Product Variety - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1998
News

Devtosh Khare

a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did some work as a summer... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

06 Dec 2021
News

The Sparkles in Our Skies

variety that are formed within the earth’s crust over billions of years. The company calls its gems the world’s first “carbon-negative” and “positive-impact” diamonds and says that for each sparkling carat, Aether commits to removing 20... View Details

Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

through an auction, it does not set prices. See, e.g., Larry Page's May 2008 remarks to C|NET: "AdWords is an auction. We're not setting prices. Auctions are determined by supply and demand." 1 I disagree. Google controls a View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

04 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

not have been true.” How the findings are relevant for businesses In fact, we tend to make all kinds of inferences about other people based on a variety of life choices they make, including where they live, whom they marry, the work they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

Case Study and a Model," you tackle this widely held belief. Is it borne out by reality? What surprised you about the experience of STAR TV in Asia? Ghemawat: It is widely believed that globally standardized product View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

a mutual course benefiting each of their strategies, HBS professor James Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was a new arena," he says, "in which the goals of different kinds of organizations were very View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

more citizens are achieving personal wealth, and the middle class is growing. On our trip to India, we had the opportunity to meet with a variety of companies that are part of the clean build: from incumbent power and steel producers that... View Details

30 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”

integrity; and "neoteny," a trait that makes them "addicted to life" and able to recruit protectors, nurturers, and believers through a long and productive leadership career. In pointing out one other thing shared by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Scrapbooks & Collectibles National Markets Advertising Products Trade... View Details

10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

trade-offs between product variety and flexibility.” Read the paper: Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How. Willy C. Shih. Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

A variety of academic work argues a relationship exists between the structure of a development organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

accountable to and measuring our progress on a wide variety of things that matter most to people. My understanding of the present state of integrated reporting is that many companies are producing reports, yet each is done in its own way... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

classmates - not only in class but also between classes and at section events. The school also draws myriad speakers who share topics they are passionate about, constantly expanding my learning in new areas. Through courses like FIELD you learn skills for working... View Details

02 Dec 2019
News

Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna

involved with the business, but there was no obvious path that I could see.” At DreamWorks, Iyer works with the COO and head of distribution on a variety of special projects, which gives her the opportunity to gain a broad view of the... View Details

16 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

back to school if things didn't work out. As an aside, I encourage all 2+2ers do go try something crazy before you get here - why the heck not? When my deferral period expired in the fall of 2014, I returned to campus. I thought I'd "round out" my skill set... View Details

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

Summing Up Respondents to the latest "What Do You Think?" column expressed a general lack of concern about adverse effects from Microsoft's settlement with the Federal Government for a variety of reasons. Charley Cullinane... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Sep 2020
Blog Post

New Life for Old Tech: Startup Provides Network Security Solutions for Obsolete Devices

day-to-day trials while staying focused on the bigger picture. She’s learned that each stage of a startup’s life cycle brings unique difficulties. She is currently building and refining a product prototype while launching a test version... View Details

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

office-but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

used? According to HBS professors Gerald Zaltman and Rohit Deshpandé, the "people factor" behind market knowledge and its transfer is at least as important as the straightforward information the research conveys about a product... View Details