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- 09 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 9
and professional activities of academic biomedical scientists. In qualitative and quantitative analyses, we show that scientists match to their postdoctoral mentors based on two dominant factors, geography and scientific focus. They then View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
as those in group practice. Peer interaction is important for professional learning and quality care. Working Papers Return Migration and Geography of Innovation in MNEs: A Natural Experiment of On-the-Job Learning of Knowledge View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
for employees is different from what delivers the most value for the business? Roche: Microsoft conducted an internal survey where they asked employees how they felt about working remotely and how productive they were. It was striking to... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
begins with 150-plus diverse teams working with global partners to develop new products and services. To help facilitate this process, faculty teach the concept of "design thinking," allowing students to generate ideas, quickly... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
a number of companies have adopted an intriguing approach, which at first seems counterintuitive. Essentially, these companies have abandoned their efforts to understand exactly what products their customers... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
accountability in encouraging companies to develop products with a lower carbon impact. There was debate around the feasibility and accuracy of measuring these emissions but an overall agreement that tracking, reporting, and measurement... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015
Under a carbon tariff, foreign firms with a production cost advantage adopt clean technology at a lower emissions price than domestic firms, and foreign entry can increase in emissions price when foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
institutions? The answer, the authors argue, is yes. The key lies in market-creating innovations: products and services that speak to unmet local needs, create local jobs, and scale up quickly. Examples include MicroEnsure, which has made... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
percent of its revenues coming from abroad. In establishing its global presence, Gupta explains, McKinsey has adopted a modus operandi to ensure that the all-important values of the organization - "a meritocracy dedicated to the highest... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace
business: incorporating new perspectives encourages innovation and can also increase productivity and safety. In a psychologically safe workplace, when mistakes are made and learned from, the company can move forward instead of repeating... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
multidivisional enterprises that have diversified into related product lines. The present book aims to fill in this gap in the literature by adopting a coherent approach to this elusive subject. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
stages, which the course calls extrapolation – the period of dramatic top-line growth that occurs midway through a typical S-curve, after a venture has confirmed product-market fit and raised its first round of VC financing. Adopting the... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007
pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah, managing director of the BASIX's bank, considers a revised insurance policy for the coming season, weighing the costs and potential risks of expanding the product against the potential benefits. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
corporate clients wishing to develop such programs. After various positions in the firm's sales and strategic planning areas, she eventually became director of new product development. "I loved creating new services for our clients - such... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
rules of commerce: Instead of selling the “means” (their products and services), they adopt innovative revenue models to pursue “ends” (actual outcomes). They show that paying by the pill, semester, food... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
corporate practices, and the persona of the expert witness. This paper describes an actor-network coming into being and shows how credible institutions, organizations that manufacture integrity as their main sellable product, adopted a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details