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- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
multinationals toward organization-wide rationalization. Efficiencies and commonalities have emerged, particularly with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
HBS Professor Clayton Christensen sees disruptive innovation as a threat to everything from Microsoft to Japan—and even to a certain prominent business school. But through that disruption comes improved quality of life—and major... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
Michael W. Toffel Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
look to us as a source of information to help them with that. They can be seventy years old and care about how they look, or they can be seventeen. How have your product lines evolved? We started with a core brand definition of providing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
film’s revenues and be able to choose a release date that will enhance our sales of toys and other merchandise. What changes will be made at the company as it enters this new industry? Our Marvel Studios division has been intimately involved in the View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
officer and leader of the design team charged with overseeing a major upgrade of the company's proprietary customer loyalty platform. Davide has kept tight control on the development process and has not allowed the design team to discuss... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)
Black dolls for girls but nothing for boys. So I created Sun-Man, a superhero who gets his strength from the sun. The idea grew from exploring the biology of melanin and its protective qualities for those with darker skin. In my... View Details
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
processes of production and distribution. This was a massive innovation over the older model of a single owner who tried to oversee everything. Under managerial capitalism, ownership became dispersed, but control remained concentrated in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
quality responses from the community. A beverage company client for Tongal initially asked for an ad that would convince people that its product was healthier than competitors. But if the question were posed... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
markets in developed nations. But by the mid-1980s, the Yangs decided the time had come to differentiate themselves. They would concentrate on quality and meeting the needs of the most discriminating designers and retailers in areas such... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
gamble. So there are different ways to get into the game.” In addition to offering close personal attention and care, Clay limits the size of a stallion’s “book,” selecting a limited number of quality mares from those that have applied... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
consists of (1) two firms competing in a vertically differentiated market in which product quality is a mix of public and private components and (2) a market for developers that firms hire after observing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Colt Stander
thinking, design and business have much in common. “To create a good product, you have to know all the influences behind manufacturing the product and consumer behavior. I became interested in business because I knew that to create the... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
succeed in that context. The "graduates" of this school would have finely honed operational skills in managing quality programs, process improvement teams, and cost-control efforts. Even the most senior manufacturing executives... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- Web
Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
custom production line that ensures consistent, high-quality patches without contamination. It could move more quickly and better ensure the quality of its products if it owned... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
marketed its products as family food, targeting its messages to children as well as adults. Expanding slowly also gave Pujals the chance to work out and test his business model. He was able to determine exactly what sort of investments he... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
retail outlets, such that stores with membership fees are more popular even when they offer the same goods at the same prices as stores without fees. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-029.pdf Dynamics of Platform Competition: Exploring the Role of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
trying to avoid. It’s alleged that pressure was increasingly being applied by top management to meet cost and delivery targets. Sales had done a great job selling planes several years out at prices based on costs that it was thought would eventually be achieved as the... View Details