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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

one of Doriot's former students, chose Doriot to serve as lieutenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps. The Corps was responsible for research and development of new materials and products for combat troops. Doriot became a naturalized... View Details

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Teaching Support for HBS Faculty | Baker Library

products and manage course-related readings. Baker Library also supports students with their coursework and independent project assignments. Students can meet with us individually or in teams to discuss course projects, develop search... View Details

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

products or services look beyond their self-interest and work to collectively build the institutional infrastructure, they—and society as a whole—are more likely to prosper. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

product and service development is changing; creating the potential for higher R&D performance, innovation, and value creation for customers. The choice is simple: Organizations can either ignore these changes or take action and tap... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products. It was during a product line analysis for a pet food company that I discovered... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

June 2010
Article

What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

By: Glenn Ellison, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr

Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near one another, or coagglomerate. We construct pairwise coagglomeration indices for US manufacturing industries from the Economic... View Details

Keywords: Production; Economics; Industry Clusters; Analytics and Data Science; Labor; Theory; Goods and Commodities; United States; United Kingdom

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Seven-Up Division of Philip Morris

By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff

In 1979, Philip Morris acquired the Seven-Up Co., the number three concentrate producer in the U.S. After four years of losses, Seven-Up had registered an operating profit in 1984. Industry analysts were debating the role that Seven-Up would play in Philip Morris's... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Divisions; Debates; Profit; Production; Personal Development and Career; United States

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under plausible assumptions regarding this altruism and the reaction of consumers to firms that demonstrate insufficient altruism, existing firms (or brands) can face a larger demand for new products than new entrants. Moreover, the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2002
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In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

The expression “letting the fox guard the henhouse” comes to mind when you first hear about Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems, where a product manufacturer actually places orders for the retailer, determining quantities based upon... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

01 Mar 2004
News

Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value

and sell books.” What’s at work here is commoditization, a process that results in companies being unable to profitably differentiate their products and services. “The specter of commoditization sends chills down every executive’s spine —... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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target="new">Chronicle of Philanthropy: Our subscription to the online product includes access to articles, a jobs section, and interactive features. A Facts and Figures section includes data on donors, charities & foundations,... View Details

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Company, topic, & industry alerts

innovative products and services. Distributed biweekly each semester. ABI/Inform: Run a search on the company, topic, or industry of interest. Click Save search/alert., then click Create alert (upper right, above the... View Details

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Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 | Baker Library

Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 Mission We deliver distinctive information expertise, services, and products so that our community excels. Vision The Harvard Business School community starts with Baker Library to meet its... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Apr 2018
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Rethinking Retirement

Baby Boomers are reshaping retirement to create a life stage of possibilities and growth. But a step back from work requires a great deal of thought and consideration, and it's natural to feel uncertain. This program will provide a framework to plan and address each... View Details

Charles H. Steinway

Following behind his Uncle William, Charles Steinway focused on the business side of his family’s growing piano empire. Charles introduced the company’s first modern advertising campaign and personally took control of the European operations of the firm, streamlining... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Howard Heinz

Taking the helm of Heinz from his father, Howard continued to build the company through internal growth and development. He deftly managed the company through the Depression by introducing low cost, processed food products including Heinz... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

04 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

not have been true.” How the findings are relevant for businesses In fact, we tend to make all kinds of inferences about other people based on a variety of life choices they make, including where they live, whom they marry, the work they do, and even the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

pressures from globalization have very different outcomes in terms of, say, income and wage inequality.” This suggests, he continued, that domestic social and political choices and the public policy mix are all important. “Rather than turn protectionist, a more View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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 have to be the market share... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

authority of running the business. Chandler described this management culture as "managerial capitalism. "Owners' delegation of responsibility to professional managers established a corporate norm that was then carried down through the organization. The View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

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