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- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
fully extended attraction models (Cooper and Nakanishi 1988). Utilizing a database of store-level scanner data for 25 categories and 127 brands of frequently purchased branded consumer goods, we find that about 18 percent of a total of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 1998 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Concordia Electronic Systems Test
By: Thomas R. Piper
The management of an electronics company must decide whether to use a single hurdle rate for all projects or to move to a system of different hurdle rates for each of its two divisions. The divisions differ substantially in terms of risk and seem to have substantially...
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Business Model;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Business Divisions;
Electronics Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Concordia Electronic Systems Test." Harvard Business School Case 298-115, March 1998. (Revised March 2001.)
- January 2002
- Case
Teledesic
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Daniel J. Green and Douglas R Rogers
Management of a satellite-delivered broadband data communications company sets strategy in an uncertain environment, using Michael Porter's scenario planning tools to assess likely outcomes and determine which actions to take. This case draws a distinction between...
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Business Model;
Business or Company Management;
Infrastructure;
Strategic Planning;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategy;
Internet;
Information Technology Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Daniel J. Green, and Douglas R Rogers. "Teledesic." Harvard Business School Case 802-154, January 2002.
- March 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
WingspanBank.com is launched to critical acclaim, but its fate is hardly certain. Bank One's new CEO, Jamie Dimon, must decide what to do with what is now a second Web site for the bank's current and prospective customers.
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Business Model;
Business Startups;
Customers;
Innovation and Management;
Organizations;
Complexity;
Web Sites;
Financial Services Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?" Harvard Business School Case 601-071, March 2001. (Revised July 2002.)
- September 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Technical Note
Last Mile of Broadband Access, The: Technical Note
By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green
Provides an overview of broadband access technology. Includes technical overviews of cable, DSL, fixed wireless, and satellite systems, and suggests the technical suitability of each to accommodate broadband applications.
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Light, Jay O., Lynda M. Applegate, and Daniel J. Green. "Last Mile of Broadband Access, The: Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 800-076, September 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
Once the public schools in North Chicago decided to close in mid-March because of COVID-19, it took Jennifer Grumhaus (MBA 1994) and her staff less than 72 hours to totally revamp the business model for the nonprofit she runs, North...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- Profile
Lauren Booker
internship, she will do so within a new capacity: investment banking, an area she'd like to pursue after graduation. "HBS has helped me explore my career options," she says, "with so many opportunities for cultivating my passions and strengths. My...
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Estevan Santiago
young age. They both worked incredibly hard to give my sister and me opportunities they never had growing up, while also teaching us the importance of being a compassionate and giving person. I am incredibly grateful to have such amazing role View Details
- Profile
Danny Lipsitz
familiar to him, the Center for Hearing and Communication in New York City, where he received therapy throughout his childhood. “They have a specialist doing research in auditory-processing disorders,” he says. “But they don’t have a funding View Details
- Web
Develop and disseminate research and course material on advancing racial equity in business. - Advancing Racial Equity
and our endowment. Funding faculty research with internal resources allows our faculty to shape and conduct most of their research without relying on outside grants. We hope that this funding model will attract Black faculty, by enabling...
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- 29 Nov 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
An old adage about volunteers cites the value they bring to organizations as including “wealth, work, and wisdom.” These “three Ws” define the dedicated alumni body here at HBS. Although being a donor is certainly critical to sustaining the economic View Details
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Das Narayandas
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
model where people can assess the different approaches and collaborate on refining the best solution.” Interactions with a variety of crowds — including students and exec utives in his classrooms, fellow researchers, and the HBS alumni...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
initiative happen within the framework of the School’s mission, and John Whitehead, who helped keep the expectations high, worked with faculty to develop the vision, and lent the networks and influence to support it. He has been a model...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
creates an opening for entrepreneurs who can meet the profitability challenge by reexamining the whole business model — a process that might involve customer acquisition or retention, or pricing innovations. It is only fitting for the...
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Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
bulletin@hbs.edu. Write us a letter. This is your magazine. It needs your voice. Gene Williams, featured in the December 2013 HBS Alumni Bulletin Top Story The story of Gene Williams (MBA 1987) and his new drug development model hit a...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 13 Nov 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Sustainable Business Strategy
Learn how to become a purpose-centered business leader while examining the critical role that businesses play in solving the world's big problems, including climate change, income inequality, and social injustice. Program Dates: November 13, 2019 - December 4, 2019
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- October 2016 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
Innovating Beyond Ochsner
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Olivia Hull
The Ochsner Health System has developed a proprietary software tool designed to treat hypertension. Built into the system’s electronic medical records, the Hypertension Digital Medicine program allows patients to record their blood pressure at home and share readings...
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Electronic Medical Records;
Telemedicine;
Hypertension;
High Blood Pressure;
Chronic Disease;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Disorders;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Health Industry;
Technology Industry;
New Orleans;
Louisiana
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Olivia Hull. "Innovating Beyond Ochsner." Harvard Business School Case 817-028, October 2016. (Revised November 2016.)
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
opportunity – and I was very excited that it did.” Rahil’s Immersion morphed into an offer to return for the summer. Bocadio, a gourmet food delivery startup modeled on Munchery in the U.S., “offered me exactly what I was looking for: a...
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Entrepreneurship
- 02 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...
models and aspirations to transform the industry. One company in particular grabbed my attention: Fibroblast, a referral management platform. The business is focused at the heart of the one for the most challenging issues for patient...
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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
validating the model before closing the initial investment round, after which he hopes to scale quickly, with the goal of serving 10,000 students in five years. Reflecting on his time at HBS, Bichara cites the case method’s impact in...
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