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- 2011
- Working Paper
From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns
By: David A Lax and James K. Sebenius
Negotiation scholars typically take the individual deal, or a few linked deals, as the unit of analysis. While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Deal;
Framework;
Business Subsidiaries;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Information Management;
Finance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Government Relations;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Lax, David A., and James K. Sebenius. "From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-046, December 2011.
- February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro and Brett Laschinger
In less than a decade, Bombardier had grown from a medium-size Canadian company to a highly profitable global player largely on the strength of the introduction of a new generation of regional jet and successfully marketing its product to airlines around the world....
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Keywords:
Trade;
Global Strategy;
Five Forces Framework;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Business and Government Relations;
Situation or Environment;
Competition;
Air Transportation Industry;
Canada;
Brazil
Abdelal, Rawi E., Laura Alfaro, and Brett Laschinger. "Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO." Harvard Business School Case 703-022, February 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- September 2020
- Case
Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network
By: Anita Elberse and Julia McNicholas
Chip and Joanna Gaines, who have shot to fame as stars of the hit television show Fixer Upper, are preparing to launch their own television network. It is April 2019, a year since the home-renovation show Fixer Upper’s fifth season on cable channel HGTV ended, and more...
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Television;
Superstars;
Innovation;
Creative Industries;
Talent;
General Management;
Celebrities;
Television Entertainment;
Entrepreneurship;
Joint Ventures;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Julia McNicholas. "Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network." Harvard Business School Case 521-044, September 2020.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom and William R. Kerr
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A new and central economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the...
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Keywords:
Entry;
Growth;
Industrial Policy;
Innovation;
R&D;
Reallocation;
Selection;
Business Ventures;
Resource Allocation;
Performance Productivity;
Policy;
Research and Development;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development;
United States
Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr. "Innovation, Reallocation and Growth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-088, April 2013. (Revised November 2017. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18993, April 2013)
- November 1986
- Supplement
People Express - March 1984
By: D. Quinn Mills
Describes People Express business strategy and whether it was successful. Describes changing environment in the airline industry and asks students to make decisions concerning a new business strategy for People Express. Follow-up to the (A) case.
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Mills, D. Quinn. "People Express - March 1984." Harvard Business School Supplement 487-043, November 1986.
- 2009
- Case
What People Want (and How to Predict It)
By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris
Historically, neither the creators nor the distributors of cultural products such as books or movies have used analytics -- data, statistics, predictive modeling -- to determine the likely success of their offerings. Instead, companies relied on the brilliance of...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Creativity;
Customer Satisfaction;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Markets;
Business Model;
Publishing Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Davenport, Thomas H., and Jeanne G. Harris. "What People Want (and How to Predict It)." 2009.
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
entrepreneurs who are building new ventures. In 2005, the group is considering increasing its investment focus to include a broader range of technologies, including View Details
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Martha Lagace
- December 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Boll & Branch
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Mel Martin
Boll & Branch is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business launched in 2015. It was the first Fair-Trade Certified manufacturer of linens. The case provides background on the company, its start, business model, and evolution through 2019.
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Keywords:
Direct-to-consumer;
Channels;
Disruption;
Business Model;
Brands and Branding;
Internet and the Web;
Strategy;
Retail Industry;
United States;
Canada
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Mel Martin. "Boll & Branch." Harvard Business School Case 320-052, December 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- 20 May 2024
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts
Roberts went into consulting to dip his toes into the field of business and discover his passions. He worked in sectors such as economic development and climate and sustainability, founded View Details
- Web
Site Map
Business History Case Method Project Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Creating Emerging Markets Crossover Into Business Digital Data...
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- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
then they will build these other businesses for the future. The question is, can they sustain the huge premiums they earn with today's iPod when Dell is coming in with much...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Organizational Behavior - Doctoral
Organizational Behavior In the field of Organizational Behavior, researchers draw on the methods and concepts of psychology and sociology to examine complex organizations and the ways that people behave within them. Scholars View Details
- 2014
- Supplement
Bluestar's Acquisition of Adisseo (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Lei Li
This case describes the post-M&A integration of Adisseo of France in 2006 by Bluestar Group, the largest subsidiary of ChemChina (a Fortune 500 company) until 2013. Adisseo was mainly engaged in production of methionine, a feed additive, while China had no methionine...
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Keywords:
Internationalization;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Postmerger Integration;
Strategy;
China;
France
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Lei Li. "Bluestar's Acquisition of Adisseo (B)." Tsinghua University Supplement, 2014.
- Web
Placement - Doctoral
Placement Tradition of Success The demand for faculty at business schools has never been greater. Graduates of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions
positive work culture, and a healthy work-life balance. “When we think about racial gaps in the United States, we tend to mostly measure relative income levels.” At a time when...
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by Michael Blanding
- 2018
- Book
Unlocked: Keys to Improve Your Thinking
By: Gerald Zaltman
What’s the best way to change your life? Change how you think, says marketing guru Gerald Zaltman. While most of us are accustomed to self-improvement via physical exercise or dieting, we often overlook our most powerful tool for effecting change: our own thoughts....
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Zaltman, Gerald. Unlocked: Keys to Improve Your Thinking. Independently published, 2018.
- October 2002 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Management Earnings Disclosure and Pro Forma Reporting
Introduces a discussion of management earnings disclosure and the growing use of pro forma reporting by corporations. Highlights the background of pro forma reporting, how it has been used in the past couple of years, and what the regulators at the capital markets...
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Bradshaw, Mark T., and Jacob Cohen. "Management Earnings Disclosure and Pro Forma Reporting." Harvard Business School Case 103-005, October 2002. (Revised March 2004.)
- 1999
- Chapter
Multinational Cross-Investment between Switzerland and Britain 1914-1945
By: G. Jones
This chapter examines multinational cross-investment between Switzerland and Great Britain between 1914 and 1945. While Great Britain and Switzerland were both major home economies for multinationals,few companies from either country were interested in investing in the...
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- Web
Resumes & Cover Letters - Alumni
Careers Resumes & Cover Letters Careers Resumes & Cover Letters Your resume and cover letter are opportunities to market yourself to potential employers. This page offers resources to help you stand out in...
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- 2009
- Report
Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Proximity enables firms to take advantage of knowledge spill-overs and exploit supplierdemand linkages with other entities engaged in related activities. Cluster strength thus seems to be one of the important determinants of prosperity differences across geographies....
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Keywords:
Policy;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Industry Clusters;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Sweden
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness." Expert Report to Sweden's Globalisation Council, Globalisation Council (Sweden), Stockholm, Sweden, 2009.