Technological Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

then that makes a lot of sense.” James Morton Turner, an environmental scholar and author of Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future, adds that drawing power from LFP batteries is “a promising technology for... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

You just can't see that far," says John D. Pratt (MBA '71), associate director and chief financial administrator of the Whitehead Institute. "Yet, if you're financing a new research facility, for example, sound planning generally requires... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

15 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

discern online. HP Open Pix and Live Picture offer zoom technology. According to Forrester, Bloomingdale's and J. Crew are starting to use these technologies on their sites. Most online apparel sites plan to... View Details

Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

01 Mar 2017
News

3-Minute Briefing: Wick Moorman (MBA 1989)

When I stepped down from Norfolk Southern after 45 years, I absolutely did not plan to take another job. I said no to Amtrak. Then they called again. I negotiated hard, obviously, for compensation. I’m making a dollar a year. . . . I... View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Limor Moshkovich

In her work at Bezeq in Israel, Limor Moshkovich became intrigued by the management possibilities. "I love technology and telecommunications," Limor says. "But to move forward into a senior position, I need something more... View Details

Portrait Project

Paul Sternhell

with disabilities. In five years, I plan to be married and have two insatiably curious children. Within ten years, I will join a nonprofit focused on bringing technology to underprivileged children as a... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Elevator Pitch: Certified Check

joint degree with the School of Engineering offered a real grounding in entrepreneurship,” explains Arnon, one of 28 graduates from the program’s first cohort. “I didn’t plan to start a business straight out of school, but the program... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

markets that don't yet exist. How then can managers identify and assess market potential? The simple answer is that you must "sense" a market's potential by actually being where the technology is emerging. More traditional market research... View Details

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

tend to seek technology partners that can grow with them over a long period, rather than bearing the switching costs of starting over with a new platform and supplier. Ideally, a sophisticated analytics system would allow consumers to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Technology

January 2013
Supplement

Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (B)

By: Willy Shih and Ying Zhou

Managers at Cabot Corporation are faced with deciding the future of its fuel cell program. The (A) case recounts the view of the business manager and the technical project lead, and the (B) case describes the perspective of a senior manager who is the head of the New... View Details

Citation

Purchase

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

with a successful entrepreneurial track record and a Boston address. “I am a tech CEO.” With so few women in leadership roles in the information technology sector and a dramatic gender imbalance throughout the field, Kraus’s title is more... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

furniture design but in a warehouse, a fleet of trucks, and a staff of drivers—the type of capital-intensive vertical integration he planned for later on, after Gaia Design had established its reputation as a source for well-designed,... View Details

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

collective research process. In particular we show that the process of creating breakthrough innovations of meanings partially mirrors the process of creating breakthrough technological innovations. Studies of design-driven innovation may... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2009
News

Deep Discovery

ammunition on board.” Bemis expects that as many as 4 million rounds of ammunition could be found; he plans to mount a $4 million forensic examination of the ship this summer (Daily Mail Online, December 20, 2008). View Details

Keywords: Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

mainstream consumers, not just environmentally conscious buyers and early adopters. Tesla’s forthcoming Model 3 boasts a 215-mile range and a $35,000 pre-incentive asking price. Virtually every major automaker now has an ambitious global electrification agenda. Ford... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

Web

From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

research highlighted the year’s achievements. Fiscal 2024 marked the third year of the School’s digital transformation (DTx), which was launched by Dean Datar as a strategic priority to accelerate opportunities to use data and artificial intelligence View Details

29 Jun 2016
News

The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

off the top price of each item sold. Rogers' plan is to also split another 1 percent to 2 percent among key community members who help improve the design. How long did it take to build a game-changing transportation solution? Rogers says... View Details

August 2021
Case

Wymsee

By: Julia Austin, Sarah Mehta and Tom Quinn

Wymsee was a company that aimed to develop a mobile application (app) that would allow television audience members to identify and purchase clothing or accessories worn by characters in the program they were watching, with the Wymsee founders taking a percentage of... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Acquisition; Product Positioning; Opportunities; Adaptation; Mobile Technology; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)