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- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Pasciucco was appointed to lead American International Group's Financial Products (AIGFP) group after the government bailout of AIG in 2008 and charged with the task of shutting down the division while View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
work in your lab and expecting her to spend her career there, you now hire more mid-career professionals who bring a deeper, richer human and social capital to your firm. It changes the question of how do I make my R&D lab more View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
competition can impede the reputational mechanism. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
susceptible to everything from intellectual property theft to uneven product quality. But the novel coronavirus created chasms. “One thing that COVID-19 revealed is the extent to which business systems were predicated on global supply... View Details
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
and curation in service design. Evaluate sustainable pricing strategies and discover how operational transparency builds customer trust. Highlights Cost, Market, Value Lens Adapting to External Changes Getaway’s First Cabin Show Hide Details Concepts Minimum View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
the foundation of HBS’s entrepreneurial management program. Since then, students interested in developing their own for-profit or nonprofit startups have come to the School to gain the skills, insight, and practical experience necessary to turn great ideas into View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
the strategies of lean experimentation, minimum viable product, bootstrapping, and staged investment are critical to startups in these emerging ecosystems, one needs to adapt the lessons from mature markets like Silicon Valley, New York,... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
inductively generate a consumer (patient)-centric marketing model. The focal organizations are unique in that they all identify patient needs first, then work backwards to develop economically viable solutions. These solutions are not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
on and enough customers to make it a viable business. They’re not settling for half-measures. “If we have great content but we don’t have a differentiated experience, we fail,” she says. “And the reverse is true too.” The urgency to get... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
commercial implications—the technology would be immensely important to biotechnology firms looking to develop gene therapy products and was, therefore, sure to generate strong revenues for whichever entity owned the IP—but would also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
increase self-efficacy. For example, our team found that a simple time-blocking exercise that encouraged employees to find blocks of time to focus on “important” but not “urgent” work each week reduced stress and improved the productivity... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
exhibitions and NFL Europa, a de facto minor league, failed to establish a viable Continental presence for the league. Longer term, the NFL will look at London and other foreign markets to determine whether a franchise could be supported.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Planning Process with Minimal Effort by Tracy Morgan (MBA 1990) (North Star Strategies) Supreme Commander: MacArthur's Triumph in Japan by Mike Morris (MBA 1971) (HarperCollins) Morris combines political history, military biography, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
conclusion turned her toward business school to research “how to build a sustainable business with a ‘double bottom line’ — a firm that is profitable and benefits society.” Choi aims to lead a company that will provide low-income individuals with View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
mismatch in skills disadvantages both employers and workers. For many, particularly those from traditionally underserved communities, the path from high school to a viable career is strewn with obstacles. Yet, despite the friction over... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
startup in govtech or a public sector group at a large company working on public sector cloud solutions, for example. Another reason is that people not in government, such as private business leaders or philanthropic leaders, may say, “Leave the innovation to us.” And... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
bicycle but for whom the folding feature might add value? Finally, should Montague license its technology to one of the leading mainstream bicycle manufacturers in order to increase adoption vs. continuing to go it alone in the product... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
the productivity of busy professionals. For workplace settings devoid of perks, small non-cash rewards like access to valuable online classes or fitness programs can also contribute to well-being. Other non-cash rewards, such as notes of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
energy sources and state-of-the-art systems, machinery, and products — often come to mind, the most dramatic inroads may be made in much more prosaic ways, especially in the urban setting. “Nontechnical solutions — such as making cities... View Details