Watches - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Sep 2014
News

Why the Apple Watch Is a Gift to the Swiss Watch Industry

12 Sep 2014
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Why the Apple Watch Is a Gift to the Swiss Watch Industry

01 Oct 2002
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People Watching

Moore: a success story worth of People. Photo courtesy Time, Inc. In 1991, Ann Moore (MBA '78) saw an opportunity where others saw no chance — building a national magazine out of people's interest in celebrities and human-interest stories. After graduating from HBS,... View Details

02 Dec 2013
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Stop watching your workers

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Fans Watch Taylor Swift. Economists Watch the Fans

By: Scott Duke Kominers

The star will sell tickets first to fans who "boost" her work online. It's an auction, but the currency is not money. View Details

Keywords: Auctions

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October 2003 (Revised January 2005)
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Microsoft: Launching the Smart Watch

By: John T. Gourville and Christina L. Darwall

Microsoft is on the verge of launching its Smart Watch technology, which will allow specially designed watches to receive up-to-date information on sports, business, traffic, news, etc. After several years of effort and millions of dollars spent, the questions now... View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Information Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Performance Effectiveness; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology Industry

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07 Jan 2014
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Swiss Watch Industry Business Model

11 Dec 2015
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The many lives of a watch

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care... View Details

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Science Watch Fast Breaking Paper

By: Julie Battilana

“How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship” with Bernard Leca and Eva Boxenbaum (Academy of Management Annals, 2009) was named by Science Watch as the August 2011 “Fast Breaking Paper” in Economics and Business. A... View Details

June 1992 (Revised April 1995)
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Swiss Watch Industry

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29 Feb 2012
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Is Google watching you?

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

While some lessons can be learned by watching—a parent’s reaction after touching a hot stove can be a good lesson for a youngster on dangers in the kitchen—other lessons are harder to learn through observation alone. No matter how many times you View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

08 Mar 2015
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Apple Watch could 'win the wrist back'

14 Jan 2022
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HBS Faculty Pick Trends to Watch in 2022

July 1986
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The Swiss Watch Industry--1981-85

By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff

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April 1985 (Revised September 1993)
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Hattori-Seiko and the World Watch Industry in 1980

By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff

Focuses on the industry's development and evolution in three principal watch producing countries: Switzerland, the United States, and Japan. Based in part on two earlier cases by F.T. Knickerbocker and H.E.R. Uyterhoeven. View Details

Keywords: Industry Growth; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; Switzerland; United States

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