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10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

model. Amazon leverages its higher inventory turns, lower investments in physical assets, and faster cash conversion cycle to deliver up to 20 percent cost savings to the consumer. At a 5 percent price advantage, consumers might not see... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

generally. There are potentially even greater savings to be realized in improving building efficiency, he notes, through energy audits, retrofits, and smart building software (the DOE estimates energy waste in the average US commercial... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

drug could treat osteoporosis and thus developed their one-billion-dollar-a-year drug, Evista, while Strattera, a failed antidepressant, was discovered to be an effective treatment for hyperactivity/attention deficit disorder. Second, a deep probing analysis can... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

dry cleaning be picked up and delivered, saving you the trouble of going to the dry cleaner’s yourself. With this digital equivalent layered on top of the standard business model, the third and final layer for entrepreneurs and executives... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

accelerate that process without thus far any evidence of safety concerns," says Stern. In other words, just by streamlining its procedures and new product requirements, the FDA can shave months off the time that it takes to get needed devices into the hands that need... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

achievement. In the 1960s, however, it began to self-destruct by diversifying, first in attempting to compete with IBM in the production of mainframes and then by becoming a conglomerate, purchasing, among others, Hertz Rent A Car, frozen-food companies, View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

Research Summary

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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

"It would have saved 400 lives a night." 18 He began discussions with automobile executives and engineers in 1932, including the head of General Motors research, Charles Kettering. Despite years of effort, Land ultimately failed to launch... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

emerged as obviously superior, so a fourth team was formed to draw from the best elements of the three original simulations, rearranging Cardboard City a final time. It resulted in a compact, tightly focused factory and well-positioned machines — View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

inconsistent patchwork. They’re still set at minimum levels, giving occupants time to escape but not saving properties. Homes are the core of most people’s wealth and the most vulnerable assets. How do we ignite a sense of... View Details

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

will often consider the giant risk but ignore the smaller risks that create friction in the supply chain," says M. Eric Johnson, director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business in Hanover, N.H. "They'll look at... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

low-level—and virtually unnoticed. Kill The Hero, Save The Change The applicability of Semco's model to large corporations is a matter of some debate. Nevertheless, Henry Mintzberg, a professor of management studies at McGill University... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

five-legged cow; it doesn't really make sense. I think that Enron's pathologies are not unique, save in their collective occurrence and collective impact. Very few of us who engage in competitive endeavors have not in some way been... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

protection weakened Price controls Influence: Low 80 1980 s 19 Reaganomics Heavy defense and deficit spending Savings and Loan bailout Chrysler bailout Breakup of AT&T Influence: Medium-Low 90 1990 s Family and Medical Leave Act Americans... View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

possible. This was surprising, given our understanding of the “split incentives” problem in green buildings: the party responsible for emissions-reducing investments (developers) are often unable to capture the savings of those... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

and working on campus. Conservation measures yielded $29 million in estimated savings in the last decade, and also brought in $2 million in incentives and $130,000 from solar renewable energy credits. More on Campus Sustainability A Dean... View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

you can earn an advanced Certificate of Specialization. With our past participant discount, you'll receive 30% off your second and third courses for a total savings of $1,110 . Here are two learning pathways we recommend based on your... View Details

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

wait for care. Patagonia lists the suppliers for each item on its website, while Southwest Airlines’ “transfarency” campaign pledges to save customers from hidden fees. After all, customers are already turning to Google searches and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

business plan competitions and I thought that, okay, I'm going to use this to do my user research and save most of it. Once I write a PowerPoint deck with my pitch idea and I have it all thought out, I'm going to pitch a bunch of... View Details

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

or a blog comment? There is no magic formula we have for linking this type of digital activity to the actual sale." In addition to the presumed increase in ticket sales, Tate has found value in the information users have provided online, which has View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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