Publications

01 Jun 2007
News

Faculty Research Online

make performance reviews more productive and less distasteful. Should they be disengaged from the determination of compensation and, if so, how? Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5563.html. Grooming Next-Generation Leaders Professors Earl... View Details

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

Web

Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

at retail or mail-order pharmacies. The difficulty of access for the general population of all age groups is greatly reduced. There is no delayed rollout, healthy people are not forced to congregate at mass vaccination sites or wait weeks for an appointment. Vaxess’... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

abundant supply of low-cost labor in China. Highlights the unique benefits and challenges created by BYD's operations strategy and asks students to determine whether the capabilities developed by the company in battery manufacturing can... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2019
News

Action Plan: A New ’Cue

marketing strategies and consumer activations around those three pillars, like ‘Back of the House Sessions,’ where we have musicians come in and record.” Be flexible. “On the restaurant side, we have three different models: an... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Sep 2007
Op-Ed

Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure

the subprime lenders—willing to take the risk on riskier borrowers, for a price. Thus far the tale testifies to America's entrepreneurial spirit. New mortgage banks specializing in subprime loans sprang up. Their panoply of products... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate

19 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

"Why is it so costly to produce? It shouldn't be. Where's the inefficiency in our production by reinsurance companies? Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price? A lot of the research goes into trying to... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

been to teach students and executives strategies for creating value, or integration. Many negotiation scholars and teachers go one step further, arguing that value creation has a positive impact on society in general. After all, if we can... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

important buying episodes. JCR has had a significant effect on the teaching and research directions of marketing departments and on the marketing strategies of major consumer product firms. My vision of... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

01 Aug 2013
News

A Cure for Cold Storage

Tufts biomedical engineering professor who had discovered a way to employ silk to create stable vaccine storage. Schrader, with a mechanical engineering background and experience in product development, was intrigued, and joined up with... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; vaccines; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

international products often fail to accommodate the local nuances of climate, traffic, and regulatory dynamics. Log 9's commitment to customizing battery technology for the extreme heat and humid conditions common in India’s environment... View Details

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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog

legal matters, budgets, contracts and early go-to-market strategies such as pricing and product marketing. We will also discuss the why/when/hows of raising venture capital. Startup Evolution: As companies... View Details

11 Jan 2019
News

Case Study: Beating Bias

school years and more recently at Nickelodeon’s strategy department, Patel realized he (like many others) had been consuming media that only confirmed his own political bias and, in so doing, had failed to get the full picture of the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

December 2008 (Revised October 2013)
Case

Amylin Pharmaceuticals: Diabetes and Beyond (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Rachel Gordon

Ginger Graham, CEO of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, joined the company with the expectation of taking the company's signature drug, Symlin, to market. However, unforeseen regulatory challenges have put the approval process in jeopardy. At the same time, the company has a... View Details

Keywords: Regulations; Drug Regulations; Symlin; Negotiation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Resource Allocation; Negotiation Deal; Product Development; Research and Development; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

May 2006
Case

A123Systems

By: H. Kent Bowen, Kenneth P Morse and Douglass Cannon

A 123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company, Yet-Ming Chiang, was a full professor at MIT and served as scientific adviser. Intellectual property based... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Business Startups; Research and Development; Commercialization; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Product Development; Battery Industry; Electronics Industry; Massachusetts

March 2005 (Revised August 2007)
Case

Brocade: Launching the Multiprotocol Router

By: Elie Ofek and Mamoon Hamid

Brocade management is preparing for the launch of a new technology for data storage. The multiprotocol router improves on existing technology and has the potential to change the way firms design their data storage networks. Students must determine the target market for... View Details

Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Price; Product Launch; Partners and Partnerships; Segmentation; Information Infrastructure; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane Publication:Journal of Economics &... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2022
Supplement

Single Earth: Science White Paper Supplement

By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney

Science White Paper prepared by Single.Earth to give an overview of the models and solutions it has developed. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia