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- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
shed doubt on future construction, while the fracking of shale deposits to extract natural gas promised a much lower-cost supply of abundant energy. Nevertheless, decommissioning nuclear power stations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
Andresen Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who led the discussion. In the old model, he said, economies of scale regulated success and performers had to be big to spread out high fixed costs. Now, as a result of the way we produce and View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
Government officials should have poured much more money into producing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines to save more lives and rescue the economy faster, according to new research co-authored by 16 researchers including Harvard Business... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
transformation of the very nature of the innovation search process. We find intermediate disclosure has the advantage of efficiently steering development towards improving existing solution approaches, but also the effect of limiting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
utilities. The company is facing an upheaval in the energy markets due to the dramatic growth in natural gas fracking and the resulting increase in natural View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
grasping the revolutionary potential of the new digital medium. As a result, corporations have failed to adapt to the true nature of their markets in the twenty-first century. Organizational change programs, visionary leadership, or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
cofounder and president, Deena Malkina (MBA 2008), offered this case study query to alumni: “KitNipBox is laser-focused on differentiating its brand by sourcing the most unique, high-quality products on the market, committing to healthy and View Details
- Career Coach
Craig Husa
the CEO of multiple innovative, break-through companies including SuperCritical Technologies, a manufacturer of distributed power generation units, and 3TIER (acquired by Vaisala, NASDAQ OMX Helsinki). 3TIER’s big-data, weather analytics... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
our borders – and this is critical given the distributed nature of the climate crisis. CarbonBuilt is in the business of decarbonizing concrete production, which is responsible for about 10 percent of global... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
computer industries, in which interfirm and international rivalries are intense. The other three consortia - Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Gas Research Institute (GRI), and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) - draw their... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
rely on dirty or dangerous energy sources like kerosene lamps and diesel generators. The Soccket is not unlike Matthews herself: a bundle of energy using play to change the world. Creating things seems to come naturally to Matthews, who... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
however, the low cost of natural gas is currently making gas-fueled turbines more competitive than those run by batteries. Even so, history has shown that energy prices can shift quickly. However it chooses... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
technology will not be fully realized, however, if companies simply make their existing online services available through wireless devices. Successful players in the m-commerce market space will take a much broader view of the technology, the market and consumers.... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 20 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management
resource management. Water resource management stands out as a critical priority, aiming to enhance water-use efficiency, implement sustainable flood management, and safeguard natural water bodies to mitigate climate-related stresses.... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
The Internet is changing the nature of competition in virtually every industry. And according to HBS professor David Yoffie, competing in the Internet age is more than just a matter of having to do everything faster. In their book,... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
Given the nature of some unusually thoughtful responses, there was no consensus on the question of whether Walmart has reached its full potential. Comments raised even more interesting questions surrounding the dynamic of relationships... View Details
- Fast Answer
India - Industry specific research
must be requested. Energy Ministry of... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
than a Blockbuster store, stocking a limited number of popular movies? Intrigued with these questions, HBS assistant professor Anita Elberse and associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee analyzed the distribution of revenues in the U.S.... View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
for 10 years, taking over as CEO in 2011. Match has a three-pronged approach: it runs a system of six public charter schools, manages its own master's degree-granting graduate school of education, and operates a publishing arm that View Details