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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
Indian scientists to U.S. technology formation increased dramatically in the 1990s, before noticeably leveling off after 2000 and declining in the case of India. Growth in ethnic innovation is concentrated in high-tech sectors; the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
access by expanding fellowships for those with financial need. It opened new international research centers and offices, launched the Harvard-wide i-Lab ecosystem, completed a $1.4 billion capital campaign, and enhanced the campus through... View Details
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
them? A little bit of both. We certainly are aware of trends that exist, but great brands and great product companies are always innovating and leading their consumers. How do you connect with consumers? We interact with them in... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
burn cash faster than they make it. But already successful pioneers such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! have transformed industry dynamics, opened new career aspirations, and become emblematic of a new workplace style. The wanna-dots are... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
saving, accumulation of capital or resulting improvement in income. Without capital, innovation is not rewarded. In fact, it is regarded as risky. Failure can produce starvation. Therefore, labor-intensive practices do not change. What... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
home-building concentrated in low-income neighborhoods, Patrimonio Hoy has generated recognition and goodwill for the company. Its innovative approach reduces significantly the cost and time needed by the poor to improve their housing.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
corporations today. But in my view, vulnerability is the ultimate professional strength, because it is the process of being open to learning. It’s admitting that you don’t have all the answers. Just as the best organizations make space... View Details
- Web
Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
social dimensions of the Bubble. From Inquiry to Action: Harvard Business School & the Case Method Since the 1920s, HBS has been an innovative leader in the development and refinement of teaching with the case method, helping to shape... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
lagging expansion plans for its Supercharger EV station network. The number of new charging ports opened from May through August tumbled 28 percent from the same period a year earlier. The reason? “Widespread layoffs in April gutted the... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
increased assertion activity nearing patent expiration, and forum shopping. We find, moreover, that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
country innovated in ways to minimize physical contact during the test procedure, such as drive-through and phone booth testing facilities, which protected both medical staff and other patients. These sites motivated people to voluntarily... View Details
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
Tell us about what you were doing before HBS and what brought you to HBS. Prior to HBS, I spent six years in the oil and gas industry working primarily on taking technologies in the energy space from the lab to the field. Being exposed to the full lifecycle of a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
people. When Cohen visited Nairobi to survey the damage, she found the embassy site a “tangled, chaotic mess,” with stairs that ended in midair and entire floors blown open to the elements. SaysCohen, “The bombings were horrific. The... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation
important foundation, as I work with a large variety of platforms in different verticals. EC (second) year, I took Strategy & Technology with Professor Yoffie, which was my first introduction to the power of the platform business model and really View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
a ways off. But as he watched innovations like battery storage and solar drive sharp increases in demand, that clean-energy future didn’t seem so far away any longer. “We are moving off fossil fuels at a clip faster than anybody, even... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
alumni and guests attended the day-long conference, which featured a fireside chat, nine different panel discussions, and a post-conference networking reception. HBS Professor Amy C. Edmondson chats with Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of United Health Group Following View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Heterogeneity in innovation, given a cost of commercialization, results in NPEs that choose to act as "patent trolls" that chase operating firms' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne