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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

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Consumer Products; Electronics; Industrial Products; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Medical Devices & Supplies; Retail

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

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

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products; Retail

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

individuals in any given field," said Hirshland. His advice? Develop the ability to identify opportunities and judge character; over time, you can focus on various specialties and sub-specialties and hone your knowledge of these areas. A lot of opportunities in... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

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

05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

How Patient Should We Be In Waiting for the Tech Productivity Dividend? Respondents to this month’s column cited a number of factors accounting for the fact that there is no discernable increase in the rate of improvement in human... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

07 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

power and the funding of new energy sources: The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Venture Capital's Disconnect with Clean Tech View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

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

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

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

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

solutions, but which type of organization will take the lead on a patient-data integration system that enjoys widespread success: hospitals, insurance providers, medical equipment suppliers, consumer tech companies, or some other entity?... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

products. “The tech industry in general, young or old, can accommodate stretched goals, simply because digital can reach millions of people worldwide in one second, and all that they have to do is to create the product once [versus] other... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Feb 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

Drugstore.com can capture in a database all of the current test information available on a particular drug, so that a person can learn about any potential side effects. EE: Are there any non-high-tech cases in the DIS course? Nolan: Oh, yes. I chose to do my research... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

schools of thought in the modern high tech and versatile business environment." David Wittenberg said: " an effective leader must be true to himself. Personalities differ, so leadership styles differ. It is a common fallacy that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

16 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

Digital Transformation at Brazilian Retailer Magazine Luiza By late 2017, Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza's CEO was convinced that the company could significantly grow sales and accomplish its aspirations of digital transformation. What was unclear in his mind was... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

capacity and a collapse in pricing. Silverthorne: Over the next two to three years, what products are particularly susceptible to being commoditized? Shih: I think high volume, high tech hardware products where the production process... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

identifies opportunities in the education sector, and was recently also CEO of Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc., a Miami-based company that develops and operates independent and charter schools. The fourth panelist, Nereyda Salinas, Interim CEO of Youth View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

up anywhere. For example, a female tech genius CEO in a promising startup privately railed against a member of her investor-dominated all-male board of directors. “He calls me ‘sweetie,’” she said. Every time she heard it, she cringed,... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

were in a new world where high tech ruled. We got to hear outlandish claims that stocks were riskless. The Dow did climb past 11,000 in the next few months but then went nowhere before crashing in September of 2001 and then again in 2002,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

significant amounts of capital required to get the company to an exit event given the changing climate for clean tech investments? These questions became more pressing following Lerner's call that Bluelock had chosen not to continue... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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