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- March 2023
- Case
Innovation at Google Ads: The Sales Acceleration and Innovation Labs (SAIL) (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2018, Ana Owczarzak was appointed to lead Google Ads' new innovation and accelerator team - the Sales Acceleration and Innovation Labs (SAIL). The purpose of SAIL was to offer testing and incubation services for individuals within Google Ads who were developing new... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Design; Technology Industry; Advertising Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Innovation at Google Ads: The Sales Acceleration and Innovation Labs (SAIL) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 423-076, March 2023.
- 02 Aug 2010
- News
Four Things Groups Want that Leaders Can't Give — and One They Can
- November 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Genentech - Capacity Planning
By: Daniel C. Snow, Steven C. Wheelwright and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
While facilitating a complex clinical approval process over the next two to three years for a family of new cancer drugs, Genentech must develop a long-term capacity plan for a major class of new cancer products. Adding to the complexity and uncertainty is the fact... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Management Teams; Time Management; Product; Product Development; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Complexity; Pharmaceutical Industry
Snow, Daniel C., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Genentech - Capacity Planning." Harvard Business School Case 606-052, November 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- June 1998 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Nicole Tempest
Wells Fargo, the industry leader in electronic banking, has implemented a Balanced Scorecard in its online financial services group (OFS) to track and measure performance. The OFS group develops and supports services that allow existing and future banking customers to... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Internet and the Web; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Finance; Change; Situation or Environment; Measurement and Metrics; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Nicole Tempest. "Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-146, June 1998. (Revised August 2001.)
- March 2018
- Supplement
Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Using digital and social media tools and lessons learned from prior change campaigns as a middle manager in a large biotech company, Sandra Brown continued in a new role in the quality division, engaging staff in a quality movement at the company. She had found a new... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Grassroots Movement; Managing Change; Career Path; Stakeholder Engagement; Engagement; Health Care Industry; Quality; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Social Media; Health Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-084, March 2018.
- June 2020 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Deloitte's Pixel (A): Consulting with Open Talent
By: Michael L. Tushman, John Winsor and Kerry Herman
Deloitte Consulting’s General Manager Balaji Bondili, head of Pixel, considers how best to grow Deloitte Consulting’s use of open (on-demand) talent, as consulting companies and their clients face transformative change in the way client engagements and projects get... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Consulting Industry; United States
Tushman, Michael L., John Winsor, and Kerry Herman. "Deloitte's Pixel (A): Consulting with Open Talent." Harvard Business School Case 420-003, June 2020. (Revised March 2024.)
- August 2015 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
George Washington and the Foundations of American Democracy
By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew G. Preble
George Washington is perhaps the most well-known of the U.S.'s founding fathers because of his political and military achievements. However, Washington also operated a number of successful business ventures out of his Mount Vernon estate, and he became a landowner on... View Details
Keywords: Government; History; George Washington; Democracy; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Business History; Leadership; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Matthew G. Preble. "George Washington and the Foundations of American Democracy." Harvard Business School Case 816-019, August 2015. (Revised January 2022.)
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Announces Its 2021-2022 Blavatnik Fellows
- January 2010 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Google Inc.
By: Benjamin Edelman and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to Yahoo, Microsoft, and others. Asks what Google should do next. One... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin, and Thomas R. Eisenmann. "Google Inc." Harvard Business School Case 910-036, January 2010. (Revised April 2011.) (Winner of ECCH 2011 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method - Strategy and General Management.)
- May 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Health City Cayman Islands
By: Tarun Khanna and Budhaditya Gupta
Narayana Health (NH) had been successfully delivering affordable high quality tertiary care to the masses in India through its chain of hospitals for over a decade. To encourage the adoption of the NH affordable care delivery model worldwide, Dr. Shetty, Chairman of... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Emerging Economies; Innovation; India; Institutions; Pricing; Replication; Strategy; Narayana Health; Ascension; Health City Cayman Islands; Dr. Devi Shetty; International Business; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Disruptive Innovation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Adaptation; Adoption; India; Cayman Islands
Khanna, Tarun, and Budhaditya Gupta. "Health City Cayman Islands." Harvard Business School Case 714-510, May 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- August 1995 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Cricket Road, 503
By: William J. Poorvu and Donald A. Brown
In September 2003, Mason Sexton, a young, inexperienced developer, was making plans to replace a rooming house he had inherited next to the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville with a new 14-unit, 5-story apartment house. His attempts to assemble the... View Details
Keywords: Property; Entrepreneurship; Housing; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Risk and Uncertainty; Management Practices and Processes; Real Estate Industry; United States
Poorvu, William J., and Donald A. Brown. "Cricket Road, 503." Harvard Business School Case 396-001, August 1995. (Revised December 2003.)
- December 1999 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company
Two new product launch decisions face Christopher Carson, managing director of BRL Hardy, Europe. Responsible for the European operations of a major Australian wine company, Carson has begun to globalize his strategy beyond selling the parent company's wines. After a... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Joint Ventures; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Negotiation Style; Food and Beverage Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company." Harvard Business School Case 300-018, December 1999. (Revised October 2003.)
- April 1986 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)
Sun Microsystems managers must decide whether to launch a new product into manufacturing. Teaching objectives include: 1) an analysis of the competitive environment, 2) examination of technological choices, 3) understanding of the new product development process, and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Product Launch; Product Development; Production; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 686-133, April 1986. (Revised September 1993.)
- March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Corning: 156 Years of Innovation
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
The executive team at Corning has committed to double the rate of new business creation per decade, while at the same time growing the company's current businesses, including glass substrates for LCD displays. Their strategy, built on more than 150 years of successful... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Industrial Products Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Corning: 156 Years of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 608-108, March 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
- May 2009
- Exercise
Mapping Your Network
By: David A. Thomas
This exercise is designed to help students and professionals map their professional networks and identify areas of strength and weakness in their networks. "Network" refers to the set of relationships that is critical to someone's ability to learn new skills and... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Strength and Weakness; Personal Development and Career; Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks
Thomas, David A. "Mapping Your Network." Harvard Business School Exercise 409-129, May 2009.
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Mayhem on Madison (A)
By: A. Eugene Kohn and David Lane
In his first project, an aspiring property developer negotiates the development rights above a one-story bank branch in Manhattan's tony Carnegie Hill. Community resistance erupted immediately, spearheaded by celebrity and socialite residents. Facing rejection of his... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Development Economics; Business and Community Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)
Kohn, A. Eugene, and David Lane. "Mayhem on Madison (A)." Harvard Business School Case 208-067, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- December 2000
- Case
CellFor, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Frantz Edward Alphonse and Laure Mougeot Stroock
A new private company has developed a process to clone and multiply seeds for the forestry industry. View Details
- November 1998 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Describes how the German automotive firm BMW is trying to reduce its development time by half with the aid of computer-aided technologies. To leverage these technologies fully in the very competitive automotive industry, BMW is faced with the challenge of changing its... View Details
Keywords: Change; Competency and Skills; Management; Time Management; Product Positioning; Product Development; Business Processes; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Technology; Auto Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 699-044, November 1998. (Revised November 2001.)
Thomas R. Eisenmann
Thomas R. Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs; and Unit Head of the HBS Entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronic publishing; electronics; entertainment; fiber optics; high technology; home video games; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; internet; journalism; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; television; video games
- March 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
By June 2003, IBM had made significant progress in changing the way it managed new, emerging businesses. Describes the development of a separate management program at IBM designed to identify, fund, and shepherd new businesses through growth. Traces the history of the... View Details
Keywords: History; Business or Company Management; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)." Harvard Business School Case 304-075, March 2004. (Revised February 2005.)