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- July 2001 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
WeServeHomes.com
ServiceMaster, a Fortune 500 supplier of home services such as Terminex, Trugreen (lawn care), and MerryMaids, has a 50% interest in an Internet start-up designed to attract new customers to its services and help service providers improve quality and lower costs....
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Service Industry
Hallowell, Roger H., and David Kiron. "WeServeHomes.com." Harvard Business School Case 802-004, July 2001. (Revised December 2001.)
- 06 Feb 2006
- News
Selling Livedoor
- 29 Nov 2021
- News
Made in the U.S.A., but with a Supply-Chain Reboot
- 2008
- Simulation
Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery
By: Willy C. Shih and Clayton Christensen
This online simulation allows students to play the role of a business unit manager at Back Bay Battery Company who faces the dilemma of balancing a portfolio of investment strategies across products in the rechargeable battery space. Players have to manage R&D...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Investment;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Battery Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Clayton Christensen. "Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Electronic. (2656-HTM-ENG.)
- 14 Apr 2011
- News
Fail often, fail well
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
some PowerPoint slides—a process that Bill Burnham, a former CSFB Internet analyst, calls 'the competitive devaluation of underwriting standards.' But nowhere did the wall between research and banking fall...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 04 Nov 2015
- News
Why Organizations Need to Make Learning Hard
- November 2000
- Case
Model E: An Incubated Enterprise
By: Myra M. Hart
Provides a close-up view of an entrepreneurial search for opportunity, the role of incubators in the process, and the development of a viable business concept. Also depicts the changes made to the business concept as new people (with new expertise and experience) are...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Transformation;
Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Problems and Challenges;
Internet and the Web
Hart, Myra M. "Model E: An Incubated Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 801-257, November 2000.
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Private Equity Vies for $10 Billion in Cement Assets
- 31 Oct 2014
- News
Do Team Games for Employees Really Improve Productivity?
- 18 Dec 2014
- News
Rebrand Stage Fright to Overcome It
Debora L. Spar
Debora Spar is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between... View Details
- March 2010
- Article
I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time
By: Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers and Max Bazerman
How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from decisions made for several days in the future? We use data from an online grocer to address this question. In general, we find that as the delay between order completion and delivery increases,...
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Keywords:
Time Management;
Service Delivery;
Internet and the Web;
Decisions;
Customers;
Retail Industry
Milkman, Katherine L., Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman. "I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time." Marketing Letters 21, no. 1 (March 2010): 17–35.
- December 1981 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Mike Miller (A)
Mike Miller, Harvard MBA '78, resigned his first job out of HBS within six months because he believed his personal values and learning objectives could not be accommodated. Students may discuss the problems of anticipating corporate culture, learning the ropes,...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Values and Beliefs;
Jobs and Positions;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Personal Characteristics
Sathe, Vijay V. "Mike Miller (A)." Harvard Business School Case 482-061, December 1981. (Revised February 2010.)
- 04 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
5 Ways to Motivate Employees After the Holiday Season
The holiday season brings a flurry of fun and stress for all employees. It can be a tough adjustment to get back in the swing of things as many are feeling the post-holiday...
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All Industries
- 30 Jul 2009
- News
Harvard Business School Announces New Life Sciences Fellows
- 31 Oct 2019
- Video
Dato' Sri Tahir
Daro’ Sri Tahir, founder of a large financial service group in Indonesia, argues that the whole eco-system of the country is corrupt, with businesses pursuing strategies which make no economic sense, and then...
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