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- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
1990s—the Kittyhawk team pushed upmarket and targeted ultrathin laptop manufacturers. But these manufacturers were looking for breakthroughs in drive technology to improve cost per megabyte and capacity, not to sacrifice them. Moreover, at this point, the Nintendo... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
When Klump discussed the matter with a fellow team member, she laughed and told him, “You are too American! No matter how toned down your comments might be, it’s still too direct.” The incident and its aftermath, Klump says, were largely responsible for prompting him... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
employees’ long-term prospects via continuing education/development or ownership options may allow for a discount in pay. Sharply differentiate good performance from average and poor performance. This should be based on metrics that are... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
employees’ long-term prospects via continuing education/development or ownership options may allow for a discount in pay. Sharply differentiate good performance from average and poor performance. This should be based on metrics that are... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
a new toothpaste that had helped drive Colgate to a record value share in the important U.S. market, was in the global pipeline for 2005. Burton had on his desk the proposed marketing launch plans for CMF in China and Mexico. Each plan... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-022 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate (B) The leader of a pioneering biotech company in the siRNA space weighs his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Organizational Behavior Lynn Paine Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA Organizational Behavior Leslie Perlow Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Creating Brand Value Marketing Julian de Freitas Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Creating... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
shark populations, which results in an ongoing decline, according to the 2013 study Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks. The extinction risk is considerably higher for chrondrichthyan fishes – sharks,... View Details
- 31 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent This Summer Coding
would it cost to build/change/scale this? - is a frequent question in startup land (elsewhere too) where recruitment targets are typically behind schedule. In my case, I saw two main options to building a MVP (minimum viable product):... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49606 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Can Analysts Assess Fundamental Risk and Valuation Uncertainty? An Empirical Analysis of Scenario-Based Value Estimates By: Joos, Peter R.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Commencement 2011 Address | About
instill while you were here at HBS. Always be prepared. Think deeply about problems. Analyze them from multiple perspectives. Solicit the opinions of others and debate options rigorously. Make a considered and thoughtful decision, however... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information technology investments, I find that a high net value of adaptation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
preparation offices were given the option to purchase U.S. Savings Bonds in addition to existing Block savings products. The fraction of filers who did any savings at the tax-site was 8.5 times higher at these treatment sites offering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
what I'm working on now, which is midstream hydrogen transport. I did an overview of the different options for transporting hydrogen molecules around; what is the market opportunity; I talked to a bunch of different customers, and now I’m... View Details
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
surprised about the push for fair value accounting. While the FASB also is heading in this direction, the IASB really led the push. It is a major change in our basis for accounting and I think business leaders are just catching on to the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
cost. And we figured out a path to that low cost because we were really cash-constrained. And I believe those two things are linked. Morrell: The frontier market model has helped Nicole create a more sustainable business, but she knows that’s not what Silicon Valley... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
according to the organization’s long-term values and goals. Surprisingly, we find that the intervention drove even higher effort on performance associated with pre-existing monetary incentives, but, on average, did not affect nonfinancial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
cause of blindness. In October 2009 the company entered into licensing and purchase option agreements with Alcon, which is now taking Potentia's drug candidate through Clinical 2 trials with a to-market goal of 2014. "The Business Plan... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
level of its access to resources, identify and seize growth opportunities. Know Your Customers' Mindsets—intimately Innovation comes in two varieties: technology-push and customer-pull. Technology-push—introducing new products based on cutting-edge research—is not an... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
investment. "Now, obviously, the company is doing much better since Jobs returned to the CEO job; but having said that, it has not yet reached the value that it was in the early 1990s," Yoffie points out. Yoffie, whose book Judo... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne