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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

suite of software application and platform components that will enable value-added services to be deployed on wireless local area networks. Realtime Ops Lori Frutkin Brent Hodges Brian Reh Stephen Moret Business Track Runner-Up RealtimeOps uses wireless View Details

25 May 2011
HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

It's a much believed assumption in the retail world: If you're going to compete on the basis of low cost, then you can't afford to invest in your employees. Extensive training—who has the time to give? Regularly scheduled hours?—way too inflexible. Benefits?—forget it!... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

wisely." For knowledge-intensive companies, the findings highlight the need for enterprise software that addresses the disparate aspects of problem-solving. "Another organizational response would be to design communications View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

the EPA’s State Revolving Funds.[53] This helps “states, Tribes, and territories upgrade water infrastructure to provide safe drinking water and protect vital water resources”[54] and takes a particular focus on DACs and communities... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

cost. By 1940, America's national income was around 4 percent higher than it would have been without the canal—a very large gain from a single infrastructure project. Moreover, by keeping the Panama Canal in American hands, the United... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

31 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker

February 2008 (Revised September 2008)
Case

Apple Inc., 2008

By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind

In January 2007, three decades after its incorporation, Apple Computer shed the second word in its name and became Apple Inc. With that move, the company signaled a fundamental shift away from its historic status as a vendor of the Macintosh personal computer (PC)... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Leadership; Industry Growth; Corporate Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

book Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game. In fact, venture-minded managers in big corporations often have the tools and infrastructure to become more successful than their peers at startups, say... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

easier to be an entrepreneur in a city? The answer depends on the meaning one assigns to the term "entrepreneur." In the more narrow sense of starting a business, then yes, it's easier to start in the city due to better View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

April 2021
Case

Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software

By: Ranjay Gulati and Nicole Tempest Keller

On the verge of failure, BlackBerry brought in John Chen as CEO in 2013 to orchestrate a bold turnaround of the company. Once an iconic leader in the smartphone market, BlackBerry was best known for its tactile QWERTY keyboard, strong security, and a focus on business... View Details

Keywords: Pivot; Managing Change; Turnaround; Smartphone; Change Management; Leading Change; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Change; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Competitive Strategy; Cybersecurity; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Canada

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

Ouided Bouchamaoui John Jong-Hyun Kim Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Research Interests : education , entrepreneurship , innovation Interviews Madhav Chavan & Rukmini Banerji John D. Macomber Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Research Interests :... View Details

May 2011
Case

The Morrison Company

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Paul Meyers

The Morrison Company develops and manufactures radio frequency identification tags (RFID) known as smart labels for the retail and pharmaceutical industries. RFID technology is a fast-growing and increasingly competitive industry. Sales have risen dramatically over the... View Details

Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Technology; Operations Management; Product Lines; Manufacturing; Capacity Planning; Production Planning; Information Technology; Strategy; Production; Organizational Structure; Infrastructure; Product Development; Information Infrastructure; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Electronics Industry