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- 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
- 25 May 2015
- Blog Post
RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition
advise and mentor us. With the help of over a hundred 911 dispatch centers, we developed RapidSOS One-Touch-911, a mobile application that with one-touch transmits data off of your device (including your precise location, type of... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
gosh. If I were you, I would be scared to death..." The Case Of Hp Hewlett-Packard lost ground in the disk drive race, Christensen suggested, because it made what appeared to be very smart decisions based on its great size. As a case... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
Nokia lowered its guidance for Q2 2012, explaining in a press release that "competitive industry dynamics are negatively affecting the Smart Devices business unit to a somewhat greater extent than... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
gun. The producer's network was broadcasting the World Series that night, and the radar gun—the device that tracks the speed of pitches—was on the blink. The producer had made several fruitless calls, and many people had said, "Try... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
but we do it and we see huge dividends every year.” The many faces of E Ink: In addition to digital reading devices like Amazon’s Kindle and Aztak’s EZ Reader, E Ink’s customers include the makers of watches, cell phones, retail displays,... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
discounts and Amazon encouraged consumers to compare prices using smart phones, Best Buy was becoming a showroom for lower cost retail models. International expansion was struggling and domestic sales of digital televisions were cooling.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
smart can be even more important than working hard." HBS Press Books in Brief Leading the Revolution, by Gary Hamel, offers an action plan -- indeed, an incendiary device -- for any company or individual... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
complex devices just over the horizon, Terry believes that smart cities will require service providers like ChargerHelp! But Terry is also a realist. Saving the planet won’t be easy. As she told Emily... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
FitSkin, Inc., a smart device that is creating “the Google for skincare” with tools that help users measure skin conditions. According to Senem Yaman (MBA 2013), the Northeastern US/New York HBS Alumni New... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Arthur Rock
Capitalists” and focused on Rock’s search for intellectual honesty in the people with whom he invested. “Rock’s money smarts and guiding hand turned feisty Silicon Valley startups into some of the nation’s biggest technology companies,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
which HBS faculty are already studying. While one faculty member, for example, might look at the role that stock options played in a company that failed after it went public, another might investigate how a medical device company marketed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
adjacent industries, where other platforms might be poised to strike (e.g., smart phones moving into the PDA industry); and conversely, spotting expansion opportunities in adjacent industries (e.g., NTT DoCoMo expanding into payment... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
even "victory speech" about why saying "yes" to the deal you want is smart and in the other side's interests; f) constructive actions at the bargaining table informed by knowledge of the other side's internal conflicts... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
facilitate innovation among its diverse subsidiaries. But when news reports surfaced revealing struggles within Alphabet companies including Nest, the smart thermostat maker, observers began to wonder if the reorganization made sense... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
following question: how can data and analytic tools be used to create new value? The authors have explored that question with many clients. In their work, they've seen IT create new value in five patterns: using data from sensors in objects to improve offerings (think... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Person Page
Media
Media
This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We find that, on average, laws that limit the liability exposure of healthcare providers are associated with a significant reduction in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
products — and such cheerleading is literally paying off. One company that has certainly ridden — and perhaps created — the wave of increased interest in the market is LeapFrog, the developer of the LeapPad system, a computerized device... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
conflict." "The rapid infusers are truly indispensable in cases of massive blood loss," Olga Berg, Director of Development with the non-profit organization Ukraine Medical Consortium, said in a press release, noting that these devices are... View Details