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- August 1995 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Encyclopaedia Britannica (A)
Examines the growth of the CD-ROM publishing industry and its impact on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., which chose to ignore it.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Publishing;
Publishing Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Thomas A. Gerace. "Encyclopaedia Britannica (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-051, August 1995. (Revised December 1997.)
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
New 'Hot-Desking' Trend Eliminates Personal Space In The Office
- Web
Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Elberse : Received the 2014 Robert F. Greenhill Award for "exemplary work on behalf of the Harvard Business School and its mission." Ayelet Israeli : Winner of a 2014 Informs Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) Doctoral Dissertation...
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- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly...
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- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
operations research, helping military leaders and policymakers think about how to make government more effective and efficient. It was an advisory, analytical role, and I enjoyed it very much—but after a...
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- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
patients finds the reality is much more complicated when it comes to languishing hospital bills. Canceling overdue medical debt on average does little or nothing to improve credit access, existing bill payment rates, or even mental...
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- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
Editor's note: Think money can't buy happiness? Behavioral economists Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton beg to differ. It actually can, they say—but only if we spend it the right way. In their book released...
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Re: Michael I. Norton
- Oct 2012
- Book
Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
In many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete. Manufacturing, it turns out, really matters in an innovation-driven economy.
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- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars
managers: What happens at the start of a bidding process is not always indicative of how it will end up. Sara Grant: What attracted you to study late-bidding behavior on eBay and Amazon? Were there any surprises from what you originally...
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- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
Most ethical principles are pretty unambiguously good. Honesty, fairness, compassion—sure they have their downsides (being “honest to a fault”), but that’s more a by-product of something good than it is something evil in and of itself....
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities
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by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- March 2015
- Case
Clifford Chance: Women at Work
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly and Stephanie Marton
It was October 2013, and global law firm Clifford Chance was coming under fire for the second time in less than a year for reputedly failing to provide a supportive work environment for its female associates. A memo entitled "Speaking Effectively" was just issued to...
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Keywords:
Women;
Law;
Fairness;
Employee Relationship Management;
Retention;
Human Capital;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Expectations;
Work-Life Balance;
Public Opinion;
Problems and Challenges;
Legal Services Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Katherine Connolly, and Stephanie Marton. "Clifford Chance: Women at Work ." Harvard Business School Case 415-038, March 2015.
- June 2015
- Supplement
Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (B)
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This case, an update on "Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (A)," describes Henkel's strong performance against its tough 2012 objectives, as well as the new objectives CEO Kasper Rorsted set for 2016.
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Keywords:
Kasper Rorsted;
Rorsted;
Henkel;
Germany;
Personal Care;
Consumer Products;
Culture;
Performance Management;
Performance Metrics;
Stretch Goals;
Strategy;
Measurement and Metrics;
Performance;
Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Germany
Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Henkel: Building a Winning Culture (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 115-040, June 2015.
- August 2013 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Aon Hewitt's Private Health Insurance Exchange
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Aiden Y. Feng and Meghan D. Oliver
Aon Hewitt, a leading health insurance broker and consultant, is one of the first movers in forming exchanges to sell health insurance. What kinds of products should it offer on this exchange?
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- November 1997 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (A)
By: John A. Quelch
The president of a Jordanian pharmaceutical company is contemplating how to further penetrate the U.S. market, either through its own manufacturing and sales efforts, or as a supplier to a third party.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Emerging Markets;
Expansion;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Jordan;
United States
Quelch, John A., and Robin Root. "Hikma Pharmaceuticals (A)." Harvard Business School Case 598-019, November 1997. (Revised November 2010.)
- 09 Jan 2019
- News
The UK Needs a Bold Competitive Strategy to Survive Brexit
- 18 Jan 2012
- News