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- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
automatic transmission of a car or a complex computer chip than what we used even a few years ago. You don’t need a generation of experience anymore; design and production are getting democratized and more accessible through the... View Details
- 11 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure!
trip!" The group's enthusiasm was part of what made this experience so great. Day 1: After arriving on a red-eye flight from Boston, we had some daylight time to choose our own adventure! Some people decided to rent a View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
have expected an American to have to be going through. And part of it had to do with drugs. Part of it had to do with not having enough money. But even just the spending decisions that they made when they... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
fiber-optics for landlines, and now seeks new ways that wireless networks could run everything, including cars and refrigerators. It has projects in development with GM’s OnStar and in cloud computing. In addition, Verizon CEO Lowell... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
million. CHI Inc. is now part of Enel Green Power, part of Enel, the world's largest publicly traded electric utility. There were positive IRR investments in the consumer goods category, Honest Tea and Zip... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
muck. Somehow chicken wing bones would find their way into my shoes. When my mother would pick me up, the stench was so bad, she would roll down all the car windows, even in the dead of winter. It was easily the worst job I ever had. But... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Bertini (DBA 2006) and Oded Koenigsberg The MIT Press Would you rather pay for health care or for better health? For school or education? For groceries or nutrition? A car or transportation? A theater performance or entertainment? In The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
the demands of highly defined and idiosyncratic groups such as “Newly Released Ex-Cons” and “Christian Zionists.” The country may have been built on the idea of individualism, but we have come to expect that it be factored into practically every aspect of our lives.... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
relatively calm, he said. He was also impressed by their patience and resilience. There was no pushing and shoving, Takeuchi reported, no honking of car horns, even in long waits for a tank of gas. On the highway, anxious drivers eager to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
the eighth grade, and played football. Another classmate, Rich Eustis, later became an Emmy-winning television writer; Eustis confessed to TV Guide that he based the character of Eric Mardian — the leather-jacketed genius in the ABC series Head of the Class — in View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
already had retail operations in the country, choose to sell through Jumia? How could Jumia continue to provide the same high quality customer service on which the company’s success had been built while switching to a marketplace model in which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
boarded a bullet train, headed west as far as they could, and exited in a village to start asking people what would make them buy a computer. What they discovered surprised them. Wandering to an impoverished part of town full of... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
produced. Scoring high in all these categories, BMW believes that its reputation as the world's "greenest" car company plays an important role in brand awareness and customer satisfaction, factors that contribute to revenue... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
platform businesses. We have five major themes in the book: 1) The world’s most valuable companies are all platforms, in part because platforms have network effects, with the potential for a winner-take-all or winner-take-most outcome. 2)... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
end-use consumers were to receive a great buying experience, then the independent dealers had to deliver that experience. Dealers were clearly a critical part of Mobil's new strategy. In the past, Mobil did not consider their retailers or... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
production of Army trucks from major car companies including Ford and General Motors. He also boosted rubber supply through a program of higher production and greater citizen conservation. In 1942, Doriot became chief of the Research and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
to name just a few parts assembled at the company’s plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Unfortunately, the plane’s original engines failed to meet expectations, necessitating a redesign and switch to a new supplier. Plagued by delays and... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
despite rates comparable to or better than those offered in this country. Deighton and Barwise also warn that interacting digitally with marketers may not remain a favorite use of consumers' scarce leisure time, especially after the novelty is no longer View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
course of a single day, specialization, as compared to variety, is related to improved worker productivity. However, when we examine workers' experience across a number of days, we find that variety helps improve worker productivity. Additionally, we show that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne