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- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
stages is because smart people are looking at the same data. "You've got big companies that are addressing wide markets and there are gaps in the product portfolio," he said. "Engineers and View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
company was not yet a year old. It had launched just as key provisions from the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act took effect, opening opportunities for companies to raise a total of just over $1 million from non-accredited investors, with caps View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
portable digital media device, designed to challenge Apple’s wildly successful iPod, to market too late? Without hesitation, Ballmer candidly replied, “Sure, it’s too late” — an admission greeted with approving applause. But that turned... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to their clients, the author has found... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
and the design and construction of leading-edge buildings. I have identified the leadership practices that make successful cross-industry teams work: fostering an adaptable vision, promoting psychological safety, enabling knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
Starbucks' strategy, Smith notes, centers on first-mover advantage. That approach has worked well in North America and abroad, as Starbucks, through foreign partnerships, continues to build its presence in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and now Latin America. Last... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
much of her career focusing on how organizations respond to large-scale technological shifts, most recently in regard to energy and the environment. “Sustainable Business Strategy is designed to empower decision makers on the ground to be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
furniture, it worked out perfectly,” says Lackley. “Mark’s the idea guy, and I’m the businessperson.” Lackley left Open Market before her wedding and began to help Mark with selling commissioned pieces of furniture. She briefly returned to the start-up world, leading... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707409 Istituto Clinico Humanitas (C): Pronto Soccorso Harvard Business School Case 607-022 Follows on from the cases Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A) and (B). Describes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
HBS Takes Business Education Online
Business School’s MBA Program, Jana Kierstead. Can you tell us about HBX CORe? HBS was interested in entering the online space, but we only wanted to do so if we could offer a high-quality product that matched the style and mission of the... View Details
- February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Appex Corp.
By: Nitin Nohria
1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
oversaw the combined departments of production, materials conservation, and design specification of new products and equipment. The Military Planning Division's contributions to wartime View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
prioritize one life over another? Does a self-driving car swerve to avoid a pedestrian if it means the driver or passenger gets injured, and how does that calculus change if the pedestrian is jaywalking or in a group, elderly or a child? Applying ‘the trolley problem’... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
that insights into these questions can also help entrepreneurial firms understand where opportunity lies and how they can exploit it. Q: Is it fair to say that companies are cognizant of their own technology strengths and push the dominant technology View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
20,000 employees operating in 138 countries, Lenovo needed a global marketing and branding strategy to extend its global reach. This meant determining what Lenovo stood for and designing products that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
deep understanding of how change takes place, combined with fascinating in-depth stories of companies that have made the first steps toward reimagining capitalism, provides inspiring insight into what capitalism could be. Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
learn some lessons from the limited success of current approaches to design their strategy in this exciting area. Do You Really Want to Be an eBay? Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
us look at profiles of others, without actually letting these people know that their content was viewed." With a better understanding of why we love social media platforms so much, Piskorski wanted to learn how companies that sell View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 May 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Got Talent
Tom Chen (MBA 2021) and Student Association representatives Abby Burcham (MBA 2021) and Matthew Shackelford (MBA 2021), we picked a date (March 31st) and hired our production partner. In selecting a charity, we were drawn to a new... View Details
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Field Course: Foundry AI Lab - Course Catalog
of interest to a broad range of students. It may be of special interest to those who plan to work as product managers, in entrepreneurial ventures, or for organizations that aim for social impact. Some examples of applications we expect... View Details