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- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
the Insights and Innovation team, whose objective is to deepen the understanding of the Patagonia customer, drive business decisions using feedback and insights, View Details
- 08 Dec 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
entrants, underscoring the growing level of interest and opportunities to address this critical issue. The winners of both the Tough Tech Prize and Alumni Track had innovative... View Details
- August 2015 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Qihoo
By: Feng Zhu
- January 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Steve Jobs: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the life of Steve Jobs who throughout his career flaunted convention and chose an unusual path to success. The case describes how Jobs, as young man, acquired an appreciation for aesthetics and the liberal arts, but was also quick to recognize and... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Business Startups; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Innovation; Work-life Balance; Innovation Leadership; Power and Influence; Success; Information Technology Industry; United States
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Steve Jobs: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 123-022, January 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
such questions to people with some real answers - HBS alumni who have made the transition themselves. Making innovative use of technology to involve HBS graduates in the classroom, Garvin conducted a pilot program on the World Wide Web in... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
businesses, made acquisitions in digital innovation and cloud computing, formed partnerships with former competitors such as Apple and tech startups, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2015
- Case
Bigbelly
By: Mitch Weiss and Christine Snively
To accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Smart Cities; Government Innovation; Internet Of Things; IoT; Anything As A Service; Platform As A Service; Infrastructure As A Service; PaaS; Xaas; Bigbelly; Jack Kutner; B2G; Civic Innovation; City Innovation; Government Technology; Govtech; Civic Technology; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Web Services Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Massachusetts; United States; Boston; Chicago; Philadelphia; New York (city, NY)
Weiss, Mitch, and Christine Snively. "Bigbelly." Harvard Business School Case 816-005, October 2015.
- 26 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Clayton M. Christensen, Acclaimed Author and Teacher, Dies At 67
Business School. He was granted tenure at the School in 1998 and named to a chaired professorship in 2001. “Clayton Christensen was one of the world’s greatest scholars on innovation View Details
- September 2023
- Teaching Note
Apple’s iPhone Revolution: Pioneering the Circular Economy
By: George Serafeim
Teaching Note for HBS Case 123-089. The case describes the Trade-In system for iPhones that allow iPhones to be refurbished and reused or to be recycled. The case provides information for the students to analyze the financial attractiveness of the Trade-In system and... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper, View Details
- 24 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
- Web
VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and manage patient-level costs over complete cycles of care for a variety of medical conditions. This innovative approach links costs to clinical outcomes in order to identify opportunities for value... View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The World's Teacher
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- Research Summary
"Pricing Practices and Market Power in International Cellular Telephone Markets" (with Dana Nunn)
As the cellular telephone market continues to grow throughout the globe, countries must determine how to best promote market growth and innovation while protecting consumers and ensuring competitive rates. The conventional wisdom has been that introducing competition... View Details
- 1997
- Book
Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, GE, DuPont, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid
By: R. M. Kanter, J. Kao and F. Wiersema
Keywords: Innovation and Management
Kanter, R. M., J. Kao and F. Wiersema, eds. Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, GE, DuPont, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. (Translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian and Hebrew.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Stock Market Swings and the Value of Innovation, 1908–1929
By: Tom Nicholas
Nicholas, Tom. "Stock Market Swings and the Value of Innovation, 1908–1929." In Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present, edited by Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007.
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
identify characteristics of stocks that an investor who is worried about bad times should buy— a “rainy day” portfolio. Diversity in Innovation Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang discuss a systematic View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
They must also allow people to interact and bond with each other—to feel the camaraderie of being a part of a team. They must enable people to keep learning and to find ways of exercising their curiosity... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne