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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
development. What’s their motivation? The observations presented in research by Professor Marco Iansiti and Gregory Richards (MBA ’99) suggest some fundamental changes in strategy used by technology... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
elements in evaluating a business proposal First, how much of a home run is it — how big is the problem it solves and how great is the solution? Life's too short to work on things that aren't home runs. Second, is there a realistic View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
their strategy in response to the unexpected influx of women to the Web - an audience estimated to reach seventy million by the year 2000. "Women tend to browse less randomly than men, don't like to compartmentalize home, work, and... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
McCraw and I (with our coauthor, Linda S. Doyle PMD 49, 1985) summarized that style in eight points: Don’t give direct orders. Instead, listen, persuade, and cajole. Build consensus on the institutional mission. Embrace a strategy and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
supply of talent to attract clients first, or vice versa. Building the supply side has been straightforward, but convincing enterprise clients to leverage talent as a service as part of their strategy has been more challenging, Berendt... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
strategies prompted by a changing climate with the help of a panel of four HBS alumni with expertise in finance and energy, including Hui Wen Chan (MBA 2010), Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citigroup; Michael Ellis (MBA 2008),... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
- 09 Dec 2016
- News
How Wayfair Built a Furniture Brand from Scratch
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Illustration by Istvan Banyai Since 2006, Gazelle has offered consumers an answer to the question of what to do with their old electronic devices when they upgrade: Sell them to us. Customers can go to Gazelle's website; get a price for their used smartphone, tablet,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
carbon neutral," he says. The entire process is a major technological undertaking—one Dawe says he probably wouldn't be involved with if he and C12 Energy cofounder Kurt Zenz House hadn't been introduced to each other by a Harvard... View Details
- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) When she was little, Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) fell in love with the hard sciences and expected to eventually go to medical school or earn a PhD. But her plans changed after college. Kim grew up outside Washington, DC, as the hearing daughter... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
much of her career focusing on how organizations respond to large-scale technological shifts, most recently in regard to energy and the environment. “Sustainable Business Strategy is designed to empower... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
Local Motors—which is led by Jay Rogers (MBA 2007)—posted to its co-creation community: build an urban public transportation system. It’s all part of the company’s unique design model: "Most of our vehicles are designed by people who don't work for us," says Justin... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Bottom-Line Beauty
discussed the technology purchasing decisions she made when equipping her company, a "clicks-and-bricks" retailer of high-end, hard-to-find beauty products. The Washington, D.C.-based firm now has two boutiques in the nation's capital, as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
might make the employer wonder whether your product(s) will in fact do a better job. —Teg Rood (MBA 1976) I would recommend building some detailed customer use cases to solidify your value proposition. If you can establish some new variables on the View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Building Affordable Health Care in Paradise
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
way to make the world a better place. For instance, its World Community Grid project came about when IBM had a breakthrough in grid computing, which involves tying many computers together to boost computing power. The company took that View Details