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- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
for years at a time. Like Cinderella herself, these movies rush out of the ball while the party's still going strong, before the magic wears off. Many other companies adopted similar strategies, and the psychologist Robert Cialdini... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
the same thing, and he'd ask, 'What is the magic of XMarkstheSpot? Because there are so many companies out there, and everybody has funding. There is something magical about your company, but how do you... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
illustrating my points with examples from companies including Home Depot, McDonald's, Merck, and Pfizer. There is no magic bullet that can target the pitfalls of your business strategy, but you must engage in ongoing, face-to-face... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of The Business Insider, disagrees saying, "You can't just wave your magic wand and make something of nothing." This short case is designed to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
governance. According to Grace Hinchman, senior vice president for public affairs at Financial Executives International, chief financial officers need to become more responsive to a smarter audit committee, and shareholders have a responsibility, too. "Regulation... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
floating-point flaw in the Pentium chip. Q: And when this happened, what did he do that wasn't quite right? A: Well, Andy allowed himself, in my opinion, to lose that magical ability to say if new management were to come in, what would... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-005 Magic Bus: From Childhood to Livelihood Founded in 1999 by Matthew Spacie to give poor children an opportunity to play, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
Oberholzer-Gee: “One of the fascinating things about newspaper economics is that, if you could magically jump into an all-digital future, you actually don’t need that big of an audience in order to survive.” Working Knowledge sat down... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
format and expect the date to be the first field in any electronic purchase order it receives. Before any systems integration can take place, these dissimilarities need to be resolved. There is no magic bullet in the Web services toolkit... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=3985220&R=112702-MMC-ENG&conversationId=189822 China Magic Going Home Li Jin, Zhihong Yi, and Jun JiangHarvard Business School Case 211-036 The largest Chinese energy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
What is missing by defining health, as we do today, as a public good? Michael Chu: What are the fundamental characteristics that we need for an effective response to poverty? Poverty is defined by three billion people living on less than $2 a day. If you and I were... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
companies, like Global Foundries or Corning, who are collaborators and partners. Kanter: That’s fantastic. You used a magic word, “pipeline.” We're talking about something systemic that not only addresses education, but it is building new... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
flow, they decide they need to become global. And the way they think about becoming global is to buy a global brand, hoping that the magic will rub off on the local brands. That usually doesn’t happen. Godiva was bought by Ülker in... View Details
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
Many of us are sailing toward retirement with the hope that Social Security, personal savings, and money saved in an employer's 401(k) or 403(b) plan will add up to the magic sum required to enjoy our remaining years in reasonable style.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Johnson & Johnson" and "Remicade/Simponi: Confidential Instructions for Merck." Purchase this supplement:http://hbr.org/search/911046-PDF-ENG Innovation Magic Stefan Thomke and Jason RandalHarvard Business School Note... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
accompanying a Dove logo: You are more beautiful than you think. (Evian's "live young" campaign delivers a similarly positive message—not to mention the fact that dancing babies garner the magic mix of surprise and joy.) "I think of these... View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
customers over long periods of time. What's the secret of long-running megabrands such as Mountain Dew, Nike, and Budweiser? The magical sweet spot when a brand delivers imaginative stories that are perfectly attuned to society's desires.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
creative and magical environment. The Disney studio had created more than 53 feature animated films in over three-quarters of a century-beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1937 through to Frozen, released in November of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne