Creating Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
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Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia

of the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit. In a democracy of citizens and taxpayers, such dithering largely comes down to a human foible. “When present losses loom larger than future gains,” states Bazerman, “we fail to act in time... View Details

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Global - Global Activities 2020

Activities The following highlights illustrate the breadth of HBS’s global activities before and during the pandemic. Africa Research Center The Africa Research Center contributed to HBS’s Creating Emerging View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value

brands of premium cachet and the premium prices that come with it. “The same forces that cause the commoditization of products and services precipitate the commoditization of brands,” they continue. Fortunately, managers aren’t helpless in the face of View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

explore interactions between private business and public health, and demonstrate how consumers can create better and less expensive care for themselves. Book Excerpt: Consumer Power in Shaping Public Health Healthcare and education are... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

Daniel F. Gerber

Gerber created the baby foods market as well as the company’s advertising campaign - the “Gerber Baby,” a symbol that became world-famous. By 1973, Gerber was the world’s largest supplier of baby foods with... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

18 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

excessively beholden to chief executive officers. Regulation and the use of the legal system have been the predominant means of disciplining directors, but each has its drawbacks, particularly in terms of the disincentives they create for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog

This course is designed to provide hands-on guidance through the early stages of building your business. Students will test assumptions and hypotheses to evolve their product, build their strategic and operating roadmaps, create... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and research of HBS faculty reflect the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

will attempt to determine how clubs should define themselves to compete in the 21st century. The committee will undertake a marketing analysis in conjunction with a group of clubs, the goal being to create... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Working World

as pursuits like marketing or law. RELATED HBSP Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures Immigration is such a hot-button topic in politics. Do you hold out any hope that your research can provide a more balanced perspective? I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

across medicine. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52286 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long-Run Survival By: Gao, Cheng, Tiona Zuzul, Geoffrey Jones, and Tarun Khanna... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

investor. The fund now has investments in 23 companies around the U.S. in 12 different industries. The Minority Renaissance in Venture Capital Like most new business ventures, Harlem Capital was created to fill a gap in the View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

“Our market opportunities include leasing the drone technology and proprietary seeders, and selling the seed pods to other organizations worldwide to help them reforest the planet.” Lord of the Trees is raising money and looking for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Apr 2025
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A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

9th Congressional District, who serves on the Appropriations Committee which controls the federal budget. “Given the current market conditions and political dynamics, we wanted to understand the path forward for social enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

the introduction of color television. Then in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the two Japanese first-movers, Matsushita and Sony, and the Dutch company Philips, all of which had created strong learning bases after World War II, began to... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

Stevenson said the recent technology sector market crash should teach future entrepreneurs to build companies to last rather than to sell, and to think about more than simply selling a product. We're never going to go back to the slow and... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

companies we visited were supportive of market interventions by government policy and regulation to encourage sustainable investments. For example, Grolsch shared that taxes on landfilling (which is now prohibited in the Netherlands) and... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

biotechnology. The prospect is exhilarating, but the road to this brave new biotech world has more than a few bumps. With an average time line of ten years required to bring a drug to market - and the potential for failure looming every... View Details