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- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
Eisenmann and Lauren BarleyHarvard Business School Case 811-055 In October 2010, Triangulate's founder/CEO must determine what product features to develop and what marketing programs to pursue in order to boost the odds of successfully... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
balance internal resources. On the one hand, they need to focus some of their people on continually improving and growing the core business. On the other hand, they must free others to break all the rules in the name of growth and... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
radical business process innovation versus incremental change. It's widely understood that when it comes to product innovation, market-leading firms are often more likely than laggards to pursue product... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
can rack up U.S. box office receipts of just over $380 million (not including consumer product tie-ins), and unexpected hits like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ grossed $370 million in 2004, earning a respectable third-place... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
a social loss function. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13622 New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie Abstract This paper proposes a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
becomes the engine of progress and reform. Improvement feeds on itself. For that process to begin, however, the locus of competition has to shift from "Who pays?" to "Who provides the best value?" Getting there will... View Details
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
how to create culture. His work at Apple transcended business to marketing iconic products that consumers imbued with human attributes. iPod, iPhone, and iPad are more than technology. They are objects of desire. Jobs's legacy is a brand... View Details
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
business leaders demanded collaboration tools, we saw Zoom and other video conferencing products explode. But MS quickly responded with improvements to Teams’ videoconferencing capabilities and ease of use.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
players. How can he best convince leaders in this mature industry to adopt a new technology and improve food safety? Additionally, he faces a number of questions related to product development, marketing,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
production of low-income rental housing. While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S. and its structure is now being replicated in other programs, the LIHTC has also drawn skepticism and calls for its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Stephen Temple
Seemingly prosaic products, Stephen learned, could have a dramatic impact improving lives: Replacing single-blade razors with safety razors increases hygiene and limits disease in rural India; facilitating greater access to feminine... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
shortened to thirty-five hours. What has happened? Take France, for example. French productivity is up; some would claim it is now higher than the U.S., just as is productivity in The Netherlands, Belgium,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
Authors:Abraham Carmeli, Asher Tishler, and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Strategic Organization 10, no. 1 (February 2012) Abstract In this study, we examine a complex pathway through which CEOs, who exhibit relational leadership, may View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
revenue production are brought into the picture? The question is not hypothetical. In recent years, an ever increasing number of corporations have developed and adopted socially responsible behaviors, thereby hybridizing aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
even in the absence of property rights, SOEs may significantly improve performance, and document 42 Indian state-owned laboratories over 1993-2006—starting from a base of negligible U.S. patents—being granted more patents than all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
track record of producing healthy, productive offspring. “Now my grandpa and all the other farmers can get the best bulls, plural, for pennies on the dollar, create a breeding program, and track results to View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
college and the effort that I took, at the time, to really improve my speaking skills. And at the time, I didn't really have any resources. So I remember it was very much trial and error, observing other people, asking friends for help.... View Details
- 13 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India
place in India’s energy future. Specifically, we wanted to resolve a persistent question facing countries around the world: How do you reconcile the urgent need to cut emissions while fueling economic growth and improving livelihoods?... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
another shot and afterward immediately felt how exercise improved her productivity and mindset. Gomih was hooked and started quickly introducing lifestyle changes to make fitness and wellness central to her... View Details