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- February 1997 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Tale of Two Electronic Components Distributors
By: Ananth Raman and Bharat P. Rao
Discusses the role of distribution intermediaries in the electronic components industry, and describes operations at two of these distributors. Serves as a vehicle to discuss the functions provided by distributors in the channel. Also lets students understand the...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Consolidation;
Internet;
Distribution Industry;
Electronics Industry
Raman, Ananth, and Bharat P. Rao. "Tale of Two Electronic Components Distributors." Harvard Business School Case 697-064, February 1997. (Revised November 2007.)
- February 2016 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Black Voting Rights
By: David Moss and Dean Grodzins
In January 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the civil rights movement in the United States, launched a campaign of civil disobedience in Selma, Alabama, to bring national attention to disenfranchisement of black voters in the South. On...
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Keywords:
Rights;
Voting;
Race;
Government and Politics;
Conflict and Resolution;
Leadership;
History;
Alabama
Moss, David, and Dean Grodzins. "Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Black Voting Rights." Harvard Business School Case 716-042, February 2016. (Revised August 2021.)
- Research Summary
Enduring Success
Harvard Business School graduates have achieved many different kinds of success as leaders of businesses, as entrepreneurs and in their public and private lives. After authoring or co-authoring 150 cases, serving on many corporate and non- profit boards, Howard...
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- 2016
- Chapter
Fiscal Issues for Cross-Border Natural Resource Projects
By: Joseph Bell and Jasmina Chauvin
Projects that cross national boundaries give rise to the complex question of how the project's taxable income should be allocated among the national entities. This chapter utilizes a hypothetical mining project with the mine and infrastructure in two different...
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Keywords:
Extractive Industries;
Business & Government Relations;
Transfer Pricing;
Taxation;
Infrastructure;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Business and Government Relations;
Mining Industry
Bell, Joseph, and Jasmina Chauvin. "Fiscal Issues for Cross-Border Natural Resource Projects." Chap. 8 in International Taxation and the Extractive Industries, edited by Philip Daniel, Michael Keen, Artur Świstak, and Victor Thuronyi, 190–214. Routledge Studies in Development Economics. Routledge, 2016.
- May 1992 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Richardson Sheffield
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
The case traces Bryan Upton’s 20-plus years as managing director of a Sheffield-based cutlery company and describes the strategic and organizational actions he took to raise sales and earnings at more than 25% annually, even as the local industry was in steep...
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Keywords:
Human Resource Management;
Human Resource Practices;
General Management;
Human Resources;
Management;
Leadership;
Strategy;
United Kingdom
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Richardson Sheffield." Harvard Business School Case 392-089, May 1992. (Revised September 2019.)
- 08 Mar 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
France Telecom: Corporate Restructuring and Employee Well-Being
- Profile
Francesca Ioffreda
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS to expand my skillset and be pushed outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to hone my personal leadership style via FIELD courses and team projects. For me, one of the most important objectives of coming to...
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Keywords:
Health Care
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
How They Teach The Case Method At Harvard Business School
- June 2024
- Case
SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com'
By: Reza Satchu and Tom Quinn
This case explores SnapTravel, a travel startup offering discounted hotel rooms, and its founders’ desire to pivot to a “super app” that saved customers money across many different purchase types. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hussein Fazal and Henry Shi saw SnapTravel...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Volatility;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Decisions;
Income;
Entrepreneurship;
Geographic Scope;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Health Pandemics;
Surveys;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Risk Management;
Consumer Behavior;
Game Theory;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Adaptation;
Diversification;
Expansion;
System Shocks;
Accommodations Industry;
Technology Industry;
Canada;
United States;
Las Vegas
- July 2019
- Article
The Impact of Price Regulation on the Availability of New Drugs in Germany
By: Ariel Dora Stern, Felicitas Pietrulla, Annika Herr, Aaron S. Kesselheim and Ameet Sarpatwari
The 2011 German Pharmaceutical Market Restructuring Act (“AMNOG”) subjected branded, non-rare disease drugs to price regulation based on an assessment of their clinical benefit. Assessment outcomes range from “major added benefit” to “less benefit than the appropriate...
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Keywords:
Regulation;
Pharmaceuticals;
Healthcare;
Health Care and Treatment;
Price;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Germany
Stern, Ariel Dora, Felicitas Pietrulla, Annika Herr, Aaron S. Kesselheim, and Ameet Sarpatwari. "The Impact of Price Regulation on the Availability of New Drugs in Germany." Health Affairs 38, no. 7 (July 2019): 1182–1187.
- 2019
- Book
Disciples of the State?: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World
By: Kristin Fabbe
As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site of contestation and cooperation between the traditional forces of religion and the emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for...
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Keywords:
Ottoman Empire;
Secularism;
State-building;
Religion;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
History;
Turkey;
Greece;
Middle East
Fabbe, Kristin. Disciples of the State?: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
making a mistake or for trying something that didn't work. Some who study innovation make much of the difference between idea generation and idea...
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- 2014
- Working Paper
The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination
By: Sara Bormann, Jan Bouwens and Christian Hofmann
This study examines how control elements of a firm affect coordination among profit centers. The firm operates a network of 59 profit centers. It uses a transfer-pricing system designed to account for interdependencies between profit centers and to induce coordination....
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Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann. "The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-092, March 2014.
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
some difficult twists and turns. Promotions, for instance, are typically much harder to come by in the early stages of their careers than they are for whites. And once they make the leap into middle and upper management, these...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 11 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?
Or it might be individual but based on controllable factors, such as hard work or persistence—in other words, effort. The researchers conducted an online survey of 200 Americans, presenting them with a fictional story about View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
U.S. Is Wasting Its Energy Advantage, New Paper Argues
- 10 Aug 2012
- News
Call it Zucker Burg: Facebook campus gets its own Main Street
- Program
Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
effectively meets your family's goals. Details Gain insights to build a professional family office Establish the right structure, governance, and organizational design for a family office View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- News