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26 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 26

for two completely different reasons. The first is a change in technology that reduces the value of co-location (stickiness). This tends to lead to the decoupling of design and production activities and to a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Timothy C. Draper | Baker Library

he cofounded Draper and Associates, later renamed Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). DFJ maintains a loosely affiliated network of semi-independent venture capital firms in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm has funded notable View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

work for (including the 2020 Boston Business Journal list), and Gardner is proud of the culture he has created at the company. “Our product is based on the idea that each provider has relative strengths and weaknesses—attributes that can... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
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Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 (A)

By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Christina L. Darwall

Mike Ramsey, TiVo's CEO, must decide on which direction to build the company. Facing an onslaught of new competitors, a huge opportunity in the cable industry, and the possibility of becoming the new "user interface" for TV entertainment, Ramsey must balance the... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Profit; Product Positioning; Standards; Opportunities; Commercialization; Competition; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

a cure-all, but rather as a tool with both strengths and weaknesses. The increasing use of patent pools to share technology is one method for firms to avoid costly litigation arising from overlapping patent awards. How Should I Think... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

25 Aug 2022
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Open Market

and changing market dynamics, all while still launching new products and services to remain competitive. Robinhood has adapted to many changes and, if anything, has proven to be a disruptor in how it has taken the concept of investing and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

their “agency” at every level will be in the best position to create change. Corporate social responsibility in action Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening Are product sales affected by the CEO's stance on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

July 2001 (Revised December 2001)
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American Express Interactive

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Follows the protagonist, Sonia Sharpe, as she and her American Express Interactive Team attempt to develop and market an interactive, on-line, corporate travel service in a highly competitive environment. Looks at the possible resources and partnerships a company needs... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Applications and Software; Technological Innovation; Global Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Vertical Integration; Financial Services Industry; Travel Industry

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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - 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

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

The National Park Services: A Mini-Business with a Twist

Visitor and Resource Protection (i.e. Law Enforcement), Interpretation (i.e. Visitor Services) and Administration. The inter-working of these divisions is not distinct from how business functions might interface within a corporation. For example, in a View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

“master’s tools” can be turned toward liberatory ends, powerful new strategies and technologies are reshaping work and life in potentially emancipatory ways. Many of these redeployments and innovations are aimed at advancing equality.... View Details

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Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments

border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none" valign="top"> Grab & go type of statistics on a variety of topics including some product brands, specific technologies and services. Also... View Details

01 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 1

and build technological and market capabilities? Does it matter to whom the firm supplies? Is involvement in product design important, or is manufacturing the key locus of learning? How does a supplier's... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

several decades of experience with information technology. We've just moved from private networks to public networks, and I think that has a huge impact. The technology is revolutionary; yet in terms of how organizations and businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

14 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

device company selling products to physicians for use with patients suffering chronic end-stage disease, to a medical technology company providing life-long solutions for people with chronic diseases. With... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2016
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The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

first storefront and future site of another microfactory. “We’re not going to disrupt the automotive industry without a serious breakout success.” What does that look like? “I want to be the first company to put a production autonomous... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

recently he led efforts to introduce major technological changes in the Program for Management Development (PMD) as faculty chair from 1987 to 1994. Concerned that students and faculty in PMD were ignoring the computer resources available... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

03 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

service sector? What role does it play in the US economy? Heskett: Leadership practices in the service sector deserve attention because this sector represents nearly 90 percent of employment and nearly 80 percent of gross domestic product... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

meaningful and economically sustainable," he says. Lassiter's Market-based Proposal His proposed market-based solution? "I think each energy source—oil, natural gas, wind, nuclear, solar, etc.—should have a market price based not only on its View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

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Items in Baker Library's Contemporary Collections $ 1 m+ Amount invested in search technology and artificial intelligence since 2020. We're dedicated to helping business scholars, researchers, and leaders at every level uncover the... View Details

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