an East Asian version of cutting deals on the golf course, Chinese executives often...
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by Michael Blanding
- April 2005
- Case
Saving Disney
At a March 2004 annual shareholder meeting, 45% of Walt Disney Co.'s shareholders withheld their support from CEO and Chairman Michael Eisner, producing a large no-confidence vote in the company's leader. The company had struggled financially in recent years and the...
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Governing and Advisory Boards;
Personal Development and Career;
Corporate Governance;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Beaulieu, Nancy D., and Aaron Zimmerman. "Saving Disney." Harvard Business School Case 905-014, April 2005.
- March 2017 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company
By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
Mickey Mouse, Snow White, and Buzz Lightyear strolled down Main Street at the grand opening of Hong Kong Disney in the fall of 2005, pausing to snap selfies with enthusiastic children in Mickey Mouse ears. Bob Iger, newly appointed CEO of The Walt Disney Company,...
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Franchise Management;
Brand Management;
Culture Change;
Business Units;
Acquisition Strategy;
Technological Change;
Disney;
ESPN;
Cord-cutting;
Bob Iger;
Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Diversification;
Integration;
Media;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company." Harvard Business School Case 717-483, March 2017. (Revised December 2018.)