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- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
headquarters BTG Bioliquids company profile BTG Bioliquids has developed a fast pyrolysis technology that enables its customers to convert biomass residues into fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO), which has lower carbon intensity than... View Details
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Considering Retirement - Alumni
Work imposes obligations on your location and time. What will your days look like in the absence of your previous customs and habits? Community When you're no longer part of a work team, will you become an integral part of other... View Details
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
from each Kickstarter project, including the comments from the customers and updates posted by the entrepreneur. The researchers then manually collected data for actual delivery times and numbers of product features. They also... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
just wrote a case on Procter & Gamble in Japan. They understand that Japanese women are incredibly sophisticated, demanding customers who spend more money on cosmetics than anyone else in the world. Instead of saying, "Well,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
organization more customer responsive and attuned to the needs of smaller businesses, as well as for shifting the bank's focus away from dealings with foreign governments and toward more private transactions. In 1996, President Clinton... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
the right expectation and rhythm for execution, discovering and developing talent to their potential, to being responsible for every decision I make. What's next? Teresa: In the year ahead, I’m excited to continue customer interviews with... View Details
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
pricing strategies Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative cost analysis Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most Understand the power of network effects to drive demand Identify sources of... View Details
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
reams of immediate feedback from site readers, and continued to incorporate feedback into several successive product launches-each of which added only a couple of new features. While the feature additions were gradual, they were rapid, as was company growth: Dropbox... View Details
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
across the country. Our recent field trip to India provided valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities associated with decarbonization, particularly focusing on the financing aspects. Based on a discussion with India Climate... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
notion that the signal-to-noise ratio plays a central role in generating multiplicity with AA preferences for fairness. Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 612-701 Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
I. Norton and Kate Barasz, conducted an experiment asking participants to decide between two different dating partners based on their online profiles. Each profile contained answers to intimate and provocative questions, such as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food
on a consumer’s ability to see a product before buying it. “Especially after the rise of supermarkets, consumers couldn’t talk to store clerks to help them choose,” Hisano says. “But consumers knew how food should look based on their... View Details
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
short-term performance is at stake, (2) the fear of disruption resulting from "thinking differently and deeply," (3) the potential psychological cost of changing one's mind resulting from deep thinking, and (4) the lack of information providing deep insights... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
says, companies need to be clear about what they offer customers, and be prepared to pursue innovative business models to monetize it. Oftentimes, it’s not immediately obvious how connected devices can help make a customer more efficient.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Music, a retailer based in the Midwest. “Its biggest profit drivers were rap and hip-hop,” he remarks. “I remember thinking that there was a real opportunity to cater more directly to that customer base.” To... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
laundromat called “Linens and Lattes” that would let customers drink coffee, socialize, and surf the web while waiting for their clothes to dry). Well into the night, the judges discussed the presentations over dinner at Harvest... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
with commercial institutions to reap benefits from their larger sources of capital and technology expertise? Would that mean compromising his original mission of elevating people from the base of the pyramid? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Marquis Jet Takes Off
uniquely positioned to broaden the customer base for private-jet travel to their former clients: young, highly paid athletes and performers. By contrast, their research showed that the typical private-jet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
one emerging economy. Based on an exploratory field study of medical device development projects in India, we observe the frequent, iterative testing of prototypes in clinical settings and investigate the related learning process. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman