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    Do Happier People Work Harder?

    In this New York Times opinion piece, Teresa Amabile and coauthor Steven Kramer outline actions that business leaders can take to reignite passion for work and revitalize creative productivity even in tough economic times.

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    • 15 Feb 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Right Connections

    notable investors. Higgins contends that an IPO team's connections are a crucial component of any startup's portfolio. "There's no question that the new company must show promise that it has a good View Details
    Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
    • March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
    • Case

    Reinventing Best Buy

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast... View Details
    Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
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    Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Reinventing Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 716-455, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
    • 07 Sep 2017
    • News

    Faber-Castell Doubles Down on the Pencil

    • 27 Jun 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

    employees may balk at changes. For example, they may resist the introduction of new processes fearing that increased productivity will lead to fewer jobs, causing layoffs. Management changes can be equally... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • October 1979 (Revised March 1986)
    • Case

    PC&D, Inc.

    By: Evelyn T. Christiansen and Richard G. Hamermesh
    Covers history of PC&D from 1960 to 1975 as it grows from a single business firm to a diversified firm. Emphasizes the use of subsidiaries for product development and fast growth. Other issues include problems of a new CEO in keeping control of fast growing divisions. View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Business Subsidiaries; Diversification; Growth Management; Product Development
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    Christiansen, Evelyn T., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "PC&D, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 380-072, October 1979. (Revised March 1986.)
    • Career Coach

    Ildi Nielsen

    and consumer products companies.  Ildi also spent 12 years as an Executive Search Consultant in New York and Chicago for financial services firms.   She worked with senior executives to build their teams and... View Details
    Keywords: Consulting; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Retail
    • April 1999 (Revised September 1999)
    • Case

    Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group

    By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
    Presents the background for a video of a focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Engineers, manufacturers, and retailers had collaborated on the product design, which has been approved by the executive committee. A launch is scheduled for nine months... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resources; Product Launch; Product Design; Outcome or Result; Social and Collaborative Networks; Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry
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    Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Consumer Notebook Group." Harvard Business School Case 599-053, April 1999. (Revised September 1999.)
    • 29 Jan 2021
    • Op-Ed

    How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

    innovations—a theory that typically applies to new products—offers a framework for increasing the number of people who are willing, if not eager, to get vaccinated. Based on the traditional diffusion model, the number and types of people... View Details
    Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim
    • 18 Oct 2016
    • First Look

    October 18, 2016

    new ones. The authors contend that by understanding what causes customers to "hire" a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Oct 2014
    • HBS Seminar

    Hilary Mason, Fast Forward Labs and Accel Partners

    • September 2007 (Revised October 2010)
    • Case

    DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
    DermaCare has developed an innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon Valley... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product; California
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    Hamermesh, Richard G., and Lauren Barley. "DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly." Harvard Business School Case 808-064, September 2007. (Revised October 2010.)
    • 14 May 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

    work, no matter where they are. "Let's face it," writes HBS Professor Leslie Perlow. "When that phone buzzes, few of us have the mental fortitude to ignore it." In her new book, Sleeping With Your Smartphone, Perlow... View Details
    Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
    • 02 Jul 2019
    • News

    The high price of breaking up global supply chains

    • 02 Mar 2007
    • What Do You Think?

    What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

    Newman), the high cost of new technology, artificial restrictions on the supply of drugs (Sergey Mirkiin) and healthcare providers (David Stahl and Michael Robbins), the size and complexity of the problem itself (James Sullivan),... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
    • March 2022 (Revised November 2023)
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    Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022

    By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
    2021 was a banner year for Elon Musk. CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, and a few smaller startups, Musk became the richest person on Earth after Tesla reached a market capitalization of $1 trillion and SpaceX a private... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Transportation; Strategic Planning; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Aerospace Industry; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; United States; Europe; China
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    Yoffie, David, and Daniel Fisher. "Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022." Harvard Business School Case 722-439, March 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
    • 05 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

    COVID-19 squeeze Now with the new shock from COVID-19, these retailers are put in even more of a squeeze. “These companies suffered a major shock with the trade war and chose to absorb it,” he says. “Now it will be much harder for them to... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
    • Supplement

    Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    By: Ryan Raffaelli and Aldo Sesia
    The (B) case offers a detailed account of Wendell Weeks’s innovation strategy at Corning, and how his approach played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic. It illustrates the company’s philosophy of making long-term investments in promising new technologies and... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Leadership; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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    Raffaelli, Ryan, and Aldo Sesia. "Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-078, March 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

    New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high uncertainty. In this paper we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, as reflected by product feature choices, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We study... View Details
    Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Technological Innovation; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Growth; Product Development; Behavior; Competitive Strategy; Electronics Industry
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    Benner, Mary J., and Mary Tripsas. "The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-007, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
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    Lean Startup Management Practices

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

    Many information technology startups have embraced "lean startup" management practices. Lean startups confront high levels of uncertainty about both customer problems and product solutions: the strength of demand for new... View Details

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