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- 14 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Lying in bed each morning, Emily Batt (MS/MBA 2020) yearned to sleep a little longer, but had no way of knowing when her roommate would finish her seemingly endless shower. That frustration inspired a team project in the new MS/MBA:... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
together at every level—from the core central concepts of the strategy to the minute details of execution. New World, New Roles When companies generally made their money in a large number of mid-sized... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
make its core snack and soft drink products healthier), while at the same time maintaining short-term profitability. The evolution of the product portfolio was part of a larger effort to implement a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
economic model . The problem with this model is that we are greedy human beings." Paul Browne commented, "Capitalism as an economic ideology that confers control of productive institutions to the owners of capital is often at... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- November 2024
- Case
Dr. Bombay Ice Cream
By: William R. Kerr, Alexis Brownell and Michael Liu
This case examines the creation, launch, and rapid growth of Dr. Bombay Ice Cream, a joint venture between Happi Co., a consumer packaged goods incubator, and entertainment mogul Snoop Dogg, with his son, Cordell Broadus. The brand was inspired by a Bored Ape Yacht... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution Channels; Disruptive Innovation; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Kerr, William R., Alexis Brownell, and Michael Liu. "Dr. Bombay Ice Cream." Harvard Business School Case 825-090, November 2024.
- February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer
By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann
In the wake of the meltdown among U.S. auto manufacturers in 2009, Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, has a new approach for the automotive industry: decide which models are produced through online design competitions, and then allow customers to "build their own cars"... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Product Development; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customization and Personalization; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Norton, Michael I., and Jeremy Dann. "Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 510-062, February 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 04 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship
possibility through another angle, seeking advice from Thomas Eisenmann, co-chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and faculty co-chair for the MS/MBA program. Professor Eisenmann knew two previous students who now led the View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
vehicles in the long term.” What are your short- and long-term goals for this work? “In the short term, I am working on integrating our latest acquisitions into the PCL group, introducing new products into... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
Research released recently by iseecars.com seems to indicate a fleeting happiness with luxury cars. New buyers of BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche sell them more frequently in the first year than owners of other models.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
Regina Herzlinger is not afraid to call them as she sees them. And what she sees looking at the American health care industry is a bunch of killers. Not only are hospitals, insurers, employers, Congress, and academics killing health care, they are also killing real... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
society, but that alterations to the regulation and taxation of ESOPs had made them less beneficial. When he became head of industrials for the global investment firm KKR in 2010, Stavros began experimenting with new approaches to... View Details
- 10 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated
Prevention—spent hundreds of millions of dollars on online advertising campaigns, aiming to encourage people to get vaccinated and to comply with other public health guidance. But was the public listening? More important, were people taking the agencies’ advice? To a... View Details
- February 2016 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier
By: John Beshears, Francesca Gino, Jonathan Lee and Sean (Yixiang) Wang
By 2013, the U.S. wireless industry was in the midst of a costly transition. As consumers began to embrace more sophisticated mobile devices, the industry's four main players spent heavily to improve their infrastructures for providing reliable high-speed data... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Positioning; Competition; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Beshears, John, Francesca Gino, Jonathan Lee, and Sean (Yixiang) Wang. "T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier." Harvard Business School Case 916-043, February 2016. (Revised September 2020.)
- Web
Balancing Work & Life - Alumni
that will allow you to feel comfortable that you’ve done enough. Reframe success Complement the quantitative approach above with a qualitative one. Over time, your definition of success can change. The markers that once signaled achievement may lose meaning, or View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
believed that the company's products needed to not only make money but also have a positive impact on society. Using its Vitality Wellness program as its strategic lynchpin, Discovery expanded into other insurance areas and financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
price drops, suggesting that they have failed to reach a very low bar indeed, making the news particularly bad. The main concern about these findings is that Fitch might have grown their share of the ratings in an industry at times when... View Details
- Web
Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
have a considerable journey ahead, usually with obstacles and challenges unique to their ideas, industries, and market contexts. But regardless of the specific path, they will need to prepare for their journeys by researching the following issues: Minimum viable View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
and three siblings during the Korean War. A bomb blast—friendly fire from US troops—killed everyone except Kim’s mother and her younger brother. The story is included in Offerings, Kim’s 2020 bestseller. In October 2023, news broke that... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
manufacturing and financial activities around the globe prior to WWI. The British trading companies played a significant role in opening new markets and developing new sources of supply in resources in the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones