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Cold Call

Cold Call distills Harvard Business School's legendary case studies into podcast form. Hosted by Bri

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Total: 263

At Booking.com, Innovation Means Constant Failure
2019/9/3

Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke discusses how past experience and intuition can be m

Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?
2019/8/20

Harvard Business School professors Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the efforts of Hiro

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
2019/8/6

Much of the advertising purchased during the Super Bowl is about selling corporate brands rather tha

JUUL: Leading the Vaping Revolution
2019/7/16

In his case, “JUUL and the Vaping Revolution” (co-authors: John Masko and Sarah Meh

The Controversial History of United Fruit
2019/7/2

Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, an expert in business history, discusses the overt

In the Platform Economy, Upwork Searches for Better Matches in the Cloud
2019/6/25

Stephane Kasriel, the CEO of Upwork, the leading platform for freelance labor, considers different p

Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?
2019/6/18

Khan Academy is an online global education nonprofit launched in 2006 by Sal Khan with the mission t

Israel Turns 70: Does It Need a Rebrand?
2019/6/4

Israel celebrated its 70th anniversary in May of 2018, but its brand image internationally was less

If the Key to Business Success Is Focus, Why Does Amazon Work?
2019/5/21

Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta explores the infiltration of Amazon into dozens of ind

Managers: Are You Prepared to Handle Religion in the Workplace?
2019/5/7

Challenges related to managing religion in the workplace are on the rise, as are religious discrimin

Would You Live in a Smart City Where Government Controls Privacy?
2019/4/16

Toronto is experimenting with smart city concepts envisioned by Google spin-off Sidewalk Labs. Harva

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
2019/4/3

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a “crucible moment,” a point in his life that would t

Will Startup Fishbowl Become the Social Media App for Your Industry?
2019/3/22

Fishbowl’s founders have built a social media platform allowing professionals to connect anony

How Helena Rubinstein Used Tall Tales to Turn Cosmetics into a Luxury Brand
2019/3/12

Harvard Business School professor Geoff Jones discusses his case entitled “Helena Rubinstein,

Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare
2019/2/26

What happens when Intermountain Healthcare invests resources in an innovative precision medicine uni

The Delicious History of Hershey Chocolate
2019/2/13

Have you ever wondered how Hershey chocolate came to be so popular? Harvard Business School professo

How Wegmans Became a Leader in Improving Food Safety
2019/1/29

Harvard Business School professor Ray Goldberg discusses his case study, “Wegmans and Listeria

Can Miguel McKelvey Build the “Culture Operating System” at WeWork?
2019/1/9

How deeply does the culture of a startup matter? Can it be shaped? Harvard Business School professor

Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within
2018/12/18

Was Eastern Labs a huge success or an expensive mistake? Eastern Bank CEO Bob Rivers innovates from

Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets: How High Will it Fly?
2018/12/5

After thirty years of research and development, the HondaJet is now the top selling jet in the very