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- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
competitors to take advantage of the market opportunity,” she says. Danielle Kost is senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Image: Jarretera Related Reading: Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right Don’t Just...
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- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
been tanking, with shares recently trading at $1.50. And in October, Sears filed for bankruptcy protection, following the dark road paved by Borders, RadioShack, and Toys ‘R’ Us. “Target had to make this big shift from thinking only about...
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- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
company released its pink and purple “Pens for Her,” featuring a “thin barrel designed to fit a woman’s hand.” Shoppers blasted Target when a store labeled toys in one aisle “building sets” and those in another aisle “girls’ building...
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- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
releases will get better." The only way to attract great typists would be for voice recognition to be faster and more accurate than typing. This is a very high technical hurdle. Where has voice-recognition technology begun to take off? Kids love the ability to...
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- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
was his foray into energy conservation and baby products in the 1970s and '80s, followed by Cap Toys, offering toys and candy, in the 1980s and '90s. The latter venture, which produced the uniquely American and insanely popular SpinPop...
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- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
that he was the father of Lisa Brennan-Jobs, although the mixture of cruelty and kindness with which he treated her would have driven a less innately well-grounded person crazy. Pixar was a screaming success. Those who viewed Toy Story...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
perspective, it’s like the holiday season. It’s like finding toys everywhere. There’s opportunity under every rock. For a traditional firm, there’s also a whole new generation of tremendous opportunities that are open to them. Their...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
goes on. We have started to acknowledge these truths, and we’re toying with interventions, at both the individual level and the policy level to overcome time poverty. Some places are trying four-day workweeks (the United States, as with...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
"Most fad items don't have a functional element," Ofek says. "A Pet Rock doesn't have a functional element. A Tickle Me Elmo toy does not have a functional element. With Clocky, even if the cuteness factor wears off, it...
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- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
only on paper.” There were several criticisms of the fact that the research identified correlations, not causes. Norman Toy made the point by stressing the especially mischievous nature of the use of correlation in this case. In his...
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by James Heskett
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
2011. In the early 2000s, e-commerce was seen as a threat to entire store formats such as grocery, music, and toy stores. But as consumer behavior evolved over the last decade and as supply chains improved, it became apparent that the...
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- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
As one of the largest toy makers in the world, the LEGO Group has been riding high in America and Western Europe. To grow, however, LEGO recently faced a decision familiar to many other multinationals: should the company shift from...
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- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
can firms do to prevent it? A: When you go buy a toy at the store, the only cost that stands out is the price you pay for the toy, not the coins you put in the parking meter near the store's window. If you buy View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
Idea Group's four-phase process of innovation: the generation of ideas and the winnowing of the ideas down to a manageable few. There's usually some process by which a potentially great idea gets prostituted into something lackluster.— Clayton Christensen The...
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by Loren Gray
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
goods would grow from 2 percent to 20 percent of the consumer market over the next five years. From a sector perspective, mall specialty stores that sell goods such as toys or watches should do well, said Biyani. Moderator Rangan wondered...
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- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
Show!’ Partner with a toy company and there could be a Boaty under every tree this Christmas and a Boaty Book explaining his or her research mission.’ Others were less enthusiastic. Darmody1 reminded us that, “it’s important to consider...
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- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
Donohue, President, US Chamber of Commerce; Lowell McAdam, CEO, Verizon; Charles W. Moorman (HBS MBA '89), Chairman, Norfolk Southern; Damon Silvers (HBS MBA '95), Policy Director and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO; Gerald Storch (HBS MBA '81), former CEO View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
http://hbr.org/search/612033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-086 Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities Learning Resources is a family owned educational View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
http://hbr.org/search/113045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-478 LEGO (A): The Crisis As this case opens, iconic toymaker LEGO stands on the brink of bankruptcy. Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, LEGO's young and newly appointed CEO, must size up changes in the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
about what they've learned, and what changes they're planning. This collective, public conversation was critical when sales managers at Mattel Canada were trying to initiate a different kind of innovation: introducing a new sales channel. Due to the cyclical,...
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