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- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
in 2015 (ticker symbol RACE). Meanwhile, the automotive industry has been shifting through its biggest changes in decades, with companies scrambling to keep up with the pace of innovation—including drivetrain electrification, wireless... View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
United Record Pressing plant in Nashville and Erika Records in Los Angeles that might have 20 machines, which do a lot of work for the major record labels. The major labels don’t own their own means of manufacturing anymore, and they’re... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
personal lives, but they often need the help of well-managed social institutions to succeed. Leaders have several structural devices they can use to promote this balance. For example, they can balance financial and symbolic rewards for... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
symbol of their masculinity or femininity, and the incursion of the other gender into the brand threatens that," explains Avery, who spent a decade managing brands for Gillette, Braun, Samuel Adams, and AT&T before pursuing her... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
Picture 1982 Joins Symbolics 1993 Joins Lotus Development Corp. 1995 Joins Digital Equipment Corp. 1996 Named President and CEO, AltaVista 2003 Joins Catalyst as President 2008 Named CEO, Catalyst 2015 Retires from Catalyst Retired... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Demonstration Policy | About
amplified sound. Using public safety as their guide, HBS and Harvard administrators and security officers will determine the most appropriate means and time to address policy violations. If it is not possible to address such violations... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
forward my identity, I’m still processing what it means to be a ‘gay man’ in today’s society, romantic relationships are still hard, and my family is not fully accepting of my new reality. Yet, I am proud of who I am. I look forward to my... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
and other GM executives placed a series of important bets on what American consumers wanted (different makes, models and prices; cars that were status symbols and identity holders as well as transportation sources) and they did so with... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
were by no means evident to the pioneers of academic business education—and, as we suggest, they remain by no means evident today. During the time that the first business schools were being constituted, at... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
this new market and product category to take off, but if they become the cognitive referent, they get an unequal share of the gains from doing so.” Is there a roadmap or strategy that firms can follow to gain cognitive referent status? Even robots know that Google is a... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
meaning of their lives, and they remain hopeful about achieving them, even when faced with obstacles. Many contemporary brand biographies contain underdog narratives. Product packaging, corporate Web sites, blogs, and marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Person Page
Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- Profile
Alex Nelson
During the long, cold winters in her home state of Minnesota, Alex Nelson daydreamed of "a better car heater that would warm up immediately, like a hair dryer." Although she never built that heater, the daydream symbolized her... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
alley crevice. He remained motionless in the rain as the officers scoured the neighborhood with flashlights and, as dawn broke, with dogs. The Free Speech Memorial in Warsaw was unveiled on the 25th anniversary of the end of communism in Poland. “It’s a View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
Newhouse, whose SPAC, Athena Technology Acquisition Corp, merged with Heliogen in mid-2021 in a deal that valued the joint company at $2 billion. “I collect what I call ROCs. That means resources, opportunities, and connections. We’re... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets
successful ever since the commissioning of their new building in 1983. What Feng shui problems are commonly found in Western buildings? Long corridors, angular structures, protruding columns and corners, exposed pillars and structural beams - all of these create what... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
he consistently gives of himself to his colleagues and his students. His appointment will do honor to the University." Merton said he is honored by his selection as the first McArthur University Professor. "That the professorship bears John McArthur's name has special... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
we call "design-driven innovation." This strategy aims at radically changing the emotional and symbolic content of products, i.e., their meanings and languages, through a deep understanding of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2020
- Blog Post
Creating Unity and Belonging through Food and Dance: ‘EKTA’ at HBS
and Garba dances, and the foot-tapping Bollywood numbers. It was a colorful and fun night, and I felt like I was back in Delhi watching a performance at school or on television. EKTA, however, held a deeper meaning for me. Ekta literally... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
quickly changing world means that you should innovate every day,” they write. The current moment, when routines have been disrupted by the pandemic, presents an opportunity for leaders to purge old behaviors and build a more creative... View Details