Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

importantly, this venture is not the only answer and in the interest of solving the problem I should partner. On the personal side, I could not have had a better chance to explore entrepreneurship. I enjoyed... View Details

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Porter Prize India - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

initiative centered in India. The Prize is administered by the Institute for Competitiveness, India, which is dedicated to enlarging and disseminating the body of research and knowledge on competition and strategy. The Institute for Competitiveness provides guidance on... View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

that's a business opportunity. And then we said, now we need a business model. What kind of business problems are we going to solve where this technology is the single best solution? We made a prediction and... View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

innovative product's inherently disruptive nature, the incumbent inevitably tries to morph the product to fit into its existing processes and values. It alters the innovation to enhance its appeal to core customers and fit within its operating model. The View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

to make a go of it. They raised $500,000 from family and friends in 2019; picked up another $75,000 by winning the alumni track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2020; and raised $4.5 million in seed funding three months later. Foodology View Details

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

only if their protégé scored in the top quartile and decided to choose the high-stakes competition over the lesser guaranteed payment. Significantly, the protégés were told that they had sponsors before choosing whether to take the guaranteed 50 cents per View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide enough beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of inadequate capacity is of utmost importance in the “new normal,”... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

for solving challenging problems with the interpersonal skills required for deep relationship building. Coaching, mentoring, and leading lights her up and further her mission. “I knew that I wanted to get an... View Details

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

revenue, which is also difficult for a public company to do. About the Author Martha Lagace is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: metamorworks] Book Excerpt Launch: Solve the “Chicken-or- Egg” View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of "what is my calling?" It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing,... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

generations to feel that we kicked the problem down to them, I’d rather solve it now. One of the other unique things about 44.01, aside from the technology, is that we are working in a part of the world that... View Details

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

cognitive referent in the market. So they ended up actually undermining their own performance even while they helped the market take off.” The successful firms focused first on trying to solve a problem and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

You,” in which Nicholas Kristof wrote, “Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don’t matter in today’s great debates.” Or the 2015 Chronicle of Higher... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

affecting less than 1 in 2,000 people. Globally, there are about 350 million people , or 8% of the population, with a rare disease, yet only 5% of these diseases have an approved therapy. It’s a “ small numbers, big problem ” dilemma that... View Details

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

retailers fail to satisfy. If a consumer needs to touch a fabric, smell a cologne, or sample food, bricks and mortar have an advantage (but only if it can solve the free rider problem created by the... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

Mass.-based management consulting firm TruePoint Partners, which Beer co-founded and on which he now serves as a director. Most training programs focus on developing and changing behavior of individuals and teams. Beer and his colleagues say the View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

synchronous sessions with a combination of HBS faculty, social impact practitioners, and alumni to discuss cross-sector topics. Each session will be interactive with opportunities to collaborate with other HBS alumni on problem solving,... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

Andy Wu. Gaming is special because it’s 50 percent technology and 50 percent entertainment. In gaming, we’re challenged to solve both the problems of tech and entertainment. On the tech side, we have to... View Details

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

manufacturing, which allowed them to exploit the potential of carbon fiber. Lagace: Where can companies get better ideas? Pisano: The problem is often not where they look but where they don’t look for ideas. If you ask where ideas for... View Details