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  • 01 Jun 2019
  • News

City on a Hill

eight years below the national average.) But with its manifold offerings and programs, all of which feed one another in ways both obvious and subtle, the school is a model for a radically diverse approach to economic development that combines View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

That distinction more likely belongs to Uber and Netflix, Yoffie notes. Uber could never have existed in a 3G world, and ubiquitous mobile video was impossible before 4G. The real winners are the companies that figured out how to do View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

pioneered shipbuilding techniques that not only allowed him to build ships at unprecedented rates, but he also spurred the whole shipbuilding industry to do the same. His fame made him the object of envy and scorn for shipbuilders all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Michael Depatie

be a great place to work. Last year, we were selected as one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” We try to create an environment where our people are empowered to make creative decisions but are also accountable for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

San Francisco office, and it also details the evolution of Pentagram itself. In addition, this case offers a thick description of Hinrichs and his team working with a client. This case can be used in business and executive education courses on professional service... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store

when they offered the promotion. But it isn't clear that the promotion actually caused this. We wanted to get real data. It is difficult to get sample data from retailers; it takes a lot on their end to supply samples. We chose grocery retail because it is an View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities, especially in industries in which stock prices are most sensitive to earnings news. These findings are consistent with the notion that short-termist pressures distort investment... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

Business School’s Ranjay Gulati looks at how it tackled the challenge. He identifies several important takeaways for other multinationals: Give the local organizations clout, embrace creative abrasion, build strong functions, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

United States and five other countries. "We definitely think of ourselves as an entrepreneurial company, even though we've been around for a while," says Thompson. "It's been a productive and exciting time." Many observers believe that the analytical and View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
  • 03 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

the footwear industry. So when a well-respected industry leader asked to talk about a merger, Cabot had to admit that with her "crisis of confidence," it might just be time. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2020
  • News

Green Light

problem-solving, so you’re probably going to be able to see two or three solutions around something in a way that other people don’t.” The other benefit, the neurologist noted, was creativity. While Lo never saw herself as a creative... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

From Where We Stand

my goals. The financial services industry was just opening up to women, and I was on a mission to be one of the first to participate. I loved being a pioneer. I had my goals and was determined to achieve them. They were, and still are, to... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Faculty Books

The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (Harvard Business Review Press) The best managers build a group of employees who have great inner work lives:... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)
  • 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
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  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Lords of Strategy

Company; and HBS professor Michael Porter (MBA ’71). In addition to the pioneering roles played by this innovative quartet, there is another leitmotif — a fifth key player — that runs throughout the book: The industry would not exist as... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-060.pdf Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM Authors:Timothy Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein, and Rebecca Henderson Abstract We address a longstanding question... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

Firm in a Nascent Industry By: Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—This paper explores how entrepreneurs' efforts to legitimate a firm and a nascent industry affect the internal development of the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

change in a nation with a relatively constant patent policy, Great Britain. Getting Known by the Company You Keep: Publicizing the Qualifications and Former Associations of Skilled Employees Authors: Peter Roberts and Mukti Khaire Publication: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks, and Build an Incredible Career Keeping a Diary to Catalyze Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa, Steven Kramer, and Ela Ben-Ur Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into valuable feedstock for another... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace