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- 24 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Transitioning to Product Management at HBS
extent possible, the ‘full PM experience,’ and that meant finding a fast-moving startup that would let me run with a meaty product feature from just a scribbled idea on a whiteboard, to requirement-gathering phase with customers and experts, to View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
the information age. The jobs of the CTO and CIO are and will be of unparalleled importance in the decades ahead. Max Hopper of American Airlines and Paul Strassmann of Kraft and NASA are not the last of a dying breed of dinosaurs, but View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
trapped in the government's embrace. As Ghemawat told the group, "In some sense the Embraer strategy is not very unusual. It's almost a prototypical strategy from one of these environments trying to become internationally... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
first prototype and then let that language dictate future work as their product gets market fit and scales. This rarely works out, unless that first engineer is a ringer, and most of the time the reality of having to refactor your entire... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
is structured around “Design Thinking” and teachings based off IDEO - deep customer observations, brainstorming, prototyping and testing. You are given multiple opportunities to put the consumer first through in-depth interviews and data... View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY Harvard Business School and Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID... View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
declined or held flat, and return on invested capital (ROIC) has suffered dramatically. This decline in ROIC has been exacerbated by the significant growth in store square footage before the recession. Retail store count exploded through the mid-2000s, and the size of... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
HBS FIELD - A Sneak Peek Into Retail
partner and they allowed us to test our ideas in one of their highest grossing stores, which was a highlight of the trip for me. Our prototype solutions were a success and during our final presentation the company agreed to try some of... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- Web
Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “I have long aspired to make our Company a noble prototype of industry: penetrating in science, reliable in engineering,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Entrepreneurs’ Fund
month. Said Rumennik, “The Minimum Viable Product Fund, or MVP Fund, alleviates the daunting financial barrier preventing students from building initial prototypes or test products, and encourages them to connect with like-minded peers.”... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
ranging from minor modifications to major new innovations. The user-friendly tools, often integrated into a package we call a "tool kit for customer innovation," deploy new technologies like computer simulation and rapid View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
reactor, in the US. Bill Gates is its chairman. Earlier this year, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with the China National Nuclear Corporation targeting the first working prototype in China. ThorCon Power has designed a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
product prototype would have meant costly and time-consuming changes. In contrast, the second technology could adapt much more readily to design changes, including late-stage customer requests, thus allowing designers greater latitude and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
consultant who tested the company’s prototype cameras and films. Morse embodied the creative ethos underpinning Land’s innovative company, bringing her artistic and scientific sensibilities to the advancement of a photographic medium that... View Details
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Grace Kim | MBA
finish, starting from the initial research and design stages, prototyping, prototyping, and prototyping again, until we reached a final stage where our device met our specifications in the most efficient possible way. This project enabled... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
2008. Since winning the Alumni New Venture Contest, which came with $25,000 and a mentoring opportunity with HBS faculty, Sundaram has grown from a staff of four to 16, and, after a stumble with outsourcing the prototype fabrication, has... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
eliminating SBA programs. Rather, it was an ambitious plan to make it easier for constituencies, like small businesses, to access the programs and services that are in place to help them. “The SBA is perhaps the perfect prototype for a... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- Profile
Inessa Lurye
organization with about fifty to sixty members. Inessa and her Design Club colleagues are developing workshops and inviting speakers who address “more creative ways of approaching familiar problems, generating ideas, prototyping... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab
Professor Srikant Datar’s creative problem-solving course, Design Thinking and Innovation, brings students together to hone their skills in identifying opportunities, prototyping solutions, and iterating to meet customer needs. “Creative... View Details