Publications

2007
Chapter

Competitive Positioning Through New Product Development

By: Elie Ofek

Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Advantage

Fall 2012
Article

Marketing and Public Policy: Transformative Research in Developing Markets

By: C. Shultz, Rohit Deshpandé, Bettina Cornwell, A. Ekici, P. Kothandaraman, M. Peterson, S. Shapiro, D. Talukdar and A. Veeck

Developing markets are a challenge for researchers who study them and for governments, business leaders, and citizens who strive to improve the quality of life in them. The limitations of the dominant development paradigm coupled with the need to focus on consumers... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Development Economics; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets

June 2001
Case

Acer America: Development of the Aspire

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Anthony St. George

Keywords: Product Development; Product Launch; Marketing; Global Strategy; Computer Industry

08 Oct 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods

Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres

October 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Technical Note

A Framework for Interpersonal Skills Development

March 2014 (Revised June 2016)
Case

IDinsight: Informing Decisions for Global Development

By: Dina Pomeranz and William R. Kerr

Educators

1989
Other Presentation

Competitive Strategy and Real Estate Development

By: Michael E. Porter

Remarks to the 1989 Harvard Business School Real Estate Symposium View Details

Keywords: Strategy; United States

Read Now

November 1993
Case

Hardcard Project: Plus Development Corp. (A1)

By: Kim B. Clark

23 Apr 2020
Video

The Program for Leadership Development Community

Jun 03 2014
Testimonial

Developing Leadership in Yourself and Others

Web

Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Authentic Leader Development Course Number 2090 Baker Foundation Professor Robin Ely Senior Lecturer Monique Burns Thompson Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 26 Sessions Paper Purpose - Who Should Take this Course? The purpose... View Details

27 Dec 2010
News

HBS Faculty on 2010's Biggest Business Developments

28 Nov 2017

Career and Professional Development Overview Webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of the Career and Professional Development resources available to HBS MBA students. View Details

16 Oct 2015

Career and Professional Development Overview Webinar

Kristen Fitzpatrick, Senior Director of Career & Professional Development at HBS, will provide an overview of the career resources available to HBS students and statistics on the Class of 2015. View Details

2022
Chapter

Fiscal Development under Colonial and Sovereign Rule

By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg

This chapter explores differences in the making of a ‘modern’ fiscal state under colonial and sovereign rule. Focusing on African and Asian colonies (1820–1970) and their respective European metropoles, it argues that while the introduction of ‘modern’... View Details

Keywords: Fiscal Modernization; Colonial Rule; Economic History; Sovereign Finance; History; Taxation; Africa; Asia

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Business School professors—former Medtronic chairman and CEO Bill George, economist and entrepreneurship expert Bill Sahlman, and innovation and strategy authority Rosabeth Moss Kanter—to offer their thoughts on some of the year's most significant View Details

Keywords: by Staff

October 1997 (Revised September 2003)
Case

Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)

By: Stefan H. Thomke, Ashok Nimgade and Paul Pospisil

Describes how Eli Lilly and Co. tries to accelerate its new drug development process with the aid of "combinatorial chemistry"--a rapidly emerging and revolutionary approach to preclinical drug discovery. The product manager of a potential blockbuster migraine drug... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Time Management; Markets; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competition; Pharmaceutical Industry

Educators

February 2007 (Revised September 2008)
Case

CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development

A CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model" (CMM) within her IT department. The decision is proving surprisingly controversial; some of her best developers prefer adopting an "agile" methodological approach instead. Compares and contrasts the CMM and... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Business Processes; Information Technology; Applications and Software

Educators

2018
Book

Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

By: Tarun Khanna

Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and institutional protections as their counterparts in the West will fail. To succeed, they need to build trust within the existing structures—and this book shows how it's... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Trust