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- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — On a rainy afternoon in late October, Mohsen Mostafavi stood before a packed auditorium at Harvard University and considered the history of cities in terms of three cooked eggs. Mostafavi, the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, described... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
said. Men, on the other hand, "attach everything on the table—we call them Frankenberries." The watch industry might be a good analogy as to how devices will evolve, he said. For next to nothing, you can get a watch from Timex... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
where people spend both their social and their professional lives by themselves, at home on their computers or mobile devices. We’re losing aspects of our culture as a consequence of not being together. To use the analogy of a DJ concert:... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
analog film market. So instead of focusing only on digital imaging, the obvious substitute for analog photography, Fuji now has the opportunity to branch out into new markets that exploit its specialty... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
be they analog or digital, can be picked. Whether Apple agrees to open the phone or not, it will be cracked by someone if the motives for doing so are strong enough to justify an investment in the necessary technology. What technology... View Details
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
locations and introductions to potential customers. A useful analogy comes from the Welfare-to-Work Partnership, a private initiative of large employers stimulated by the White House after the passage of the welfare reform bill in 1996.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
the case. First, CEO Singh took steps to keep Khan prints out of the hands of movie thieves. To prevent hijacking of copies heading to theaters, a Fox Star employee accompanied every analog reel released in theaters in India and abroad.... View Details
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
excelled at analog photography but hasn't been able to make the leap to digital cameras. Boeing, a longtime leader in commercial aircraft, has experienced difficulties in its defense-contracting businesses and has recently stumbled in the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
scale in the United States and is being introduced in many other countries as well. While transmitting digitally offers many significant advantages over the current analog method, it also requires specially designed broadcast equipment... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
well-established firms such as Walgreen's and Rite Aid. We also look at Amazon.com, another upstart that can claim to be "the biggest book store in the world." By looking closely at these companies' use of the Internet— which I believe is the View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
2008): 19 Abstract Research over 35 years shows only a weak link between socially responsible corporate behavior and good financial performance. However, there's no evidence of risk in doing good, only in being exposed for misdeeds. Getting More Out of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
return than those in defined benefit plans. A similar effect will take place in health care. People do better when they shop for themselves than when a professional shops on their behalf. Where the analogy between consumer-driven health... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
very lenient, "permissive" parents who demand little from their children and bestow too much freedom, analogous to the see-no-evil approach so prevalent with global outsourcing. The Authoritative Solution Baumrind's fourth... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
they have the highest chance of success. Through training as well as motivations, even average players might become rising superstars. "It pays for firms to invest in hiring and developing great managers" In the corporate world, this is View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
Competency-destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging Willy ShihHarvard Business School Note 613-024 This note discusses technical aspects of the transition from analog to digital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
non-business analogies to business. But one recent book, Judo Strategy, (HBSP,2001), by David Yoffie and Mary Kwak, provides interesting advice on how underpowered upstarts can compete against the sumo giants of their industries by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
end of the tax form, after the form has been filled out and, consequently, after the potential cheating has occurred. (It's analogous to a witness first testifying in a court trial and then swearing on a Bible, "For the last twenty... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
venture investors are not needed. For most of its history, Intel's fund has emphasized making passive investments in a wide variety of companies in selected categories, analogous to a mutual fund following an index fund approach. Such a... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
downfall. They hoped to achieve a return on investment that exceeded both the average returns of the venture capital industry and Xerox's corporate hurdle rate for evaluating new projects. Not only was the level of compensation analogous... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner