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- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
billion a year in 1999 and 2000. Like many of those who invested in emerging high tech companies just before the bursting of the Internet bubble, Intel Capital still has some regrets from those heady days. "I think back on the 2000... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
Kavuma commented that, "I think that there is a place for both kinds of leaders and/or their schools of thought in the modern high tech and versatile business environment." David Wittenberg said that an "effective leader... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers
don't want to be there. This will do nothing to remedy the productivity and collaboration problem Mayer says she's facing in the ultra-competitive high tech industry. My research suggests that people who feel conflicted about their... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
conference, Carroll had introduced the audience to the term “Ad Tech Duopoly,” which refers to the current dominant twins of the online advertising environment: Facebook and Google. Both have linked user profiles to search histories in... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
between customers and their barista, technology was being used to the detriment of service. High tech works best in the service sector when it helps frontline people become heroes and heroines in the eyes of their customers. Technology... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
former students bring these ideas into their careers in various industries ranging from tech to consulting to finance. We’ve also had students go on to work at BIT and other organizations focused on bringing behavioral economics directly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
may need "hot" financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/FinancingRiskandInnovation.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 114-049... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
marketplace? A: The Codecademy team focused on a superior product experience for their customers. This focus on product experience and design is a critical element for companies trying to differentiate themselves. It all starts with engaging the user. Q: How important... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
tech world." Much of the time, Hiro’s not here at all. He lives in “a computer-generated universe that his computer is drawing on his goggles and pumping into his earphones. In the lingo, this imaginary place is known as the Metaverse.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
customers weren't so different from the seventy million who enter its stores each week; slightly tech savvier, perhaps, and looking for higher-end goods "at Wal-Mart prices." She said the company was careful to do its own price... View Details
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
most new products don’t succeed in getting market traction or don’t meet forecasts.” One reason for these poor results, he notes, is that most companies—and especially tech firms—approach a product launch as a series of events started by... View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Francisco (39,514) In San Francisco, tech companies are hoping to make the world a better place—but the fabric of the city is changing in the process. A case study by Clayton Rose explores this clash of cultures, and the role of business... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
competitive dynamics in their space. However, managers outside the tech sector will still appreciate the general management lessons throughout the book. Q: What is strategic integrity, and why is it important? A: Every firm has two... View Details
- 04 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?
gets slippery very quickly. Personally, I think it’s a fair thing for Apple to make it into a public debate and get a reaction from other tech people, as well as the public, especially given the stakes. As Bill Gates has already said,... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
of the application process, automating it and making it digital first. Soon, however, big banks woke up and realized they did not have to cede this market to the disruptors. JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo all started working on new solutions. Big View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the healthcare industry. Attention is given to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
to the Ground Navid Mojir and V. Kasturi Rangan “The case tells the story of Dell Technologies and its efforts to revitalize its value proposition and escape a commodity trap by acquiring EMC for $67 billion—the largest tech acquisition... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
have fun or meet people,” the pair write. Can businesses come together to build the metaverse? While plenty of companies want to build the metaverse—whether it be Meta, Epic Games, or another tech giant—Wu and Clough write about the... View Details
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
These employers are missing the underlying point. Instead of resorting to perks that are at best a band-aid, companies should follow the lead of Recruit Holdings, a $20 billion Japanese advertising and tech company that focuses on being a... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
tech enterprise applications. Randi Altschul, a prolific inventor and the founder of Dieceland Technologies Corporation, which licenses and develops her inventions, said she got the idea for a disposable cell phone while driving her car.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace