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- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
solution identification. To help the hungry, he went to SNAP offices to observe and talk to people applying for food benefits. So, the practicalities involve customer discovery and even some prototyping, but...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
distribution services (GDSs)—such as SABRE—to reach travel agents. But GDSs held significant tactical advantages. For example, GDSs had signed long-term exclusive contracts with the corporate customers who were American's best customers....
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Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social...
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- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
white-collar or brainpower component. But I think in recent years the leading edge is beginning to shift from white collar to "white coat," a term I coined to describe an economy that creates new value from discovery in science...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
markets. The Philippines' Jollibee Foods, for instance, has profitably battled McDonald's because it realizes that Filipinos like their burgers to have a particular soy and garlic taste. Some have exploited their knowledge of local talent and capital markets, thereby...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling framework that connects the rich academic knowledge on innovation diffusion with that on View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
pricing, customer selection, and management of prices and accounts in an inherently uncertain, volatile demand environment. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-424 The a2...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
focused, where people feel they are on a mission, actually inspires creativity. An example might be an impending project launch or a customer with a critical need. In these instances, the creative team is concentrating on a problem where...
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Jason A. Kilar
important lessons you learned from Jeff Bezos? He takes a long-term approach which is something very rare in the public markets. He is thinking decades out as opposed to quarter to quarter. He also has a simple and consistent model: which is you start from the View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
We also even have some of our customers and partners mentoring, too, really being there to show what a day in the life really looks like and answering those questions. What we know, for anyone who makes a career change or a switch—and in...
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- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49551 September 2015 Harvard Business Review The Organizational Apology: A Step-by-Step Guide...
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Carmen Nobel
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Susan Wilner Golden (PMD 59, 1990) had a very frustrating experience caring for her aging mother. With her background as a graduate of the HBS Program for Management...
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- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
author cites a number of companies that have moved toward or into what he calls "the efficiency frontier." These include Sarvajal, in India, which saves money and eliminates waste by selling direct to customers through its...
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Anna Secino
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
ends up being less effective and efficient than it could be. The power of PTO is that it breaks this cycle, mitigating the pressure, freeing individuals to spend time in ways that are more desirable for themselves personally and for the work process. The initial View Details
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by Leslie A. Perlow
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
1,500-person division is a leader in the emerging field of personalized medicine, which treats cancer and other diseases with customized therapies that take into account the patient’s specific genetic traits. With HBS professor Richard...
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- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
extract maximum value from technologies such as point-of-sale scanners and customer loyalty cards. Highly readable and compelling, The New Science of Retailing is your playbook for turning all that data into a wellspring for new profits...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
In hardball bargaining, is the other side really making its "absolute final offer" or only bluffing? In a collaborative situation, do you understand everyone's true interests? Are valued customers and colleagues satisfied with...
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by Michael Wheeler
- 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18
may need "hot" financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/FinancingRiskandInnovation.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
authenticity is perfect for wealthy customers looking for refinement and inconspicuous luxury in an age of ostentatious logocentric branding. Drawing upon the brand’s extensive associations with previous users, most notably Sir Winston...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
going through the process of pricing discovery over time and optimizing for the best LTV to CAC [customer lifetime value to customer acquisition cost] ratio, which brings you to questions of scale. As of...
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