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  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

advantages might be unique to the skills that they've developed in South Africa. They're used to innovating to serve poorer clients within South Africa, and the poorer members of the South African population would resemble many of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Article

U.S. Multinationals in British Manufacturing before 1962

By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock
This article presents a new database on U.S. multinationals active in British manufacturing between 1907 and 1962. Britain was the largest European host economy for U.S. direct investment in manufacturing and the second largest host worldwide. This article identifies... View Details
Keywords: Production; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Business Subsidiaries; Policy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Great Britain
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Trade publications: industry research

industry, or profession. They usually provide news of current developments in the field, reviews of past performance or forecasts for the future, as well as descriptions of key companies and personalities in the industry. They can... View Details
  • 29 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy

generation systems are helping businesses become more resilient and reduce uncertainty from grid dependence. Our technology, first developed for NASA's Mars Program, is among the most efficient power generation technology on the planet,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • Profile

Drew Richard

one product and figure out a way to enter a new market, then present my findings and recommendations. It’ll allow me to solidify the academic work I’ve done here and help me move on my own entrepreneurial path. How do your HBS ambitions... View Details
  • 29 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details
  • Career Coach

Kristen Fitzpatrick

Kristen (HBS '03) is Managing Director, HBS Career and Professional Development. In this role, she coaches alumni and MBA students. Through her interactions with recruiters over the past decade, Kristen is familiar with many industries and how well HBS students and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
  • 02 Apr 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

entrepreneurship " Peter McCann pointed out that things are déjà vu all over again. "There will be increased productivity but the day of zero marginal cost for more than a small set of goods and services is not even on the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • October 2010 (Revised October 2011)
  • Case

Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces

By: Deishin Lee and Stephanie van Sice
This case explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leveraged to create value. This is contrasted to industrial farming, which operates... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Product Development; Production; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia

Consumer product makers looking to sell in Asia cannot expect the relative homogeneity they find in the U.S. or European countries, according to the panelists at the "Consumer Marketing in Asia" panel at the HBS Asia Business... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Faculty Books

its decision-making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies, corporate culture, and human-resource management. Managing Product and Service Development by Stefan H. Thomke... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 12 Feb 2016
  • Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

5.8 million job postings remained unfilled—the highest number of postings since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began collecting those statistics in December 2000. Burning Glass data show that demand remains strong for a range of well-paying middle skill jobs – from IT... View Details
Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics
  • Web

Cynthia Chen | MBA

from those I worked with. Professional goals: I hope to build and lead products at the forefront of AI and data, enabling machine learning to benefit society. Some long-term visions that I hope to contribute toward include steering AI... View Details
  • 15 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Words from an HBS Partner: Reflections on the Partner Experience

different world - we all play a part in developing a beautifully diverse experience at HBS. As an artist, I was able to work with HBS student clubs and use my design skills for campus conferences. I brought that same talent to my View Details
  • March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
  • Case

Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Market Entry and Exit; Consulting Industry; United States; Florida; New York (state, US)
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Grace Kim | MBA

program #MakeWhat’sNext, our team started out receiving an initial grant of $8,000.00 from the Lemelson-MIT initiative. We then fundraised an additional $10,000.00 through numerous other donors on GoFundMe all over the east coast. Through this experience, I was able to... View Details
  • Web

Zad Chin | MBA

Zad Chin Computer Science/Mathematics Adams 2024 Cohort 5 The productization of a technological innovation is dependent on so many factors such as the culture and governance of a society; this unfortunately causes some promising... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

The Mind Speaks, Marketers Listen

been used by the likes of Coca-Cola, General Motors, and AT&T to craft marketing strategies. “Most new products are developed and launched using focus groups and questionnaires,” Zaltman said, “and 60 to 80... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2014
  • HBS Case

Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato

its start in Parma, Italy, in 1899, when the great-grandfather of current CEO-owner Francesco Mutti canned and sold tomatoes to an illiterate rural population that identified the product by the two lions on its label. Even from the start... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Food & Beverage; Retail

    Samuel C. Johnson II

    Taking the helm of the family business in 1966, Johnson began a diversification plan to lessen the company’s exposure to the introduction of “no-wax” floors. He aggressively moved the company into the personal care field and developed a... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products