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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
distributes grass-fed beef and other sustainably produced meats to customers across New York and New England. “And by that, I mean companies that have anything interesting to say about social and environmental impacts.” Cummings has a few...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
production Bluetooth technology inside cars has been a factor. As recently as eight or nine years ago, if you wanted to use an MP3 player or an iPod in the car, you’d have to hook it up to one of those old cassette deck adapters. Now you...
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Dan Morrell
- February 2021
- Case
Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community
By: Shane Greenstein, Karim Lakhani and Christian Godwin
Threadless, an online apparel company and artist community which Jake Nickell founded in 2000, continued to maintain its status as a top company in the online apparel industry during its second decade. From 2010 to 2020, Threadless continued to operate its...
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Business Model;
Decision Making;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Leading Change;
Management;
Marketing;
Product Launch;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Distribution;
Networks;
Sales;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Technology Industry;
North America
Greenstein, Shane, Karim Lakhani, and Christian Godwin. "Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community." Harvard Business School Case 621-056, February 2021.
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
segmented. "Small business" probably isn't right, and "industry vertical" probably isn't right. We have to figure out what jobs the customers are trying to get done, and then design products and services that do the...
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by Michael Raynor
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
objective was met. Our space research gave rise to Silicon Valley, and U.S. industrial strength was enhanced by technology innovation derived from products created for our satellite program. By 1980, however, Europe, helped by the...
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Byron Wien;
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing;
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Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply design to get closer to...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property
File-Sharing and Copyright Researchers Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf argue that file-sharing technology has not undermined the incentives of artists and entertainment companies to create, market, and distribute new works. Key...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 11 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Business and Environment Initiative
relationships between economic systems and the natural environment, and about the structures that enable firms to act productively in this arena. It develops innovative cases, teaching notes, and other curriculum materials for broader...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
American and European MNCs. Writing for managers who seek to boost firm performance and for academics interested in organizational design, the authors detail how MNCs can fully tap the value creation potential of their globally View Details
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services
he says. For the club, the ability to put its membership directory online has saved the time and expense of producing a paper version. The Harris technology will also benefit groups like the HBS African-American Alumni Association, whose membership is worldwide. “It...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
merchandise while sharing in the store's profits through an annually distributed rebate. Membership dues today are $1.00 per year, actually half of what they were in 1882. Despite an abiding respect for the Coop's storied past, Murphy...
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- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
Why are so many businesses—though seemingly intent on fostering innovation—unable to get new products through their organizations and into the marketplace? Ed Ludwig faced such circumstances as the new president of New Jersey-based Becton...
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- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
snack his company produces from the potatoes grown on the very farm featured in the movie. While not a single package of Terra Chips graced the screen, the company’s behind-the-scenes financial, marketing, and distribution support of the...
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- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
economy and have no safety net and virtually no hope of moving upward." "Globalization has helped emerging economies distribute their products and services around the world but there's been no...
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by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to...
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- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
looking across products allows one to pick up on things that get lost in discussing a single product. Note that this case often gets used with HBS No. 505-075, "Note on Innovation Diffusion: Rogers' Five Factors," which can be...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2000 (Revised June 2003)
- Teaching Note
Arrow Electronics, Inc. TN
By: Das Narayandas
Teaching Note for (9-598-022).
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- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
total consumer traffic for higher revenues derived by exposing consumers to unsolicited products (e.g., advertising). We show that competition between platforms leads to lower equilibrium levels of search diversion relative to a monopoly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Souvenirs & Novelties - 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: Souvenirs & Novelties National Markets Advertising Products Trade...
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- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
talented managers around the world will want to work for them. Fewer distributors will feel obliged to stock them. And new products that have been accustomed to gaining distribution on the back of their...
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by Sean Silverthorne