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- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
tell,” was how Michael Polanyi described it in his book Personal Knowledge in 1958. Sharing tacit knowledge is obviously harder, and that’s why it is often extremely valuable. Knowledge gets embedded in tools when machine makers distill... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
pharmacy: a pharmaceutical company selling prescription drugs, and a consumer products company selling personal care products such as shampoo and beauty aids. A consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
felt comfortable with Clark from the beginning. We didn't have to sell them on things that were important to us. They knew what we were about, what would be important to us. And I think we were sympathetic with what they wanted to... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
innovations, or selling services—to step up and lead without a hierarchy. Consumer marketing companies are lining up to use these networks to reach their tailored demographics with highly personalized... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
sure it fits the traditional definition of a "radical" innovation. For instance, it is unlikely the Apple Watch will have the same transformative effect on society as other life-changing innovations throughout history—think about the streamship's impact on the sailing... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
Stevenson said the recent technology sector market crash should teach future entrepreneurs to build companies to last rather than to sell, and to think about more than simply selling a product. We're never going to go back to the slow and... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
possibly was another example unfolded. As reader Anna Johnson put it, “When the pressure to meet quarterly performance expectations against best-guess sales targets and a flesh pounding schedule take precedence, it’s not surprising that psychological safety and View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Launching a social justice startup takes more than a moving story. Ask Harley Blakeman, the 32-year-old founder of Honest Jobs. He has perfected his elevator pitch, but that doesn’t mean launching his business has been easy. A once-homeless teenager from Florida,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Ziff-Davis and is now the ninth largest network on the Internet. The tales of these two firms (along with that of Donna Dubinsky, a member of the HBS Class of 1981 and CEO of Handspring, the maker of Visor personal organizers) are the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
Business School Case 806-044 Fred Khosravi is a serial medical device entrepreneur. In his latest venture, he must decide whether to sell now or continue to develop his current product and whether to market it, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
ability to collect and share information, the thing that is going way up in value is your personal connectedness and network," said Latoff. "Your ability to create, sustain, and, in opportune moments, exploit your connectedness... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
different sources (e.g., food versus fire safety). Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning Authors:Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack Wood, and Jennifer L. Petriglieri... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
Super Bowl Sunday is sure to bring the usual barrage of clever soda, beer, and car ads featuring everyone from Vegas showgirls selling Coca-Cola to pop celebrity Psy charming us to buy pistachios Gangnam-style. But at a whopping $3.7... View Details
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
from the list as "too sick to transplant," Roth says. The system is rife with trouble. First of all, "there aren't enough deceased donors," Roth says. Second, while healthy people are able to live with a single kidney—and therefore able to donate... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
were produced by small self-starter companies. Together, smaller firms contributed 375,000 full-time equivalent jobs of the 2 million Internet-related jobs, and this work included people selling products on Amazon, eBay, and Etsy as well... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing investments and production levels in the face of uncertainty about pollution permit prices. Students form groups of five, and throughout the exercise students may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sell these products online, in the store, or both, and how? Take lighting as an example. Home Depot asked: How do we best help customers with their lighting needs? What knowledge, products, and services do they need and in what form? What... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
investigating the workings of both the sell and buy sides of financial analysis, tackles how the U.S. securities industry research adds value in financial markets, and evaluates the business model problems that the industry encounters and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
with beautiful pictures, upbeat music, or dramatic lighting. Finally, emotion-focused ads do this by appealing to consumers' emotional attachment to the brand by personally connecting the product to how it will fit into their lives. (See... View Details