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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
materials they contain. “The first thing that naturally comes to mind is cannibalization of sales—that people may not buy the primary products,” says Serafeim. “The way you overcome that is by realizing the likely customer is not the same. The person who will buy the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
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
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Global - Global Activities 2020
continents—assist faculty with research and case writing, strengthen relationships with local alumni and practitioners, facilitate faculty and student immersions abroad, and host MBA admissions and career development events. Silicon... View Details
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
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
From product push to customer pull, technology has vastly reshaped the business transaction—and in turn, the customer's place in the value chain. Today, managing the customer relationship has become the single most important dimension of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
& Gamble Aguirre said the company followed several guiding principles in setting its Latin American strategy. It focused on strong global and regional brands, on global product development efforts, and... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Ambidextrous Organization
In the April 2004 issue of Harvard Business Review, HBS professor Michael L. Tushman and coauthor Charles A. O’Reilly III discuss what they coin the “ambidextrous organization.” A synopsis of their article follows. Corporate executives must constantly look backward,... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Business School Case 617-024 Product Development Fundamentals This note introduces key managerial issues in new product development. It describes the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: HelloFresh
make a difference every single day as you develop and implement your ideas. This is a unique opportunity to grow quickly in a fast-paced, rapidly growing international startup. Is there anything else you would like to share with fellow... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
that customers have developed based on their experience and emotional connection with a product or brand. Without capturing what is going on inside customers' minds and hearts, ... the picture is... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most frequent motivation for use of ESG data followed by client demand and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
data in a variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. The fourth edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements allows you to undertake financial statement analysis using a four-part framework—(1) business strategy analysis for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
regulatory approval, the product was ready to launch. This October, the modlet will be honored for its innovation by the nonprofit Alliance to Save Energy. While ThinkEco targets businesses as its primary customers, Shibata (to the right,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
In this new series, the Bulletin will feature occasional reports on faculty research in progress. Who Has Your Number? Customer information is the lifeblood of business. Indeed, a company's success often hinges on how well it understands the people purchasing its View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
as original equipment, therefore, that was the signal for tire companies either to insist on higher prices to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) -- prices that would not be easy to obtain, or to sell their assets and get out of the industry. But people who make... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
mills in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and examined the company’s milling equipment. (photo by Mariana Cal) Alvarez spent time in Argentina working on “Molino Cañuelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table,” a case he... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
Omowale Casselle What does your work involve? "My official title is director of product management, SAMPLEit, a new venture at redbox. In this role, I'm responsible for leveraging technology across our different View Details
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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog
iteration, metrics that matter and developing a product and operations roadmap. Establishing The Startup Organization: Structuring early teams and the processes by which to operate your business. Topics will... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
which means that all employees are “really focused on efficiency,” Wallace says. They developed a multilayered interview process to match the right person for each job, as the wrong hire can be extremely costly. It culminates with a two-... View Details