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- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
he continued, businesses can be 'raced' by drivers whose peripheral vision has failed. "They could see the clear track ahead of them as they initially led their markets but failed to notice the competitor coming up on the inside... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
School Note 811-016 This note discusses how some firms (start-ups and established companies) maximize customer value and profits via their pricing processes. It is aimed at companies that compete on the basis of performance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
mid-2012 Lit Motors had created both engineering and design prototypes and conducted initial customer tests on less than $750,000 of investment. Lit Motors' founder, Daniel Kim, had started the company to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
this unique negotiation initiative and to assist the organization to conduct a basic re-assessment in the face of changes in regional politics, the conflict, and the funding environment. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
on a temporary or seasonal basis with hundreds of thousands of people searching for jobs. Wonolo was co-founded in 2014 by Yong Kim, a 2007 graduate of Harvard Business School. Reassurance and incentives open doors The researchers View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
at Kwinters, the hot-dog stand in my local mall, where I learned how to cook five varieties of hot dogs, managed cash, cleaned the oily fryers and greasy hot-dog containers, and earned minimum wage. It was a great initial lesson in how,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Product Design Sprint - 5 Things I Learned in Launch Lab 1
interacted with the product and learn about how they received it. After these interviews, it was clear that the optimal product was a blend of the two solutions. 3. Find a problem first, then start solving it. When conducting initial... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
business, community development, and philanthropic activities, recalled their early days as students at HBS. Initially leery of the gregarious Anderson, de Rothschild said that he soon became fascinated by his stories about starting... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
offering items at a high initial price and then marking them down weeks later "insulting." He also eliminated coupons, something Macy's did in 2007, only to reverse the decision after unhappy customers... View Details
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delivered for more than 6,300 global participants, representing an increase of 40 percent compared with fiscal 2021. The group also delivered custom programs in a range of industries, on-boarding 18 new clients into the portfolio and... View Details
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
course, Eisenmann teaches cases on cloud storage company Dropbox and the social search service Aardvark. Both firms' founders were early practitioners of the lean startup method. The Dropbox team initially announced a bare-bones version... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
Technology Development (B) Kerr, William R., and Alexis BrownellHarvard Business School Case 813-123 Brent Grinna has one customer signed up for his alumni-networking mobile app and is now trying to choose among three possibilities for a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
the industry run. Each brightly colored bag of Kahawa 1893 features a prominent QR code that allows purchasers to give to the women behind the beans. “People have been very receptive to the idea,” says Nyamumbo. “Customers tip at restaurants, and they tip their Uber... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
forecasted probability of future funding by funding more innovative ideas. We propose that extremely novel technologies may need 'hot' financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
focused winning strategy to stick with through good times and bad regardless of attractive opportunities outside their field, though clearly adaptations of the strategy will be needed. HCHP firms are clear about who they are and committed to preserving their identity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
from each Kickstarter project, including the comments from the customers and updates posted by the entrepreneur. The researchers then manually collected data for actual delivery times and numbers of product features. They also... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
products and an environment where customers can connect with the brand. Evolve operates on the same concept. The focus just happens to be martial arts.” Like Starbucks, Evolve charges a premium for that experience, with monthly fees... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’
inferences about those elements and amplify that vulnerability.” Bosses should be aware that subordinates are often hesitant to connect with them and should carefully consider whether initiating a connection request will make a particular... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
changes in stockouts or rebalances. We observe no evidence of learning or fatigue. Agent-level heterogeneity in the treatment effects shows that the agents who handle substantially more customer deposits than withdrawals benefit most from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
programs. However, when the first of his three children, Joey, was born with cystic fibrosis in 1974, O'Donnell knew he would soon have to move into the private sector. The initial medical bill alone, after all, was for $32,000. By 1976,... View Details