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- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for us is how to establish our brand in each local market. Good brands are globally consistent, but they’re locally relevant. We have to build... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
of the American B-17 Flying Fortresses as they passed over Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on the morning of September 17, 1944. The sound had become familiar since the United States had entered the Second World War almost three years earlier;... View Details
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
head CT order, time from head CT order to head CT scheduled, time from head CT scheduled to head CT completed, and time from head CT completed to head CT preliminary report), each process was the bottleneck 30%, <1%, 27%, and 42% of the time, respectively.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
during the 1970s, while also chairing the School's General Management Unit (or Department). As Senior Associate Dean for External Relations under former Dean John H. McArthur from 1980 to 1989, Uyterhoeven completely restructured that... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
control healthcare costs through better prevention. For instance, in 2014 the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all adults over 65 receive a dose of Prevnar 13, a Pfizer product that protects... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 2009 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
Global Wine War 2009: New World versus Old (TN)
Teaching Note for [910405]. View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
contracted their credit to all small firms throughout the United States. However, healthy banks expanded their operations and entered new banking markets. The market share gain of these banks was a standard deviation above the long-run... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- November 2009 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Red Tomato: Keeping It Local
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Louise Shelman and Laura Winig
This case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Trends; Food; Local Range; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Supply Chain; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Northeastern United States
Alvarez, Jose B., Mary Louise Shelman, and Laura Winig. "Red Tomato: Keeping It Local." Harvard Business School Case 510-023, November 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
- December 2018
- Case
Choosy
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2017, Choosy is a data-driven fashion startup that uses algorithms to identify styles trending on social media. After manufacturing similar items using a China-based supply chain, Choosy sells them to consumers through its website and social media pages.... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Instagram; Influencer; Fast Fashion; Design; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; Production; Logistics; Business Model; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Technology Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
months that included marrying Sarah Abugre, a teacher he met in Ghana; moving with her to the United States; and settling in at Soldiers Field. While pursuing concurrent MBA and MPA degrees at HBS and the Kennedy School, Murphy was... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
firms are frequently targets of patent litigation. In many cases, an established firm, frequently one whose competitive position and innovative activity are declining, realizes it has a valuable stockpile of issued patents. This firm then approaches rivals, View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
can be used in powerful ways, ideally leading to better patient care, lower health care costs and, ultimately, healthier patients. “Trust on the part of both the consumer and doctor is hugely important in determining who is going to be the likely winner here” There is... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
HRA-Public Option combination, employers that are now compelled to continually raise out-of-pocket expenses to employees to control health care costs will no longer be caught in the middle between the complaints of employees and the View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
competition into one's own innovation system. Internal researchers must compete with external sources to meet the demands of the business, and business units must compete with outsiders to make use of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Science Entrepreneurship at HBS, cites studies showing that even mild dehydration can compromise performance by as much as 29 percent. Nix has garnered interest from both endurance athletes—which include about 30 million dedicated runners in the View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
Beers at the Millennium Harvard Business School Case 706-518 At the time of the millennium, diamond demand was threatened by an increasing awareness among jewelry customers that diamond production and trading in some countries was being... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
catalyst technology. RAB LABXin Ma, MBA 2023RAB LAB facilitates robotics fabrication of 3D printed housing units with the autonomous design system and adaptive components made of sustainable structural materials. Our mission is to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Ten years ago, the global financial system teetered dangerously on the edge of total collapse. What began as a subprime mortgage crisis in the United States developed into a full-blown meltdown, causing the collapse of major banks... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
chocolate-chip cookies. Fox, who owns Community Bakery in Little Rock, Arkansas, says he never imagined he'd one day make his living absorbed in the business of food and its many challenges, including long hours, the unending demand for... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia