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- February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer
By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann
In the wake of the meltdown among U.S. auto manufacturers in 2009, Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, has a new approach for the automotive industry: decide which models are produced through online design competitions, and then allow customers to "build their own cars"... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Product Development; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customization and Personalization; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; United States
Norton, Michael I., and Jeremy Dann. "Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 510-062, February 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations.... View Details
- January 2011
- Teaching Note
Neoprene (TN)
By: Tom Nicholas
Teaching Note for 810-084. View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
own activities many functions that were formerly the province of marketing," says Professor Alvin J. Silk, unit cochair. "Marketing is indeed experiencing a watershed," adds Silk's colleague and the unit's other cochair, Professor John A. Quelch. He notes that dynamic,... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
Don’t let the fact that first-year MBA students immerse themselves in the beer industry fool you—they are learning about product development by participating in an online simulation. In fact, the use and complexity of simulations in the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
I'll throw the finished product back over the wall,' dissolving the wall and finding the best product collaboratively is the way to innovation." Naveen Kashyap commented, "In a business world where the paradigm is View Details
- Web
Systems Change Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Providing direct service was one powerful way for systems changemakers to develop their influence. Changemakers can also wield influence in positions of formal authority, or by affiliating with entities that have earned institutional influence. 3. Effective systems... View Details
- Web
Impact Stories - Business & Environment
protect their environment and their people while still having a thriving industrial economy." Austin Blackmon MBA 2013 | From HBS to the Mayor's Office "Our goal is for Boston to be carbon-free by 2050. So what are the policies that we... View Details
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
wanted to do something about it. After thinking about ways they could bring more music to HBS, they decided that setting up an official student club was the best option. They collaborated closely with Student Academic Services to get The... View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
spoken natively; the supervisors speak the other 2. To bridge the gap, the mining industry long ago adopted the use of Fanagalo, a pidgin language developed in the nineteenth century so colonists could communicate with their servants.... View Details
- April 2013
- Article
Overcoming Resistance to Organizational Change: Strong Ties and Affective Cooptation
By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to potentially influential organization members who are ambivalent about a change (fence-sitters)... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Power and Influence; Health Industry; United Kingdom
Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro. "Overcoming Resistance to Organizational Change: Strong Ties and Affective Cooptation." Management Science 59, no. 4 (April 2013): 819–836.
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
has held that sheer corporate size could ensure industry dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit “blind spot.” While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota “strives to use its... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
African platinum mines. In my courses, I debated cases with classmates whose journeys to HBS are as remarkable as they are diverse, hearing from experts and case protagonists along the way. Outside of class, I listened to insightful and inspiring View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
equity, and real estate. KFC in China: Secret Recipe for Success by Warren Liu (MBA ’81) (Wiley) Liu examines the major factors that catapulted KFC to the top of the Chinese restaurant- service industry in less than two decades. He... View Details
- Web
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting
success. If that cannot be accomplished within the same company at this moment in time, companies finding opportunities to collaborate within their industry is a powerful way forward. In addition, Kevin and... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?
Several months ago, Harvard's Forum on Health Care Innovation surveyed industry executives, policy makers, academics, and doctors about the state of health care in the United States. Their report card was not encouraging. Only 14 percent... View Details
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
... Harnessing the Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago Robin Lee Greiner 28 Mar 2018 I spent most of my career harnessing the power of business to effect positive social change. Bef... HBS Hacks: A New Model for Alumni... View Details
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Cork'd: Building a Social Network for Wine Lovers (TN)
Teaching Note for 911026. View Details
- Web
Weekend Sprint: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Blog - Business & Environment
HBS’s Business and Environment Initiative. Through this collaboration, participants were able to gain a holistic view of the entrepreneurial journey and a unique opportunity to collaborate with climate concerned students across the... View Details