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- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
safety can be demonstrated before consumers leave for safer substitutes. “The demand shock caused by an accident could actually be good news for companies,” says Luo. “They drive up demand for a product... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
profligate consumers of it," he said. "Maybe we just need to figure out how to get the high-end, expensive hospitals and doctors to somehow get good at providing inexpensive care. Or maybe we just... View Details
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Introducing the HBS Heartland Club - MBA
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Colt Stander
thinking, design and business have much in common. “To create a good product, you have to know all the influences behind manufacturing the product and consumer behavior. I became interested in business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
be transparent, but our information is only as good as the source — and most sources are confused right now.” Kierstead notes that an interesting trend has been an increase in the number of students accepting jobs overseas. In 2007, 47... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
radically different company today," he says. "It's small enough that my fingerprints are everywhere -- you can get your arms around this place." Interbake's smaller size allows it to turn on a dime when it comes to supplying products to meet fickle View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
high-growth beverage startups. Also, it is not clear to me why you are launching another product. Why not invest whatever capital you can get in driving amazing sell-through in one or two chains with some creative consumer marketing? And... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before she had a baby of her own, Amrita Saigal (MBA 2014) kept hearing from friends that the “natural” diapers on the market didn’t hold up as well as the old standards, like Pampers. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Saigal knew her... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
stands out as the rare commodity that remains as lucrative in the good times as the bad, since we don’t switch off the radio—or stop watching the films or TV shows that license music and generate revenues—when the economy sours. The last... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
big screen. Our virtual conversation is live!Julia is the Director of Business Development at BaubleBar, and oversees the company’s global digital and offline partnerships. Before HBS, Julia never worked in retail, but had lots of good... View Details
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SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE - MBA
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Finding the Confidence to Apply to HBS - MBA
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- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
caregivers—physicians and nurses—on the other.6 Administrators kept emphasizing, "Cut costs, save money." Caregivers replied, "We're not good at cutting costs; we cure children and save lives. That is our mission."... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
(MBA 1981) I wouldn’t say there’s a big focus on “media speculation” per se, but Fed officials have to be attuned to market sentiment, and they consume a great deal of information. Fed policies work through financial markets. Sometimes it... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of creative and strategic activities. I felt that product design and pricing were important determinants of... View Details
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- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
like product attributes, pricing, and distribution. My vision of the future changed to product management in the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of... View Details
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Sustainability in CPG and Retail
across the global food system. Read IFC Sustainability news. The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) This global non-profit organization focuses on transforming consumer goods supply chains to deliver more sustainable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of... View Details
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
changing competitive landscape, consumers who may not have considered buying a GM vehicle over the past decade may now be inclined to do so again. What the company has done in rationalizing the number of brands in its portfolio has been a... View Details