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- March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Harley-Davidson, Inc.--1987
By: W. Carl Kester and Julia Morley
After an LBO and near bankruptcy in the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson makes an astonishing recovery, going public in 1986. Its listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1987 provides the occasion of an equity analyst to publish a research report in which she must issue...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Reports;
Crisis Management;
Going Public;
Research;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Japan;
New York (city, NY)
Kester, W. Carl, and Julia Morley. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.--1987." Harvard Business School Case 292-082, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- April 2012
- Article
The Changing Ecology of Teams: New Directions for Teams Research
By: Ruth Wageman, Heidi K. Gardner and Mark Mortensen
The nature of collaboration has been changing at an accelerating pace, particularly in the last decade. Much of the published work in teams research, however, is still focused on the archetypal team that has well-defined membership, purposes, leadership, and standards...
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Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Research;
Change Management;
Leadership;
Standards;
Performance Effectiveness;
Theory;
Civil Society or Community
Wageman, Ruth, Heidi K. Gardner, and Mark Mortensen. "The Changing Ecology of Teams: New Directions for Teams Research." Journal of Organizational Behavior 33, no. 3 (April 2012): 301–315.
- Research Summary
Business History
Walter Friedman serves as co-editor of Business History Review. He has a special interest in the history of marketing and personal selling, and is author of Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America (Harvard, 2004). He is also interested in the...
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- December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Ebony Magazine
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Jackson
For nearly 75 years, the Johnson Publishing Company has been the most successful African American magazine publisher. Its flagship Ebony magazine was an iconic coffee table fixture for decades in black households of all classes, making founder John H. Johnson...
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Keywords:
Business Restructuring;
Media;
Race Characteristics;
Social History;
Contemporary History;
Fairness;
Race;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Adaptation;
Consolidation;
Culture;
Brands and Branding;
Journals and Magazines;
Decisions;
Business History;
Restructuring;
Innovation and Management;
Crisis Management;
Publishing Industry;
Publishing Industry;
Publishing Industry;
Chicago
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Jackson. "Ebony Magazine." Harvard Business School Case 317-043, December 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- Research Summary
Managing Processes
David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,...
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- September 2003 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
"American Challenge, The:" Europe's Response to American Business
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
Examines the tensions multinationals cause by focusing on Europe's reaction to the growing U.S. multinational investment in the 20th century. Initially, Europeans rarely felt threatened by U.S. investments, however, tensions grew over time. After the Second World War,...
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Investment;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
United States;
Europe
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine. "American Challenge, The:" Europe's Response to American Business. Harvard Business School Case 804-057, September 2003. (Revised June 2006.)
- March 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
USA TODAY Online
By: John A. Deighton and Anthony St. George
How should USA TODAY use its brand franchise to build a publishing business on the World Wide Web? Advertising Age described the first steps as "a case study in how not to do it," but by the end of 1997 USA TODAY Online is the most visited news site on the Web. Now the...
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Keywords:
Digital Marketing;
Design;
Profit;
Revenue;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Information Industry
Deighton, John A., and Anthony St. George. "USA TODAY Online." Harvard Business School Case 598-133, March 1998. (Revised November 1999.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- November 1994 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up
By: George P. Baker III, Nicola Bamford and Nicolas Greenspan
Explores the strategy, financing, and governance of a new type of organizational form, dubbed the Leveraged Build-Up by its inventor, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. The company makes leveraged acquisitions of small publishing companies, managing them in a very...
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Keywords:
Debt Securities;
Financial Management;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Cash Flow;
Organizational Structure;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Publishing Industry
Baker, George P., III, Nicola Bamford, and Nicolas Greenspan. "K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up." Harvard Business School Case 295-067, November 1994. (Revised May 2002.)
- 16 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies
- Research Summary
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)
Conducting research on new management concepts in supply chain management like CPFR. Identifying best practices in the nine-step-CPFR process. Major differences in CPFR-implementation in the U.S., Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.Linking e-marketplaces in the...
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- 2015
- Chapter
Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation
By: Linda A. Hill
More than ever, leaders of nearly every kind of organization view their human resources teams as essential to institutional well-being and long-term growth and sustainability. That's the central and animating theme of "The Rise of HR: Wisdom from 73 Thought Leaders," a...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Talent Management;
Talent Development And Retention;
Innovation Leadership;
Human Resources;
Talent and Talent Management;
Leadership;
Leadership Development
Hill, Linda A. "Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation." In The Rise of HR: Wisdom from 73 Thought Leaders, edited by Dave Ulrich, William A. Schiemann, and Libby Sartain, 233–240. Alexandria, VA: HR Certification Institute, 2015. Electronic.
- March 2015
- Case
The I-PASS Patient Handoff Program
By: Robert S. Huckman and Michael Norris
In 2015, the I-PASS Patient Handoff Program Team, led by six pediatricians around the U.S., had to determine the best way to disseminate their program that had been proven to reduce communication errors in patient handoffs in hospital settings. Should they turn it into...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Hospitals;
Operations Improvement;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S., and Michael Norris. "The I-PASS Patient Handoff Program." Harvard Business School Case 615-069, March 2015.
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings International Data on Measuring Management Practices By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We examine methods used to survey firms on their management and...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- July 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Oxygen Esports
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
On May 4, 2020, a press release from Boston, Massachusetts, announced the launch of Oxygen Esports (Oxygen), a new organization that hoped to dominate the rising esports scene in New England. Oxygen was created from a merger between Helix eSports (Helix), an owner and...
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Keywords:
Esports;
Sports;
Online Technology;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Oxygen Esports." Harvard Business School Case 721-351, July 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Publications Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance Author: Gary P. Pisano Publication: Harvard Business Review Press, in press. (due October 2012) Abstract For years-even decades-in response to intensifying global competition, American...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- May 2015
- Article
Review and Summary of Research on the Embodied Effects of Expansive (vs. Contractive) Nonverbal Displays
By: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy and Andy J. Yap
In this comment we list the 33 published experiments based on 2,521 participants demonstrating the embodied effects of expansive versus contractive nonverbal postures. We discuss a new addition to this list that found an embodied effect of nonverbal expansiveness on...
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Carney, Dana R., Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap. "Review and Summary of Research on the Embodied Effects of Expansive (vs. Contractive) Nonverbal Displays." Psychological Science 26, no. 5 (May 2015): 657–663.
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Medium and Message: The Role of the Media in Establishing Institutional Logics
By: Mukti Khaire and Erika Richardson
Research on industry institutional logics has provided insights into the factors that influence organizational behavior and actions. However, we still lack a detailed understanding of how industry logics emerge from societal-level values, get disseminated, and become...
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- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
AdMob (A)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Samuel Cohen and Nithya Vaduganathan
AdMob's CEO is deciding between international expansion and increasing the number of publishers to strengthen the company's advantage in the mobile advertising industry. AdMob displayed advertising on global devices, powered 6,000 websites and 1,000 applications, and...
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Keywords:
Digital Marketing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Advertising Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Samuel Cohen, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "AdMob (A)." Harvard Business School Case 711-406, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
Publications August 2013 hfm (Healthcare Financial Management) Improving Value with TDABC By: Kaplan, Robert S. Abstract—The article discusses the benefits of time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) combined with outcomes measurement for healthcare organizations....
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- July 2010
- Supplement
AdMob (B)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and David Chen
CEO is deciding between international expansion and increasing the number of publishers to strengthen the company's advantage in the mobile advertising industry. AdMob displayed advertising on global devices, and powered 6,000 websites and 1,000 applications, and...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Capital;
Global Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Product Positioning;
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
Mobile Technology;
Advertising Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and David Chen. "AdMob (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-407, July 2010.