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18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

genius who created the phenomena of the "Tupperware Party," or Oprah Winfrey, who has had tremendous success with Harpo Entertainment Group, one can see each woman "eked out a business space of her own and took advantage of... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

airports come at a premium, however; securing space depended on financing, a credible design for Polished's stores, and leasing managers' belief in Rhyne's ability to hire people and satisfy customers—neither of which was possible, of... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

Harvard Business School, where his work focuses on the future of cities, particularly as aided by the private finance and delivery of public infrastructure projects in both the developed and emerging worlds. [Image: Goddard Space Flight... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

04 Aug 2006
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

even if we remove physical constraints of shelf space and supply chains." Andrei Iordache agreed, writing, " there will always be at least one element in the economic equation that will be marked by scarcity . Despite consumers'... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

"deterritorialization" of culture and its stretching out in geographic space has numerous opportunities for cross-border marketing to diaspora or expatriate communities, especially now that they are better connected to their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

are to ‘define’ a new economy—what are the discontinuities and what are the radical advances that would build consensus about a new economy?” What are the earmarks of a “new economy?” What do you think? Original Column Whither the Information Economy? was the title of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

unique perspective,” says Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who is faculty co-chair of the Executive Education program. “Their viewpoint often sheds light on why we see certain tensions in the media View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education

17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

neatly," says Rose. "We are exposing students to important questions and issues, and giving them the space to wrestle with what they might do to engage with and help mitigate them." View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

often judge or we feel we are being judged. But when we're in those places it's very difficult to learn. There needs to be a space between being perfect and being racist, classist, et cetera." Instead, she said, "Let's replace our... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

(GFS), designed for Google web searches. One team, called Big Table, argued for adding systems on top of GFS; the other team, called Build from Scratch, wanted to replace GFS entirely. Coughran decided to give the two teams space to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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

26 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different

Want to be different? Change your world, not your tactics. As HBS professor Youngme Moon argues in Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, competition too often breeds conformity. Yet there is plenty of space for adventurous companies... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

context of resource stress: there is already not enough clean water, clean air, healthy food, or available land and there is already too much traffic and not enough space to put the garbage. The first phenomenon—urbanization—only makes... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Turning High Potential into Real Reward

worth it, and can I get there? Somebody who has worked in a space gets a sense that the future is going to be moving in a particular way and understands how technology, customers, money, and marketplace dynamics will come together to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Lassiter; Consumer Products

23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

to 50,000 points. They were also refocusing on the remainder of the Chase Sapphire product portfolio to assess differentiation among the products and to identify white space in the market that could support additional new product... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

creating links and connections, and explorers of the possibilities that can come through collaboration. In order to deliver value to the customers, technology companies such as IBM, Cisco, and Sun have to create what I call space stations... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com By: Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu Abstract—Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces to compete against them directly. Prior studies have offered two possible explanations for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

about. Even if the existing channel were an opportunistic selection, over a period of time it is entirely possible to hone one's channels to keep up with industry changes. Q: You devote a fair amount of space in the book to considering... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

investing, bringing transparency to the financial services market, and enabling retail investors to invest their capital in a way that aligned with their values. However, getting to scale and profitability in the crowded robo-advisors View Details