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November 1994 (Revised November 1995)
Case

SweetWater

By: H. Kent Bowen and Thomas D. Everett

Focuses on developing a promising idea into a viable product design by considering customer needs early in the design process. Following an Alaskan fishing trip, Sandy Platter, a computer peripherals engineer, has a new idea for a portable water-filter device for use... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Independent Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Customers; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Colorado

Aug 07 2017
Interview

Why Is a Case Discussion Like a Jazz Performance?

October 1996 (Revised May 1998)
Case

Presenting PenPoint (A)

Containing excerpts from Jerry Kaplan's best-selling book, Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, this case begins with Kaplan's idea for developing a handheld, pen-operated computer. It follows Kaplan, who becomes the CEO of GO Corp., as he goes on the road to sell his... View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; United States

Profile

Arvind Chandrababu

best approaches for pursuing my career. Initially, I thought building schools would be a nonprofit enterprise. But studying things like the rise of microfinance really changed my mind. When people develop commercial models, they can make a great View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

Profile

John Rogers

me. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? I came to HBS with an idea and am leaving with a dream. The magic of this place lies in the unplanned learning, in the conversations and interactions with peers... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Manufacturing

Research Summary

Research pages

By: William R. Kerr

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04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

Summing Up Three themes appear to characterize many of the responses to this month's column: (1) leadership talent is portable, (2) the reasons that we chase stars are traceable to human nature, and (3) women have qualities that explain why they have greater success in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

August 1998 (Revised August 2002)
Case

MicroFridge: The Concept

By: John A. Deighton

Robert Bennett, who has a Master's degree in engineering, wants to exploit his idea to combine a refrigerator, freezer, and 500-watt microwave into an 87-pound, 4-foot-high appliance to sell to college students. Bennett must decide which markets to serve, which... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership Style; Sales; Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Products Industry

27 Apr 2022
News

Psychological Safety Unlocks the Potential of Diverse Teams

Oct 03 2016
Testimonial

Redefining Leadership

December 2015 (Revised July 2020)
Technical Note

Some Strategy Ingredients: Scale, Learning, and Market Structure

By: Eric Van den Steen

This note introduces students to some economic concepts and ideas that are important ingredients for strategy, such as scale, learning, and the effects of market structure on competition. The note approaches these ideas really from a strategy perspective with a focus... View Details

Keywords: Scale; Market Structure; Strategy; Markets; Learning

16 Jun 2016
News

What Business Schools Teach About Shareholder Value

Oct 01 2016
Article

Resisting the Hard Sell

Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

ideas into practice. I am excited by this challenge, as it will force me to analyze multifaceted problems, determine the right questions to address, and develop advantageous solutions. Education reform and poverty alleviation are complex... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

Nov 30 2017
Testimonial

Developing a Broader Vision of Real Estate

02 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women

The higher a woman rises through a company’s ranks, the more backlash she faces if she negotiates her salary assertively—a phenomenon that contributes to the wide gender gap in the C-suite, new research suggests. By analyzing data from more than 2,500 negotiators,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

June 1998 (Revised February 1999)
Exercise

Building a Logic of Competition

Consists of 30 multiple-choice, true-false, and fill-in-the-blank questions. The first group of questions raises ideas about global competition, demographic change, mass customization, and technological innovation. The second group of questions suggests patterns of... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economics