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November 1990
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Techsonic Industries, Inc.: Humminbird - New Products

By: Melvyn A. Menezes

After several new product failures, the company began using customer input to help develop new products. In 1989, the fishing electronics industry is experiencing a downturn, and the company's sales and profits are slipping. The company, which has one product line... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Marketing Reference Programs; Product Development; Electronics Industry

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27 Jun 2023
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Marketing When Budgets Are Down

05 Oct 2022
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Inside the Chip Shortage

Photo via Digital Chosun Photo via Digital Chosun The shortage of semiconductors that has hamstrung the automotive industry since 2020 isn’t over yet, and Renesas CEO Hidetoshi Shibata (MBA 2001) predicts the shortage will continue well into the middle of 2023,... View Details

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

07 Apr 2022
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Change Is Hard. Here’s How to Make It Less Painful.

26 Nov 2021
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Today’s CEOs Need Hands-On Digital Skills

24 Aug 2021
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Where Digital Transformations Go Wrong in Small and Midsize Companies

07 Sep 2021
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Funding His Purpose

About five years after Leonardo Letelier (MBA 2002) graduated from HBS, he found himself at a career crossroads. He enjoyed the work he was doing as a consultant, but something was missing. He didn’t have the word for it. “Today, everyone talks about purpose,” he says,... View Details

21 Jun 2021
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5 Questions Boards Should Be Asking About Digital Transformation

11 May 2021
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What Does ‘Just Be Yourself’ Really Look Like at Work?

26 Oct 2020
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A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Consider Social Impact Leadership in a Warming World The HBS Club of Singapore and HBS Club of London cosponsored a lively virtual discussion, in late September to explore the ways companies can drive social impact in the context of global... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Sep 2020
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A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change

01 Jul 2020
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Become a More Resilient Leader in Turbulent Times

16 Dec 2019
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Breaking Up the All-Male Boardroom

01 Jun 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest

The son of a diplomat and a veteran of the hospitality industry, Craig Smith (AMP 188, 2015) has lived in 13 countries and territories. “Home,” he says, is defined by the furniture and keepsakes that move with you from place to place. Currently based in Hong Kong as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality

22 Feb 2018
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My First Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Everyone remembers their first real job—in part, because it’s everyone’s first experience with a new and foreign world of work. But it’s also because those first jobs can teach us valuable lessons that... View Details

17 May 2017
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Nisa Godrej Takes Over

Photo via The Hindu Photo via The Hindu After a decade of work at her family’s Mumbai-based conglomerate, Nisa Godrej (MBA 2006) has been appointed to head up the consumer products division—taking over for her father, Adi Godrej. Godrej made her mark on the business by... View Details

22 Aug 2016
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The Future of GE

General Electric, now 124 years old, is looking to the future, CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) recently told Vanity Fair. When Immelt took the helm of GE in 2001, it was a diverse conglomerate. Now, Immelt said, “we’ve exited almost all of financial services. We’ve exited... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Taking Care of Business

Winners the HBS New Venture Competition don’t rest on their laurels for long—the ink is hardly dry on those prizewinning checks before it’s time to shift to a higher gear. (This year’s cash prizes in the alumni competition totaled more than $75,000.) Much like its... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 Jan 2015
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Queen of the Seven-Minute Interview

Keywords: entrepreneurship; hiring practices; career advice; leadership

01 Dec 2014
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Ask the Expert: A Fair Share

Rent out your house, your car, even your bike—are there any limits to what people will part with (and what regulators will allow) in the new sharing economy? We called on Shelby Clark (MBA 2010)—founder of the car-sharing service RelayRides and executive director of... View Details

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