Productivity Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

rewards were huge, as I was able to join a startup in Silicon Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon... View Details

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Research Links | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

[1956?]. Show caption Hide caption The Baker Old Class collection is a particularly valuable resource for tracing the development and growth of American business from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth... View Details

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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

environment, and commits the U.S. to a cleaner, lower-carbon energy system in the future. Why is U.S. competitiveness a global issue? With the world’s most productive large market, the U.S. is a key driver of worldwide prosperity. The... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon Valley is extremely exciting. Every day you get to witness the... View Details

04 Aug 2006
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

Summing Up There's no need to rethink important economic constructs just because of the growth of the Long Tail phenomenon and its impact on demand and supply. Or is there? That was part of the debate that occupied respondents to this... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

competition can impede the reputational mechanism. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract In... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

fan support. Nobody puts out a more exciting product or showcases more talented and skilled athletes than the major American professional leagues. But have the beauty, fun, and thrills of games - which once far outdistanced the commercial... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Mar 2019
News

The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

background in air and water filtration at SpaceX and Brita, so we knew we could come up with something better.” What are your short- and long-term goals for the company? Taylor Wiegele: “Long term, we want to dominate the odor category––with multiple View Details

September 2017
Teaching Note

Dick's Sporting Goods

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble

This is the teaching note to accompany Rajiv Lal, Jose B. Alvarez, and Matthew G. Preble, “Dick’s Sporting Goods,” HBS No. 517-007 (Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017). View Details

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October 2014
Case

Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference

By: Clayton Rose, Jerome Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer

For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond... View Details

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11 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

relationships between economic systems and the natural environment, and about the structures that enable firms to act productively in this arena. It develops innovative cases, teaching notes, and other curriculum materials for broader... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

"The Internet is an explosion like nothing we've ever seen before," declared Bob Davis, CEO of Lycos, the Internet search engine company, to an overflow crowd at the fourth annual Harvard Business School Cyberposium held last February at HBS. "In terms of the rate of... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

01 Feb 1999
News

Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS

enterprises - "We start from scratch each time as a way of making sure it's really ours" - in industries where he believes customers are being ill-served or have few choices. Growth is financed by revenues, and companies are kept... View Details

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

Identity helps explain why people do things, everything from getting tattoos to volunteering, that aren't in their immediate best interest. I'm reminded of this when I recall the dedication with which my South Korean business friends doggedly pursued success during the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

GPSLink technology products can save companies time and money. In this economy, she said, "It's a need to have, not a nice to have." Seeking $3 million to $5 million. A. G. Breitenstein PrivaSource Inc. The company motto is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Oct 2017
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

Profile

Lara Hodgson

a phenomenal start, getting featured in major magazines without any marketing push. The product was a hit with grateful young mothers and the buzz grew quickly. When Nourish received its first big order from Whole Foods, Hodgson’s team... View Details

03 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Facebook’s Future

Editor's note: Now 10 years old, Facebook's growth is starting to slow. That's one reason it purchased What'sApp last month in a jaw-dropping deal valued at $19 billion. What might the next decade be like? Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

the world, I'm not surprised that we in entrepreneurship are benefiting," he said. "The climate for entrepreneurship has never been better." Resource mobility, said Stevenson, is evident in product markets, where... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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