Consumer Technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2006
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Drive-In Nation

forth as a solution. But HBS assistant professor Daniel Snow, who studies the application of new technology, offers a caveat. Snow, who has worked with both Honda and Ford, points out that technological advances are a plus only if View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

15 May 2020
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New Menu

its food supply, considered the uncertainties climate change is introducing into the global food market and set a target of fulfilling 30 percent of its nutritional needs domestically by 2030; alternative protein sources could help the country realize that goal. Tyson... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Sustainable Farming in the Arid World

operate sustainably. “I started Sundrop Farms about four years out of the MBA program. Most people don’t know but agriculture consumes about 50 percent of your operating costs are related to fossil fuels. Agriculture uses about 70 percent... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

London’s congestion fee, for example, might be waived for shared rides. We know that consumers care about the price, but we’re also finding that once passengers get into a shared ride they actually enjoy meeting new people and being the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

19 Feb 2020
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Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

federal policy would really be helpful to create a uniform landscape for the capital markets and the technologies to respond to.” Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002) and VP of infrastructure, energy and environment at the Business Roundtable—which... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

18 Mar 2014
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The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain

crunching. Acxiom, say analysts, has constructed the world's largest consumer database. Nearly 25,000 servers track data on 700 million consumers worldwide, including most US consumers, assembling... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

01 Feb 2000
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Financial Services 24/7

Wallet READ MORE Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet Operational Efficiency With more and more consumers using the Internet to conduct transactions of all kinds and with the size of firms growing, the reliability of View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
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Beyond the Numbers

Robinson in 1986 as assistant controller for their international consumer businesses, including bank cards and retail banking. His first task, he recalls, was to "take a look around and advise my boss what his group should be doing... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

augmented-reality instructions southwestern us HBS Association of Southern California Brandon Molina, MBA 2010 CEO Swing by Swing Golf technology for the greens 2012 HBS Alumni New Venture Contest legal services sponsor: Cooley, LLP... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

12 Jan 2017
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Personalizing Women’s Path to Success

child-rearing hiatus. Lisa Skeete Tatum (MBA 1998) has designed what she calls the ideal “playbook” for those situations, and more, with Landit, a technology startup that offers personal brand and network building, skill development,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

25 Mar 2019
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Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club

milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2025
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Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)

would put us out of business. At the end of the hearing, I sat down with the Senate staff, and they said, ‘Frank, we think you’re right. We think there will be a loss of some small airlines, but we also think that’s a small price to pay for bringing low fares to the... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

Sylvia Wachsner (PMD 35, 1978), director of Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Drawing from the faculty’s industry knowledge, I have learned about consumer behavior and have captured insights that I’m able to... View Details

20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow

Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2009
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Crisis and Creativity

fundamental decisions for any business: where to play, how to deliver, and how to win. Where to Play. Entrepreneurs must target downturn needs such as superior value relative to existing players or provide good substitutes for the necessities that View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

01 Dec 2014
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Dressing by Number

More Retail Revolutions Manufacturing Makeup on Demand Although it isn’t available yet, Mink, a 3D home printer that produces custom makeup, has already made serial inventor Grace Choi (MBA 2013) a cosmetics celebrity. Katrina Lake knew as far back as 2010 that there... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; cosmetics; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

the IBMs or the RCAs of the world to continue to create innovations and job opportunities. Think about the number of firms that wouldn’t be here and the number of technologies that wouldn’t be here without venture capital. The innovation... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

overlap, into four areas: competitive strategy, corporate strategy, global competition, and technology strategy. The largest of the subgroups, competitive strategy - essentially the core of the unit - looks at the techniques a firm uses... View Details