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- May 2008
- Supplement
Kenny Kahn at Muzak (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
Supplemental Material for 408-057 View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Geographic Location; Innovation and Invention; Employees; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Design; Music Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Kenny Kahn at Muzak (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-069, May 2008.
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
could one company or brand do?” she wondered. Photos courtesy VPL Photos courtesy VPL Hanazawa also understood the fashion-industry network is powerful and has the potential for wider impact. In 2011, she tapped fellow industry leaders... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
daunting challenges, but they each expressed a zealous commitment to their work and a heartfelt belief in their products. Brand Recognition: Michael Moynihan Michael T. Moynihan (MBA 1993) was reintroduced to LEGO as an adult when his job... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Thinking Outside the Centerfold
most noted for have nothing to do with advertising and everything to do with advertising. We're this hybrid company that creates and distributes creative content designed to make brands famous.” View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
greater contact across the value chain and especially with end users builds the company brand and triggers opportunities for innovation. Rationale for thinking long-term. Sustainability is more than a buzzword for vanguard companies, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
different types of physicians. By understanding the dynamic effect of sales calls across heterogeneous physicians, we provide guidance on the design of optimal call patterns for route sales. The findings reveal that the long-term... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Jennifer Hurford
London, Frankfurt and Cairo, where she helped consumer brands and healthcare companies arrange short term financing for their suppliers, and at IDEO, a design consulting firm in which she View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
respondents concerned the misuse of such techniques. As Tom Henkel put it, "I'm sure the same companies that wasted time and money on poorly designed surveys and focus groups will engage in similarly misguided neuroscience and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
In one recent case, Procter & Gamble purchased a company producing a low-cost, mass-produced disposable electric rotary toothbrush to be marketed under its famous Crest brand umbrella. As it turns out, its founders developed the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative... View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's growing middle class, made up of younger consumers with more fashionable tastes. Like hypermarkets, Hualian Family Stores include both food and nonfood lines, but differ... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
their insights about grassroots entrepreneurship to America's larger entrepreneurial community. Two stops on the itinerary: 1. Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT) RAP sells USA-made work clothes designed for women, including 70... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Gibson Hits a High Note
Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO, credits the company’s turnaround in part to aging baby boomers who can afford to plunk down $1,000 or more for remakes of classic designs played by the world’s top professional musicians, including B.B. King... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
consideration, both sensory and economic. On the sensory side: He has designed several eating utensils, including an espresso spoon that sports a hole in the middle so as not to break up the continuity of the crema on top. On the economic... View Details
- January 2020
- Case
The June Oven
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin
The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Trends; Customers; Design; Entrepreneurship; Food; Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Product Development; Sales; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Christian Godwin. "The June Oven." Harvard Business School Case 320-067, January 2020.
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
my life. Joking aside, getting great press or opening a large account are the entrepreneurial highs that keep us going. The most challenging part of the business is managing inventory. It is easy to be aspirational and to design the next... View Details
- 09 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Is Business School Right for You?
Dr. Jill Avery is a senior lecturer in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School, an authority on brand management and customer relationship management (CRM), and the Faculty Chair for HBS Peek. Imagine yourself sitting in a classroom... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
seemed obvious. Q: Customers are ruled by these four drives, just like everyone else. So what product, or product strategy, is needed to attract the four-drive customer? A: Those who study brands have found that great View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
user community is a great example of how a company can gain competitive advantage by tapping into its user community. LEGO allows its users to create their own designs and share them with other users. They can even enter these View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost