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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

rethinking and reinvention of the business model, or how a company creates and captures value. Traditional strategy argues that competitive advantage comes from being better or cheaper. However, this is a very product-focused view. In... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

that health care organizations typically fail to analyze or make changes even when people are well aware of failures. Whether medical errors or simply problems in the work process, few hospital organizations dig deeply enough to understand and View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

it to capture the benefit of doing something good for the planet on its balance sheet. Reduce the participation cost like FOSS does. Free and open source software allows newer individuals to contribute in ways other than writing code,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

conveying long-lasting brand values in the minds of consumers, says Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration. As an example, take a look at location-based mobile marketing. “You walk past a restaurant, and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

a result, the customer will see more business value in the solution and be more likely to convert to a paid customer. (An added bonus for the startup: lower customer-acquisition cost.) Still, it’s proven difficult for entrepreneurs to... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

case presents an emerging new business model: the for-profit "B corporation" designed to combine profits and mission. Founder Xavier Helgesen struggles with how to price his products to capture the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

occurrence of every problem. If we do this consistently, we are saying through our action that when people come to work, they are entitled to expect that they will succeed in doing something of value for another person. If they don't... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book

shelves stuffed with books. Now the pale wood shelves share wall space with expanded windows, and the center of the long, high-ceilinged store is filled with low, rolling display tables. The store’s design captures the things that make... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Russell Aikins. 21 Aikins, who had worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times , opened a studio in New York City and took on assignments with Time and Life . Corporations valued press in magazines like Fortune , known for... View Details

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

team familiarity and variation in experience, we see a complementary effect on measures of delivery performance (i.e., a project being delivered on time and on budget). In team familiarity, our paper identifies one mechanism for capturing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

highly talented employees, who produce great value for the organization but may go about it in ways that test normal work-day structures or departmental rules and cause internal conflict. With insight offered from professional jazz... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit

supplies.) “My value proposition is this: Not only are you going to learn from a world champion, you’re going to do so in facilities that are safe, clean, and fun,” says Sityodtong. “This is more like an academy than a fight gym, which is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

projects. Their strategies for capturing some of this energy usually fall into one of two strategies, say Lerner and Tirole. In what they call the "reactive" strategy, commercial firms try to bundle paid services and products... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest... View Details

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

in the business-to-business space.” Indeed, the kinds of innovation possible in the B2B world seem limitless. By placing sensors on machinery and connecting them to the internet, companies can capture real-time data on their assets and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

game-changing technology, Microsoft Kinect, which transformed the field of motion-capture. Released as a gaming accessory for Microsoft’s Xbox in 2010, Kinect was leagues ahead of similar technologies such as Nintendo’s Wii and PlayStation Move, in that it could View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

School. Global Business provides a grounding in the economic, political, and social factors driving global change to help participants assess opportunities, manage risk, and create and capture value for... View Details

21 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 21

Srinivasan, and Ian CornellHarvard Business School Case 113-002 The case introduces students to the subprime mortgage industry and helps to understand the business model and how economics transactions of subprime mortgage originators is View Details