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  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Short Takes

development cycles and can't respond in mid-project to changing customer needs. But there's a solution to this dilemma, according to HBS assistant professor Stefan H. Thomke and Donald G. Reinertsen (MBA '79) of Reinertsen & Associates in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
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Alan Braly

Alan (MBA ’10; SM, MIT ’11; BS, JHU ’02) has ~20 years of life sciences experience across a variety of therapeutic areas, roles, and sectors, working in product management, strategy, innovation, and product... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

Quantum Leap

different architectures, they lack a shared technical language, which makes it near impossible for anyone without a PhD in physics to access their potential. Aliro was launched to help dismantle some of these challenges, serving as a bridge between the worlds of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
  • Web

IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - 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

    Stanley C. Gault

    generated a 4-fold increase in revenues and a 6-fold increase in profitability. While he stripped weak product lines and slashed excess cost, he invested in new product View Details
    Keywords: Fabricated Goods
    • 25 Sep 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

    The computer age began some six decades ago with general-purpose machines with Star Wars-like names such as ENIAC and EDVAC. They were powered by vacuum tubes, big enough to fill an entire room, and developed by mathematicians under the... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
    • Web

    Dylan Zhou | MBA

    Dylan Zhou Physics/Computer Science Dunster 2022 Cohort 3 My dream is to build cool things and change the world. But even as I've worked to develop a solid foundation in science and technology, I've had little exposure to the business... View Details
    • 27 May 2008
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

    my foreign assests and resources be protected? Are Global Brands Effective? Why Global Brands Work Japanese automakers create single products and brands for worldwide consumption, while Ford customizes View Details
    • Web

    Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

    the other functions, particularly product and marketing? When is the right time to build a community team? How can modern, flexible product development techniques, such as... View Details
    • February 2008 (Revised September 2008)
    • Case

    Indesit Company: Does Global Matter?

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    In 2007, the leadership of the Indesit Company is focused on long-term corporate strategy. After 3 decades, the company has emerged as the number 2 home appliance producer in Europe. Should they invest further to be number 1, or should they focus on the global market,... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
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    Strategy in Emerging Economies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    effectiveness and their products are not distinctive. But cost advantages tend to decrease over time, and eventually companies in developing countries will need to address both of these issues if they want... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2016
    • News

    HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

    sees her research as helping firms build actionable solutions to their business challenges. Sadun’s research is developed from management practice data that she and her colleagues compiled by interviewing business leaders across the... View Details

      Adolphus Busch

      broader national reach. He went on to develop a number of additional new products including the still popular Michelob beer. More so than its founder, Busch is credited with the massive growth and popularity... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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      Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog

      idea and develop it into a scaled venture. The course is designed for entrepreneurs, but the examples, cases, and exercises are relevant for future investors, product managers, and joiners, too. Course... View Details
      • 24 Apr 2014
      • News

      Fighting the diabetes epidemic using mobile phones

      people worldwide who suffer from this often-fatal disease. With a goal of reversing “diabesity”—the twin epidemic of diabetes and obesity that is engulfing the developing world—Jana Care is building biosensors and software apps that can... View Details
      • September 1994 (Revised March 1995)
      • Case

      RailTex, Inc. (A)

      By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
      By 1992, RailTex, Inc., had acquired and was operating 23 geographically separate short-line railroads (feeder lines for larger railroads) in Mexico, Canada, and primarily in the United States. Founded in 1977 with $500,000 of capital as a railcar leasing company, the... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Business Divisions; Cost Management; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Systems; Product Marketing; Logistics; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation
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      • Profile

      Jonathan Evans

      greater fluency in the integrative work critical to creating cutting-edge products with sound strategy and management. And it has also underscored a deep humility for the potency of teamwork to drive impact. What are you most looking... View Details
      Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media
      • December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
      • Supplement

      Bulb 2017: Launch

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      On August 21, 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb Ltd. (Bulb) launched a new business to supply energy to the United Kingdom’s 27 million residential homes with a promise of 100% renewable electricity at affordable prices. By the end of March 2017,... View Details
      Keywords: Green Energy; Start-up; Launch; Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Engagement; Electricity; Resources; Growth Strategy; B-Corp; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurial Financing; Renewable Energy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Working Capital; Product Launch; Customers; Growth Management; Business Plan; Decision Making; United Kingdom
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      • 30 Oct 2018
      • News

      Paths of Victory

      increase in employee retention,” she observes. Makarov says Apli is currently working with its corporate partners to expand internationally and developing selection models for an increasing variety of job types. Etienne Lacroix (MBA 2011)... View Details
      Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

        Charles W. Post

        Having been inspired by a drink served at the Kellogg brothers’ sanitarium, Post developed an entire line of grain-based products including such famous cereal brands as Grape Nuts and Bran Flakes. Post... View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco