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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
to evaporate, leaving behind carbon black, which can then be “pelletized” (think instant coffee) and used to create everything from new tires to paint. And there’s a bonus to all of this. The process also produces a gas that can be used to View Details
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Maureen Harmon
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
downside market risks. Required rates of return in such an equilibrium can dramatically exceed those suggested by traditional models, affecting inference about the attractiveness of these investments. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
many Facebook friends as possible. "Coke was proud to say it had more followers than any other brand," Deighton says. "But that lost favor." Next, online marketers deemphasized treating social media as a broadcast medium and instead focused on View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
and from other institutions with the goal of creating strategies to reignite America's economic future in the global economy. Porter is the Lawrence University Professor, and Rivkin the Rauner professor of business administration and head...
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Weathering the Storm
Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) In this special video edition of Skydeck, contributing host Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6, 2009) speaks with 645 Ventures Cofounder and General Partner Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) about near-term and...
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- 03 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Ferguson (MBA 2014) Managing Partner, Burnt Island VenturesBake Sustainability into the Core of What You Do +Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chief Creative Officer, Disney Studios ContentBusiness Should Lead the Way +Scott Jacobs (MBA 2007) CEO and cofounder, View Details
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
targets, but a tactical tool that’s rarely part of strategy formulation. Develop the best product, and let the sales department figure out the best way to get it to the customer, they think. And many sales leaders like it that way....
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
current drought of in-person events. Be human. “Firms that connect emotionally with customers and employees are expected to perform better than firms that just connect physically.” Dettol soap’s #HandWashChallenge generated billions of...
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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
Xerox system. As Domit recalled, "The [Xerox proprietary] approach was costing around $15K and our approach was less than $1500, not including the IBM PC." 41 Domit's low-cost, "not invented here" system generated...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
also worries that a company is at risk if sales depend too much on one or two megabrands that could run into lawsuits from generic competitors or regulatory challenges. On the other hand, the president of Warner Bros. (think Batman) aims...
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- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
sub-national markets they wanted to serve and developed tailored strategies to win in those markets. What lessons should the next generation of Africa-bound business leaders take note of as they plan their...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
Eric Werker You spent much of 2009 to 2011 in Liberia advising President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf while on leave from HBS. What did you learn from that experience? Good ideas and great strategies are cheap and easy; what's expensive and...
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- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
of coaxial cables to support a single quantum computer,” says Levy. “At some point, it becomes impossible.” The cumbersome room-temperature systems that support the current generation of small experimental quantum computers could never be...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
compensation consultants who legitimize outrageous pay; accountants and attorneys who see no evil; legal vote buying; and rampant conflicts of interest. They discuss what happened, or failed to happen, in the boardrooms of Lehman Brothers, View Details
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Lauryn Hale
internship became a full-time job at American Express where she was placed on a new team that developed strategies for the company's latest offer, bank partner cards. Over the course of three years, Lauryn's team created View Details
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Online AI Course | HBS Online
Explore ethical AI-related challenges to implement it responsibly and manage risks Develop the skills and frameworks to shape your organization’s digital transformation strategy Rethink your system, processes, and roles to build an...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
of Business Administration, Emeritus. Yoshino is an expert in the areas of global strategy and management, competitive strategy, and general management. He served as a director of Research twice — from 1987...
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- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
reflected both home country subsidies for wind energy and strong local content policies, while successful firms pursued successful strategies to acquire technologies and develop their own capabilities. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about it. This article discusses how investments in sales affect core levers of enterprise value creation (and destruction). Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
model has the obvious risk of generating pressure to be friendly toward issuers, especially issuers that generate a lot of ratings business (e.g., they have a lot of outstanding debt and issue many bonds)....
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