Filter Results
:
(1,557)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,557)
- People (1)
- News (276)
- Research (1,031)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (794)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,557)
- People (1)
- News (276)
- Research (1,031)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (794)
- January 1987
- Case
Cramer Electronics, Inc. (Condensed)
Keywords:
Electronics Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Cramer Electronics, Inc. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 387-121, January 1987.
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208004 Gome: Bidding for China Paradise Harvard Business School Case 208-002 Gome, China's largest electronics retailer, has the opportunity to acquire China Paradise, the...
View Details
Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2017
- News
Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?
electronics devices to Amazon’s online storefront. HBS would continue to play a role in Amazon’s development, with the article noting that two of Amazon’s earliest acquisitions included local companies founded by Warren Adams (MBA 1998)...
View Details
Keywords:
Retail Trade
- 11 Jan 2016
- News
Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources
became an online business, and seven to eight years later we’re the largest search engine for out-of-school enrichment for students in middle and high school. We have licensing agreements with national partners like Hobsons; we publish six different guides, both View Details
- 27 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in the Music Industry
Luckily, I had many industry contacts from my time at Apple, so it was just a matter of reaching out to these people to see who might be interested in my help. My music “specialty,” if you will, is electronic dance music (EDM). It’s...
View Details
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success
vendors with trucks, one of the greatest barriers to African economic growth could be mitigated or even overcome. Hence the birth of Lori Systems, Josh's Kenyan-based start-up that uses a centralized electronic platform to connect willing...
View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
interviewer in 2013. It was a quantifiable argument: A major National Endowment for the Arts survey released that year reported that only about 20 percent of Americans visit museums annually, but 71 percent engaged with the arts through View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
The occasion? The company, a leading supplier of cloud-based services for electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, was expanding. In a big way. Founded in 1997, athenahealth now serves about 44,000...
View Details
- December 2009 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
Philips versus Matsushita: The Competitive Battle Continues (TN)
Teaching Note for [910410].
View Details
- March 1992 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Nancy A Kamprath
Describes how Joline Godfrey, an intrapreneur at the Polaroid Corp., introduced and developed a project that could help Polaroid move to a more service- as opposed to product-oriented focus. Also depicts the mentor-protege relationship between Godfrey and Gerald...
View Details
Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Rank and Position;
Leading Change;
Problems and Challenges;
Change;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Nancy A Kamprath. "Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-037, March 1992. (Revised April 2000.)
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
Then we networked that digital information together. And now we can analyze that information in new and powerful ways. That’s really going to be the big payoff from the feeding of the electronic health records process. Because right now,...
View Details
- October 1982
- Supplement
Fiber-Optics Industry (F)
By: Michael E. Porter and John R. Wells
Porter, Michael E., and John R. Wells. "Fiber-Optics Industry (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 383-046, October 1982.
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Science Technology Company (1985) TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-289-040).
View Details
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Cooper Industries, Inc. TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-274-116).
View Details
Piper, Thomas R. "Cooper Industries, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 292-051, January 1992.
- September 2022
- Case
AllSpice: GitHub for Hardware Engineers
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Mel Martin
AllSpice, a software-as-a-service company that built a GitHub-like revision control tool for hardware engineers, was in the midst of preparing for rapid scale when the 2022 market downturn left them with big decisions to make. Cofounder and CEO Valentina Ratner had to...
View Details
Keywords:
Scaling;
SaaS;
Strategy;
Marketing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Mel Martin. "AllSpice: GitHub for Hardware Engineers." Harvard Business School Case 823-022, September 2022.
- February 2018
- Case
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies come into the space with their own strengths and weaknesses. Who will win?
View Details
Keywords:
Apple;
Apple Inc.;
Google;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Google Home;
Homepod;
Echo;
Smart Home;
Connected Home;
Voice;
Artificial Intelligence;
Machine Learning;
Internet Of Things;
Smart Speaker;
Connected Speaker;
Intelligent Assistants;
Virtual Assistants;
Voice Assistants;
Alexa;
Google Assistant;
Siri;
Technological Innovation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adoption;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Household;
AI and Machine Learning;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home." Harvard Business School Case 518-035, February 2018.
- February 2013 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads
By: Jim Sharpe and Michael Norris
Wayne Ferrari has bridged the gap between being an independent entrepreneur and a "professional manager." After selling his business to a Private Equity (PE) firm, Ferrari takes on the role of CEO and with their support implements a roll-up strategy to attain growth...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Roll-up;
Career Planning;
Acquisitions;
Pricing;
Pricing Policies;
Pricing Strategy;
Pricing Structure;
Acquisition;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Distribution;
Integration;
System;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Sharpe, Jim, and Michael Norris. "Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 813-120, February 2013. (Revised February 2013.)
- October 2012
- Supplement
Olympus (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Suraj Srinivasan and Kathleen Durante
This case outlines Michael Woodford's awards and honors, after having been fired from Olympus in October 2011. It discusses the repercussions following an investigation into the fraud and the report that was released thereafter. It also discusses the lawsuit that...
View Details
Lorsch, Jay W., Suraj Srinivasan, and Kathleen Durante. "Olympus (B) ." Harvard Business School Supplement 413-075, October 2012.
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
Gome Electronics: Evolving the Business Model (TN)
Teaching Note for 308026.
View Details
- February 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, Marco Iansiti and Akiko Kanno
Ricoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in...
View Details
Keywords:
Environmental Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Investment;
Operations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Electronics Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan
Eccles, Robert G., Amy C. Edmondson, Marco Iansiti, and Akiko Kanno. "Ricoh Company, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 610-053, February 2010. (Revised December 2011.)