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- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
designed from the beginning to sit in the enormous space between cheap manual toothbrushes and ultra-high-end electrics produced by companies such as Gillette and Johnson & Johnson. Osher wanted his offering to sell for about six...
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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
Space Administration not only tolerated but applauded the phenomenon in the Canal Zone. The result was that American aid transfers to Panama soon began to overshadow the revenues from the canal. In short, the United States no longer had...
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
installed Influence: Medium 701970s19 Beginning of biotech industry Fiber-optic wire Pong (first video game) UPC bar code Supercomputer Influence: Medium-Low 801980s19 Software industry booms PC use expands in scale and scope CAD/CAM revolutionizes manufacturing View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
findings are particularly relevant at a time when the economy is clouded by recession concerns and companies in industries across the world are searching for ways to instill a spirit of innovation, with Google expecting employees to spend...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
by asserting that a brand might fit better in one company's portfolio than in another's. But a marketing professional would probably explain the improved fit in terms of distribution economies or manufacturing synergies. I would explain...
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- 09 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)
differences resulted in distance between me and my parents. We had a hard time saying “I love you” to each other, or having conversations that went beyond perfunctory topics. This was especially the case with my dad. So, when I saw that we had a Business, Government...
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Peter Gumulia
leadership muscle. He turned to HBS, “not necessarily to shift careers, but to make room for personal and professional exploration. I had a busy five to six years in which I didn’t have the head space to step back and ask myself: What...
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Public Policy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Guides Public Policy Public Policy Public policy concerns the laws and systems put in place by a governing body as well as the strategies for how to fund and enforce the policies in place. This research guide, created for The Role of Government in Market View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
(up to 40%), India will require significant continued development to cater for its growing economy and population over the coming decades. Therefore, this site visit offered tremendous insight on one of India’s most significant, yet...
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Bryan Stromer
which path and career seems most exciting to me. What is your most memorable classroom moment? This semester I am taking Business, Government, & the International Economy (BGIE), where each class session focuses on the economic and...
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- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many clusters are also driven by external forces, such as foreign direct...
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- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
defensive for years. Organizations have been delayering—eliminating middle management jobs—to try to be more agile, with faster decision making and execution. Downsizing in the name of economies of scale has hit middle management hard....
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by James Heskett
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
in states like Massachusetts to be unduly expensive and prevents growers in states like California from achieving economies of scale because of limited market size. Small, fragmented markets also limit cannabis suppliers from incurring...
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by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
expands in scale and scope CAD/CAM revolutionizes manufacturing Space shuttle Influence: Medium-High 901990s Boom in connectivity Cloning, stem cell research DVDs Influence: Medium 1900s19 Progressivism The Jungle sparks food and work...
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- 26 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
business and policy realms. Climate is a space where you need to lean into policies to shape incentives, which can, in turn, create incentives for new business models and growth opportunities. The IRA is a great example of how policy...
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
leadership; the United States’ weakened economy after 2008; post-COVID deficits and debt in Latin America, Africa and Europe; and the conditions of energy and commodity markets post-Ukrainian war. Slides June 10-11 Reunion Celebration...
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- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
contractors they can work 20 hours per week and still get paid for 40. “Work is not the only thing on people’s minds right now. Their families, their bills, childcare and school closures, the economy we are all trying to manage a lot,”...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
which is a really interesting incentive as well. But otherwise that they can actually pay the carbon cost themselves I think is super interesting. Because the ultimate best case scenario would be if carbon cost was baked into the economy...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
make on us. Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Managing Partner, Burnt Island Ventures Bake Sustainability into the Core of What You Do BIO The role of business leaders is to see the writing on the wall and act accordingly. The transition to a clean View Details
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
‘sustainability’ or ‘climate’ does not need to be in your job title for it to be incorporated into your work. They stressed that achieving the pace of transformation needed to decarbonize our economy will require collaboration across all...
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