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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
ecosystems—not just products. Create a network that brings together powerful partners engaged in complementary product and service innovation. Exploit leverage and power. If you have it, use your large size to advantage, but also be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
In a few years there will be no such thing as an e-business," says Vivek Y.Ranadivé (MBA 1983). As founder, chairman, and CEO of Palo Alto-based TIBCO Software, Inc., (www.tibco.com) it would seem that Ranadivé is predicting the demise of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
From product push to customer pull, technology has vastly reshaped the business transaction—and in turn, the customer's place in the value chain. Today, managing the customer relationship has become the single most important dimension of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
Behn says it became critical that the service also expand its offerings to include the full range of products that shoppers put in their cart each week. But offering meat,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
The Alumnae Entrepreneur Behind Mary J. Blige’s Super Bowl Locks
Britney Winters (MBA 2016); Mary J. Blige during the Super Bowl halftime show (Courtesy subject; Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images) Britney Winters’ (MBA 2016) online wig and hair product company, Upgrade, got the opportunity to show off View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
production of a commodity that most Indians needed, I didn't mind." Bajaj's antiestablishment views prevailed, and by the beginning of the 1980s, Bajaj Auto had increased its annual View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
required to achieve better and better results. When the product the customers use isn't good enough, its architecture is proprietary and its manufacturers make money. When it's... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
classmates and many of her teachers, and making it a challenge to find clothes that fit. In the years that followed, Girard grew into “the sixes” now standing proudly at 6’1’’ and the idea for the business she would one day start, a... View Details
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Cristina Ros Blankfein
launch the company in 2014. Bootstrapping the effort, they spent the better part of a year refining the formula, putting the right team in place to produce the mixers, making sure that the product was right both inside and outside the... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship
course, it is possible to apply subjects like strategy or marketing to any company that you work for, especially if you are working in the strategy department. However, here are three other examples of what I found very interesting and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
razor-sharp focus on the future. Although the products have changed over the years—from the glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s electric light to the cover glass in Apple’s iPhones—Weeks sees a steady pattern of innovation paired with an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
the outcomes. Teradyne found that by using generic components offered with Windows NT software, it could slash the cost of delivering the product to integrated circuit manufacturers. Despite the significant... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan
won for specializing in small direct-current motors, a strategy that has garnered it 50 percent or higher world market share for several decades. Canon’s Lens Product Group was recognized for continuous... View Details
Keywords: awards
Horace C. Wright
acquisitions including the Oster Manufacturing Company. While he served as CEO, Sunbeam introduced many of its well-known products including electric shavers, blenders, knife sharpeners, and electric... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Busy…Very Busy
30, 2007). “Many telecommuters miss the regular hubbub of the office.” So his CD not only “instantly builds the credibility of home-office workers, it also boosts their confidence and productivity.” Freund offers CDs or downloads of... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
to do with those who are in charge of marketing communications. As a result, the various channels of communication are out of alignment, and the negative impact on a brand can be considerable. If a product changes the way View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
entertainment executives do is spend a large chunk of all their production and advertising budgets on a small portion of their total output. It can lead to big failures, of course, but it's the best strategy... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- News
Culture Shift at Big Blue
it. Red Hat’s success boils down the power of collaborative culture, Bacon writes. Which is just what IBM needs now, as it aims to become more competitive in the cloud wars. “His clear understanding of the technology and enterprise market... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Be Our Guest: HBS Show 2002 Goes Off without a Hitch
which ran April 17–20 in Burden Auditorium. Since its first production in 1974, the event has showcased the dramatic, musical, and theatrical talent of HBS students. This year's performance was no exception.... View Details