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- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
Few would argue that detergent is about as dull a product as might exist. Yet the odyssey of laundry soap and dishwashing liquid in Europe, according to two presenters, shines a streak of sunlight on some... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
these responses, is the value of intellectual property in all but a few instances or industries vastly overrated? Is the appropriate response to this dilemma to rethink processes to achieve speed as both a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
simple waste." Every year, the government kicks the present value of these unpaid bills—$37 trillion at last count—down the road to future generations. Expanding Medicare would cost the nation an... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
developing a post-Brexit strategy, including a green paper on industrial strategy published last year, Porter believes a far bolder approach is needed. First and foremost, the UK must define a new value proposition for itself as a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
benefits emanating from diversity, the two professors wanted to find a company that already had a lot of diversity in its ranks. This led them to the commercial bank. They then collected human resources data... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Winners and Losers at the Olympics
cable channels were aimed at ardent fans who wanted live, beginning-to-end, daytime coverage, from cross-country ski races to early rounds of the hockey tournament. And then there were the real fanatic fans and new media aficionados who... View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents
individual's BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes," but the Court, wisely I believe, made thoughtful distinctions about what is and is not patentable, deciding that, "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent... View Details
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
HBS Working Knowledge contributor Carol Elsen conducted an e-mail interview with Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner about their new book, The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Elsen: Since the dot-com implosion, how... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
Professor David M. Upton is the faculty chair of BCAO. He spoke with an Executive Education staff member about the course.EE: How do you define the term "operations"? Upton: "Operations" constitutes all View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
The recent twin economic and pandemic calamities should cause us to rethink the status quo for health insurance compensation. Must General Motors be a benefits company that happens to make cars? Is it in the best interest of employees if... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
which) the job makes the person (might be related) to the degree of alignment in values between the person and the organizational culture." Dinesh Kaushal suggested that "relative position also... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
creating "a modern version of alchemy," turning packages of poorly-rated mortgages into triple-A-rated collateral debt obligations, complete with supposed insurance against risk. The problem was... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
show went on, and that show was more productive." Similar results bore out in a follow-up quantitative field study at the same site the following summer, this time tracking the production of 3G USB mobile View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
lifestyle, these other products can add brand value and, being produced by others under license, they deliver some extra profit to the Trump organization. "In the world of representative democracy, you... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
often leading to new patents and companies—and at the same time producing a rich dataset for research. Comparing the list of winners for 100 years with databases of patent data... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning
When firms adopt a reverse or breakaway positioning strategy, there is no pretense about what they're up to. Part of the appeal of their cleverly positioned product offerings comes from explicitly subverting... View Details
Keywords: by Youngme Moon
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
Research.) The premise is simple—there's value out there in those more than 5,000 publicly traded stocks and thousands of other investment instruments, if only you know where to look. "We didn't want... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
services. Features that are not valued and therefore are not used. Decreasing price premiums for innovations that historically created value. An overserved customer will say, "Sure, I will take the next version View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
India's economic growth is an exciting new playing field for the retail industry and for entrepreneurs looking to get in on the ground level, a panel of that country's businessmen agreed. Rising incomes, increased advertising, and a jump... View Details
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
capital firms will need to deploy near-record amounts of capital, the due diligence process will take significantly more time, Gompers says. Potentially less favorable terms. As the pandemic grinds on and funding becomes potentially... View Details