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11 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies

compete through the proprietary business model when H is the first mover, although that never happens when L is the leader—a low quality firm is more interested in competing through a mixed source business model than a high quality firm. But when the low quality firm... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Web Services

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

Delicate Balance For nearly 80 years, the FDA has performed a delicate balancing act between getting life-saving drugs to market, and ensuring that those drugs will be safe when taken by patients. In order to serve that dual function, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

feeling encouraged that there have been alumni and others around the world working on solutions for decades. As the world recognizes the time to act is now, we will be able to marshal additional talent and resources towards scaling these... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

impressions second- or third-hand, L.L. Bean goes to those in the know — experienced users who have lived with the product, often under demanding conditions, who then act as field testers. Testers are sent several samples, one from L.L.... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

frustrated at the time he was wasting writing the elaborate reports. Yet despite complaining endlessly to his peers, week after week Jeff said nothing to Matt. With each act of silence, Jeff's resentment grew and his respect for Matt... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

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Emily Schlichting

"I started assessing what my life would be like as a sick person. And I realized that if I didn't maintain health insurance now, I never would – I wouldn't be able to get it in the future. Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

Web

Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

working on a major advance in science or technology to (1) be properly financed; (2) go through the extremely difficult periods of study, invention, development, engineering, and production; or (3) afford to advertise and distribute its products and services." 21 Land... View Details

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

driving the commercial success of a complementary product.” Advice for creative gatekeepers The most important implication of the research may be for the powerful platforms that act as gatekeepers on the creative content we consume:... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

conditions and the paramount importance of doing the right thing—some leadership teams have committed themselves to two guiding principles: act now to protect and run the business today, and plan now to retool the business for the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

greatest risk from the disastrous effects of sea-level rise. Yet cities also have the ability to act without waiting for state and federal action, adds Raphael Carty (MBA 1983), former CEO of Callida Energy, a software startup focused on... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

to “flatten the curve” and reduce the number of bankruptcy filings, at least by enough to allow the existing system to function effectively. Massive financial support available to distressed businesses under the CARES Act and various... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation: associating, observing, quetioning,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

the research results to the actions I should take is not often clear,” he says. “And of course, time is limited so if the research is described in peculiar terms only used in a highly subspecialized academic niche, I’m not likely to even get to the conclusion let alone... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

January 2016
Case

Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details

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16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

says Haupt. Asparagus tongs, for example, are a thing of the past. Multiuse items—like Steuben's Magnolia bowl, which doubles as a caviar server when flipped over—are in demand. An Emotional Buy Retail therapy is a relatively new term for a not-so-new phenomenon.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

2011
Working Paper

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade

The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details

Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior

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06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

institutions have allowed her to advance and hone what she says is “a combination of two ways of thinking.” “One is curiosity,” she says. Both degree programs have trained her to look for, and act on, opportunities, whether they be... View Details

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

partnerships with companies looking to hire and companies working on initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion; Run workshops and panels of relevant topics to women in tech; Help build community for the group through small group events and View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

would also require an enormous investment by incumbent players to upgrade their existing production capacity.4 Industry leader Goodyear acted quickly to deflate radials' progress, and in 1967 introduced the belted bias tire, an extension... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

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