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- August 1993 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Filene's Basement
By: David E. Bell and Dinny Starr
Filene's Basement is in the process of deciding where, and if, to locate two new stores in its new Chicago area of operations. The existing Chicago area stores have been performing well, however, management is concerned with over saturation of the market. At the time...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Processes
Bell, David E., and Dinny Starr. "Filene's Basement." Harvard Business School Case 594-018, August 1993. (Revised April 1998.)
- 18 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Innovation Network
- June 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Relating to Peapod
By: Susan Fournier and Jill Avery
Explores the relationships formed between consumers and the Peapod consumer-direct grocery delivery service, as revealed through an ethnographic study of Boston-area Peapod shoppers conducted between the Summer of 1997 and the Fall of 1999. Three representative case...
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Industry;
Boston
Fournier, Susan, and Jill Avery. "Relating to Peapod." Harvard Business School Case 314-142, June 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- February 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
The Offshoring of America
By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Jan W. Rivkin and Juliana Seminerio
The movement from jobs in the United States to developing countries, in a process known as offshoring, has become quite a controversial topic. Managers not only need to decide which activities, if any, to move offshore, but where to move them. This case describes the...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Operations;
Business Processes;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., Jan W. Rivkin, and Juliana Seminerio. "The Offshoring of America." Harvard Business School Case 708-030, February 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
- May 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Supplement
The Freedom Fund (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
The Freedom Fund (B) case describes the management’s plan of how to use the windfall of $35 million granted by philanthropist Mackenzie Scott. The case also describes the process by which the decisions were arrived at.
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "The Freedom Fund (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 522-100, May 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (B)
This case is the second of two cases that describe the situation and poor performance at McDonald's Corp. in early 2003. This exercise directs students to employ a structured problem-solving process to evaluate the McDonald's strategy.
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"McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 303-099, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- February 2003 (Revised February 2003)
- Exercise
McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (A)
This case is one of two cases that describe the situation and poor performance at McDonald's Corp. in early 2003. This exercise instructs students to employ an unstructured brainstorming process to develop strategic options for McDonald's.
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"McDonald's: Super-Sized Troubles (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 303-098, February 2003. (Revised February 2003.)
- September 1983 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Heather Evans
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Focuses on the efforts of Heather Evans, a second-year MBA student, and her attempts to start her own dress business. Examines the business plan and the process of acquiring control over the financial and human resources necessary to implement the plan.
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Investment;
Human Resources;
Strategic Planning;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Heather Evans." Harvard Business School Case 384-079, September 1983. (Revised July 1998.)
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
NYC Program Means Real Public School Choice for Students
- 30 Mar 2023
- Video
The Economics of Science: Turning Ideas into Applications
- 25 Mar 2016
- Video
Martin Sinozich, Founding Partner, Venn Capital
- December 2022
- Article
The Rise of People Analytics and the Future of Organizational Research
By: Jeff Polzer
Organizations are transforming as they adopt new technologies and use new sources of data, changing the experiences of employees and pushing organizational researchers to respond. As employees perform their daily activities, they generate vast digital data. These data,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Technology Adoption;
Employees
Polzer, Jeff. "The Rise of People Analytics and the Future of Organizational Research." Art. 100181. Research in Organizational Behavior 42 (December 2022). (Supplement.)
- October 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Americhem: The Gaylord Division (A-1)
By: David A. Garvin
The Gaylord Division of Americhem, a large chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager of the division leading the process is experiencing disagreement and conflict among the members of the senior...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Leadership;
Management Practices and Processes;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges
Garvin, David A. "Americhem: The Gaylord Division (A-1)." Harvard Business School Case 314-011, October 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- October 2023
- Case
JPMorgan Chase in Paris
By: Joseph L. Bower, Dante Roscini, Elena Corsi and Michael Norris
In 2019, Daniel Pinto, President and COO of JPMorgan Chase, has to make a recommendation to the bank’s Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, about where to physically locate the bank’s European trading operations after Brexit takes effect in 2020. The decision-making process...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Markets;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Decisions;
Banking Industry;
Europe;
European Union;
France;
United Kingdom;
Paris
Bower, Joseph L., Dante Roscini, Elena Corsi, and Michael Norris. "JPMorgan Chase in Paris." Harvard Business School Case 724-001, October 2023.
- 2014
- Chapter
Appetite, Consumption, and Choice in the Human Brain
By: Brian Knutson and Uma R. Karmarkar
Although linked, researchers have long distinguished appetitive from consummatory phases of reward processing. Recent improvements in the spatial and temporal resolution of neuroimaging techniques have allowed researchers to separately visualize different stages of...
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Knutson, Brian, and Uma R. Karmarkar. "Appetite, Consumption, and Choice in the Human Brain." Chap. 9 in The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption, edited by Stephanie D. Preston, Morten L. Kringelbach, and Brian Knutson, 163–184. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014.
Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Mar 2019
- Webinars: Career
Starting a New Position? How to Ensure You're Successful
About to begin a new role at a new company or one within your existing organization? Inflection Point Partners' Matt Spielman (MBA 1999) shares the five-step process that he has put into practice with executives across the globe to help ensure success in those first...
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- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
Editor's note: How does an organization hold on to its wealth of accumulated knowledge when the knowledge-holders depart? It's a very real dilemma made even more critical as Baby Boomers begin their mass exit into retirement. The new book Critical Knowledge Transfer:...
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- June 1984 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Securities Law and Private Financing
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the issues an entrepreneur faces in the process of raising private funds, and the securities laws which impact the process. Based in part on a note by R.E. Floor of the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar.
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Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Securities Law and Private Financing." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-164, June 1984. (Revised July 1999.)
- June 2001
- Case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (E): The Rise of 3DO and 32-bit Gaming
Describes the launch of the innovative home video game company, 3DO, which had developed a groundbreaking system featuring 32-bit processing and CD-ROM software. Examines the competitive dynamics in the home video game industry from 1970 into the new millennium.
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Coughlan, Peter J. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (E): The Rise of 3DO and 32-bit Gaming." Harvard Business School Case 701-095, June 2001.