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- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
Anand Piramal and his team sought to "democratize healthcare" in India through the development of a new service delivery model. If Henry Ford could build and deliver cars to everyone in the United States, Piramal thought, then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
decades, is on the auction block. Consumers apparently loved the car more than GM executives, who couldn't figure out how to make much money with it. The same day, Google announced its earnings: In discussing the announcement, analysts... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
geologist looking at a map and ends with a consumer putting fuel in his car so he can drive to work," Reinhardt explains. "There's enormous economic value being created there; so who captures it?" The value chain for... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
the world from one of materialism, where we buy products (such as houses or cars or clothes), to one of experiences, where we focus on having special moments with the people we care about. Despite all the consumerism of the last 50 years,... View Details
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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
"name your own price" devices, permission marketing, group buying, price comparison engines, car purchase Web sites, mass customization, etc. It is still largely a new way of thinking whose domain and modalities remain to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
to south since it is so much quicker than driving it’s not just relegating buses to those who can’t afford cars. More significantly in this situation, this is an all-electric system. This means that the buses have no tailpipe emissions – and the View Details
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator G eorges Frederic Doriot's interest in manufacturing began at an early age . He was born in 1899 in France, where his father Auguste was a successful engineer for the Peugeot Motor Company and later ran his own View Details
- Web
Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report
and most recently serves on the board of [solidcore], Renovo Home Partners, and El Car Wash. Rachel Lam (MBA 1994) is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Imagination Capital and serves on the boards of Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) and Porch... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
models (including 11 in North America) slated to debut over the next three years. The lineup features the rotary-powered RX-8 sports car and the all-new midsize Mazda6, which, Fields proudly notes, has “class-leading driving dynamics,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
generation. When you have an oil company saying that, by 2030, one-third of all car sales are going to be electric vehicles [EVs]—an oil company actually admitting that to themselves and to the public—then real change is afoot. “When we... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
library’s collections. Briggs Motor Sales Company Records, 1925-1946 Collection Guide The Briggs Motor Sales collection offers a relatively rare glimpse into the way an early twentieth-century car dealership helped its customers find... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
around in my car and heard some great interpretations of Christmas songs. Then they played one for Hanukkah, but it was just so blah. I went home and started tickling the ivories, so to speak.” Map it out: “At HBS, Ben Shapiro was a... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
electronic car company founded and led by Elon Musk. Wall Street analysts are wildly divided on the future growth prospects for this company, and analysts’ one year share price targets range from $160 to $500. The case explores in detail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
the demands of highly defined and idiosyncratic groups such as “Newly Released Ex-Cons” and “Christian Zionists.” The country may have been built on the idea of individualism, but we have come to expect that it be factored into practically every aspect of our lives.... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
bookings, buy cars and homes, while Recruit also owns Indeed and Glass Door. Being a good place to be from is a shift from the current employer mindset. Instead of wanting employees on board until you’re tired of them—a philosophy... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
compression ratios on car engines. Or dual overhead camshafts. What does that mean in terms of what matters to me? Does it get me more gas mileage? In the same sense, what you're really worried about is your standard of living, not what's... View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
August, Starbucks Wi-Fi traffic has jumped 450 percent, Hostin said, with most usage in the afternoon and evening. Another benefit: Wi-Fi users stay in the store longer than the non-connected customer, although some people sit in their View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
potentially make electric cars more common and faster than we thought. Can you walk me through it? Jurgen Weiss: Companies like Amazon or FedEx or UPS that own all the delivery trucks look much more closely at the total cost of ownership.... View Details