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    • 14 Feb 2019
    • Cold Call Podcast

    The Delicious History of Hershey Chocolate

    Have you ever wondered how Hershey chocolate came to be so popular? Professor Nancy Koehn discusses the life and vision of Milton Hershey, the entrepreneur and philanthropist behind the Hershey chocolate bar, the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Milton Hershey School.  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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    • 18 Feb 2019
    • Book

    What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

    by Danielle Kost

    Technology doesn't drive disruption—customers do. In a new book, marketing professor Thales Teixeira argues that successful disruptors are faster to spot and serve emerging customer needs than larger competitors. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 07 Jan 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    The Better Way to Forecast the Future

    by Roberta Holland

    We can forecast hurricane paths with great certainty, yet many businesses can't predict a supply chain snafu just around the corner. Yael Grushka-Cockayne says crowdsourcing can help. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 02 Jan 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

    by Sean Silverthorne

    The most visited stories on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge in 2017 included new research on gender and racial bias, personal productivity, and happiness. What do you think were the most powerful business trends of the year? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 22 Feb 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

    by Sean Silverthorne

    HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and faculty look backward and forward at the most important business trends of the young twenty-first century. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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