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- 19 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Radical Design, Radical Results
the competitive advantage gained by how a product "speaks" to a customer is clear. Just think about how Apple began its resurrection in 1998 with the unthinkable design of computers made of translucent blue, orange, and pink... View Details
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
than those who dress conventionally. “You're saying, 'I'm so autonomous and successful that I can afford to dress in a nonconforming way'” Think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his hoodie, or the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in black... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
Silicon Valley firms, such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Scientific Data Systems, and Teledyne Incorporated. He was the first venture capitalist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rock was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
contrast, a woman cleaning floors for Apple today works for a service contractor. She can’t afford to take vacation time because of the wages she’d lose, going to school is financially out of reach, and no bonus is coming her way—plus she... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
Lal says. “It takes only one bad apple to destroy that trust.” Lesson 6: Keep products simple It’s best to launch mobile money services with a single or limited amount of product offerings that is easy to understand and promoted through a... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
blockbuster approach. In the book, I provide several examples, from Apple to Red Bull and from Victoria's Secret to Burberry. And I describe in depth how the blockbuster strategy is increasingly carrying the day in the hospitality sector,... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
in the country when they were in their infancy-including Apple and Intel. It's important that we figure out how to do more of this, and SBIC may be a good model to build on." Traditional Bank Lending Is Still Critical, But A Gap... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
At the beginning of the year, corporate skullduggery seemed limited to one or two egregious examples. A couple of bad apples won't spoil the whole bunch, we said to ourselves. But in the past several months, rottenness may have achieved a... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
look at many of the critical on-the-ground issues involved with innovative real estate development. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210070-PDF-ENG Apple Inc. in 2010 David B. Yoffie and Renee KimHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
convey? You have to stay close to your core consumer. Even though Skullcandy has grown over the years, and we now sell in mainstream places like Best Buy, Target, and Apple stores, the consumer at the center of our circle is still the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-020 Accounting for the iPhone Upgrade Program On September 9, 2015, Apple Inc. announced the “iPhone Upgrade Program,” a new way to purchase iPhone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
convey? You have to stay close to your core consumer. Even though Skullcandy has grown over the years, and we now sell in mainstream places like Best Buy, Target, and Apple stores, the consumer at the center of our circle is still the... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
finance and restructuring, explains the ins and outs of Chapter 11, while Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter focuses on the human element—the need for the new company's leadership to pay attention to its people and corporate culture. A Second Bite Of The View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
Apple has done over the last decade. They formerly were heavy users of commodity products, often made by competitors. But they have shifted to designing more and more of their own microprocessors and ancillary silicon chips as well as... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
the hub economy will continue to spread across more industries, concentrating more power in the hands of a few. As an example, they take an in-depth look at the auto industry and how Apple and Alphabet/Google are poised to become the main... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
an integral part of their administrative and educational experience. With advisors from Apple Computer and other software vendors, Crum and his colleagues developed a networked client-server computer environment that produced HBS's first... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209082 Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple Harvard Business School Note 609-066 Describes Apple's approach to innovation, management, and design... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace