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- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
Summing Up September 11 was no "tipping point" for acceleration in the loss of privacy. That's the conclusion to be drawn from responses to this month's column. Rather the loss of privacy is a natural product of the information... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
firms also invested rapidly to build radial tire production capacity once the OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] switched to the new technology. In the case of investment in radial manufacturing... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption
consistently factored into service design. Going Digital: Implications for Firm Value and PerformanceThis study of the economic performance of nontech firms adopting new digital technologies finds a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
Twenty years has provided time to judge the success or failure of Theodore Levitt's predictions of a global economy populated by standardized products and marketing approaches. For the colloquium, a number of Harvard Business School and... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
Francesco's changes have meant that supermarkets can price their private-label brands higher. He's also constantly introducing new products to keep the category exciting to both retailers and consumers, even... View Details
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
percent or higher; one-third of them described their success as certain. If these entrepreneurs adopted the outsider lens, as Kahneman and Lovallo suggest, they easily would find out that the five-year survival rate for View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
people use various online social platforms, makes some predictions. In the first decade of its existence, Facebook, aided by the broad adoption of mobile devices and fast internet connections, emerged as a virtual Cheers bar where people... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
Back then, Argentina tried to fend off creditors by adopting a hard-line attitude about reducing its debt obligations. When it initiated a bond exchange offer in 2005 and told its creditors to "take it or leave it," the republic... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
rejections personally because their requests were merely a few among the thousands of pieces of mail that Harpo Productions received every week. The experience also taught them the value of teamwork and the necessity of not allowing each... View Details
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
and communities as well as shareholders. Some saw it as a tipping point for corporate governance. Others saw it as a public relations move. Lest proponents of stakeholder capitalism celebrate too soon, a new study of recent corporate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- March 2020
- Case
Voi Technology
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Olivia Hull
Voi Technology, a fast-growing start-up out of Sweden, is competing in the highly contested European e-scooter sharing market. With a presence in nearly 40 cities in Europe by February 2020, the firm is working hard to improve its unit economics to reach profitability.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Technology Adoption; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Business Plan; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Energy Conservation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Innovation Leadership; Human Capital; Laws and Statutes; Growth Management; Operations; Logistics; Service Operations; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Information Infrastructure; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Europe
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Olivia Hull. "Voi Technology." Harvard Business School Case 820-099, March 2020.
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
to the demise of entire industries. Note that Pisano and Shih are not calling for the return to the US of jobs in mature industries or those in which product innovation can be separated from manufacturing. Nor are they claiming that this... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment View Details
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
productivity revolution due to the loss of skills in society. "The other key underpinning is education," he continued. "In South Africa in particular, the legacy of apartheid was extremely destructive, and human capital... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
shrunk. Chinese consumers are being encouraged to spend more of it. And the leadership of the Chinese government appears to be adopting a new stance concerning free trade, one that appears to be at odds with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
consumer inertia is a big deal in your market, it could be the case that you are not pricing appropriately,” MacKay says. “You may want to reduce prices to attract repeat customers down the line.” Companies often internalize consumer inertia by setting pricing... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
issues, the Joint Center held a symposium in February 2010 on Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance." A new book, co-edited by Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, managing director of the Center, collects papers... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
have to coordinate complicated networks of suppliers. Johnson & Johnson has to gain approval for new medical devices. Procter & Gamble has to develop effective product marketing plans. For these... View Details
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron's board (which was... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
innovative design in the built environment. To create an environmentally sustainable built environment, design that focuses on maximizing natural resource efficiency, planning that fosters public health, business models that attract the capital to fund it, and public... View Details