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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
after he graduated from HBS, when Loews bought Bulova in 1979. “Although Bulova had a strong brand name,” he explains, “we soon realized it was losing out to its Japanese competitors in technology, styling, quality, marketing, and service.” With debt View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
literature on disability insurance does not account for this intertemporal channel, it may underestimate the total work-disincentive effect of SSDI. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49390 Working Papers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
So instead of using it to persuade and project your message onto people, Twitter can be a tool to learn about your customers, as another way to get information about what they’re thinking. SG: And also new product ideas: Are people... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library
black-and-white photographic research 1959 Faster films Polaroid introduces films with increased speeds, releasing Type 47 film (ASA 3,000) in 1959. 1960 Photographic products account for 97 percent of Polaroid’s View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
upsetting the West's conventional wisdom about the reasons for Japan's success, Porter and his coauthors emphasize that Japanese practices such as total quality and continuous improvement were valuable additions to U.S. industry. But, as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
Karen Page (MBA '89) is a consultant to Fortune 500 food companies in marketing strategy, culinary trends, and new product development. With her husband, Andrew Dornenburg, a professional chef, she has written the award-winning Becoming a... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
national brand? Who's responsible for a country's national brand? To what extent is it an important factor in determining the general success of global business initiatives? If it plays a critical role, to what degree should the world's... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration
In addition to the “wow” factor popping from the sheer volume of climate-smart MBA students from 39 schools at the 2024 ClimateCAP Summit in Ann Arbor this February, the chance to interact with staff and faculty peers from across these... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
politicians—cared only about their own objectives." As the new German Railway tries to wean itself from total government ownership of its stock while depending on the powers that be in Berlin for infrastructure investments, Dürr... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
biotech firms public between 1979 and 1996. Her new book, Career Imprints: Creating Leaders Across an Industry (Jossey-Bass), analyzes and draws lessons from the factors that made one company — Baxter International — a standout in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
launch the strategy revolution. The Corporate Apocalypse and Greater Taylorism After America’s postwar boom and preeminence, factors arose that made strategy consulting both inevitable and irreplaceable. Every historical period feels... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
make up for lost years, he was surprised to find himself at Harvard at age 23. Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures through the Science of Total Motivation by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor (MBA 2013)... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
causing them to place a lower value on the product or service being offered. To address this problem, managers should experiment with operational transparency—the deliberate design of windows into and out of the organization's operations... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
from the book follow. An Affront to Public Morality The beauty business began modestly with the sale of products widely deemed an affront to public morality. Today, consumers around the world spend $330 billion a year on fragrances,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
understand customers and their needs deeply. Develop the ability to respond to this understanding with better-tailored assortments, replenishment of the hits, and timely markdowns on what is left over. Execute well, especially at the stores. Attend to data inaccuracy... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Q: Why is it so effective? A: A wide range of factors explains its success. For one, strong brands and high production values matter. Scale also brings marketing advantages: It is relatively cost-efficient... View Details
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
map development often helps providers identify redundant steps, bottlenecks, and other opportunities for improvement. Second, TDABC can aid in process improvement by allowing providers an accurate figure for the cost of each step in a process and the View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
and Russia. Too Many Deals? HBS professor William A. Sahlman, the panel's moderator, noted: "One of the historical factors in the venture capital industry…wasn't too much money chasing too few deals. It was too much money going... View Details