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- March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
- Teaching Note
Skunkworks at Digital Equipment Corp.: The Tale of XCON, Teaching Note
- September 1976 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Texas Instruments: Time Products Division
Outlines the components of Texas Instruments' low-cost digital watch. Focus is on getting the assembly line running smoothly and efficiently in order to meet production cost and delivery requirements.
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Cost;
Production;
Service Delivery;
Performance Efficiency;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Texas Instruments: Time Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 677-043, September 1976. (Revised July 1995.)
- June 1992 (Revised May 1996)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (C)
Reveals the course of action that Xerox took after discovering that its Leadership Through Quality program had not met all expectations. Reinforces the message that change is an ongoing and continuous effort, and that companies never achieve all of their change goals.
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Jick, Todd D. "Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (C)." Harvard Business School Case 492-046, June 1992. (Revised May 1996.)
- March 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Kyocera Corp.
By: John P. Kotter
Examines the three factors critical to this company's remarkable success in the high tech field. The first factor is the founder, Dr. Inamori's powerful leadership. The second is the strong corporate culture or philosophy of the firm. The third element in Kyocera's...
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Customer Relationship Management;
Information Infrastructure;
Leadership Style;
Management Systems;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Practice;
Profit;
Planning;
Electronics Industry;
Electronics Industry
Kotter, John P. "Kyocera Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-078, March 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- April 1987
- Case
Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. (C)
Describes the implementation of the "organization effectiveness" process which was designed to make major changes in two major divisions at Motorola. The reactions and actions of each division are described in some detail, as well as the initial results.
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Jick, Todd D., and Mary C. Gentile. "Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 487-064, April 1987.
- June 1991 (Revised December 1995)
- Teaching Note
Cooper Industries' Corporate Strategy (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-095) and (9-795-154).
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- 20 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
My Journey to Working with At Night Management / PRMD Music
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...
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Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 03 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
4 Ways HBS Alumni Utilize Baker Library
eBaker - a subset of the 150 premium electronic business resources available to students – can be accessed 24 hours a day, from anywhere with an internet connection, at no cost to alumni. eBaker provides access to thousands of journals,...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images News “Fast” and “unexpected” are two words Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002) uses to describe his work as CEO of GrupoBeer, a Madrid-based corporation providing post-disaster services such as building decontamination and restoration of View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
costs. A variety of coverage plans have emerged in response to a desire for lower-cost insurance, as would be expected in a consumer-driven market. BRIC countries are home to many health-service innovations, too. In India, for example, telemedicine—health care...
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- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
maker earned a break when it managed to get a Best Buy buyer to take one of its vacuum cleaners home to test. The buyer was impressed. Fortunately for Dyson, Best Buy became the first U.S. retailer to stock Dyson vacuum cleaners—other U.S. retailers invariably follow...
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by John Quelch
- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
Noa says, “it was electronic music – techno is my passion!” But how would she connect the dots between her enthusiasm for music and her business ambitions? Noa’s advisor suggested she review the websites of large VC firms to see if they...
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Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
has Apple had such a difficult job growing beyond the Mac? A: Apple is a computer company, and Jobs has always understood that his core franchise was very closely connected to the core computer franchise. Consumer electronics products,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
consumer. In all these sectors of the industry, Tufano and the others agree, an increasingly important force is entering into the mix: the Internet. The Electronic Brokerage Still riding a "second burst" during the extended 1980s -1990s...
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Garry Emmons
- Profile
Raghu Yarlagadda
Most electronic devices come with cautionary labels warning users against the dangers of opening the box. Fortunately, as a youth growing up in India, fascinated by televisions, Raghu Yarlagadda ignored the warnings and looked inside. He...
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- December 2009 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
Philips versus Matsushita: The Competitive Battle Continues (TN)
Teaching Note for [910410].
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- 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...
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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.)
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
and from electronic communication servers—the effect of open office architectures on employees' face-to-face, email, and instant messaging (IM) interaction patterns. Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, Boston University; Bradley Larsen, Stanford University; and Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management. We asked Farronato, whose interests include economics, innovation, electronic commerce, and View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717430-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-033 A Note on Healthcare IT and Applications to the Healthcare Industry This note provides an overview of three key healthcare IT areas: electronic...
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by Sean Silverthorne