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- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
2008, the company switched gears and began offering solar installations to local residential customers. Aided by favorable regulatory changes and a consumer financing partnership, Verengo's solar business took off and became the company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
how much to bid for the loans. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209088 The Suzlon Edge Harvard Business School Case 708-051 With prices of oil, coal and gas at historically high levels, the wind... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
digital technologies." Follow @HarvardHBS on Instagram to participate in the next installment of "Office Hours." About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.[Image: iStockphoto/vm] How... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
brazen theft from the American middle class and from every person who aspires to reach it The GOP tax scam is not a vote for an investment in growth or jobs. It is a vote to install a permanent plutocracy in our nation. And it betrays the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
installed in volume there in five to ten years. The EIA/IEA forecasts tell us, however, that the Chinese do not see miracles that can beat coal or capture coal's CO2 emissions in their energy future. We need an energy miracle before the... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409017 Linux vs. Windows Harvard Business School Case 707-465 As of 2006, Microsoft is finding that its dominant position in client and server operating systems is under attack from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
complaint charging that Google has suppressed competition in the search market through its deals with cell phone handset manufacturers, especially Apple, to ensure that Google is the default search app installed on new iphones. That may... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
straight and narrow. Washington looks at deregulation The research takes on added weight as Obama-administration regulation protecting financial consumers faces an uncertain future. The US Labor Department’s fiduciary rule, in the planning stages since 2010, was... View Details
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?
crush us." Tom Birmingham started to object. "Where are we going to find local staff to install and support this product?" he wanted to know. "I mean, this is not just about setting up an office to sell: ClearCloud is... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
retail outlets, such that stores with membership fees are more popular even when they offer the same goods at the same prices as stores without fees. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-029.pdf Dynamics of Platform Competition: Exploring the Role of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: What's the Next 'Big Thing' in Finance?
digs a little bit deeper into every area of his research. Look, the truth of the matter is, I’m never going to get to that person, but that’s kind of the cool part. I can spend my whole life trying. Follow @HarvardHBS on Instagram to participate in the next View Details
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
utilizes data from households across the country that install a set-top box alongside their television that analyzes second by second what family members watch. At the same time, Kantar records everything that is shown on every station,... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
should consider not only the possibility that those laws might later be tightened, and applied retroactively (as has been the case in the United States with respect to CERCLA), to require costly cleanups that will adversely affect shareholder value, but also to ask... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Podcast: The Potential Partnership of India and China
wanted to know the secret of success for GE—one of the few multinationals to have success in both China and India. To listen to this interview with professor Tarun Khanna, click on the triangular Play button below. The Macromedia Flash plug-in is required to play this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
was obligatory that everyone agree before a decision was taken, not just have their point of view heard. As a consequence, decisions were not taken in a timely manner, and conflicts were dealt with indirectly. To address these issues, we View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
with more stringent and less stringent regulation, we do not see much of a difference. A big caveat is that we’re looking at consumer satisfaction metrics. We are not measuring adverse events that may happen far down the line in which, say, a roof is View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
lagging expansion plans for its Supercharger EV station network. The number of new charging ports opened from May through August tumbled 28 percent from the same period a year earlier. The reason? “Widespread layoffs in April gutted the team responsible for View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
upgrade sales to an installed base. When profits from the installed base are sufficiently large, a pure strategy equilibrium exists with two B firms active in the market. Although there is competition in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
who would keep control of those assets in the future, according to the case. So the same transmission lines, power transformers, and circuit breakers that were installed in the 1960s and '70s are still in operation, in many cases barely... View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
lawsuits against Blitz had followed. A former Blitz employee has testified that Blitz presented a revised gas can design to Walmart that would prevent the burn injuries by installing an "arrestor," a device that would prevent a... View Details