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- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
its start in Parma, Italy, in 1899, when the great-grandfather of current CEO-owner Francesco Mutti canned and sold tomatoes to an illiterate rural population that identified the product by the two lions on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
Anomalie offers brides a new way to buy a wedding dress—custom designed, online, and at a reasonable price. That makes the company, well, an anomaly in the $55 billion United States wedding industry, which is well known for its opaque... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
for its high concentration of agricultural innovation, Koppert Cress stands apart from its peers for its unique focus on gastronomy and innovative greenhouse View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
fun. Godtfred championed slow, steady growth. Because of this, it could take years for a new product to go to market. Green bricks, for instance, appeared in play sets only after a decade-long... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
HBS FIELD - A Sneak Peek Into Retail
preliminary work before traveling to the market. My global partner was an Istanbul, Turkey based retailer with several hundred locations in Turkey that wanted to make its retail experience more appealing to young consumers. Istanbul is a... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
own R&D,” Shelly said. “It’s a way to create good designs and it feeds into our algorithm.” A case in point: Harvard i-Lab Brand Experience & Creative Director Adrian Gill approached Shelly to create some new View Details
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
getting a deal and still be honest, Ngwe suggests they use wiggle words such as “compare at” or “value at” before the original price. “This could be a very useful tool, because it allows them to inform the customer of the value of a View Details
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Faculty | Information Technology
are setting up new accounts at HBS. Introduction to HBS IT for Faculty IT Technology Guide for Faculty Setting Up HarvardKey Setting Up MessageMe Setting Up Password Manager (1Password) Setting Up Two-Step... View Details
- Profile
Prita Kumar
said to myself, `You’re not going to have an income during this time anyway, so why don’t you go ahead and try to make the most of the experience and try out an idea and move it along?’” From her first semester in the fall of 2012,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
remember that consulting companies are very different from product companies. When I visit the LS website, it looks like the company is trying to be both. Go all in on your vision to be a View Details
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
technologies for greenhouse production through its incubator, Division Q. In these Dutch greenhouses, technology rules the roost—from cultivar selection to pest control and automation. We learned that these... View Details
- 11 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
round in 2016. The company recently closed its Series C, for a total of more than $145 million in investment. Although Tseng had a clear idea of the product he wanted to build, he wasn’t as certain what the... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
functional products and services. Personal gratification Coding is fun. I see it in fellow members of CODE@HBS and experienced it myself when I took the club’s Python bootcamp... View Details
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
You Can Still Be Productive Commuters who listen to music or talk radio might be increasing their chance of a stressful workday. Here are better ways to cope with a bad commute. Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading When salespeople become... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Ade' Lawal
children to be as successful as they can be in whatever endeavor they wish to pursue, be it ballet, impressionistic painting, or national politics. Next, I want to be an entrepreneur. I have to create services, View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member in the new MS/MBA joint degree program. He is an expert in the management of innovation and new product development, with a focus on the design and deployment of... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
defining and validating the products I was trying to create for users. That led to more frustration than was probably necessary on my part, and it took longer than necessary to meet customers' needs. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
potential of your company Developing a road map to get to that potential Accelerating current organizational performance Harnessing and rewarding top talent Leveraging cash as productively as possible Fostering a results-oriented mindset.... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
specific customer groups either are overserved or are unsatisfied nonconsumers. Overserved customers consume a product or service but don't need all its features or functionality. Three specific indicators... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter
as long as a week, from the preparation of the lead to the packaging. Yet there still was room for innovation. Under her father’s leadership, the company had expanded its reach internationally and diversified View Details
Keywords: April White