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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
sales would fall, and Land would have to let go of hundreds of employees. Land's patent attorney Donald Brown explained, "Before the end of the War Dr. Land had decided that the expansion of the company's business could most readily be... View Details
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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting
your website. Consider the reader's goals Candidates are interested in the day-to-day tasks and want to know how your organization prioritizes professional development and... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
learning to come up with a communication strategy targeting different segments.” We drafted a booklet that answered a lot of challenging questions about what it means to be gay, and the administration agreed... View Details
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
between focus and a broader vision? What are the antidotes to too much focus? What do you think? Original Article Focus is good, right? For years we have been admonished as managers to maintain focus: design View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
store. In 2015 the company was developing a strategy for its Smart Platform, a model in which Ocado would lease its software, hardware, and integration services to... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
participants. Questions they considered: What key elements of strategy and competitiveness will help a firm from an emerging market suceed internationally? How can a government assist a company without... View Details
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John H. McArthur | About
on August 20, 2019 outside Boston, Massachusetts. His energy and leadership kept HBS at the forefront of business education and laid a foundation of intellectual growth View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
is ready for audiences, making them risky and expensive propositions. “Each one is a huge project, and the success rate is quite low,” says Hong Luo, the James Dinan and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
2016 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development By: Beckert, Sven, and Seth Rockman, eds. Abstract—During the nineteenth century, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Supplement
Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Construction; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; North America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Oliver Gassmann, and Roman Sauer. "Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-808, June 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
realized how different brand perceptions could be across various cultures and countries. Through multiple customer interactions, we synthesized our findings to develop real short term View Details
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
Singapore Competitiveness Report
By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Ashish Lall and Boon Siong Neo
The 2009 Singapore Competitiveness Report, the first in this new series of regular assessments by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, provides data and analysis to inform the discussions on the impact of the crisis... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Singapore
Ketels, Christian H.M., Ashish Lall, and Boon Siong Neo. "Singapore Competitiveness Report." Asia Competitiveness Institute, Singapore, November 2009.
- July 2020
- Supplement
Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to... View Details
Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon
Ghosh, Shikhar, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line." Harvard Business School Supplement 821-012, July 2020.
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Inside the Learning: Wellness on Campus
and weight room Squash and racquetball courts Locker rooms Exercise studios Sauna and steam rooms If you will be on campus for a longer program, you can also take advantage of... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
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6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation
applying knowledge in pursuit of innovation. “When you peel back the layers of these companies, you find that these six qualities are practiced, and often they have family edicts that are passed down from one generation to the next,” says... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
Colgate–Palmolive, Product Manager 1991 Named SVP of Marketing and Product Development, Converse 1994 Joins Core Strategy Group, Partner 1996 Named President, Keds 2002 Launches Strategic Grant Partners 2013... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Digital Innovation - Alumni
new ways. HBS for Life HBS supports alumni in their professional development and personal growth at every age or career stage through extensive online resources View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Module 2 Experiments to Achieve Product-Market Fit Explore the discovery phase of tech startup development that occurs before achieving product-market fit. Assess different go-to-market strategies View Details
- January 2023
- Article
The Dark Side of Machiavellian Rhetoric: Signaling in Reward-Based Crowdfunding Performance
By: Goran Calic, Rene Arseneault and Maryam Ghasemaghaei
In this study, we explore the impact of Machiavellian rhetoric on fundraising within the increasingly important context of online crowdfunding. The “all-or-nothing” funding model used by the world’s largest crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, may be an attractive... View Details
Calic, Goran, Rene Arseneault, and Maryam Ghasemaghaei. "The Dark Side of Machiavellian Rhetoric: Signaling in Reward-Based Crowdfunding Performance." Journal of Business Ethics 182, no. 3 (January 2023): 875–896.
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
productivity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52141 Capturing Value from IP in a Global Environment By: Alcácer, Juan, Karin Beukel, and Bruno Cassiman Abstract—This paper documents the strong View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel