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- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
the company's success: Its product development relies less on finding out what customers want than it does on what its employees think would be "cool." Its strategy is based on the introduction of a stream of thoroughly tested... View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
Amabile was on the faculty of Brandeis University) entailed a survey using a previously developed and tested questionnaire. In exchange for the company's willingness to open its doors to the project, Amabile offered to provide management... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
given its popularity, I’d suggest they combine a newsletter strategy and opinion for more in-depth audio. That would allow them to gain more of the market via the new medium, without the extensive investment required for video. They could do A/B View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
federal, state, and school district levels to address these issues. The team’s first task was to determine the scope of the problem. They built a test to measure a school’s broadband speed, then partnered with state departments of... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
laboratories that test chemicals, drugs, or other materials that require direct ventilation and specialized accommodations. The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab gives Harvard students and other members of the University an opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
the Baker Library Management Research Center. The site, which initially granted access only to research databases, was offered to a test group made up of some 250 members of the Class of 1999, participants in the Advanced Management... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
wide array of robustness tests that address the concerns expressed by AS2016. Our empirical findings reinforce the conclusions of CW2013. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52775 Inventory Management for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Publication:Psychological Science Abstract Four experiments tested the novel hypothesis that ritualistic behavior potentiates and enhances the enjoyment of ensuing consumption-an effect found for chocolates, lemonade, and even carrots.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2007
- Article
Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market
By: A. E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Unver
Patients needing kidney transplants may have donors who cannot donate to them because of blood or tissue incompatibility. Incompatible patient-donor pairs can exchange donor kidneys with other pairs only when there is a "double coincidence of wants." Developing... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Size; Emotions; Human Needs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Infrastructure; Supply Chain Management; Fairness; Performance Improvement; Health Industry
Roth, A. E., Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver. "Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market." American Economic Review 97, no. 3 (June 2007): 828–851.
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
perspective that Porter has taken, often as a result of his specific background and prior research interests. The chapter then turns to extensions of these core concepts in Porter's more recent work. A central focus of this work has been the creation of broad-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
intentional, can you talk a little bit about that difference? Ayr: About everything we’re doing that works really well is the result of some engagement with customers. We’ve tested a lot of different things over the years. We’ve View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
what my priorities are. I actually didn't know what that mission-driven work would be at the time. But I came across a company whose mission it was to democratize access to genetic testing for hereditary cancers. It was that power of... View Details
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
basically sat down together and brainstormed creepy questions to ask," John says. The experiments tested the idea that downplaying privacy concerns would increase the likelihood of disclosure. For example, the researchers set up laptop... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the best View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
profits would have to go to charity. "To make money off that would be so tacky," he noted. From the outset, Newman eschewed costly market research and ignored industry wisdom that new product launches initially lose substantial sums of money. Relying on informal taste... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
moment launched Weeks’s career, and it also had a deep impact on Corning’s future as a successful innovator in materials science. The first in his family to go to college, Weeks thrived at HBS. The case method—“pretend doing,” as he calls it—gave him a way to View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Ace Your Phone or Video Interview
a window when possible, use a ring light if available, and avoid backlighting so that your face is not shadowed. If you do not have a neutral background available, download a professional looking background. Also, always check your technology (audio and camera) and... View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, “whether that means talking to customers about where the pain points are or talking to clients about new opportunities.” Good entrepreneurs use these kinds of conversations all the time to generate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
to Entrepreneurial Marketing The Startup Business Model The Go-to-Market Plan Featured Exercises Formulate and test a customer value proposition Calculate the ratio of a business’s customer lifetime value (LTV) to customer acquisition... View Details