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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
capital providers and nonprofit loan funds, seek to expand economic opportunity in low-income communities by providing access to financial products and services. As Michael Pokorny, a senior director at the Reinvestment Fund, explains,... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
Boston. Elberse is remaining mum on celebrities planning to attend the next session in order to protect their privacy. Participants sign up to learn strategies for launching creative products, managing talent, coping with advances in... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
development was evolutionary in nature. Companies first would release a low-functionality version of a product to selected customers at a very early stage of development. Thereafter work would proceed in an iterative fashion, with the... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
employees to raise their creative game. But Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has a different approach, creating an organization that values and rewards innovation rather than attempting to create it with his bare hands. AG Lafley, P&G's... View Details
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- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business... View Details
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
of time. What are some of the challenges that come with conducting business on so many international fronts? Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for... View Details
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
Summing Up Customer inputs to the product development process count, but in different ways and at different times, according to many responding to this month's column. As Alexander Gat put it, competing and pioneering View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
products and services. Despite the importance of a good chin wag to creativity, however, research by Koning and Sharique Hasan, of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, shows that not all conversations are created equal. Depending... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Career Coach
Cathy Hutchinson
technology and entertainment/media sectors for the office. Cathy’s work experience includes roles in both the entertainment/media and technology industries and she’s available to work with students and alumni pursuing opportunities in those areas. Work Experience:... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
hour-long discussion driving around the city. Young Kapur had just joined the firm Ogilvy & Mather after a brief stint at Citibank, where he’d decided he needed a more creative career. His conversation with Ogilvy confirmed that he’d... View Details
- Profile
Aline Camargo
& career path? One of my main goals coming to HBS was to identify a career that combines my passion for music and my business skills. During the MBA program, I took Entrepreneurship and Strategic Marketing courses for Creative... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
drives. CB: Ultimately, though, the power of modularity does not lie simply in the creation of financial option value and the ensuing impact on competition. Modularity also helps simplify complex systems and divvy up complex tasks so that individuals and companies can... View Details
- 19 Sep 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems
when their employees are naturally proactive. When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat? Companies pay close attention when a competitor drops out of the market. Too often, though, they come to the wrong conclusion. Hiding From Managers Can... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation
R&D systems for performing experiments that will generate the information needed to develop and refine products quickly. The challenges are managerial as well as technical: Organize For Rapid Experimentation Examine and, if necessary,... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
the idea that it has to be one or the other. In the innovation literature, it's always about creativity versus discipline. Well Oldani shows that it's not versus, it's and. You talk to this guy and you think he's a View Details
- March 2008 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project (TN)
Teaching Note for [907048]. View Details
- Career Coach
Hillary Mann
Professional Development resources to support students in achieving their unique career goals. As a career coach, Hillary partners with students to define their career vision and leverage job search strategies such as creatively... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
department stores, but it was rare to find them in customer-facing positions, the fashion piece of the fashion retail business. To learn more about these seven HBS Alumni trendsetters, click on their photos below: Marjorie Yang Instilling View Details
- December 2007 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Xanadu on Broadway
By: Anita Elberse
Can one of Hollywood's biggest flops magically turn into a Broadway hit? Xanadu, an adaptation of a 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller-disco film described by one critic as "the epic failure to end all epic failures," opened on Broadway in July 2007. Producer Rob Ahrens,... View Details
Keywords: Theater Entertainment; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Risk and Uncertainty; Creativity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita. "Xanadu on Broadway." Harvard Business School Case 508-062, December 2007. (Revised August 2014.)
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Helen Mehreteab | MBA
Helen Mehreteab COMPUTER SCIENCE, SECONDARY IN ECONOMICS WINTHROP 2023 Cohort 4 Diversity is the engine of invention. It generates creativity that enriches the world.' -Justin Trudeau Tech areas of interest: View Details