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- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
proposal, forcing E-Loan to come back with a better deal. Creating preferential access does not mean forging subpar deals; rather, it allows marketplace efficiencies to dictate decisions. By institutionalizing networking, an incubator achieves View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55493 Marketplace Scalability and Strategic Use of Platform Investment By: Li, Jin, Gary P. Pisano, and Feng Zhu Abstract— The View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
on a profitable and scalable basis. With Pearson's overall strategy shifting from the developed to the developing world and from a supplier of books to a host of other learning products and services, the company thought PALF's lessons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
not saying people can't do it, but if something is going to be scalable to the millions of workers who will be entering the system in the coming years, that idea doesn't work as a core strategy." Participants in the system can view... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
carefully select a partner from a number of interested parties. Finally, he would need to change shopping, eating, and cooking behaviors of a community. In doing so, he hoped to leave a lasting positive health impact and a scalable model... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
professional leaders are required (although some organizations use facilitators to get them started), and minimal staff is needed to support them. In this sense they are scalable for organizations that want to use True North Groups to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
two comparison groups did not differ significantly from each other. These findings suggest that a technology-based resilience intervention, which employs a low-touch, cost-effective, easily scalable intervention format, can successfully... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
BrightStar. As franchises began to sell, Sun quickly set about building scalable operations and infrastructure, including a centralized technology function and custom software for franchisees. As more and more locations opened around the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
world, the economics were terrific. The business was highly scalable but, in addition, there was a great market for the digital information. So that part of the business looked to be very well-founded. But in the physical world, it was a... View Details
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
outcomes, but using the scalability and capital access of the for-profit form of activity), the corporate social responsibility activities of a traditional for-profit business, and even governmental organizations. There is an hypothesis... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
resulting, just-published book, Business Solutions for the Global Poor, is to accelerate the adoption of new, scalable solutions to the global poverty problem," notes HBS professor John Quelch, a member of the conference committee.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
require a healthy balance between the forces of vision and motivating passion and those of process, structure, and efficient systems. Howard Schultz I think there are also lessons for established businesses in Brand New in terms of the ability to translate a single... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
of low-cost, scalable interventions leveraging behavioral insights, and in many cases they’re being applied for the social good.” The success of BIT’s tax letter helped the organization grow. Nicknamed the “nudge unit,” BIT started with... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
owners to improve the effectiveness of these promotional investments. They are particularly attractive to challenger brands, because targeted coupon activities are extremely scalable—they can participate for a varying number of brands for a varying period of time. This... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
attractive to businesses, especially to e-commerce firms that thrive on global and scalable business models. Yet, most global e-commerce players, with a few exceptions, have failed to achieve significant success in Asia. This article... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
coal. I fear traditional coal burning's CO2 emissions. Regrettably, I have not seen to date a scalable technology for making coal a zero-carbon alternative because the associated costs lead to energy costs that history says will be... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
number of challenges. He had learned a great deal from Military.com and Affinity Labs' first launches, but in the case of each new community was faced with how best to construct the vertical and attract a sufficiently large audience. While the model seemed highly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
well-functioning business model"), through capability (what it takes to execute a plan and gain access to needed resources, owned or not, over time), to scalability ("These students are not small-time operators, aiming to run... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg