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  • fall 2002
  • Article

The Great Leap: Driving Innovation from the Base of the Global Pyramid

By: Stuart L. Hart and Clayton M. Christensen
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Global Range
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  • January 2023 (Revised September 2024)
  • Supplement

The END Fund (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Founded in 2012, the END fund focused on eliminating five Neglected Tropical Diseases that accounted for 80% of the tropical diseases affecting nearly 1.5 billion people worldwide. Its roughly $25 million/year annual budget was fully committed when it got news that the... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Investment Funds; Global Range; Nonprofit Organizations; Resource Allocation; Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Mission and Purpose
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  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

"don't touch the brand" school of thought, admitted Schroiff. Yet Henkel also wrestled with questions of economies of scale and consumer penetration. "If you were to flood Europe with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

employees against incompetence and inability to scale up with the company. In interviewing Majmudar, we thought we had reached the end of the knowledge transfer chain. But no. He was coaching three of his... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 13 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 13

software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market.   Working PapersThe Role of Organizational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

time and the large number of protesters who took to the streets may have been factors. “Clearly the scale of the protest matters, but it cannot just be that.” “If you ask anyone to cite important [protests]... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
  • Background Note

Location Choice for New Ventures: Choices within Cities

By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Keywords: Business Startups; Urban Scope; Geographic Location
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  • 16 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs

China, in particular in the major eastern cities Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. First of all, it is impossible to grasp the scale of the transformation without seeing it with one's own eyes. The physical,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 28

across the schools and regions. The case gives students the opportunity to assess the benefits and challenges of Uncommon’s strategy so far, determine the best way to address the inconsistency in academic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

working, to be sure; but it's profound whether or not it's a moneymaking proposition. Q: What was the scope of your research, and what insights arose for you out of that work? A: I embarked on a classic... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 05 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Conferences at HBS: The 2021 Climate Symposium

space right now. While most climate solutions at scale will require a public-private partnership in the end, there is so much innovation and progress that businesses are uniquely positioned to bring, from... View Details
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511065-PDF-ENG Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight Thomas R. Eisenmann, William A. Sahlman, and Evan W. RichardsonHarvard Business School Case 811-077 In late 2010, Silicon Valley-based Chegg,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Oct 2019
  • Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

to better pair employees on teams to improve idea quality, according to Koning. Consider team composition. Whether or not they actually administer a personality test, supervisors generally have an idea of where team members fall on scales... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Driving Profitable Growth - Course Catalog

increasing the scale of the organization while preserving distinguishing attributes of the company. A key theme in this part of the course is that growth almost inevitably requires changes in the organization itself, View Details
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

pathway towards enhanced mitigation and adaptation will be shaped by its local context, C40’s scope enhances its efficacy in scaling solutions View Details
  • 14 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

5 Facts About HBS Conferences

additional components and begin executing.  Enthusiasm is an amazing thing, but can also lead to scope creep if you don’t harness it properly. Organizing the conference was one of the highlights of my RC... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

accelerate this transition, as professor and program chair Benjamin C. Esty explains. What's to Be Done About Performance Reviews? What can we do to make performance reviews more productive and less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

the scope of work is so broad that the possibility of cross-infection is monumental. If you go into a general hospital, there's no way they can keep those walls and floors clean View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
  • 20 Oct 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Pol Antras, Davin Chor & Paola Conconi