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- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
has really become a part of the modern business canon. And he has a new book coming out next month, Competing Against Luck, which argues that understanding customers' motivations, what quote unquote, "role" consumers are buying a product... View Details
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Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Manufacturing Reports, 1927-1966. HBS Archives, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Materials Handling , 1952 Ralph M. Barford; Harold B. Davis; J. Rodney Edwards; Harry B. French; James W. Grantman; Edward H. Hezlett, Jr.; Arthur R. Hilsinger, Jr.; Fred Horlbeck,... View Details
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Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Manufacturing Reports, 1927-1966. HBS Archives, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Materials Handling , 1952 Ralph M. Barford; Harold B. Davis; J. Rodney Edwards; Harry B. French; James W. Grantman; Edward H. Hezlett, Jr.; Arthur R. Hilsinger, Jr.; Fred Horlbeck,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
begging for some innovative engineering. “I wanted to figure out if we could make a plant-based diaper also the best-performing diaper on the market,” she says. After much R&D, Saigal launched Kudos in 2019. The company offers compostable... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
the well-worn paths to tenure. On this morning of mourning, Frances was vintage Frances. “We had a faculty meeting this morning to discuss the importance of class. I just didn't buy it. This week, do whatever you need to do. Leave now.... View Details
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
is not really making a profit on hardware sales. It prices its hardware low as a way to encourage people to buy a lot of e-books." Apple, on the other hand, makes several... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
You shouldn’t ask me about retirement, because I’ve done absolutely no planning for it other than financial. And I’d hope to be able to work as long as I’m enjoying it, which I think could be a few years yet. Morrell: In this episode of Skydeck, you’ll hear from some... View Details
- Profile
Clarissa Quintanilla
with outstretched arms lined the highway beckoning passing cars to stop and buy wildlife they had captured. The hopelessness of their situation helped Clarissa develop a conviction "to be involved in the process of furthering social... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration; Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration; Abhiman Da, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; and Arti Grover and Ejaz Ghani, both of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
Anomalie offers brides a new way to buy a wedding dress—custom designed, online, and at a reasonable price. That makes the company, well, an anomaly in the $55 billion United States wedding industry, which... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
2023TerraTrade is a two-sided marketplace that eliminates consultants & enables corporates to buy power directly from renewable energy projects. TerraTrade aims to harness the potential of corporations to combat climate change by... View Details
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Shawn Tuli
Bank, impressed upon me the importance of improved real estate within a community, and how proud he was to help people buy their own homes.” After three years in an advisory role at Goldman Sachs, where Shawn worked with many clients with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
Mountz Photo courtesy Kiva Systems Kiva's robots in action Main article: Where Innovation Rules In the News: Boston Globe: Amazon Buys Kiva for $775M Those who know Mick Mountz (MBA 1996) well were not overly surprised when he started a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
ago," says Lakhani. But access to data is not the same thing as understanding the data correctly. "Many of the tools available now make it easy to look at correlations between two factors and draw incorrect conclusions; that can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
tackle tough business challenges like reworking an outdated strategy or business model. The culture evolves as you do that important work.” They then suggest that “it makes intuitive sense to look at culture as an outcome—not a cause or a... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
with its employees—as they make their buying decisions." Just as consumers have begun to develop a fuller sense of their part in the global community—by protesting certain labor practices in foreign... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Turnaround." Techno Angst Technology: like it or not, gadgets and gizmos are here to stay, filling our homes and defining our lifestyles. But while researchers may know how consumers make decisions about View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 28 May 2017
- Blog Post
HBS on the Road: Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire
afternoon and wandered through the Makola Market in Accra for a few hours. In addition to the interesting foods and wares—an unbelievable assortment of things to buy from pvc pipes to exotic peppers—I enjoyed seeing the entrepreneurs in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
It’s the Economy
Detroit from imminent bankruptcy will be futile. see article HBS professor Peter Tufano makes the case for allowing Americans to automatically buy U.S. savings bonds with their tax refunds, building family... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
families,” says Akuete. “So there were a few children of her workers for whom she would buy computers or pay tuition. But it wasn’t really codified in any way, and there was no commitment to it at a broader level. My stepping in just made... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon