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Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog

idea and develop it into a scaled venture. The course is designed for entrepreneurs, but the examples, cases, and exercises are relevant for future investors, product managers, and joiners, too. Course... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Fighting the diabetes epidemic using mobile phones

people worldwide who suffer from this often-fatal disease. With a goal of reversing “diabesity”—the twin epidemic of diabetes and obesity that is engulfing the developing world—Jana Care is building biosensors and software apps that can... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

were not realized. Four years later, another company working on the same technology went public to great acclaim and fanfare. The firm? Netscape Communications, under the leadership of Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark. 2 Because its new View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
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Bulb 2017: Launch

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
On August 21, 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb Ltd. (Bulb) launched a new business to supply energy to the United Kingdom’s 27 million residential homes with a promise of 100% renewable electricity at affordable prices. By the end of March 2017,... View Details
Keywords: Green Energy; Start-up; Launch; Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Engagement; Electricity; Resources; Growth Strategy; B-Corp; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurial Financing; Renewable Energy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Working Capital; Product Launch; Customers; Growth Management; Business Plan; Decision Making; United Kingdom
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    Simon Ramo

    A brilliant scientist, Ramo held 25 patents by the age of 30. He was responsible for much of the development of the Air Force’s ballistic missile, airborne radar, computer, navigation and armament control systems. He started his own... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    Innovation: An Orchestra of One

    earning a $15,000 runner-up prize. Shortly thereafter, the three founded Sonation and renamed the product Cadenza. Chao and her cofounders met with Apple last fall and are focused on developing an iPad and... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment
    • September 2000
    • Teaching Note

    MarketSoft TN

    By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and John T. Gourville
    Teaching Note for (9-800-069). View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Internet and the Web; Product Launch; Distribution Channels; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development; Management Practices and Processes
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    • 30 Sep 2022
    • Blog Post

    Latina Women in Leadership: Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014)

    of Sales and fell in love with the sales and marketing side of the tech and media business. It’s always changing and the problems – from product monetization, streaming, to automation – have reinvigorated the problem solver in me. I now... View Details
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    Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

    firms. Educational Objectives Supply Chain Management (SCM) builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on producing and developing View Details
    • March 2012
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    How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth--Until Now

    By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
    Societies that are better at utilizing tools are likely to be more productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Adoption; Wealth; Development Economics; Performance Productivity; Competitive Advantage
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    • 2009
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    Synthesis by Microbes or Chemists? Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing in the Antibiotic Era

    By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
    This article presents a case study of the rise of Pfizer as a leading pharmaceutical company, with a focus on changing relationships between manufacturing technology and R&D between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. Pfizer first moved into pharmaceuticals through... View Details
    Keywords: Research and Development; Production; Technology; Transformation; Relationships; Success; Organizations; Programs; Chemicals; Alignment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    • December 2002
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    Knowledge Seeking and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

    By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung
    To what extent do firms go abroad to access technology available in other locations? This paper examines whether and when state technical capabilities attract foreign investment in manufacturing from 1987-1993. We find that on average state R&D intensity does not... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Information Technology; Production; Geographic Location; United States
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    Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

    advertising for special products and industries, advertising contests and awards, advertising mediums (catalogs, magazines, billboards), and art in advertising. The Trade Catalog Collection is also a helpful resource for tracing the View Details
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    Lin Zhu | MBA

    co-founded a tech startup, Loro, building a smart companion device for wheelchair users. I worked on product development and ran our financing process, communicating our story and business plan to investors.... View Details
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    Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

    returned, inexpensive Waltham watches had a ready market. 20 Waltham watches had saturated the domestic market by the 1870s, so Robbins took advantage of the 1873 downturn to court new customers: women, with their often-overlooked purchasing power, and the market... View Details
    • 08 Jul 2021

    MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Virtual Event

    Join us for a virtual event with program faculty, Admissions staff, students and alumni to learn more about Harvard's MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program. Prospective students must have an undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical... View Details
    • 01 Oct 2000
    • News

    Faculty Retirements

    elective, as well as a doctoral seminar on Research Design and Measurement. Silk's earlier work focused on developing models and measurement systems to support decisions in the area of new product View Details
    • April 2010
    • Teaching Note

    Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies (TN)

    By: Willy C. Shih
    Teaching Note for 610085. View Details
    Keywords: Patents; Production; Situation or Environment; Law Enforcement; Lawsuits and Litigation; Information Technology; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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    Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    the pressure of a global economic slowdown, it is critical for nations to work together to develop regional strategies that improve competitiveness across borders. Strategies that coordinate economic policy among neighboring countries... View Details
    • 15 Nov 2020
    • News

    Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

    Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Professor Mike Toffel lays out the scenario: JUUL is the e-cigarette market leader—its revenue grew from $200 million to $1 billion between 2017 and 2018. But the company also faces questions... View Details