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  • 23 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

product is made." Vinyl is really interesting because I can’t think of many other products that kids will buy that were cool for their parents. Usually it’s like, “Oh, my parents like that stuff. I don’t... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Music
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

much more likely to remain in an organization, leading directly to fewer hires from outside the organization," Heskett writes in the book. "This, in turn, results in lower wage costs for talent; lower recruiting, hiring, and training costs; and higher View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2011
  • HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

the Society's merchandising businesses, brand extensions, and licensed products and services? "This issue appears to be pretty straightforward—it's just a reporting issue," says Garvin. "In fact it embeds the larger issue... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
  • 25 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 25

reduction in monopoly price leads to the production of units that cost less than their value to consumers (standard channel); (ii) regulation calms down existing consumers because a reduction in the profits of an "unkind" firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2021
  • Supplement

Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
On October 7, 2020, Bespoken Spirits publicly announced it had received $2.6 million of seed funding for its “sustainable maturation process,” a process that could produce award-winning whiskeys in just days rather than years using a novel technology and data science. ... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Cash Flow; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Brands and Branding; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; California
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

The Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-periphery Structures Dominate?

By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Y. Baldwin and John Rusnak

Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems and associated components, some of which are core to system function while others are only peripheral. The dynamics of how such "core-periphery" structures evolve and become embedded in a... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Product Design; Practice; Core Relationships; Software; Information Technology Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

and hold an expansive definition of social enterprise.” Marlíse Arellano-Sutton. Marlíse comes from Boston Children's Hospital’s Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator, where she led sourcing, launch, and scaling of digital health... View Details
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

2018 Pearson Education Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan Abstract—Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2017
  • Exercise

Designing Transformational Customer Experiences

By: Stefan Thomke
Anyone who has recently travelled, gone shopping, or tried to have a problem solved may have little recollection of the experience. Worse yet, some are frustrated by the lack of responsiveness or empathy that they encountered. The reality is that most customer... View Details
Keywords: Customer Experience; Exercise; Learning By Doing; LEGO; Storytelling; Customer Satisfaction; Design; Innovation and Management; Transformation; Service Delivery
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  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

expertise of South African generic drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare are shown to be ameliorating misguided policy decisions by the South African government; communications campaigns, operational synergies, alternative distribution channels, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2020
  • Case

Applying Data Science and Analytics at P&G

By: Srikant M. Datar, Sarah Mehta and Paul Hamilton
Set in December 2019, this case explores how P&G has applied data science and analytics to cut costs and improve outcomes across its business units. The case provides an overview of P&G’s approach to data management and governance, and reviews the challenges associated... View Details
Keywords: Data Science; Analytics; Analysis; Information; Information Management; Information Types; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Analytics and Data Science; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Ohio
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  • June 2011
  • Case

CA Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to Earth

By: Marco Iansiti and Kerry Herman
Adam Famularo, general manager, Cloud Computing business, CA Technologies, and David Dobson, WVP and group executive, Customer Solutions Group, were preparing for a presentation on communicating and positioning CA Technologies' new strategy for cloud computing.... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Product Positioning; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing

By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
We examine the future of executive education on a technological and cultural landscape that is imminent but different to the one we are accustomed to. We show how the contextualization, socialization and personalization of learning—avowed but distal goals of current... View Details
Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership Development; Technological Innovation; Customization and Personalization; Management Skills; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing
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  • 14 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

scientist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital; she also cares for many patients with complex chronic disease that can be treated with exercise and conducts research on innovative approaches to healthy behavior change. As a... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

International Rescue Committee HBS ACTIVITIES Section A Community Values Rep, Tech Club, Harvard Innovation Labs Venture Incubation Program Merve Ciplak Merve believes the combined JD/MBA degree best positions her for leadership in a... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2023
  • News

So You Want to Join a Startup

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details
  • Web

Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

innovation Who Will Benefit Aspiring or Current Innovation Managers Entrepreneurs Product Managers, Developers, and Marketers Develop an View Details
  • 2009
  • Chapter

Creating Superior Customer Value in a Connected World

By: Ranjay Gulati
"In the early twenty-first century, customers are more demanding than ever, and difficult economic times make them all the more so. As customers tighten their wallets and increase their demands, firms face greater pressure to provide superior customer value. Reducing... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Consumer Behavior; Product Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Value Creation
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  • 03 Jan 2023
  • Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

culture. “This is about leadership development and crafting innovative cultures,” says Opie. “So many companies are locked. They have these arthritic approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and then they're shocked when they don't... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care

Illustration by Drue Wagner Mike H. M. Teodorescu (DBA 2018) CEO, SurgiBox Dan Brown (DBA 2019) CFO Concept: Founded in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, SurgiBox’s lead product is a portable operating room that fits into a backpack... View Details
Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; surgery; Ukraine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance