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- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
these entirely digital consumers that are out there, like my sons who have no use for anything larger than a cell phone in front of them. Kenny: Why don't we dive into the Super Bowl, itself? There are some... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
way is the cell phone industry. For their part, cell phone companies complain their customers are price-sensitive and won't pay for service. But... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
insurance industry Proudest Accomplishment: Being the mother of Elisa and the wife of Andrés Summer Internship: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Boston Office How do you do it? I have a great partner (Andy), I’m positive and enjoy the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling
Every day, Americans throw away enough cell phones to cover a football field. That kind of disturbing statistic is what motivates Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008) to extract precious metals from the 50 million... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Haven for the Homeless
his cell phone industry product development position in 2002 to become the shelter’s executive director. During the winter months, the shelter houses an average of one hundred... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
set the context for the ensuing discussion. Today, millions of Web users generate free content, and we are witnessing an "explosion" in video and cell phone use, he continued, with more than 100... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Smriti Jayaraman
words in a dusty classroom in an underprivileged Mumbai neighborhood will never escape me. "I have a mobile so I can do it." That day, I recalled my foolhardy delight the moment a boxy green-screen Nokia 3310 was placed in MY hand for the first time – a View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges
areas such as public transit, cell phone and Internet service, and efficient rail, air, and highway transportation. Inspired by ideas that emerged during the summit, Kanter traveled throughout the country to... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- News
Building change from the ground up
endured years of poverty, conflict, and corruption. “I’m passionate about the difference technology can make in people’s lives,” he says. In six months, Khoja and his workforce of willing yet largely untrained workers had cleared roads of land mines and erected View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
complaint charging that Google has suppressed competition in the search market through its deals with cell phone handset manufacturers, especially Apple, to ensure that Google is the default search app... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
tech enterprise applications. Randi Altschul, a prolific inventor and the founder of Dieceland Technologies Corporation, which licenses and develops her inventions, said she got the idea for a disposable cell View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Muhammad Yunus Visits HBS
successful door-to-door salesmen. Yunus described several sustainable “social businesses” (all profits to the enterprise) he has launched in Bangladesh. They include Grameenphone, which put cell phones into... View Details
- Research Summary
Mastering Strategy Execution
By: Robert Simons
Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
if you walk into Best Buy and purchase a cell phone, we run your credit score and activate the account so you can walk out with a phone that’s ready to use. We tie together the retailers that sell digital... View Details
- Web
Policies | Baker Library
Guests are welcome to apply for Harvard Library visitor access , which includes access to Baker Library’s Stamps Reading Room. Photography & Filming We welcome our patrons taking photographs in the Stamps Reading Room using cell View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
experiment to determine if physical meetings were essential for holding people accountable for their goals. Could the same effect be accomplished remotely? To find out, the research team designed a text message experiment among 873 people with View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?
Ishan Sachdev (MBA 2013) Since 2009, more than 80 mobile money services have popped up in emerging markets to offer financial services to the millions of people who have a cell phone but no traditional bank... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
of industry such as Andrew Carnegie. "They were interesting stories of integrity that stayed with me," he says. After graduating, Appling spent several years at McKinsey & Company, then took a job at Seimens. In 2006, he began at Bright... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Interpreting the Gipper
his empire.” Beschloss was also on hand at the White House in June when President George W. Bush (MBA 1975) hosted Bill and Hillary Clinton at the unveiling of the Clintons’ official portraits. As the former President spoke, Beschloss’s View Details