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- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
the markets they serve.— David Yoffie For example, we're already seen outside the United States that Microsoft is getting enormous pressure in places like Thailand, China, and India because people simply aren't going to pay the Microsoft... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
lived there. I spent a couple of months immersed in that community, with our mandate being to figure out how to move them. “We started investigating what their right was to be there in the first place,” he says. “Most had been paying... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
("product" functions i.e., marketing, R&D) increases as firms become less diversified, while the number of functional managers farther from the product ("administrative" functions i.e., finance, law, HR) increases with IT investments. Finally,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Cespedes provides sales managers and executives with the tools they need to separate the signal from the noise. These include how to hire and deploy the right talent, pay and incentivize your sales force, improve ROI from your training... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
the boom in LED manufacturing, Chinese local governments would pay for 100 percent of the cost of the metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) tool used to make LEDs, so naturally what followed was a dramatic over-expansion of... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
complainers are at least seen as sincere. Despite people's belief that combining bragging and complaining confers the benefits of both self-promotion strategies, humblebragging fails to pay off. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
http://hbr.org/product/MRC-s-House-of-Cards-/an/515003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-006 Rick's Dilemma In 2014, Rick is serving as a trustee for a large family trust whose principle asset is a plot of prime real estate in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
out less-intensive users of the product. High prices do not cause greater product use than low prices for a given buyer, but there is some evidence that the act of paying increases use. Our estimates imply that positive prices may be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
losses, at EMRI’s quarterly board meetings he focuses on the organization’s very human bottom line. “We track the number of lives saved. It’s like our earnings per share for the quarter,” Palepu explains. “It’s a very inspiring statistic to 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 packaged goods, I got into... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
and services with innovative approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation, there is another important step. Pay attention to quality and safety. It takes just one electric vehicle catching on fire, wind turbine blade falling off at an... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
likely to rely on public welfare—they tend to be poorer and have more kids than native-born individuals—the opposite happens over a time horizon of 15 to 20 years. In aging societies, by paying taxes and preventing the decline of the size... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
Starbucks latte but are still willing to pay $10,000 to hire a matchmaker. There’s also a backlash against online dating. I’m actually a big fan and recommend that clients date online while I’m also fixing them up. Volume is really... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
decarbonization will pay climate dividends for decades to come. Matthew Arnold (MBA 1995) CEO, Unimacts Global I have been involved in renewables since I went to work for Kenetch Windpower during my time at HBS in the early 1990s, and... View Details
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
significant challenges. The case pays particular attention to the four men's evolving identities as musical artists and to the tradeoffs that have accompanied their fame and larger social commitments. The case takes up the evolution of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
with users. This makes sense when you think about it—users are the direct beneficiaries of better products. And it's users' willingness to pay for better products that makes innovation profitable for firms. I became interested in user... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
reacting to similar challenges. As trendy financial dot-coms with huge technology and advertising budgets emerge offering everyone an equal—and inexpensive—chance to trade stock, apply for a loan, buy insurance, or pay a bill, traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
for me from the podcast is that the places where climate innovation is possible can be extremely unexpected. Whether it’s in paying forestry to not cut down trees or drawing carbon out of the air or high end sound equipment, it’s often in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
industry is reacting to similar challenges. As trendy financial dot-coms with huge technology and advertising budgets emerge offering everyone an equal - and inexpensive - chance to trade stock, apply for a loan, buy insurance, or pay a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
Zimbalist in a Post-Dispatch opinion piece. Some of the funding was contributed in land and a long-term loan from St. Louis County; the State of Missouri threw in $48 million for infrastructure improvements around the new site. Critics counter that the Cardinals will... View Details