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- August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
No Labels and the 2024 Presidential Insurance Plan
By: Robert F. White and Tom Quinn
After observing record voter dissatisfaction with the choices in the 2024 U.S. presidential election—Democratic nominee President Joe Biden and Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump—the bipartisan nonprofit No Labels decided to reserve ballot access in... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Lawfulness; Failure; System Shocks; Political Elections; United States
White, Robert F., and Tom Quinn. "No Labels and the 2024 Presidential Insurance Plan." Harvard Business School Case 825-044, August 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
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1.5 Attendance | MBA
than court summons or jury duty. Recruiting in excess of the allotted number of Excused Recruiting Absences per class and per term (see above). Travel disruption (e.g. cancelled flight). Vacation/travel. Wedding day, other than a... View Details
- January 2008 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Linear Air: Creating the Air Taxi Industry
Linear Air is an air taxi start-up established to take advantage of the emergence of Very Light Jets, which incorporate new technology that cuts jet operating costs by about 40%. Air taxis could make use of the 5400 smaller regional airports throughout the US,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Product Launch; Industry Structures; Competition; Air Transportation Industry
Tripsas, Mary, Davin Chow, Adam Prewett, and Kevin Yttre. "Linear Air: Creating the Air Taxi Industry." Harvard Business School Case 808-107, January 2008. (Revised November 2009.)
- Profile
Kim Chen
many different ways to address this; disruptive ideas and business models emerge with greater frequency. I look forward to contributing to this exciting shift. How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? The... View Details
- Profile
Whitney Wilson
Camp is a pitch before a panel of VC and equity investors. “Two of the three investors were women who said they’d like to be our customers!” “I’m still figuring out what I’d like to do after school,” Whitney says. “I would love to start a business or join an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Future of Books
commercial publishers. If you were one of those people with a crystal ball, what would you predict for the future of book publishing? MA: I see the demand for books, both in print and in digital formats, remaining strong and stable. So many changes and View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
New Head of MBA Admissions Is 2013 Grad
and economics for managers. In addition, he worked with HBS professor Clayton Christensen to develop an HBX course on Disruptive Strategy, an offering designed for executives around the world. Losee also served as an observer with the HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
who is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt London this month, has thrived as a European VC: 1 Go where the companies aren't Rimer started Index Ventures in Geneva, a small city with few startups. His logic: That would force his partners to... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 11 Aug 2011
- News
Heard on the Street and the She-E-Os
article of September 30, 2002, he relates how recording the 40 minutes of the 12 songs on Disruptive Harmonies required 27 hours of painstaking work recording each singer on a separate track, rerecording when necessary, balancing the... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Innosight
Catherine Curtis, Global Recruiting Manager, Innosight Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Innosight is a growth strategy consulting firm that helps leading organizations to design and create the future, instead of being View Details
Keywords: Consulting
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Kraft Accelerator
establishment—people who had disrupted age-old industries, and created new ones. They came to us from a wide breadth of companies—from Peloton to PANCAN, and Mass General to Marriott—each one an expert in innovating best practices. We... View Details
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Multimedia Development | Information Technology
disruption from new technology. It explores the resurgence of older technologies, examining if a legacy technology like film can find sustained market growth amidst digital advancements. The focus is on CEO Jeff Clarke's decision on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Skills of Disruptive Innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business Review Press) Christensen, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, and his coauthors identify five abilities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
markets targeted, and revenue and profitability projections. “The tool automatically brings to the top of the list individual projects that need attention,” the book states. By Lafley’s count, P&G has created seventeen disruptive... View Details
- January 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Supplement
MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
In August 2017, MoviePass dramatically lowered its subscription price from $50 per month to just $10 for up to one movie per day. The idea was to rapidly scale the business to the point where they could generate incremental revenue streams form related businesses... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry; Growth Strategy; Profit Vs. Growth; Subscription Business; Cash Burn; Data Analytics; Get-big-fast; Buyer Power; Strategy Implementation; Movie Industry; Racing; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Consolidation; Cash Flow; Growth Management; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Mobile Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Advertising Industry; Information Industry; United States
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
short term but, in reality, the promotion stole largely from future sales with taxpayers subsidizing over half a million new car sales that would have occurred anyway. C4C disrupted the even flow of supply and demand. New car buyers held... View Details
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
your career? As a partner in a venture capital firm, I have the opportunity to meet and fund amazing entrepreneurs who are building innovative companies in large markets. I am constantly inspired by their determination to take on big challenges by View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
more than 10 awards for innovation. Busbud promotes its disruptive innovation as freeing bus travelers from having to go to physical bus stations to buy tickets or plan their travel while expanding their transportation options. It also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
reader to imagine a workplace where everyone speaks openly about their weaknesses and are committed to overcoming them, where colleagues help each other become more efficient and less disruptive by speaking the truth about what detracts... View Details
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
seeking to pioneer radical or disruptive innovations while pursuing incremental gains. A business does not have to escape its past, these cases show, to renew itself for the future. [...] A New Lens On Growth One company that has used an... View Details