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February 1991 (Revised April 1991)
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Zenith and High-Definition Television--1990

By: Benjamin Gomes-Casseres, David B. Yoffie and Heather A. Hazard

Describes Zenith's strategy in HDTV and high resolution monitors. Includes overview of HDTV industry with profiles of major competitors worldwide and policies of U.S., Japanese, and European governments. Focuses on competition over standards setting, industrial policy,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Standards; Production; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry

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Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest… 2015 | About

Holzer printed the statements on electronic signs and aluminum plaques; later she had the texts etched into stone benches. Holzer has had exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and the Guggenheim Museums in... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business

to subsidize less popular offerings. And now these strategies are pervading other industries from consumer electronics to fashion. “Although risky, betting heavily on the most likely blockbusters and spending considerably less on the... View Details

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

private treatment that they and their families can afford. In poor countries, consumers are best advised to keep their own medical records since nothing approaching an electronic record-keeping system is available. As a result, enormous... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

01 Jun 2000
News

Books

about helping executives to get beyond these misconceptions by opening their eyes to new vistas." e-Leadership is also available as an electronic version that can be downloaded and customized at the reader's discretion. More information... View Details

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

technical and management team members. Now running desperately low on cash, Perlman had to contend with many potential deal partners, including VCs, angels, and industrial partners (as potential sources of cash); consumer electronics... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

21 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google

Fisher, Jurvetson, can serve as an example. In 1995 he and his partners heard a proposal from two coworkers who aspired to be entrepreneurs, Sabeer Bhatia, a native of India, and Jack Smith. Though lacking any entrepreneurial experience, they had a great idea for a new... View Details

Keywords: by Shane Greenstein; Information Technology

01 Jun 1997
News

MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96

discussions and faculty polls. Students may also access a comprehensive Career Services database of job listings (searchable by company, industry, and other categories). Other efforts to enhance the educational process through technology include online video and View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Feedback

success is a little understated because he achieved these honors against a growing tide of electronic media that is moving strongly against print subscription. Competition thrills us, and I suspect Frank will embrace the technology that... View Details

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

Teixeira, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Marketing unit. But not anymore. The Second Internet Wave A second wave of Internet disruption threatens not only electronics and telecom businesses, but also industries... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Career Coach

Wabantu Hlophe

build the networks they need to switch career tracks. He is also happy to help with career visioning, interview prep, resume and cover letter reviews. To book an appointment, please send use his Calendly. Work Experience: Electronic Arts... View Details

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Raghu Yarlagadda

Most electronic devices come with cautionary labels warning users against the dangers of opening the box. Fortunately, as a youth growing up in India, fascinated by televisions, Raghu Yarlagadda ignored the warnings and looked inside. He... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

consumer. In all these sectors of the industry, Tufano and the others agree, an increasingly important force is entering into the mix: the Internet. The Electronic Brokerage Still riding a "second burst" during the extended 1980s -1990s... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Sep 2016
News

Building a Legacy

Generators from Japan. India had power shortages; I became the largest importer of generators in the world in three years. I was all of 23, 24 then. “I imported India’s first push-button phone. And phones were not allowed to be imported. But View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Plunging Into the Net

coordinates elective field studies in information technology and has developed case modules on electronic commerce and emerging Internet-based business opportunities. Applegate has worked with a number of HBS alumni who are launching... View Details

Harold V. Haverty

Haverty achieved over 5 consecutive years of 25%+ return on equity ratios and double digit revenue growth. He is credited with diversifying Deluxe – expanding into electronic funds processing from off-line check printing. Haverty was... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Frost & Sullivan | Baker Library

Business & Financial Services Chemicals, Materials & Nutrition Electronics & Security Energy & Power Environment & Sustainability Healthcare Industrial Automation Information & Communication Technologies Measurement & Instrumentation... View Details

19 Sep 2019
News

Predicting Human Behaviors

Above: Sid Misra (MBA 2013) cofounder, Perceptive Automata (Len Rubenstein; courtesy of Perceptive Automata) Amid the hubbub of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest technology tradeshow, Sid Misra (MBA 2013)... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2010
News

Reinventing the Annual Report

in this effort, including Southwest Airlines (with its Southwest Airlines One Report), United Technologies Corporation (UTC), the Dutch electronics and health-care giant Philips, the German chemical company BASF, and Danish pharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: Robert G. Eccles

10 Feb 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

modest tuition. “I used to have thrills when doing multimillion-dollar business deals,” says Crane. “Now, when I make a $10,000 loan, it’s a jewel.” The former president and CEO of the electronic database publisher COMPS InfoSystems,... View Details

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