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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
ROOFTOP GARDEN: HBS project manager Kevin Ruby surveys Shad Hall’s newly planted perennials. Photographs by Neal Hamberg When it came time to replace the leaky roof on Shad Hall — runners joked of dodging buckets placed on the indoor track to catch ceiling drips — the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
Frank Cespedes (photo by Neal Hamburg) Frank Cespedes (photo by Neal Hamburg) “Every entrepreneur is selling all the time—to customers, investors, employees, and strategic partners,” observes Thomas Eisenmann, the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business... View Details
- 02 May 2014
- News
Harvard Business School Hosts Largest-Ever MBA Fellowship Celebration
Keywords: fellowships
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Care
MARCELO: "So much of the leadership is helping other people and being selfless." Frustrated by her inability to find high-quality care for her children, Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998/JD 1999), a former consultant and executive at Upromise, founded Care.com in 2006.... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
determination. And, looking inside, it’s just a matter of seeing how the actual process works in very great detail, and who’s making decisions, what information do they have, what resources can they use. There’ve been many junctures in my... View Details
- February 2021
- Case
Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community
By: Shane Greenstein, Karim Lakhani and Christian Godwin
Threadless, an online apparel company and artist community which Jake Nickell founded in 2000, continued to maintain its status as a top company in the online apparel industry during its second decade. From 2010 to 2020, Threadless continued to operate its... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leading Change; Management; Marketing; Product Launch; Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Networks; Sales; Strategy; Adaptation; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; North America
Greenstein, Shane, Karim Lakhani, and Christian Godwin. "Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community." Harvard Business School Case 621-056, February 2021.
- January 2020
- Case
The June Oven
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin
The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Trends; Customers; Design; Entrepreneurship; Food; Goods and Commodities; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Product Development; Sales; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Christian Godwin. "The June Oven." Harvard Business School Case 320-067, January 2020.
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance
parties involved do not know one another. "Profit can be much higher for both parties when negotiating face-to-face, because vital information is shared," she said. Trust and understanding are much less likely to be found when... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
Art by Craig Frazier Related Links Alumni New Venture Contest Opens Webinar series (ongoing) Entrepreneurship at HBS (video) Harvard Launches Innovation Incubator Why is it that even when smart, educated, well-networked people launch new companies, a few strike gold,... View Details
- Fast Answer
Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
Alumni interested in leaders of the past century now have a powerful database at their fingertips, thanks to the School’s Leadership Initiative. The online resource offers a comprehensive overview of leadership in 20th-century American business and includes detailed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
PERLOW: “With projects that require creativity, teamwork, and innovation, you come to a point where working more has diminishing returns.” A self-described former “quant jock,” Leslie Perlow majored in economics at Princeton. But after studying with ethnographer John... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
low-cost leadership, product differentiation, or market specialization. Informing these approaches, Porter has produced an unparalleled flow of what are now world-famous, business-shaping ideas: “the five forces,” the “value chain,”... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information
- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
just, like, I said, my whole career. So when I interview people for jobs with my company, I always ask them about their first job and what they learned. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald. It... View Details
- 2018
- Article
Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market
By: Wen Wen and Feng Zhu
We examine how app developers on the Android mobile platform adjust their innovation efforts (rate and direction) and value-capture strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after Google’s entry threat increases,... View Details
Keywords: Platform-owner Entry; Entry Threat; Innovation; Complementors; Mobile App Industry; Digital Platforms; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software
Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu. "Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 9 (September 2019): 1336–1367.
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
December 2015 Deconstructing Draper Re: Golden State of Mind I admire Tim Draper (MBA 1984) for his sustained interest in rebooting public education in California. Too few HBS alums are engaged with public education, no doubt because of the complexity, bureaucracy, and... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Do You See What I See?
In the second-year elective The Moral Leader, students read and discuss a wide selection of literary sources, confronting complex moral challenges and developing the analytical skills and judgment that will be required of them as business leaders. In the course of... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
Burke: A need to close the income gap. After her graduation from HBS, few people could accuse Mary Burke (MBA 1985) of having led a dull life. As reported in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times (October 5, 2011), Burke first worked for McKinsey, then started a... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
father, James Cole, must set compensation that meets the needs of the family and the business. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808078 Managing in the Information Age Module Note for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace