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  • 11 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

even better to get the children actively involved in the giving, she says, for example by donating their toys in-person or donating clothes to programs that help other children in need as opposed to simply helping their parents write a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

unbelievable job. But what’s interesting is that the underlying attitudes are not that different—a lot of experimentation—from those that we’ve seen in the NASA and SpaceX ecosystem in the last decade but with probably a fraction of the View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace
  • 28 Nov 2018
  • HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

been tanking, with shares recently trading at $1.50. And in October, Sears filed for bankruptcy protection, following the dark road paved by Borders, RadioShack, and Toys ‘R’ Us. “Target had to make this big shift from thinking only about... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 20 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

for $1 billion. Had he never chatted with Kay, he would never have wound up purchasing Pixar, and the world might never have thrilled to wonderful animated films like Toy Story, WALL-E, and Up. Experimenting. Finally, innovators are... View Details
Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen
  • 27 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

competitors to take advantage of the market opportunity,” she says. Danielle Kost is senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Image: Jarretera Related Reading: Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right Don’t Just... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 17 Oct 2019
  • Research & Ideas

‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells

company released its pink and purple “Pens for Her,” featuring a “thin barrel designed to fit a woman’s hand.” Shoppers blasted Target when a store labeled toys in one aisle “building sets” and those in another aisle “girls’ building... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • 09 Jan 2020
  • Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

perspective, it’s like the holiday season. It’s like finding toys everywhere. There’s opportunity under every rock. For a traditional firm, there’s also a whole new generation of tremendous opportunities that are open to them. Their... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

releases will get better." The only way to attract great typists would be for voice recognition to be faster and more accurate than typing. This is a very high technical hurdle. Where has voice-recognition technology begun to take off? Kids love the ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
  • 31 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

was his foray into energy conservation and baby products in the 1970s and '80s, followed by Cap Toys, offering toys and candy, in the 1980s and '90s. The latter venture, which produced the uniquely American and insanely popular SpinPop... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products
  • 06 Aug 2021
  • Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

that he was the father of Lisa Brennan-Jobs, although the mixture of cruelty and kindness with which he treated her would have driven a less innately well-grounded person crazy. Pixar was a screaming success. Those who viewed Toy Story... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Oct 2020
  • Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

goes on. We have started to acknowledge these truths, and we’re toying with interventions, at both the individual level and the policy level to overcome time poverty. Some places are trying four-day workweeks (the United States, as with... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Dec 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

"Most fad items don't have a functional element," Ofek says. "A Pet Rock doesn't have a functional element. A Tickle Me Elmo toy does not have a functional element. With Clocky, even if the cuteness factor wears off, it... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products
  • 04 Nov 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

only on paper.” There were several criticisms of the fact that the research identified correlations, not causes. Norman Toy made the point by stressing the especially mischievous nature of the use of correlation in this case. In his... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

2011. In the early 2000s, e-commerce was seen as a threat to entire store formats such as grocery, music, and toy stores. But as consumer behavior evolved over the last decade and as supply chains improved, it became apparent that the... View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

Idea Group's four-phase process of innovation: the generation of ideas and the winnowing of the ideas down to a manageable few. There's usually some process by which a potentially great idea gets prostituted into something lackluster.— Clayton Christensen The... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
  • 28 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

As one of the largest toy makers in the world, the LEGO Group has been riding high in America and Western Europe. To grow, however, LEGO recently faced a decision familiar to many other multinationals: should the company shift from... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 11 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

can firms do to prevent it? A: When you go buy a toy at the store, the only cost that stands out is the price you pay for the toy, not the coins you put in the parking meter near the store's window. If you buy View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 04 May 2016
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

Show!’ Partner with a toy company and there could be a Boaty under every tree this Christmas and a Boaty Book explaining his or her research mission.’ Others were less enthusiastic. Darmody1 reminded us that, “it’s important to consider... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising
  • 09 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 9

http://hbr.org/search/113045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-478 LEGO (A): The Crisis As this case opens, iconic toymaker LEGO stands on the brink of bankruptcy. Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, LEGO's young and newly appointed CEO, must size up changes in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

about what they've learned, and what changes they're planning. This collective, public conversation was critical when sales managers at Mattel Canada were trying to initiate a different kind of innovation: introducing a new sales channel. Due to the cyclical,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader
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