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  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

  Working PapersOrganizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • January 2023
    • Case

    Crow Holdings Development: Mass Timber Construction

    By: John D. Macomber, Robert Hernandez and Kyle MertensMeyer
    Jim McCaffery and Cody Armbrister of Crow Holdings Development evaluate the pros and cons of committing to mass timber construction instead of conventional concrete or steel for a new 260,000 SF multi-story office building in Texas. Benefits include substantially... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate Development; Architecture; Air Quality; Health ＆ Wellness; Office Property; Sustainability; Carbon Abatement; Natural Environment; Environmental Accounting; Green Buildings; Design; Construction; Cost vs Benefits; Environmental Sustainability; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Texas
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    • 13 Mar 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: March 13

    case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412075-PDF-ENG The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue (A) Amy C. Edmondson, Faaiza Rashid, and Herman B. "Dutch" LeonardHarvard Business School Case 612-046 On... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2008 (Revised August 2010)
    • Case

    ScriptLogic®: Point, Click, Done!™

    ScriptLogic is a software company that has built a product portfolio that fits under a 'Point, Click, Done!' umbrella; its products are easy to download, easy to install, and easy to use. The company's online marketing program and inside sales force have been very... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Return; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Development; Salesforce Management; Software; Information Technology Industry
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    • December 2006 (Revised April 2014)
    • Case

    J. R. D. Tata

    By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
    J.R.D Tata, Chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and technology-based enterprises.... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Development Economics; Working Conditions; Leadership; Infrastructure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Government Relations; India
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    • December 1999 (Revised January 2002)
    • Background Note

    Overview of the Project Finance Market, An

    By: Benjamin C. Esty, Suzanne I. Harris and Kathleen G. Krueger
    This case introduces the field of project finance and supplies a statistical overview of the project finance market as of the mid=to late 1990s. It consists of four sections. The first section defines project finance and contrasts it with other well-known forms of... View Details
    Keywords: Markets; Investment; Projects; Project Finance
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    • 07 May 2021
    • News

    A Best Buy CEO on What It Takes to Fix a Struggling Retailer

    • November 2017 (Revised August 2018)
    • Case

    Fair Value Accounting at Noble Group (A)

    By: Siko Sikochi, Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
    Noble Group was a large commodities trader based in Hong Kong and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In 2012, Noble shifted its business strategy towards an asset-light model. Under this model, Noble did not own mines or farms to produce commodities but built... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Policy; Goods and Commodities; Contracts; Valuation
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    • February 2005 (Revised May 2005)
    • Case

    Intelliseek

    Intelliseek harvests, filters, and mines the content of messages posted by consumers online and on discussion boards and blogs. For any specified consumer product brand, Intelliseek measures the volume of work-of-mouth and its valence (proportion of positive and... View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Consumer Behavior; Knowledge Management; Marketing Reference Programs; Web Services Industry
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    • 25 Sep 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: September 25, 2007

    in the mining industry. Villarzu envisioned moving to a robust IT architecture, enhancing the solutions that were available, identifying further needs in the company and deciding how to fix them, View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 19 Mar 2018
    • News

    The Unintended Consequences Of Starting A Trade War With Mexico

    • August 2012 (Revised March 2014)
    • Technical Note

    4M: Four-Markets Analysis for Emerging Economies

    By: Eric Werker
    This technical note describes a methodology for evaluating the political economy of business-government relations in an emerging or frontier economy. The note argues that there are not one but four markets in an emerging economy: the market of "rentiers" such as mining... View Details
    Keywords: Frontier Markets; Emerging Markets
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    • June 2023
    • Article

    How New Ideas Diffuse in Science

    By: Mengjie Cheng, Daniel Scott Smith, Xiang Ren, Hancheng Cao, Sanne Smith and Daniel A. McFarland
    What conditions help new ideas spread? Can knowledge entrepreneurs’ position and develop new ideas in ways that help them take off? Most innovation research focuses on products and their reference. That focus ignores the ideas themselves and the broader ideational... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation Adoption; Natural Language Processing; Knowledge; Science; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Analytics and Data Science
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    • Spring 2014
    • Article

    Leveraging Crowdsourced Peer-to-Peer Assessments to Enhance the Case Method of Learning

    By: Jill Avery
    Many marketing educators use the case method to help their students strengthen their decision-making skills. Rigorous class participation is essential to achieving learning objectives in case method learning. One challenge for case method instructors is the assessment... View Details
    Keywords: Case Method Teaching; Marketing; Business Education; Teaching; Education Industry
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    • 08 Nov 2018
    • News

    Bookshelf: November / December 2018

    • June 2017
    • Teaching Note

    The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity

    By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel P. Gross and Lauren G. Pickle
    In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the... View Details
    Keywords: Diamonds; Go-to-market Strategy; Secondary Market; Willingness To Pay; Pilot Program; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; Marketing; Advertising; Branding; Customer Value; Pawn Shops; Jewelry; Supply And Demand; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Advertising Campaigns; Value Creation; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Advertising Industry; Mining Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Africa; Botswana; South Africa; Namibia
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    • February 1999
    • Case

    Volant Skis

    By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Matt Verlinden
    Volant brought innovation to the ski equipment industry in 1989 by developing a stainless steel ski. He claimed the skis could turn more easily, could hold an edge in icy conditions, and were more stable than aluminum or fiberglass skis. The company's "soft-flex"... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Quality; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation
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      How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management

      High-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that was the case at Google, a company filled with self-starters who viewed management as more destructive than beneficial... View Details

        Unleashed

        When leaders seek out advice, they’re often told to fix themselves. Should they?

        When leaders want to improve, they will find no shortage of ideas to help them. They’re told to identify and develop their natural-born strengths, mine failures... View Details