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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
to do something extraordinary and every other brand in the market simply emulates it, those other brands lose, the marketplace loses, consumers lose, and you end up destroying value for everyone. So differentiation is not a formula.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
The theme of the 2022 Annual Climate Symposium was “Tackling Climate Together”, with a focus on the intersectionality of climate change and the critical need for businesses, individuals, policy makers, and consumers to come together to... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
students first-hand exposure to pivotal technological challenges and approaches to addressing climate change across different industries, including energy, shipping, consumer products, and agriculture.... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Evans
to connect people” by joining Means For Dreams, an early independent offshoot of DonorsChoose.org, a consumer website that pioneered peer-to-peer philanthropy. “I joined as the first employee, when it was a brand-new startup,” says... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
sophisticated understanding of that market, said Wiersma. One reason the TV recorder company TiVo ran into difficulty, she said, was the company didn't understand that consumers don't want to have to get another box for their television.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
business as he rescued Big Blue, then a stumbling mainframe-computer giant, and rebuilt it into a powerful but nimble information-technology company. Judith R. Haberkorn (AMP 111, 1992) The retired president for consumer sales and... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
consumer products, including Scotch tapes and Post-it notes. While at Boeing, McNerney defined, built, and nurtured a culture that emphasizes both individual accountability for getting one’s job done and a shared responsibility for the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
companies that were categorized as industrial. These categories generated higher returns as a group than the consumer goods category. Some of the characteristics of these winners included having a proprietary View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
three major cities. The first six years of my life were in Calcutta. Then we moved to Delhi, where I finished my schooling at St. Columba’s. Afterward I enrolled at IIT Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and earned a chemical... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
computer snafus, 98 percent of the technology worked well, a good record considering how huge an installation of software and hardware there was. What about complaints that the Games were too commercial? I have to grit my teeth a bit when... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
Bartlett and Ghoshal presented in their earlier work have become realities for today's global business firm. As deregulation, privatization, and information technology are transforming competition, the transnational model continues to... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
I've always loved to build things,” Murch remarks. “It's refreshing, especially after years of e-mail, meetings, and working on electronic stuff. High technology is so ephemeral. For all you know, what you work on today is going to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Washington University. "Now think of the magic of Avatar in 3D. In that interim period, between 1977 and 2010, the technological advances in moviemaking were unbelievable. But that was not at all matched by any change in the concession... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
In When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager, David A. Moss explores government's role as insurer of last resort in everything from crafting consumer protection law to bailing out airlines after September 11th. He... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
includes technological innovations and changes in consumer sentiment, both of which affect the value of assets and liabilities. Physical and transition risks will likely introduce new strategic risks as new... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
invent their own standards?” he says. “It's because federal and state safety regulators haven’t set up clear rules and guidance.” We recently talked to Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, about how the pandemic has spurred companies... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Bonnie (MBA '90), CEO of CNET, whose Web sites—not to mention a radio station and several print magazines—provide a wealth of information to technology buffs and buyers alike. Founded in 1992, CNET has fared so well in the marketplace... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup
startup, and their successful experience bringing an HBS intern into their Business Intelligence team. Meet Mori Mori is a technology company focused on innovations in the food, agriculture, and packaging industries. Mori’s proprietary... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
advantage." Speed has also characterized Juliber's ascent up the corporate ladder. After helping to double sales and triple profits for CP's Asian operations in only three years, she was named chief technological officer for worldwide... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
business reasons and family reasons why we think this is true. The Business Reasons In today's competitive environment of rapid technological change and quickly evolving industries, it doesn't pay to become too attached to current lines... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts