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- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
export-driven economy to one centered around knowledge industries and services and a growing consumer class. “It took a week or so to recover afterward, but I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way,” HBS associate professor Suraj... View Details
- 30 Dec 2015
- News
SimpliSafe’s Success Awakens Sleeping Giant
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
BRAILER: Aiming to give every American an electronic health-care record by 2014. American health-care providers may use the best technology in the world, but when it comes to patient records, the system is an inefficient maze responsible... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
Noa says, “it was electronic music – techno is my passion!” But how would she connect the dots between her enthusiasm for music and her business ambitions? Noa’s advisor suggested she review the websites of large VC firms to see if they... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Forecasting Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract The Harvard Economic Service pioneered in the business of economic forecasting by publishing a quarterly journal on economic statistics and, starting in 1922, a weekly letter on economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
point is not whether public or private providers deliver the service but the efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness of that service,” says Jeremy Pelczer (AMP 162, 2002), president and CEO of American Water. “We agree that water is a... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39382 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 913-041 SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America, must develop its... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
specific customer groups either are overserved or are unsatisfied nonconsumers. Overserved customers consume a product or service but don't need all its features or functionality. Three specific indicators point to this customer group:... View Details
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
people with super fan opportunities and fanbases, that presents a real opportunity. Yet there was no manufacturing capacity, so therein was the problem. Any of the artists I was trying to get vinyl made for were facing eight months to a... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose
factory in the middle of the city, and it is probably the only city in India where you can drink clean water straight out of the tap. Both my grandfather and father worked at Tata Steel, the iconic steel manufacturing factory. I grew up... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Reunions Local Club Contacts Special-Interest Alumni Groups Alumni Career Services - a source of career information and job listings, as well as a source of candidates for positions in your company Executive Education Programs HBS... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
Above: illustration by Matthew Roharik/Getty Images In November 2019, a team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, visited Moderna, Inc.’s manufacturing plant in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
The result was Litton Industries, Inc., an electronic products and systems manufacturer that in its first twelve years increased sales by 30,000 percent. It was said at the time that Litton had reached $1... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
Good people are essential for success. Keep the product and the process simple. Deliver the most reliable service at the lowest cost. Invest the time to connect with employees and customers. These are the basic tenets fueling the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Booting Up
cater properly to larger-footed women. One day a shoe manufacturer finally said to me, 'Why don't you do something about that?'" Intrigued by the challenge, Thornton interviewed shoe retailers and View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
asset accumulators of the future” A new breed of financial technology companies, known collectively as fintech, has taken advantage of these traits to disrupt an unexpected industry: personal investing. Just as manufacturing companies... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
and help provide a variety of services for a wide range of customers. "There is a direct relationship," he said, "between technological development and the liquidity of markets. We are all involved in generating more... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Herman Miller(B): Creating Innovation Streams
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
In 1997, Mike Volkema faced the difficulty of attempting to revitalize a once dynamic organization. Volkema wondered how he could incorporate advances made within subsidiaries, such as Miller SQA's business model innovation, into the company as a whole while also... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Product Design; Product Development; Product; Supply Chain Management; Business Model; Service Delivery; Customer Value and Value Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "Herman Miller(B): Creating Innovation Streams." Harvard Business School Case 602-024, October 2001. (Revised November 2002.)
- 10 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
A Summer Reflection
allowing them to take on some very exciting projects. One HBS intern was on the clinics team, seeking to roll out basic primary care health services in stores- this has been in the news a bit lately as it ramps up. I sat next to the Made... View Details