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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
wanted to record where, when, how, and by whom technical knowledge was commercialized into the new products that laid the foundation for this era. I realized that I ran the risk of telling a story that isn't... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
companies out there in the world, whether or not they’re in the diamond industry.” For Aether, that means vertical integration, including the production of on-site wind and solar energy. View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
encourages its clients to “look at production as a business and figure out what their competitive advantage is,” Tierney explains. He has led efforts to modernize the organization, which was founded in 1968... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
to new product and service failure rates of 80 percent or more, Zaltman urges market researchers to challenge the status quo. “The sinking of the Titanic resulted from a failure to question two-and-a-half... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
2021 Kevin Chenault planned to focus on a film production company that brings underrepresented voices to life, but changed direction following the murder of George Floyd and subsequent demonstrations. He... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
So instead of using it to persuade and project your message onto people, Twitter can be a tool to learn about your customers, as another way to get information about what they’re thinking. SG: And also new... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
grow up just like ‘ours.' This approach has led to many failures,” says Arnold. Indeed, research by Arnold and Quelch has found that emerging markets tend to develop and grow quite differently, sometimes... View Details
- 07 Jun 2011
- News
Back to the Future
entrepreneurship was General Georges Doriot’s.” Doriot, who had “a giant class,” had students form teams that worked on projects that often “showed interest in the future or new products and markets,” Alden... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet
with the right investors," advised Burgstone. Satchu added, "Choose a business model you can be passionate about 24/7, then focus on the product and listen to the customer." View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
which fired Condo’s imagination. He was also excited by the concepts in HBS professor Michael Porter’s watershed 1990 book The Competitive Advantage of Nations. “My decision to study at Harvard was inspired by the idea of teaching and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
and decided to continue in this field. I came to HBS because I wanted to get insights about American business practices and experience a practice-oriented approach during my MBA studies." Baeza approached... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
having it deliver to customers integrated technology services that would build and manage all aspects of their IT strategy-even if it meant incorporating products made by IBM's competitors. In an expanding... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
product could change the world, and the drive to make it happen, they merely needed the money to get a new company started. The "traitorous eight," as they became known, enlisted the help of a visionary... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Prusak identify the social elements that contribute to knowledge sharing, innovation, and high productivity and show how nearly every managerial action can enhance or diminish... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
laid the groundwork for sustaining one of the strongest sectors of the economy. Launched in 1995 and officially opened in 2000, Jurong Island produced over $40 billion in products last year. Under Singapore... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
broadcasting station. Ibaraki prefecture had only one broadcasting station, including TV and radio, so that studio had a monopoly on the airwaves. So we bought a station from Asahi Shimbun newspaper company View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
pharmaceutical, medical product, hotel, banking, and building product industries, the authors examined the findings of twelve profiles conducted in four companies. In those organizations, the same six issues... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
strike a balance between private label and manufacturer brands, and reemphasize food products instead of venturing too far into nonfood items. Although they foresee a fierce... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
entrepreneurial bug bit soon after, Lo built a Groupon-like platform that helped smaller companies get product discounts. That startup, eZoka, was pulling in £1 million a month until outside investment was derailed by the attacks of... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
clothing and accessories inspired by Hellenic heritage, was to source silks and embroidery from traditional craftswomen throughout the region, whose skills were no longer finding demand, View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint