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Password Managers | Information Technology
only use Apple products. What about using my browser to store passwords? This is not recommended for sensitive accounts. Web browsers are fairly easy to break into, and lots of malware, browser extensions,...
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Alice Yen
I never needed a playground. Growing up in North Carolina, the branches and flower buds of my dad’s garden were the monkey bars of my jungle gym. I played hide-and-seek, peeking between the Asian apple pear, persimmon, and fig trees. It...
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- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
another star in that constellation. William Kirby (General Management) Steve Jobs's legacy is everywhere, not the least in Chinese cities where the Apple stores are crowded from dawn to dusk, and where there...
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- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
Published: March 5, 2012 The stuffy department store chain has become emboldened under new CEO Ron Johnson, with plans for an innovative store upgrade, simplified prices, and a brand polish. Professor Rajiv...
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- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Demoulas by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, and directors affiliated with him set off employee protests throughout the grocery store chain. Industry specialists estimated that Market Basket was losing close to $10 million each day in lost...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
end, though, all the tools in the world won’t make you a successful mix-master. For that, you need to bring your own creativity and insights to the table. The master? Steve Jobs. When the exiled CEO returned to yank Apple out of near...
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- 14 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to Profit from Scarcity
company. It wasn't just direct sales of these two products that benefited from the scarcity illusion, however: The heavy crowds drove sales of related products in Apple stores and bookstores during a...
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- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
Apple and government authorities from accessing data stored on the device. Law enforcement officials warned that the encryption hindered investigations for criminal cases and international terrorism and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
In the online marketplace, oodles of retailers and developers rely on “platforms” such as Amazon.com, the Apple App Store, Facebook, and Twitter to get their products and services into the hands of users. Retailers, for example, sell...
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Kraft Accelerator
Podcast Podcast Showcasing the business models, technologies, and proof points of data & analytics leaders in precision medicine. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts More Ways to Listen Google PlayStitcherSpotify 25 Sep 2019 Under the Datascope...
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- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
or even how much they will pay for an item. But they aren't very good at accessing where that value comes from, or how and when it is influenced by factors like store displays or brands.” Most humans are a little more complicated than...
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- 16 May 2017
- Blog Post
Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering
project off the ground, and Ummo turned into something bigger than any of us expected. Our app got picked up in The New York Times, Business Insider, LifeHacker and many other publications. Somehow Apple found out about it, and showcased...
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- 12 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS
got picked up in The New York Times, Business Insider, LifeHacker and many other publications. Somehow Apple found out about it, and showcased Ummo in the App Store as The Top 3 "Apps We Love" in...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
And over dinner, we struck a deal, which in a matter of months he would have 1,000 stores within the Best Buy stores. Instead of building his chain of stores like Apple was...
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- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsApple Inc., 2008 Harvard Business School Case 708-480 In January 2007, three decades after its incorporation, Apple Computer shed the second word in its name and...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
convey? You have to stay close to your core consumer. Even though Skullcandy has grown over the years, and we now sell in mainstream places like Best Buy, Target, and Apple stores, the consumer at the center of our circle is still the...
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- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
investments are once again declining. Reasoning that today’s tech entrepreneurs and investors might value a history lesson, I’ve published Speed Trap as an ebook, which is downloadable for free in PDF format, and available in the iBooks View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
forecasting, consumer spending habits, and effective store layout. HBS Cases: When Good Teams Go Bad Know when teamwork doesn't work—and how to fix it. Professors Jeff Polzer and Scott Snook teach "The Army Crew Team" case and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a tying strategy. For example, Microsoft pre-installed Internet Explorer into Windows, and Apple set Apple Maps as the iOS default. Policymakers have...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Market day also means it’s a busy day for Gregoria Alvarez Reyes, whose store sits on an adjacent corner, right in the path of foot traffic. For the past 11 years, Reyes has owned and operated Farmacia Fradoni in this northwest section of...
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