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  • November 2000 (Revised June 2001)
  • Case

Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All

Pokemon, the colloquial name given to a collection of 150 fantastic, animal-inspired creatures with organic powers and the capacity to evolve, are the stars of video games, trading card games, and TV cartoons. Conceived in Japan in 1996, Pokemon quickly became that... View Details
Keywords: Age; Entertainment; Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 12 Jun 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

Keywords: by Anette Mikes

    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Fisher Body Company, 1908–1926 Herman G. Fisher Fisher-Price Toy Company, 1930–1966 Donald V. Fites Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1990–1999 Henry M. Flagler Florida East Coast Railway, 1886–1913 Henry Ford II Ford Motor Company, 1945–1979... View Details

      Youngme Moon

      Youngme Moon is the Donald K. David Professor of Business at Harvard Business School. Professor Moon's research sits at the intersection of brand strategy and culture, with a particular focus on the emergent AI economy. She is the author of the bestselling book, View Details

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        William A. Sahlman

        William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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        • 20 Jul 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

        and Alvy Ray, who headed up a small computer graphics operation called Industrial Light & Magic (the group created special effects for George Lucas's movies). Fascinated by their operation, Jobs bought View Details
        Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen
        • 27 Feb 2019
        • Research & Ideas

        The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

        health care, these new findings could apply broadly to any company that invests heavily in R&D, even those in industries that lack a formal recall process. “Whether your firm is making phones or drones or self-driving cars, recalls... View Details
        Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies
        • 09 Jan 2020
        • Book

        Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

        control specialists. A lot of people think of this as disruption, like the taxi industry is being disrupted by Uber. It’s not disruption. Rather, it’s a completely different kind of firm. This hasn’t happened in more than 100 years. Firms... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
        • 04 Sep 2017
        • Blog Post

        HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered

        I’ve kept a list of new product and business ideas on my phone for over 10 years now. While they range from dog toys to B2B SaaS businesses, they all have one thing in common: they only exist on my phone. I’ve never seriously pursued any... View Details
        • 09 Mar 2003
        • Research & Ideas

        Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

        markets, but they can create new growth. The disruption of integrated steel mills by steel minimills demonstrates how low-end disruptors harness what we call asymmetries of motivation. Minimills first took hold in the steel industry in... View Details
        Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
        • 06 Aug 2021
        • Book

        Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

        cruelty who remakes the industry and in some cases society." “There were charismatic business leaders in the 1950s and 1960s, just as there are CEOs today who are not charismatic,” writes Tedlow. “We are describing a general tendency away... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
        • Web

        The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

        Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “Within the hour, the camera, the film, and the physical chemistry became so clear to me.” Edwin Land, "On Some Conditions for Scientific Profundity in... View Details
        • 01 Mar 2024
        • News

        Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

        retribution. Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future By Vijay Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) and Venkat Venkatraman Harvard Business School Press Tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, and Google can... View Details
        Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)
        • 12 Dec 2011
        • HBS Case

        HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

        that Clocky wouldn't even hit the market until 2007. “I would kill Clocky in about two days." —Diane Sawyer At that point, the device was just a project that Gauri Nanda, a graduate student at MIT's Media Lab, had developed for an View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

          Charles Lazarus

          Lazarus revolutionized the toy industry with his chain’s “cookie-cutter” uniformity, one-price discount policy, and deep inventory of 18,000 individual items. Toys “R” Us was... View Details
          Keywords: Retail
          • 01 Dec 2007
          • News

          Faculty Research Online

          HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Broadband: Remaking the Advertising View Details
          Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Manufacturing
          • 05 Aug 2002
          • Research & Ideas

          Understanding the Process of Innovation

          feedback on every idea, his reputation for deep knowledge, and the impressive industry contacts he's acquired have earned him a loyal following: his idea-generation process yields 200 interesting concepts a month. The Winnowing Phase The... View Details
          Keywords: by Loren Gray
          • 01 Oct 2000
          • News

          Internet Tsunami

          system, much more so than in the United States," the New York Times (June 7, 2000) reported. Merchants, ranging from toy stores to fishmongers, pay a monthly fee to access Rakuten's e-commerce software and customer database. Merchants... View Details
          Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
          • 29 Jan 2025
          • Blog Post

          Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

          entertained. I’ve always been someone who wants to brighten peoples’ day, and I sought to integrate that into my career. I took on roles that combined creative development and strategic leadership, working my up to CMO, and then President and CEO roles. I worked on... View Details