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Ben Steiner
the phone with VCs, and negotiating contracts with suppliers. I had one sectionmate who had used Zipcars and wanted to take the idea to the next level of efficiency. He’s founded a company called RelayRides that will allow anyone to rent out his View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Full Circle
explains. “The ones that get into my psyche the most are when it’s clear that a pet is particularly vital to an owner.” For example, a chocolate Lab named Ginger — an important member of a family with seven children — was hit by a car and... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
was critical in getting the ball rolling for Relay Rides, a service allowing customers to rent neighborhood cars from private owners by the hour or by the day. (Clark also got some “Air Time” in the December Bulletin. By the fall of his... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
companies and economies the world over. To look at one example, the Chinese are threatening in their President Trump response to increase tariffs on American-made cars. We’ve already seen that German car maker BMW, which exports its... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
from initial research phases, to brainstorming, to concept development and prototyping. The results? A car that might feature a personalized hood ornament and an interior with pulsating floor lights, customized seat covers, and an onboard... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
access to many diverse transactions through a single device, be it a mobile phone, a videogame system, an iPod, a car navigation system, etc. Q: Software platforms naturally lead to multi-sided business but Apple seems to be the outlier... View Details
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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
standardization and cooperative efficiency—the assembly line, and an “industrial doctor of science,” as the accompanying caption states, performs “basic data research” aimed at formulating the best possible car lubricant. Baker Library |... View Details
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best” Think of the Bugatti Veyron, for example, a car with 1,000 horsepower that goes 252 miles an hour.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
illustration by Vahram Muradyan illustration by Vahram Muradyan A few years ago I went through a sort of wilderness experience, where nothing was lining up. I had to sell my car and move in with a roommate to cut costs. There was a moment... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
advertising as well as other opportunities for multi-tasking while we await responses to our last click. Original Article We are witnessing a race to reduce the time required to fill the tank of a car with gasoline. Why, when Mobil... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Frese's financial accounting class. I didn't even know what that day's case was but this was a supposed "safe class"—no cold-calling. Suddenly through my haze, I heard Professor Frese say: "Well, Mr. MacKinnon, perhaps you can tell us all how General Motors prices its... View Details
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Marco Crespo
Marco Crespo's story is one of continuity. Before attending HBS, he had been active in the Ayrton Senna Foundation, a Brazilian nonprofit founded by a world-famous Formula 1 race car driver, dedicated to improving public education. While... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
wagon wheel factory after the car has been invented.—Alex Urquhart, GE Commercial Finance This has been a critical motivational point for Phanstiel at PacifiCare. When the company unveiled its growth plans to employees, people were so... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
car wreck in slow motion. The protections afforded international investors in these environments stand in contrast to the treatment of local investors and firms. This highlights another way in which global investors, particularly... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice
entrepreneurs,” Koning says. “It’s especially hard if you run a car wash outside Nairobi. And now, here’s a technology that allows us to put a phenomenal business adviser in the pockets of billions of people.” You Might Also Like: Can AI... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Management. Harris approached the three decades after HBS as if he were tackling case studies in entrepreneurship. From executive positions at utility companies and owning a car dealership, to launching a Silicon Valley startup, each of... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
fewer miles driven, the lower the annual premium—presenting a temptation to lie. Controlling for the number of cars per policy, the researchers found that the average reported mileage per car was much higher... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
and where to cut was clearly a plus for Carlos Ghosn, who is not a GE alumnus but is one of the cases we teach on a new CEO widely known for transforming the nearly bankrupt Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan into one of the world's most successful View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
in 2013 and is currently working on driverless cars—could offer cities an even deeper data stream. “When you start incorporating data generated from cars directly, you’ll be able to make much smarter transportation decisions, make much... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
employment will be sporadic, and they will have difficulty making ends meet. If lenders tighten credit, they will of course reduce their risk; but at the same time millions of Americans, barred from borrowing, will be unable to leverage their incomes to buy either a... View Details