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  • March–April 2013
  • Article

Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation

By: Stefan Thomke
There is a downside to businesses that focus heavily on standardization, optimization, and driving out variability: Such organizations leave themselves vulnerable to underinvesting in experimentation and variation, which are the lifeblood of innovation. Good... View Details
Keywords: Experimentation; Innovation Management; Learning And Development; Research; Innovation and Management; Business Processes
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  • September 2003
  • Case

Growing Up in China: The Financing of BabyCare Ltd.

By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
The CFO of this infant nutritional products company must choose among competing financing offers. The interplay of Chinese legal and customs restrictions and venture capitalists' bargaining techniques challenge the CFO to navigate a tricky negotiation and to devise a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Working Capital; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; China
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  • July 2003
  • Case

Deutsche Borse

Focuses on how Deutsche Borse's (the German stock exchange based in Frankfurt) acquisition of a 50% stake in Clearstream International, a company specialized in clearing, settlement, and custody of securities across borders, may or may not confirm its position as the... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Financial Markets; Innovation and Invention; Germany
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  • 27 Feb 2015
  • News

Bad Weather: Better for Work, Terrible for Everything Else

  • 30 Jan 2022
  • News

From Just-In-Time To Just-In-Case: Is Excess And Obsolete Next?

  • 05 Jan 2022
  • News

New Balance Lawsuit Shows How Flimsy the ‘Made in USA’ Label Actually Is

  • 06 Jul 2021
  • News

Leading with Trust

  • 01 Apr 2020
  • News

Facebook May Be Hit Harder Than You Think by COVID-19

  • 05 Nov 2019
  • News

Best Business Books 2019: Talent & leadership

  • 30 Oct 2017
  • News

Exclusive Q&A: How Retailers Can Escape The ‘Content Trap’

  • 30 Nov 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Sabrin Beg, University of Delaware

    Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services

    The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased... View Details

      December Drug Approvals

      Absent explicit quotas, incentives, reporting, or fiscal year-end motives, drugapprovals around the world surge in December, at month-ends, and before respectivemajor national holidays. Drugs approved before these informal deadlines areassociated with significantly... View Details

      • February 1990 (Revised August 2001)
      • Case

      Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA: The Transit Point Experiment

      By: Janice H. Hammond and Maura G Kelly
      Merloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory,... View Details
      Keywords: Logistics; Marketing Channels; Planning; Time Management; Distribution Channels; Competitive Advantage; Customer Relationship Management; Information Technology; Consumer Products Industry; Italy
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      • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 19 May 2016
      • Webinars: Trending@HBS

      Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving

      In their book, Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads, Professors Srikant Datar and David Garvin and researcher Patrick Cullen identified creative and innovative thinking as an essential skill for managers operating in a world of rapidly evolving... View Details
      • 15 Aug 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      A New Model for Business: The Museum

      for-profit businesses today." Product curation, by necessity, requires talent and care. "Most consumers bristle at constraints on choice or heavy-handed guidance about what they should want, even though (ironically) they value it when... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 14 Jan 2019
      • Op-Ed

      These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

      Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing and strengthening her leadership team—but held firm to... View Details
      Keywords: by Bill George; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
      • 15 Jul 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

      innovation efforts traditionally have focused on new products such as drugs and devices, survey respondents ranked process improvements in care delivery as the most promising opportunity for improving the cost and quality of health care.... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
      • Program

      OPM Renew

      connections through cross-cohort collaboration. Details Broaden your global perspective and entrepreneurial leadership skills Learn how innovative global operators are changing buyer behavior and transforming bold ideas into new products... View Details
      • 18 Oct 2010
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

      MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services