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- 2013
- Working Paper
Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Waste Heat Recovery
By: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Deishin Lee
Waste heat recovery is a proven technology for improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy-intensive manufacturing firms. However, evidence suggests that opportunities for recovering waste heat are untapped. By showing how the process...
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- March 2011
- Case
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011
By: Willy Shih and Jia Cheng
When David Wang took over as the CEO of SMIC, he knew that if he was to capitalize on the company's strategic location in the China market, he would have to transform the company mindset and its operating structure from its roots in the manufacturing of DRAMs to the...
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Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Customization and Personalization;
Semiconductor Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, and Jia Cheng. "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 611-053, March 2011.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Mixed Source
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gaston Llanes
We study competitive interaction between a profit-maximizing firm that sells software and complementary services and a free open source competitor. We examine the firm's choice of business model between the proprietary model (where all software modules are...
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Business Model;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Monopoly;
Open Source Distribution;
Quality;
Competition;
Information Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gaston Llanes. "Mixed Source." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-022, September 2009. (Revised October 2010.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Stanley S. Litow
The need for a fresh approach to U.S. communities is more urgent than ever because of the biggest global economic crisis since the Great Depression. Through examination of the barriers to solving urban problems (and the ways they reinforce each other), this paper...
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Transformation;
Investment;
Urban Scope;
Leadership;
Safety;
Civil Society or Community;
Technology Networks;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Stanley S. Litow. "Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-141, June 2009.
- 09 Nov 2020
- News
Best Business Books 2020: Technology & innovation
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5.1 Information Technology - MBA
civil penalties. Such misconduct includes: knowingly gaining unauthorized access to a computer system or database, falsely obtaining electronic services or data without payment of required charges, intentionally intercepting electronic...
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4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
and services that supported sales managers, including trade journals and popular magazines about salesmen and sales management. The creation of methods of sales management also opened up new branches of academic inquiry, such as...
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by Laura Linard
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
for teams to thrive, even in the leader’s absence. Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School, served as senior vice president for leadership and strategy at Uber and has consulted with WeWork and...
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by Kristen Senz
- 10 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?
that also receive significant media attention. But there are so many other settings like the service sector, non-white elite, and middle class women that don’t receive the news coverage. We need more systematic research on the movement’s...
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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
business strategy—and identified a set of customers who were willing to pay a premium for healthy, environmentally friendly food. Shared Value and Company Strategy: Whole Foods Markets Natural, fresh, organic, and freshly prepared foods and health items with excellent...
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- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
can't seem to get innovation right. When companies keep improving their existing products and services to meet their best customers' needs, they eventually run into the "innovator's dilemma." By doing everything right, they...
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- July 2009 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
What Happened at Citigroup? (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
What went wrong at Citigroup? In 1998, the Travelers Group and Citicorp merged to create Citigroup Inc., considered the first true global "financial supermarket" and a business model to be envied, feared, and emulated. By year-end 2006 the firm had a market...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Leadership;
Risk Management;
Failure;
Financial Services Industry
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "What Happened at Citigroup? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-004, July 2009. (Revised August 2011.)
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Counter Intelligence
a drink subscription service called Club Pret. The program, which costs $40 a month in the United States for up to five barista-prepared drinks a day, and additional discounts, has proven popular with Pret’s traditional customers and...
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Amy Crawford
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
Danish-based facility services provider ISS; or as some combination of the two—typically in a holding company like US-based marketing services provider Omnicom with a number of subsidiaries, each with its...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty & Research - Business History
declared secession from the Union. The trigger for the crisis was Abraham... 20 Feb 2024 News Honoring the History of Black Americans in the Military Re: Hise Gibson Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson talks about his experience in the United States Army, Black leaders in the...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
tied to Ukraine’s social, economic, and democratic stability. Creating access to such services is a daunting task during wartime, when infrastructure is crippled and underfunded and while tens of millions of Ukrainians have been...
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- 18 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions
algorithm generates fair outcomes. As the algorithm sorts through information to optimize its objective, BEAT detects and eliminates bias at key points in the training process. For instance, BEAT could help a car service charge surge...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Information Technology | About
gaining unauthorized access to a computer system or database, falsely obtaining electronic services or data without payment of required charges, intentionally intercepting electronic communications. and obtaining, altering, or destroying...
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Professional Development - Alumni
forward, work with them to address specific obstacles, and direct them to other helpful resources. Schedule an Appointment Career coaches are available to meet with HBS alumni for 40-minute telephone appointments (up to four per calendar year). This View Details