by Stefan Thomke - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

competing on the basis of discounts, U.S. carmakers need to get to the point where people want to buy their cars. —Stefan Thomke Although the Big 3 (or maybe the Big 2, after Chrysler's merger with Daimler) continue to dominate the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

December 2023
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Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein

Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details

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10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

several members of the quartet. Time spent rehearsing was time not spent performing and recording. They did eventually record the entire string quartet cycle on Nimbus. Folks who are able to play the way these guys play can get lots of gigs and are paid good rates... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

19 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

joining a bubble. In the recent paper, "Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles," Harvard Business School's Robin Greenwood and Stanford's Stefan Nagel compared the returns of young and older mutual fund managers during and after... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

"and we have no experience in how to handle it. The old economy has to adapt, has to change. I think we are doing that." Stefan Muennighoff (HBS MBA '99), co-founder and CEO of GloMediX, said entrepreneurs can draw on the... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

March 2017
Exercise

Designing Transformational Customer Experiences

By: Stefan Thomke

Anyone who has recently travelled, gone shopping, or tried to have a problem solved may have little recollection of the experience. Worse yet, some are frustrated by the lack of responsiveness or empathy that they encountered. The reality is that most customer... View Details

Keywords: Customer Experience; Exercise; Learning By Doing; LEGO; Storytelling; Customer Satisfaction; Design; Innovation and Management; Transformation; Service Delivery

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06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass — On a rainy afternoon in late October, Mohsen Mostafavi stood before a packed auditorium at Harvard University and considered the history of cities in terms of three cooked eggs. Mostafavi, the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, described... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Apr 2015
News

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

to do with the innate nature of the product itself, the features built into it. And if you start with a product that does well on these five factors, then life gets a lot easier. Stefan Thomke How can a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

April 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

Virginia Mason Medical Center (VM) hired Owens & Minor (O&M) as its alpha vendor for medical/surgical supplies in 2004. By 2005, O&M was performing Just-in-Time and Low Unit of Measure services for VM, but they believed the pricing model in the industry was outdated.... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Price; Distribution; Supply Chain Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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2023
Working Paper

Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein

Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details

Keywords: Clean Tech; Decarbonization; Carbon Emissions; Learning By Doing; Environment; Energy; Environmental Management; Sustainable Cities; Price; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia

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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

Li Alan D. MacCormack Edward McFowland III Antonio Moreno Kyle R. Myers Frank Nagle Seth Neel Elisabeth C. Paulson Gary P. Pisano Ananth Raman Maria P. Roche Willy C. Shih Stefan H. Thomke Michael W. Toffel... View Details

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8420 Working Papers Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

July 2017
Teaching Note

Designing Transformational Customer Experiences

By: Stefan Thomke

Keywords: Customer Experience; Design; Exercise; Learning By Doing; LEGO; Storytelling; Transformation

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December 2018
Case

Corporate Transformation at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Tonia Labruyere

When Stefan Oschmann became CEO and chairman of the executive board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in 2016, the company had started its transformation from a mid-tier traditional German industry player to a global modern science and technology player. The... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance With Family Ownership; Transformation; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership

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28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

written by six members of the HBS Class of 1976 from the 10th and 20th reunions. The six alumni represent a cross section of the class of 1976 and provide a snapshot of life at the time of the reunions. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

Publications August 2013 pub Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry By: Bennett, Victor Manuel, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how reducing search frictions in secondary markets affects... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

field and advancing theoretical understanding in posts at schools of management or in disciplinary departments. The Organizational Behavior program is jointly administered by the faculty of Harvard Business School and the Department of... View Details

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Required Curriculum - MBA

to critically evaluate data science methodologies, results, and recommendations. Fluency in the vocabulary and logic used by data scientists to drive key organizational decisions. Exposure to emerging technologies like generative AI and... View Details

June 2000 (Revised October 2017)
Case

IDEO

By: Stefan Thomke and Ashok Nimgade

Describes IDEO, the world's leading product design firm, and its innovation culture and process. Emphasis is placed on the important role of prototyping and experimentation in general, and in the design of the very successful Palm V handheld computer in particular. A... View Details