by Stefan Thomke - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

trust through warmth and understanding. Most leaders today approach their jobs by emphasizing competence, strength, and credentials. But without first building a foundation of trust, they run the risk of eliciting fear, resentment, or... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

management in an emerging market from the perspectives of the many stakeholders involved. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810095-PDF-ENG Zotter—Living by Chocolate Mukti Khaire, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2020
News

16 New Business Books You Need to Read in 2020

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Books

its decision-making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies, corporate culture, and human-resource management. Managing Product and Service Development by Stefan H. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

government institutional development influences the extent to which CSR communications are symbolically decoupled from substantive CSR activities. Our database includes all CSR reports issued by the approximately 1,600 publicly listed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fall 2013
Article

Sustainable Operations Management: An Enduring Stream or a Passing Fancy?

By: David Drake and Stefan Spinler

Paul Kleindorfer was among the first to weigh in on and nurture the stream of Sustainable Operations Management. The thoughts laid out here are based on conversations we had with Paul relating to the drivers underlying sustainability as a management issue: population... View Details

Keywords: Sustainable Operations; Sustainability; Environment; Paul Kleindorfer; Management; Environmental Sustainability

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September 2021
Article

Did Technology Contribute to the Housing Boom? Evidence from MERS

By: Stefan Lewellen and Emily Williams

We examine the effects of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS, on mortgage origination volumes and foreclosure rates prior to the Great Recession. MERS was introduced in the late 1990s and significantly reduced the cost and time associated with... View Details

Keywords: Credit Supply; Housing Boom; Financial Innovation; Nonbank Lenders; Mortgages; Credit; Expansion; Information Technology; Outcome or Result

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01 Jun 2009
News

Magician Turns HBS Upside Down

QUITE SOME TRICK: Randal rendering an HBS classroom speechless, at least momentarily. Innovation and magic are kindred activities: Both can amaze and upend reality while introducing something new or totally unexpected, as if from nowhere, as if from thin air. So when... View Details

Keywords: magic; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 1998
News

Short Takes

development cycles and can't respond in mid-project to changing customer needs. But there's a solution to this dilemma, according to HBS assistant professor Stefan H. Thomke and Donald G. Reinertsen (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

leaders to develop the mindset and skills necessary to bring about the change they desire in their careers, families, and communities. The Power of Business Experiments Professor Stefan Thomke No additional... View Details

1995
Dissertation

The Economics of Experimentation in the Design of New Products and Processes

By: Stefan Thomke

Keywords: Economics; Research and Development; Operations; Product Launch

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20 Aug 2015
News

Innovation needed for long-term sustainability

20 Jul 2015
News

Better innovation

16 Apr 2025
News

Great Strategy Starts with Experimentation

12 Jun 2024
News

How Booking.com Sustains a Culture of Innovation

30 Dec 2020
News

Do entrepreneurs need an MBA?

01 Dec 2000
News

Faculty News

Associate Professor of Business Administration Joseph B. Lassiter Professor of Management Practice Paul W. Marshall Professor of Management Practice Ashish Nanda Associate Professor of Business Administration Forest L. Reinhardt Professor of Business Administration... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

compared to the opening of new establishments by existing firms. We find interstate banking deregulations had a strong positive effect on the birth of new firms relative to the facility expansions of existing firms. We find limited... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

at HBS is to that early endeavor what an HD flat-screen TV is to a black-and-white with rabbit ears. The much-taught original “IDEO Product Develop-ment” case, written by Professor Stefan View Details

Keywords: April White