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- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming) Abstract Even though the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Unique Value Proposition - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
proposition expands the market . For example, until the iPad came along, customers didn’t realize they wanted tablets—but Apple effectively created a new demand. While the value chain focuses internally on operations, the value... View Details
- 23 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
When Apple launched its latest iPad, experts and nonexperts alike expected it to be dubbed "iPad 3," a natural follow-on to the second-generation iPad 2. Instead, the company called the new iPad... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Profiles - MBA
Systems Quality, I learned a tremendous amount about how products go from concept to the hands of users around the world. I had the opportunity to manage and direct two studies related to the iPad ecosystem. The experience was very... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
proposition of the Society much higher than what competitors can offer. Another issue he wants students to explore is decision-making in an era of blinding technological speed, something Fahey didn't have to think as much about at Time Life. "The View Details
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
Packard in the early 1980s what accounted for HP's extraordinary run he modestly replied, "I guess we found a way to make a better product." Where are those better products today? Referring to one of HP's most visible new product initiatives, the TouchPad, a... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
DVD under Jane Fonda's "Team Fonda" fitness brand. In addition, she and Chopra collaborated on the iPad app Authentic Yoga. Those actions spurred some instructors to label her a sellout, but Deshpandé is more measured.... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
tradeoff decisions. Be okay with those tradeoffs knowing you can't be the perfect mom, student, and partner at all times. Best Advice given by a professor: It's okay to not be the perfect mom all the time. Let the laundry build up to play games with the kids, let the... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
technological assistance to help accelerate third-party innovations. Apple, for example, launched the iPhone and the iPad with a few bundled applications that it developed in-house, including a web browser (Safari), Mail, Photos, Video,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
and gave social networking companies the confidence to remain independent rather than be acquired by existing players (witness upstart Groupon's recent rejection of Google's $6 billion offer, for instance). And for what it symbolizes, let me add the launch of the Apple... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
cinema," Khaire says—establishing a criteria of quality and providing a stamp of approval. In workshops, selected filmmakers were mentored to realize their projects. "I find it hard to believe that merely having an iPad will... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Child’s Play
skills, with more features, convenience, and portability than a stack of books. “We created this company to create child development apps on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that help with the social, mental, and physical development of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Feedback
THE DIGITAL BULLETIN For a few years now, we've been asking how you like to read your Bulletin, and unsurprisingly, many of you have told us you'd love to have a tablet edition. We've listened to your comments and are excited to announce that the new View Details
- 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 iPhone app for Cadenza, the... View Details
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
for these strange bedfellows. "Even though these platforms are competing aggressively with each other, along certain dimensions they are collaborating," says Zhu. "We call them 'frenemies.'" In a new working paper, Frenemies in Platform Markets: The Case of Apple's... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Sep 2014
- Career Events
Returning to Work After a Break
As a "relauncher" herself, Carol Cohen (MBA 1985) understands the challenges of returning to work after multi-year career breaks. She has also engaged with hundreds of hiring managers to understand their biases and the risk they associate with hiring people who are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Feedback
BULLETIN EXPANDS DIGITAL OFFERINGS Following on the heels of the June debut of our iPad edition, the Bulletin is now available for download in the Google Play and Kindle Fire newsstands. Smartphone users have new options, too: The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
quickly due to the evolution of technology.” Breakfast: A banana, toast with jam (no butter), orange juice (“I like to squeeze it myself”), and Lavazza coffee while reading iPad editions of Corriere della Sera, the Daily Telegraph, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Feedback
Our inaugural Android and Kindle editions debuted in September, joining the iPad edition in our tablet offerings. For details on downloading these, visit alumni.hbs.edu/tablet Afghanistan’s Hope and Light Re: A call for change A wonderful... View Details
Keywords: feedback
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
Two days ago, the first buyers of Apple's iPad began putting it through its paces, playing games, navigating the Internet, and downloading electronic books. That groan you heard was from dozens of book publishers across the United States,... View Details