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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
'I’ll bring it down to 3 percent,' but without any proof, the customer will say, 'why don’t you try it out on someone else first,'” Lal says. For that reason, instead of just selling connected products to business customers, companies must learn to help customers run... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
How did he do these deals? What strategies and tactics worked and what failed? Why and under what conditions? What ethical challenges does this approach present? Is there an underlying logic and method to his approach that, well beyond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
so interested in strategy and the intricacies of running a business? A: Grove made the transition from technologist to technologist/manager because he had no choice. When Intel was founded in July of 1968, he was employee number three.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
relationship using data from 93 change projects conducted by clinical managers at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The results show social position, both within the field and within the organization, influences actors'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
successful strategy of commercializing new technologies by using the learning and income from the previous set of successful innovations. Matsushita's story is different and unique. In 1952, Matsushita arranged to acquire the technical... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
response organizations to adopt very different leadership strategies if they are effectively to cope with the differential demands of these events. In this paper, we develop further ideas about leadership under crisis conditions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross-industry projects and the ways they must be managed. The authors analyze contemporary cases that expose the complex demands of cross-boundary collaboration... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
waters, with asymmetric and unpredictable shocks hitting throughout the value chain. In such an interconnected and uncertain world, entire production networks are at risk of disappearing. Many companies interviewed in our project took... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
market's growth that is the primary driver of profit margins and sales growth. A few retailers have succeeded in going global by developing strategies that apply four retail-specific rules for globalization. Rule 1: The home market is the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
professors were doing what I liked to do, but with all the people in a section, the impact was multiplied eighty times," he observes. During his second year in the MBA Program, a research project on CEOs with Professor Nitin Nohria... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
political participation and interest while improving representation of all groups. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52460 December 2016 Strategic Management Journal Through the Mud or in the Boardroom: Examining Activist Types and Their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Case 317-044 Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Algramo
By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
Chu, Michael, Monica Silva, and Mariana Cal. "Algramo." Harvard Business School Case 321-079, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
that may be to do. In this article, the authors look at research from behavioral economics, social psychology, and other disciplines and offer practical tactics for leaders hoping to project a healthy amount of both qualities. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy By: Simons, Robert Abstract—This study focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, and diagnostic control systems. The View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- October 2019
- Supplement
Airbus vs. Boeing (I): Airbus Introduces the A350 (2015)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the introduction of Airbus’ A350XWB (Xtra Wide Body) in 2015. It also describes Airbus and Boeing’s current endeavors in 2015, including Airbus’ development of the A330neo (new engine option) , Boeing’s work on the 737 MAX, and Boeing’s announcement... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Air Transportation; Projects; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States; Europe
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Airbus vs. Boeing (I): Airbus Introduces the A350 (2015)." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-384, October 2019.
- October 2019 (Revised June 2020)
- Supplement
Airbus vs. Boeing (G): New Planes and Upgrades (2011)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the first commercial flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in 2011, three years after originally planned, as well as the first commercial flight of Airbus' superjumbo, the A380, in 2007. It also describes the companies' current endeavors in 2011,... View Details
Keywords: Airbus; Boeing; Product Development; Air Transportation; Projects; Competition; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Airbus vs. Boeing (G): New Planes and Upgrades (2011)." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-382, October 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Porter Directs New Institute at HBS
A new Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), directed by Michael E. Porter, opened at HBS in July. The interdisciplinary ISC is dedicated to enlarging and disseminating the body of research on competition and View Details
- October 2019
- Supplement
Airbus vs. Boeing (L): Discontinuing the A380 (February 2019)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes Airbus’ February 2019 announcement that it was ending production of the A380, with the last delivery scheduled for 2021. The announcement followed an order cancellation by Emirates, a major customer of the A380. The A380 had faced significant... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Air Transportation; Projects; Competition; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Europe
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Airbus vs. Boeing (L): Discontinuing the A380 (February 2019)." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-387, October 2019.