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- 12 Jul 2016
- News
Tesla’s Strategy Is Risky and Aggressive, but It Has Worked
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
The following article is the tenth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The powerful ideas that come under the umbrella of the School's Competition and Strategy (C&S) unit are making an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 May 2015
- News
Uber may never dominate in China—but it doesn't need to
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
language, is now my biggest challenge. —Krizia Li (MBA 2012) Back to top Multiple Lenses on “Optical Distortion Inc.” A small firm is ready to introduce a new product—contact lenses for chickens—and now an entry View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
our growth strategy to diversify the business portfolio. One of my key responsibilities is to ensure that everything we do has a well-documented system and process. A day at work could involve any or all of the activities I mentioned... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
high-end, traditional model toilets it introduced to the U.S. market in 1989, the Washlet, as the bidet-toilet is known, has been a much tougher sell. In “TOTO: The Bottom Line,” HBS associate professor Mary Tripsas considers barriers to View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
readers weighed in on a question posed by KitNipBox cofounder and CEO Deena Malkina (MBA 2008): How could the monthly subscription service for cat owners erect sustainable barriers to entry to the market and secure a market leadership... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
format when he served as his country’s pavilion director during the Shanghai Expo, in 2009. The experience led to his leadership role as commissioner general for Colombia at Expo Milano 2015. This year’s Milan gathering runs through October and includes View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
invoicing and similar functions," he recalls. "I wanted to connect with the US, and I thought getting an MBA there would be a good entry point. I was accepted by all of the schools I applied to, and Columbia offered full tuition, but HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
from a cross-section of society. The group issued a plan that became the foundation for Delaware's winning entry for the Race to the Top program. Strategy implementation. Local business executives are... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
in, in terms of with lower costs and freedom of entry and all those things. So, the question was how do you develop a strategy that is going to give you a fighting chance in this new environment? That's... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
Local Motors—which is led by Jay Rogers (MBA 2007)—posted to its co-creation community: build an urban public transportation system. It’s all part of the company’s unique design model: "Most of our vehicles are designed by people who don't work for us," says Justin... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition
given to their competitors. Using analytical software that evaluates visual similarities between designs, Gross compared each submission with prior entries by the same designer, and related the similarity to the number and quality of... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
research in Nicaragua. Last spring, the plan designed by the LCAE team, whose advisors included Thomke, entrepreneurs, consultants, product designers, and ophthalmologists, was selected as the winning entry over ten other... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
Readers subscribing to the “Life is real! Life is earnest!” philosophy may not have been thrilled by my two-part blog entry on “classroom hijinks” at HBS (see here and here). But they will be happy to hear that during my first-ever... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
represented a substantial barrier to entry to any competitors, our long-term success would depend on customer service, scalability, and building the brand. While practically every other dot-com chose to advertise on the Internet, we saw... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
the concept while preserving and establishing satisfactory cash flow. —Roger Strang (DBA 1977) Expand as rapidly as possible within any con straints of capital. There are probably very few barriers to entry in creating such a marketplace.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
were in 2019, so it’ll be very economical. When you arrive, you’ll probably check in with your phone, which also will be the key to your room. As a trend, keyless entry will really be accelerated by the pandemic. If you do go to the front... View Details