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February 2004
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July 2017
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Uber's New Pricing Idea Is Good Theory, Risky Business

By: Scott Duke Kominers

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5 Jun 2014
Lecture

From Idea to Reality: Value Based Health Care Delivery

By: Michael E. Porter

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October 1987 (Revised October 1989)
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Moving Ideas into Action: Mastering the Art of Change

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Discusses elements in organizing a large scale change effort: defining a shared vision, coalition building, management structure and process, communication and education, local participation and innovation, standards and measures, and symbols and signals. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Communication; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Standards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy

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25 Oct 2013
News

Why Rigging Your Earnings Calls Is a Bad Idea

16 Dec 2010
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The Good Fight: How Conflict Can Help Your Idea

27 Feb 2020
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Psychological Safety Will Win You The Best Business Ideas

27 Apr 2017
News

Action Research to Put Health Care Ideas into Practice

February 2013
Case

Recorded Future: Analyzing Internet Ideas About What Comes Next

Recorded Future is a "big data" startup company that uses Internet data to make predictions about events, people, and entities. The company primarily serves government intelligence agencies, but has some private sector clients and is considering taking on more. The... View Details

Keywords: Big Data; Analytics; Internet; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry

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Idea Doesn't Go Far Enough (response on forensic audits)

By: M. H. Bazerman

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11 Jun 2014
News

Can a simple idea mean big change for women?

27 Dec 2017
News

College entrepreneurs pitch ideas to 'Shark Tank's' Kevin O'Leary...

01 Dec 2016
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Action Research to Put Health Care Ideas into Practice

01 Feb 2000
News

Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real

vehicle for the under-24 set, loosely termed "Generation Y." "We're specifically looking at what interior features the younger buyers want," said Bernard. "We wanted to hear the MPD team's ideas and get a perspective from outside... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

September 1999 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Auto Collection: Ford's Better Idea for Selling Cars and Trucks

Ford encourages its independent dealers to consolidate, showing them the benefits size can bring both to themselves and their customers. Now, consolidated dealerships improve customer service and reduce costs. View Details

Keywords: Consolidation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Sales; Auto Industry; Retail Industry

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21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

nightly fee. Of course, now we know the idea as Airbnb, a $10 billion business with 1.5 million listings around the world. But back then it must have seemed crazy. The liability issues alone seemed insurmountable—to say nothing of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

31 Jul 2012
News

Two Harvard Business School Teams Win Chef Ferran Adrià's Global Ideas Challenge Competition

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

closer to what’s found in Europe. In the US, it takes a lot of rewiring to make fast EV chargers work on the local grid. So he started fiddling. Soon enough, Aatish came up with a prototype that allowed fast charging without changing over the grid: the View Details