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- 07 Mar 2013
- HBS Seminar
Horace Dediu, Asymco
The China Rules
To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
with J.P. Morgan. A member of the firm’s operating committee, she has run the Asset Management division, a global leader in investment management and private banking, since 2009. Her group’s record-setting performance is unheard of in...
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- May 2019
- Case
Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman
The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president of marketing and product development at Caesan, must recommend to the Board of Directors whether to launch the product...
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Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Management;
Product Marketing;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A., and Katherine B. Hartman. "Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Brief Case 919-521, May 2019.
- 1991
- Book
Product Development Performance: Strategy, Organization, and Management in the World Auto Industry
By: K. B. Clark and T. Fujimoto
Clark, K. B., and T. Fujimoto. Product Development Performance: Strategy, Organization, and Management in the World Auto Industry. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1991.
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
principles of accounting, including accrual accounting, effectively smooth out performance and deliberately obscure the inflows and outflows of cash. The modern finance approach is to return to cash via various metrics that have grown ascendant over the last three...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch
to San Francisco, where he became CFO in 1981 and president in 1983. The calling to be near the company's operations -- which had moved to Kentucky in the 1970s -- then proved irresistible. In 1989, Jed, Sherri, and their two children...
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Susan Young
- 17 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)
developments in artificial intelligence are creating similar shocks to the economy – from new perspectives on value creation and value capture, to radical transformations of business and operating models. This shift not only impacts...
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- Web
Electricity - Business & Environment
clean, resilient, and consumer-centric through the application of data science and behavioral economics, optimizing the system assets and operations across the electric meter.” Tanuj Deora HBS MBA 2006 Vice President, Market Development...
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- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
and operates one of India's largest fleets of buses. “The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) operates buses in Brihan, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Thane area, and distributes electricity in...
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- Web
Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
for managing and mitigating them. Highlights Your Business's Overall Level of Risk Considering the Balance Between Innovation and Control Operations Risk Show Hide Details Concepts Identifying Sources of Risk, Part I Identifying Sources...
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- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
dollars (or perceived that payments would be interrupted). Firms operating in the commodity markets also saw their revenues shrinking, and struggled to meet obligations in (dollar) debt. As a result, most of them turn to banks to obtain...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
(HMC).... Frances X. Frei UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders create the conditions for...
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- February 1985 (Revised September 1988)
- Case
Komatsu Ltd.
Reviews and updates the structure and characteristics of the earth-moving equipment industry presented in the companion case, Caterpillar Tractor Co. After revealing that CAT has suffered major financial losses during the period from 1981 through 1984, the case...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Machinery and Machining;
Price;
Growth and Development;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Production;
Competitive Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Komatsu Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 385-277, February 1985. (Revised September 1988.)
- February 2017
- Case
Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data
By: William R. Kerr, Gamze Yucaoglu and Eren Kuzucu
In October 2016, Nevzat Aydin, co-founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti, the Turkish online food-ordering company, was looking over the company's quarterly results and projections for the upcoming year with his management team. It had been almost a year and a half since Aydin...
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Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Turkey;
Big Data;
Customer Focused Organization;
Service Management;
Continuous Improvement;
Data Analysis;
Internet;
Growth Strategy;
Technological Change;
Information Systems;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Strategy;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Emerging Markets;
Service Operations;
Competitive Advantage;
Performance Improvement;
Internet and the Web;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology;
Value Creation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Turkey
Kerr, William R., Gamze Yucaoglu, and Eren Kuzucu. "Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data." Harvard Business School Case 817-095, February 2017.
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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
facilities, and a greenhouse. This pamphlet provides a complete introduction to this manufacturing plant. Relay Assembly Test Room Interviews, 1931-1932: Operators 1-5. (Western Electric Company Hawthorne Studies Collection, Box 3B,...
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- August 1998 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Innovation at 3M Corporation (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Describes how 3M Corp. introduces and learns a new and innovative methodology called Lead User research to understand future customer and market needs. A team from 3M's Medical-Surgical Markets Division applies the Lead User methodology to the field of surgical...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Market Timing;
Product Development;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Innovation at 3M Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 699-012, August 1998. (Revised July 2002.)
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2350805 Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government Services By: Buell, Ryan W., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—As Americans' trust in government nears historic lows, frustration with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
Conduct, your jobs are secure. This decision was made with 100 percent support of the Firm’s Operating Committee. At the end of this year, we will know what we are dealing with, and hopefully, the economy will be on the mend by then.”...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott