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  • 05 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

Idea Group's four-phase process of innovation: the generation of ideas and the winnowing of the ideas down to a manageable few. There's usually some process by which a potentially great idea gets prostituted into something lackluster.— Clayton Christensen The... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

toy manufacturer), they both embraced the concepts and tools of Enterprise Risk Management. Over a number of years, at both firms, risk management transformed from a collection of "off-the-shelf" acquired tools and practices... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

Daniela BeyersdorferHarvard Business School Case 613-004 LEGO has emerged as one of the most successful companies in the toy industry. The case describes LEGO's gradual rise, rapid decline, and recent revitalization as it is keeping up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

goods would grow from 2 percent to 20 percent of the consumer market over the next five years. From a sector perspective, mall specialty stores that sell goods such as toys or watches should do well, said Biyani. Moderator Rangan wondered... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 21 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

The most captivating item in Michael Norton's office is a Star Wars The Force Trainer, a toy that allows would-be Jedi warriors to levitate a Ping-Pong ball within a tube using only the power of focused thinking. Norton, a marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

product safety expert, and we have a shared interest in what keeps safer products from reaching the market and what keeps less safe products on store shelves. In 2002 she wrote: As the world's largest retailer and the nation's largest toy... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create a new accounts payable system for Welsh toy distributor Tegan, the outsourcing firm from the Czech Republic views the project as another step in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

dif¬ferent approaches, including approaches that at first seemed inconsistent; through the involvement of lots of talented people, like that animator; and through a willingness to wait and see what worked and what needed tightening or expanding. When Pixar finished... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

unique window into gray zones through its in-depth look at the manufacture and exchange of illegal goods called homers, tolerated in a French aeronautic plant. Homers such as toys for kids, cutlery for the kitchen, or lamps for homes, are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

Donohue, President, US Chamber of Commerce; Lowell McAdam, CEO, Verizon; Charles W. Moorman (HBS MBA '89), Chairman, Norfolk Southern; Damon Silvers (HBS MBA '95), Policy Director and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO; Gerald Storch (HBS MBA '81), former CEO View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

http://hbr.org/search/612033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-086 Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities Learning Resources is a family owned educational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

casual but cultured lifestyle of California's Napa Valley, his coach Fern Mandelbaum, cofounder of toy maker Skyline, questioned whether other Americans shared his concept of Napa. "I thought, 'Come on, Fern, I will tell you what it... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

(humans, mannequins) and dog form (real dogs, toy dogs). We used multivariate pattern analysis of BOLD responses to uncover the representational similarity space for each area in the core face network. Here, we show that only responses in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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