product development - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

in Business, Energy and Environment, held in Harvard's Innovation Lab. "It's a question of who will make money and which business models are effective." Although the definitive answer to that question remains to be seen, Henderson helped students View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog

achieve sustainable customer growth. The course explores the fundamentals of customer value, including strategies for customer acquisition, retention, and development. By leveraging customer analytics tools and technologies, students will View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

outstanding efforts. Twice Bolick has spearheaded awards programs to honor worthy achievers and to inspire others to reach similar heights: in the Army, where he helped establish the Hurley Awards to recognize leadership and community View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

included Aprendo, a service that verifies education and employment data; Empower, a specialty merchandiser of innovative “lifestyle” products for people with disabilities; and Music Games International, a company View Details

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

phase; it simply doesn't represent a sustainable solution for consumers. Yet employers are the natural gatekeepers for retirement plans, he believes. For example, when focus groups were presented with a new retirement product, individuals balked at signing on until... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

01 Dec 1997
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A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)

market; and a set of financings reasonable for all parties. Fifth, and most important, is a tremendous sense of urgency. We want to back ventures that are the first or second entrants in their markets, so speeding the product to market in... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

New Releases

Apparel and Textile Industries is based on eight years of study. The keys to success in an age of product proliferation, the authors found, are no longer economies of scale and cheap labor but an up-to-the-minute knowledge of what is... View Details

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

revenue production are brought into the picture? The question is not hypothetical. In recent years, an ever increasing number of corporations have developed and adopted socially responsible behaviors,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jun 2025
Blog Post

Balancing Career Stability with Creative Pursuits with Jeff Roslund (MBA 2013)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development With a background in materials and biomedical engineering, I hoped that Harvard Business School (HBS) would provide the business... View Details

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

City released the 'New' New York Plan focused on transforming the city's job centers to support the ways people will live and work in the future. A set of initiatives emerged to serve as a roadmap to make New York City the best place to work. Spearheaded by the NYC... View Details

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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

globalization, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Following the immersion, Shih reflected on key learnings from the experience, which HBS’s Division of Research and Faculty Development and the Global Initiative’s Asia-Pacific Research... View Details

27 Mar 2019
News

Sharing the Road

not owning assets, and give them a product that allows them to do it in a seamless, frictionless manner, that's the success that we're trying to achieve. “My biggest takeaway from GMP has been the idea that if we collaborate well, if we... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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HBX: Expanding Our Reach

Recognizing the potential of online learning, both to reach new audiences and to strengthen its engagement with alumni, the School is developing HBX, its own online platform. While sharing best practices with edX (a joint venture of... View Details

Keywords: online learning; curriculum; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

rewards were huge, as I was able to join a startup in Silicon Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon... View Details

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Research Links | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

[1956?]. Show caption Hide caption The Baker Old Class collection is a particularly valuable resource for tracing the development and growth of American business from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon Valley is extremely exciting. Every day you get to witness the... View Details

11 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Information or Wing It? A Model of Dynamic Pricing with Seller Learning By: Huang, Guofang, Hong Luo, and Jing Xia Abstract—Pricing idiosyncratic products is often challenging because the seller, ex ante, lacks information about the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2002
News

What You Know Depends on Where You Go

grow up just like ‘ours.' This approach has led to many failures,” says Arnold. Indeed, research by Arnold and Quelch has found that emerging markets tend to develop and grow quite differently, sometimes with a tighter View Details

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

answer a reflection of a strategic weakness, or was it actually consistent with design principles established by the development team? The case seeks to expand students' view of the product View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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