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- 07 Dec 2012
- News
The oil man who figured out fracking
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
The Slingshot: Improving Water Access
By: John A. Quelch
Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
Josephine (Jo) Tan (MBA 2021) always starts with a pencil sketch, a light grey roadmap of where things are going. Then bold black ink makes it permanent and watercolor paint gives it life. Recently she has added a step—bringing the almost... View Details
- 11 Feb 2015
- Video
The Serial Entrepreneur: From E-Readers to Nuclear Fission
- September 2012 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Roxbury Technology Corporation
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Roxbury Technology is a Boston-based re-manufacturer of ink and toner cartridges. In early 2012 RTC was re-evaluating its approach to the company's two most important goals: reducing customer concentration and increasing profitability. RTC's largest customer accounted... View Details
- February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)
Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted its focus toward improving the productivity of the Colombian plastics and rubber cluster, which also included... View Details
Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Business and Government Relations; Performance Productivity; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Chemical Industry; Colombia
Porter, Michael E., and Willis M. Emmons III. "Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)." Harvard Business School Case 703-437, February 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- August 2002 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Quality Imaging Products (QIP)
Martin Stein, a recent business school graduate, is the new owner of Quality Imaging Products (QIP), a $10-million-a-year remanufacturer of printer and copier ink cartridges. Within weeks of buying the company, QIP's vp for finance, gives an ultimatum: a raise or he... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry
Spear, Steven J., and Jonathan P Groberg. "Quality Imaging Products (QIP)." Harvard Business School Case 603-057, August 2002. (Revised December 2002.)
- Teaching Interest
Negotiation
Negotiation is an Elective Curriculum course for HBS MBA students. Success at work and at home requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are forging an agreement with your suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors,... View Details
Preventing Regulatory Capture
From Cambridge University Press: When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law.... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
during the Asian financial crisis from 1997 to the end of 1998. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708001 E Ink in 2008 Harvard Business School Case 709-443 In the fall of 2008, E View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
Working PapersThe Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras Authors:Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Abstract New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high uncertainty. In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
Negotiation
By: Kevin P. Mohan
Managerial success requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are forging an agreement with your suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors, managing a conflict inside your firm, or resolving a dispute that is headed... View Details
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
sector and social entrepreneurs. Q: You wrote in the original article that most business plans "waste too much ink on numbers and devote too little to the information that really matters to intelligent investors." Still true... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
a few types of candidates. The same holds for co-founders. You may have to test a few potential cofounder candidates before inking a cofounder agreement. Try to meet at least a half-dozen people who may solve for the gaps you are hoping... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction
Credits “A river of red ink runs through American history.” — Lendol Calder, Financing the American Dream (2000) There is a myth of a lost golden age of economic virtue. Once upon a time, the story goes, people lived within their means... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
squid ink pasta in Venice, walking on beaches, and tasting olive oils in Tuscany, they realized they were glad they had gone, and regretted fretting about the hiccups and cost. “Thinking about the economic value of our leisure time can... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
The Art of “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “A pot of printer’s ink is better than the greatest gold mine.” New York Times , October 14, 1894 5 Product advertisements in the early half of the nineteenth century... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
partners took to NetJets was a new concept — membership cards giving customers 25 hours of flight time for $109,000 and up. Functioning primarily as a sales and marketing organization, Marquis Jet needed to ink a partnership with NetJets... View Details