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- 23 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
preferred name. But when the list included several new features, 65.7 percent chose the name StreetPilot. While these experiments focused on high-tech equipment, the professors note that the findings hold true across many industries.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
was purchased for approximately $1.1B by Ariba, where Mr. Burgstone served as Vice President and co-head of corporate development. He has also worked as a high-tech strategy consultant (semiconductor, telecom, online financial services),... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
high-tech businesses, ushering in the rise of computer hardware and software firms, just as they had once pushed the cash register, IBM's punch-card machines, and other innovations. View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- Web
Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
also an area of heavy growth. As the 1980s ushered in the rise of high-tech research and start-ups, Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. helped finance Cetus, an early biotech firm, as well as Intel, which created the first microprocessor.... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
of their trustworthiness at the bargaining table. 1. Speak their language Some years ago, an airline that was seeking to go high-tech with its ticketing process invited a number of consulting firms to bid on the project. At the kickoff... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
internet, especially in high-tech clusters—geographic regions where skilled worker wages increased faster than in the rest of the country. To chart the rise and fall of IT salaries, the researchers examined 142 of the largest urban areas... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
Kerr says, are those that welcome immigrants and make them partners in building the economy. Related Reading: High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs Immigrant Entrepreneurship What is the Best Immigration Model for the US? What do... View Details
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
large high-tech company told us of a discussion she once had with her head of HR. Her company had installed a program to encourage broader participation in decision making, and she was frustrated that product development seemed to be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
Eisenmann hopes to sell students on the idea of first working as high-tech product managers before jumping into CEO roles. "I would love Harvard Business School to crank out a 100 high-tech product... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities
Eurotrek. Commenting on WesTrek in the Harbus, Walter Jones (HBS '00), the event's cochair, said that "the Trek allows students to enter a self-guided tour of the home of key high-tech sectors." Trek participants visit companies, gather... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Robots in the Boardroom
advantage for companies–if they know how to use it. Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires? Computers make better hiring decisions than managers when filling simpler jobs. Research Papers Some Facts of High-Tech PatentingThis study... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
Scenario 4: The M&a As R&d The next-to-last category, acquisitions as a substitute for in-house R&D, is related to product and market extensions, but I'll treat it separately because it's so new and untested. An assortment of View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
design a high-tech armored suit for a person when artificial intelligence could do the job with significantly less risk. “Why wouldn’t they just put in a computer to control the suit?” he wondered. “‘Good mission, but it sounds like a... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
1980s, these two, with Sanyo and Sharp, had driven both the U.S. and European consumer electronics companies out of their own home markets. Japan's achievements are unparalleled in the annals of industrial history, a particularly spectacular performance in a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
Google was a monopoly and if so, should it be regulated or broken up. His answer: ‘Our product is free to the consumer. We welcome any competitors.’” Questions were raised about how a platform-based high-tech company could be broken up.... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
the past week, and setting expectations for those kind of discussions. Some senior employees in the high-tech industry set office hours in which they encourage colleagues to come to their office and ask questions. “A lot of this is... View Details
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
was the best in the country: Radcliffe. “I was a feminist early on,” says Lang, whose life’s work includes building a picture-framing store and a photo business, blazing a trail as a high-tech leader, raising three children, and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
Science article titled "Language Matters: Status Lost and Achieved Status Distinctions in Global Organizations," Neeley interviewed workers at a $25 billion Paris-based high-tech company about its two-year-old English-only... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard