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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
growth and with the top tiers in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only in the last decade, thanks in... View Details
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2+2 Program | MBA
innovative thinkers who have demonstrated leadership and analytical skills and want to develop their knowledge and passion to make a difference in the world. After being admitted through 2+2, students spend a minimum of two years (maximum... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Launch Codes
“Too often, they’ll design something for what they think their customers’ needs are, and they haven’t developed plans to test these assumptions.” #2 Aiming for perfection: “You want to go to market with a minimally viable View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
"employment" of a relatively small number of these customers on behalf of a product or service can greatly improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of a marketing strategy. And it is made increasingly View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
production levels and the potential sale of the ethanol plant in an increasingly competitive, complex environment. "For the first time in history, the food and energy markets are converging," says Reinhardt. "It's hard to... View Details
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
other chemicals) from carbon dioxide. His goal was to demonstrate—through research, discovery, and good business—a new way forward in reducing CO2 emissions. The first step was to lay out the photosynthesis process in black and white on a whiteboard. Brix then began to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
likely to continue due to privatization, deregulation, and globalization. “In an increasingly global business environment, achieving minimum efficient scale in production requires massive capital... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details
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The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet - Blog - Business & Environment
Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only in the last decade, thanks in part to academic research, that... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
In Brief
courses as they worked in small teams to build viable microbusinesses. More Attention, HBS Entrepreneurs! Venture capitalists Patrick Chung (MBA 2004) and Harry Weller (MBA 1998) are prime movers behind the Experiment Fund, launched to... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
manufacturers often discard the products sent to them by outside inventors without even looking at them. Because of their hurdle rate—the minimum return required on a contemplated investment—they probably... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
decisions and shipping policies in determining purchase outcomes and profits. Consumers are less sensitive to shipping fees than to product prices, but free shipping for orders above the minimum is a strong... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
Sawyer is one of two bots that Rethink Robotics has developed for the small-business market. (courtesy of Rethink Robotics) You can tell Rethink Robotics’ products by their faces: A small, white digital screen with two expressive eyes.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
focused in his first couple of years. He got rid of a huge number of product lines. He streamlined the operations and he bet on a very small number of products. The combination of the early success of the iMac, the booming marketing in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
the whole production process, some technologies emerge as the main avenues for tackling this problem, such as green hydrogen, top gas recovery, scrap based EAF and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS). Carbon Capture,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity, joy, trust, and View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
be able to position oneself to move to private equity when there is an opening. Most funds also seek locals because they need deal originators with local knowledge and contacts, so people from outside ASEAN will generally need a few years of experience in the markets... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
week, a handful of new companies open themselves up to the public through Republic’s platform, where it often takes just $25 and a credit card to buy in. (In Roomi’s case, the minimum investment on Republic was $50.) The result is a... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg