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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
from initial research phases, to brainstorming, to concept development and prototyping. The results? A car that might feature a personalized hood ornament and an interior with pulsating floor lights, View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
are focusing on retraining (upskilling/reskilling) initiatives aimed at either equipping “at-risk” workers with skills relevant to new digital technologies, or helping them leverage existing skills across different occupations enabled by...
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- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
initiatives are fulfilling their desired objectives. By being able to more rigorously evaluate compliance programs with data and empirical analysis, prosecutors and courts will be able to more readily discern “window-dressing,” and firm...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?
initial conversation probably took place behind closed doors. But as soon as the media becomes involved, public opinion starts counting and Apple knows that. So they’ve made the reasonable argument that if they encroach on citizens’...
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- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
pricing, customer selection, and management of prices and accounts in an inherently uncertain, volatile demand environment. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-424 The a2...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
of damage caps on settlements, the propensity of men and women to initiate negotiations, and the readiness of each gender to volunteer for, and work on “nonpromotable tasks.” Linda won this award, however, not only for her path‐breaking...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
innovations in transparent packaging, specifically cellophane in the mid-twentieth century United States, helped retailers create full self-service merchandising systems, including selling perishable food. While self-service stores began appearing in the late 1910s,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
industry competitors in the physical world. (That way you will always have someone to whom you can feel superior.) Dismiss on-line competitors as ephemeral fads. And don't even consider whether companies from unrelated industries could steal across the borders and...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
914-014 Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A) In April 2013, Ford Asia Pacific & Africa (FAPA) was examining its options for e-coating service metal parts for the Ford Customer Service...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
collectors, auction house operators, and other actors who played active roles as either institutional entrepreneurs or guardians in shaping the revitalization of the industry. We find these entrepreneurs and guardians initially espoused...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
Materials Harvard Business School Case 814-073 Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture Entrepreneurial Finance Lab provides credit-scoring services in developing countries using psychometric assessment, but the potential loss of a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
imperative. (photograph by Jamie Tanaka) "At IBM," Gerstner said at the ceremony, "we're diverse by design, not mandate. With customers in more than 160 countries, our workforce has to reflect the rich array of cultures, perspectives, and...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
was ranked number one in guest satisfaction for 2009 by the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (based on over 130,000 hotel customer surveys), beating competitors including the Ritz-Carlton, W Hotels, and the Four Seasons. Michael Depatie...
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- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
Management Leadership for Tomorrow, says the initiative touches on all aspects of the mission of the HBSLAA, by “empowering capable alumni to serve in this valuable capacity, connecting recent and more experienced alumni to each other and...
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Margie Kelley
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
business with a good technology and customer order book but no place to "fit" within the parent corporation. This case complements 609-043, "Intel NBI: Intel Corporation's New Business View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
Novel Approach to Staff Shortages" “The article was interesting and the initial ideas presented by US Foods could help. However, one major way to attract and retain delivery drivers is to change the actual delivery to the View Details
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by Danielle Kost
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
Ask any small business owner and they will tell you that cash flow is on their mind pretty much all the time. This isn’t surprising, given that they are continuously managing dollars coming in from customers and going out to pay for...
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by Karen Mills
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
expectations with promises of same-day delivery, the logistics industry is looking to completely new models, like crowdsourcing, autonomous technology, and on-demand delivery. Robert Reisner (MBA 1971), who led the Postal Service’s technology and strategic planning...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
a major push into the production of exclusive, original programming, one of the industry's most competitive areas. Hulu's new initiatives occurred during a major transformation in the TV industry as the Internet had revolutionized every...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
intense and very structured: take a concept idea and get to a real prototype for customers to interact with by the end of the day,” Sapone says. On Wednesday of that first Startup Lockdown, the group worked on a concept then called...
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