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Jackie Burgos

family visits to the Dominican Republic. “I was actually terrified of flying so far away for so long,” she says. But the experience, which involved consumer research for a water bottle for children, proved to be transformative, largely... View Details

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Product Management - Course Catalog

executive, this course aims to provide an introduction to product management and expose students to key product development and growth strategies so they can build, optimize and scale products following graduation. Product examples cover a range of technology products... View Details

16 Oct 2014
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Innovating for International Aid

environmental sustainability, health and wellness, natural and organic consumer products, and business services. He was also a member of the founding team of Upstart, which is pioneering crowdfunding for recent graduates. Wu credits HBS... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Mar 2025
News

Heartland

Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

01 Mar 2006
News

Drive-In Nation

expert who has studied Toyota, explains: “The Japanese are very good at two things that are key to success in the auto industry: refreshing their products, and having the flexibility in their factories to do that quickly and economically.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

police to protect the citizens. Olstrom dubbed the phenomenon "co-production." Since then, it has become common for organizations to treat consumers as production partners. Many high-tech firms hire existing customers to beta-test early... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

conduct research and gain access to company managements. Clusters allow companies to operate more productively than where they must do things themselves (vertical integration) or where they must outsource goods and ideas from distant... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

global poverty for some time. They believe that in pursuing its own self-interest in opening and expanding the BOP market, business can make a profit while serving the poorest of consumers and contributing to development. As Rangan... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

sales each year? Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, recently wrote a case on Apple Pay and the company’s ambitions of convincing consumers to trade in their real wallets in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

(PMD 58, 1989) Gaia Design should use an already established logistics company such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL. Although the e-commerce infrastructure as a whole is not good in Mexico, these organizations are large enough to drive world-class... View Details

20 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

Gone Too Far When Ethan Bernstein used wearable technology to track workers around their open office, he discovered many were trying to avoid collaboration rather than engage in it. How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit Reshmaan... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2020
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Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

“You are seeing meaningful renewable programs in most states, and that’s both good news and bad news.” Using the example of her own company, a private equity firm investing in the energy sector, she explained the challenges of working... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

thinking about where to hold them, specifically, inside or outside of tax-deferred accounts. "Getting this decision right can be pretty close to a free lunch," says Bergstresser, who with colleague James Poterba, a professor at MIT's Department of Economics,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
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Keroche (F): Future Growth Plans

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding

This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s 2012 decision to invest in additional production capacity. In November 2012, with a loan from Barclay’s bank, Keroche began constructing a new state-of-the-art beer brewery using German technology. The new plant,... View Details

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Purchase

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

expert to her team, and started hiring staff from nail salons and department-store cosmetics counters. "It feels really good to have something you worked so hard for come to reality," she almost bubbled. Still to come were the... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story

development experts who guide product development. “This isn’t a group that just rubber stamps what we do,” explains Moynihan. “They are brutally honest with us.” The philosophy at LEGO focuses on playful learning, and that philosophy has been honed in the last few... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Aug 2001
News

Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)

at Shearson Lehman Brothers when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The life-threatening ordeal inspired her to make a pact with a higher power: "If You get me through this, I will give something back." After recovering fully from her illness, Langer made View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Health, Social Assistance

25 Aug 2022
News

Full Stream Ahead

stands out as the rare commodity that remains as lucrative in the good times as the bad, since we don’t switch off the radio—or stop watching the films or TV shows that license music and generate revenues—when the economy sours. The last... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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