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Stanley C. Gault
generated a 4-fold increase in revenues and a 6-fold increase in profitability. While he stripped weak product lines and slashed excess cost, he invested in new product... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ELY: Drilling down for valuable perspectives on how gender issues affect efficiency, safety, and productivity in the workplace. Field-based research can take HBS faculty members to some unusual places. Professor Robin Ely’s recent working... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
have been struggling for years to develop new products that don't rely on movie tie-ins. How can this be? "Inside the large manufacturers you've got middle managers who want to put forward only those... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
Klein. At each stop, she gained new knowledge and experience while advancing her own reputation as a change agent capable of leading a company to growth through new product... View Details
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Faculty | Information Technology
are setting up new accounts at HBS. Introduction to HBS IT for Faculty IT Technology Guide for Faculty Setting Up HarvardKey Setting Up MessageMe Setting Up Password Manager (1Password) Setting Up Two-Step Verification Daily Work... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
Product Development & Marketing, where Product Development Specialists and Breeders explained the process for developing new tomato varieties. Many different factors (e.g.,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus
Current Position: Director of Product Management, CarGurus Current Location: Cambridge, MA Describe your role at CarGurus.CarGurus is an automotive search engine, helping buyers (consumers) find great deals from top-rated dealers. I focus... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
watch lines in development. The firm went bankrupt, but the new manager-owner, Royal Robbins, embarked on a disciplined new strategy that transformed Dennison’s vision into a profitable company. First,... View Details
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
William S. Farish
Farish, who had established himself as one of the leading independent oilmen in Texas, joined with Standard Oil becoming head of the firm in 1937. Farish was one of Standard Oil’s leading authorities on new View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
James E. Burke
When Burke took over Johnson & Johnson, the company had thousands of products including Tylenol, which had a 35% share of the analgesic market. Two incidents of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules dropped Tylenol’s market share to 7%.... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
pursue opportunity and successful new product development in spite of investor impatience. The real challenges may lie elsewhere, for example "the market place," as Jasper Ojongtambia suggests, or... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
percent of new products fail within five years ... To the extent that a few, well-chosen customers might provide valuable insights into what would improve the quality of life, Professor Zaltman's ideas might... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Brooke Boyarsky
different industries. Participating in career days and taking self-assessments led me to a better understanding of what I am passionate about. And the ability to connect with recruiters at HBS showed me all of the great places I could end up after I left here. HBS... View Details
Melody Koh
Melody is a Partner at NextView Ventures, based in its New York office. She has spent her entire career working with technology and Internet startups as an entrepreneur, operator, and investor. Prior to joining NextView, Melody was Head... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital
Adolphus W. Green
Green was instrumental in organizing over 40 Midwestern bakeries to form the National Biscuit Company in 1898, which became the basis for the present day Nabisco. When Green organized the firm, its only product was a cracker, the Uneeda... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Joseph A. Boyd
An academic engineer by training, Boyd was instrumental in leading Harris Corporation’s renewed focus on research and development. Under his tenure, Harris introduced a variety of new products including... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Bert S. Cross
Cross spent over 40 years with 3M and was known as a “builder of businesses.” He successfully commercialized several new product lines including Scotchlite and Thermo-Fax copying machines. During his tenure,... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
"Listen carefully to what your customers want and then respond with new products that meet or exceed their needs." That mantra has dominated many a business, and it has undoubtedly led to great... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
Melody Koh
Melody is a Partner at NextView Ventures, based in its New York office. Prior to joining NextView, Melody was Head of Product at Blue Apron. Melody joined Blue Apron as the first View Details