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People Make It So Hard to Ditch Plastic Straws

Rarely has a minor consumer product received more vilification than the plastic straw. As a symbol of human wastefulness and our careless disregard for the environment, straws are the near-perfect villain. You use a plastic straw once and toss it, but it stays with us... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Consumer Behavior

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04 Sep 2019
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Case Study: Up in the Air

wide and thin versus focused and deep. Also, few enterprises want to be on the bleeding edge. Even in high tech, Microsoft was a second mover. —Kerry Bensman (ISMP 90, 1990) I agree with establishing the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

April 2009
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Symbian, Google & Apple in the Mobile Space (B)

By: Fernando Suarez, Benjamin Edelman and Arati Srinivasan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Network Effects; Networks; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry

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Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) - Course Catalog

than a typical RC Finance class, and will utilize more financial concepts (measuring value and assessing risk) than a typical RC Strategy class. It is designed to teach a set of quantitative tools... View Details

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

engineers—they love to build things, and they are very good at it. Their progress on infrastructure projects in the last couple of decades is remarkable, but in keeping with their natural strength and the... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

over their own domestic market and then that of Europe for large systems. Although the Japanese industry lost out in personal computers, their strength in large systems permitted them to meet the greatly increased View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

constraints the other party faces. Often when your counterpart's behavior appears unreasonable, his hands are tied somehow, and you can reach agreement by helping overcome those limitations. The third is to view onerous View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2004
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Ideas: Faculty Research Online

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior? Surprise! Managers are not always rational decision-makers. In this interview, Assistant Professor Noel Watson and Rogelio Oliva discuss how human behavior affects View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

July 2010 (Revised March 2012)
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China 'Unbalanced'

By: Diego A. Comin and Richard H.K. Vietor

In 2010, Wen Jiabao looked back at the financial crisis with some satisfaction. Using aggressive fiscal and monetary policy, China had weathered the crisis successfully, growing 8.7% annually in 2010. Most of the unemployed workers had returned to work, often... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Local Range; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; China

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19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

a supply chain pilot implemented at Hugo Boss. This pilot entailed altering the way in which Hugo Boss orders from its suppliers. We explore the challenge of assessing the impact of supply chain change, the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

capital would provide sufficient loss absorption when called upon, would there be sufficient demand for this new instrument, would it be cost effective capital, and what were the risks to Credit Suisse'... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Reengineering Channel Reordering Processes to Improve Total Supply-Chain Performance

By: Janice H. Hammond and T. H. Clark

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Performance

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December 2002 (Revised October 2006)
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Tesco Plc.

By: David E. Bell

Tesco, a supermarket chain, has been transformed from a third-rate retailer to a global leader in the past ten years. This case describes how that was accomplished. Interviews with Tesco employees explain the company's approach to understanding customers, motivating... View Details

Keywords: History; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership; Internet and the Web; Supply Chain Management; Global Strategy; Globalization; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Retail Industry

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09 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

How to Revive Health-Care Innovation

talent, and resources of the leading organizations in an established system always are absorbed in improving their best products, which are sold to address the most demanding applications in the industry.... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. M.D. & Jason Hwang; Health

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

to Operational Failures in Hospitals By: Tucker, Anita L., W. Scott Heisler, and Laura D. Janisse Abstract—The performance gap between hospital spending and outcomes is indicative of inefficient care... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2007
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Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?

By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien

We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e. inducing consumers to search more than they would like): i)... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Retail Industry

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20 Apr 2022
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How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One

ambiguity and demands that you listen to other perspectives. Every class is taught Socratic-style. The cases offer no clear right answer, making you a more agile thinker, a more compassionate leader, View Details

December 2010
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Oral Rehydration Therapy

By: Nava Ashraf and Claire Qureshi

This case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy (ORT). ORT treated extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading... View Details