Computer Systems Design and Related Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2015
What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

Summing Up How Transferable is the Google "School of Management"? Responses to this month's column suggest a great deal of respect for what Google's management has been able to achieve, both in terms of a strategy for bringing high-tech View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

a successful transformation in your company. Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines Author:Nava Ashraf Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Using an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

did a job not designated for their employer. In 40 percent of these cases, that "something" was an object. Homer making is not, however, a French phenomenon—court proceedings of fired homer makers point to its prevalence in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

Heinz, of the famous food company; Marshall Field, the Chicago retailer; Estée Lauder, who created one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world; Howard Schultz, of Starbucks Coffee Company; and Michael Dell, of Dell View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

outside of the market, or having to engage in costly and risky strategic behavior. I'll draw on recent examples of market design ranging from labor markets for doctors and new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

developing products created by hard-to-find customer-centered software engineers. But now Microsoft's proposed settlement of its dispute with an even bigger sumo—government—would involve giving computers equipped with its operating View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

Carter also has to consider the implications for Gaga's partners, including the concert promoter Live Nation and the William Morris Endeavor agency. What is the best strategy? Designed to help students... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

Business incubators are a booming industry. Offering office space, funding, and basic services to start-ups, these organizations have become the hottest way to nurture and grow... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

age: dot-coms, dot-com enablers, and wanna-dots. That's kind of a joke, because many of the pure dot-coms are dead. The dot-com enablers, which are the technology and service... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

systems are designed to track profitability only at the market and segment levels. Consequently, many managers are often forced to make important customer decisions based on... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

both a car wax and dessert topping. At the moment, the cell phone is the closest thing we have to a fully converged device, said panelists, who represented device makers, telecom service providers, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

prioritize one life over another? Does a self-driving car swerve to avoid a pedestrian if it means the driver or passenger gets injured, and how does that calculus change if the pedestrian is jaywalking or in a group, elderly or a child?... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

to the aviation reward, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering similar carrots for breakthroughs in sequencing the human genome, designing fuel-efficient cars, and even reaching the moon. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

provided excellent comparative data of the kind that we have seen all too little in the public debate on the matter. And nearly everyone admirably avoided the political rhetoric that has clouded rational thought about a truly complex... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

maximizing regional opportunities. Ghemawat discusses five regional strategies while leaving the meaning of a "region" open for interpretation. This excerpt describes the challenges of designating a meaningful definition of... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

entrepreneurs can exploit through the development of products and services specifically for inclusion in platforms, whether they are technological or marketing in nature? And... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

28 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

MaterialsChina in Africa: The Case of Sudan Harvard Business School Case 308-060 This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk. Purchase the case:... View Details