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Faculty and Research - Alumni

and that they disseminate to business leaders and scholars around the world. MANUFACTURING A RENAISSANCE IN THE DEEP SOUTH A faculty excursion to the Golden Triangle helped deepen research expertise and build bonds across academic units... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

problems. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612017-PDF-ENG Digital Microscopy Is Making Me Crazy! Willy ShihHarvard Business School Case 612-002 For Carl Zeiss Microimaging, modular hardware and software enabled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

developing. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working... View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

founded by two Swedish entrepreneurs in 2016 to address climate change and bring electric battery manufacturing to Europe. The company successfully built a “gigafactory” near the Arctic Circle and was soon on track to become one of the... View Details
  • 01 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself

It couldn’t have come at a better time. A week or so before finding out I was accepted to HBS, I was told by the company I had accepted an offer with (a helicopter company where I was going to be a manufacturing engineer) that they had... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

Author: Andrei Hagiu Publication: Chap. 3 in The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy, edited by Martin Peitz and Joel Waldfogel. Oxford University Press, forthcoming Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

was Corporate Strategy at PepsiCo / Growth at SodaStream. Dallin McKinnon (MBA 2023, Section J), Summer Internship: Strategy MBA Intern at Volta Trucks Volta Trucks is a full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services company.... View Details
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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

small shop, or through itinerant peddlers. Retailers distributed basic goods, for example textiles and grains, to general merchants, while regional enterprises manufactured products such as tractors and looms. Given the steady demand for... View Details
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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

meaning Special Experiment). 49 Land devoted massive efforts toward the secret project, which took place concurrently with other routine Polaroid manufacturing activities. Reams of daily research reports, diagrams, and test photographs in... View Details
  • March 2023 (Revised May 2025)
  • Case

On

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger and Sascha Mader
Founded in 2010, in just one decade, the Swiss company On had established itself as a main player in global sports footwear and apparel. Based on an unconventional strategy which one of the founders labeled as “obsessively distinct,” On grew its sales with a compound... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Digital Marketing; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Global Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Product Design; Product Development; Product Marketing; Social Media; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Technological Innovation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Sports Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Germany; United States
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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

its promising commercial release of instant photography the following year. Polaroid outsourced the manufacture of the negative to Kodak, but would keep the production of the positive in-house. In the ensuing months, Polaroid's legal team... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Action Plan: To the Letter

marketplace differently. Monotype got its name from the Lanston Monotype Machine Company, a printing machine manufacturer and type foundry in Philadelphia, established in 1887. Today, in addition to the thousands of fonts and trademarks... View Details
Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services
  • 04 Jun 2001
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

Summing Up The Subscription Model: Down but Not Out Just as manufacturing organizations are once again adopting a subscription model as a means of pricing product-service packages marketed as solutions, it appears that Internet-based... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

Equally, it is evident that major reputational crises can inflict major damage on corporations in developed markets. One only has to think of the ongoing damage to the German auto manufacturer VW caused by the emissions scandal. However,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

terms. One example is MPEG-2, a digital video compression standard used in products including DVD and high-definition television. The standard was developed by the International Organization for Standardization, but during the completion... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • 18 Feb 2019
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What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

and showrooming are not going away. They decided to charge manufacturers for putting those items on the shelf. When a company like Samsung puts TVs on display at Best Buy, Samsung is benefiting whether you buy it from Best Buy or Amazon.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “I believe quite simply that the small company of the future will be as much a research organization as it is a View Details
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

category for The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change, (Random House, 2016). Rebecca A. Karp : Recipient of the Questrom Teaching Award from Boston University in 2018. Rebecca A. Karp : Recipient of a 2018 Dissertation... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

(Photo source: iStock) Economic cluster theory has been used to describe the growth of many industries, including the automotive business around Detroit, high tech in Silicon Valley, and digital media in Seoul. These regions benefit by a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 20 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and telecommunication View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products