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- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
School prepared for the next century. We assembled forums of a dozen or more executives in Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and the US, gave them a package of graphic projections of the global economy in 2030, and spent an evening and a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
estimates of real consumption across countries without the need for consumer price index extrapolations. We discuss advantages and limitations associated with the use of online prices for PPPs, including issues of representativeness and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
and that Professor Milt Brown, head of marketing, ordered me back to the equivalent of boot camp—teaching first year marketing—led by Professor Walt Salmon. Brown explained that “Walt will teach you some marketing,” and so he did, although it seemed rather heavily... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
arrival at LC in 1994 that the company had done relatively little consumer research, he immediately launched an intensive survey of customer needs. He also performed an asset inventory of the entire organization, which revealed "a lot of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
for the very first time in this part of the world. And it was very important for us to start our beta, which we launched out of Dubai, with a consumer base that knew what we're talking about. And therefore we purposefully—actually,... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
the dark of evening. “I got a package here; just need a signature,” he says, straining for a look inside the house. Whitman tilts her phone 90 degrees, switching from landscape to portrait mode, which triggers a shift in perspective: Now... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
exactly had happened to the 62-year-old icon. It was a massive professional challenge: Morgan Flatley (MBA 2004), who was hired as chief marketing officer last April, says that part of the reason she was excited about the gig was the chance “to work on this brand that... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
meeting, congratulate him on the company's making its numbers, and then hand him an envelope containing the details of his comp package before walking out the door. The entire exchange would last no more than 10 minutes. That sort of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
economists—had foreseen. The crisis raises questions about how competently financial institutions, such as mutual funds, managed their global capital investments. It raises questions about how effective the International Monetary Fund's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
intended to intrigue audiences and lend legitimacy to the dubious product. Here, the dance is presented to potential consumers as the “Ghost Dance” and associated, given the branding, only with Kickapoo, lacking specificity, accuracy, and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
founding CEO. When the duo partnered again at Handspring, they launched another foundational tech revolution with the smartphone. But long before she redefined consumer technology, Dubinsky customized bowling shirts. When overcrowding at... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
than their share of scarce environmental resources and therefore must now consume less," observes Fri. "Another is that the developing countries, whose exploding populations threaten to tax the carrying capacity of the planet, must... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
by calling attention to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's compensation package and the company's poor performance. The AFL-CIO Office of Investments advocates for improved corporate governance at public companies, focusing on the problems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
potentially hazardous for human health or the environment. In this scenario, it would make sense for such a company to become part of the solution, and engage in programs aimed at solving these issues, thus the interest of the beverage and View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
must pay the cost of the marketplace, not the sellers. Sahlman: Scott, can you give us the short version of your career? Randall: After working at Procter & Gamble in brand management and in consumer View Details
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Overview Uniquely within the HBS EC curriculum, this course is industry specific. Despite its pervasiveness and intimate consumer interaction, the restaurant industry has been lightly studied academically. And yet its entrepreneurial and... View Details