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- August 2021
- Case
Orchadio's First Two Split Experiments
By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Marco Iansiti and David Lane
Orchadio, a direct-to-consumer grocery business, needs to conduct its first two A/B tests—one to evaluate the effectiveness and functioning of its newly redesigned website, and one to market-test four versions of a new banner for the website. To do so, it will rely on...
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Keywords:
Information Management;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Resource Allocation;
Marketing;
Measurement and Metrics;
Customization and Personalization;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Bojinov, Iavor I., Marco Iansiti, and David Lane. "Orchadio's First Two Split Experiments." Harvard Business School Case 622-015, August 2021.
- September 2014 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Whole Foods: The Path to 1,000 Stores
By: David F. Drake, Ryan W. Buell, Melissa Barton, Taylor Jones, Katrina Keverian and Jeffrey Stock
The case examines the operations strategy of Whole Foods, one of the largest natural grocery chains in the United States. In late 2013, Whole Foods was expanding rapidly, with a publicly-stated goal of growing from 351 to 1,000 domestic stores by 2022. It was also...
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Keywords:
Human Capital;
Food;
Expansion;
Market Entry and Exit;
Operations;
Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Drake, David F., Ryan W. Buell, Melissa Barton, Taylor Jones, Katrina Keverian, and Jeffrey Stock. "Whole Foods: The Path to 1,000 Stores." Harvard Business School Case 615-019, September 2014. (Revised June 2016.)
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
jointly develops an offshore tract-performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid auctions for the rights to develop leases. By focusing on leases where one...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Ebro Puleva
By: David E. Bell, Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua and Mary Louise Shelman
Once Spain's largest sugar company, Ebro Puleva has been transformed through a series of international acquisitions into the world's largest package rice company and second largest pasta company. In 2009, Chairman Antonio Hernandez Callejas must decide how to proceed...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Crisis;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Behavior;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Retail Industry;
Spain
Bell, David E., Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua, and Mary Louise Shelman. "Ebro Puleva." Harvard Business School Case 510-026, December 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Hormel Foods
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
In 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known...
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Keywords:
Brand Portfolio Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Product;
Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Risk Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Hormel Foods." Harvard Business School Case 520-045, November 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- December 2010
- Case
Financing Higher Education in Australia
By: David A. Moss and Stephanie Lo
Even before Australian lawmakers abolished university tuition in 1973, students in Australia had long benefited from low tuition and large government subsidies. By the early 1980s, however, the nation's universities faced growing budget challenges and an apparent...
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Keywords:
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Higher Education;
Borrowing and Debt;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Education Industry;
Australia
Moss, David A., and Stephanie Lo. "Financing Higher Education in Australia." Harvard Business School Case 711-047, December 2010.
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
How to Lead through a Merger: US Airways and American Airlines
- June 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Mike LeBlanc at Cobalt Robotics
By: David Fubini
Fubini, David. "Mike LeBlanc at Cobalt Robotics." Harvard Business School Case 419-086, June 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
July 31, 2017 AIDS A Commitment Contract to Achieve Virologic Suppression in Poorly Adherent Patients with HIV/AIDS By: Alsan, Marcella, John Beshears, Wendy S. Armstrong, James J. Choi, Brigitte C. Madrian, Minh Ly T. Nguyen, Carlos Del Rio, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
March 2016 Harvard Business Review Lean Strategy By: Collis, David J. Abstract—Strategy and entrepreneurship are often seen as polar opposites. Yet the two desperately need each other: strategy without entrepreneurship is central...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Worldwide the most future-focused agency in the industry by becoming a leader in digital innovation. The case explores the tensions within the company as David Jones attempts to change the company to compete...
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Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Review (forthcoming) Abstract Companies in Victorian Britain operated in a laissez-faire legal environment from the perspective of outside investors, implying that such investors were not protected by the legal system. This article seeks...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Article
National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018
By: David Classen, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth and David Bates
Importance Despite the broad adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems across the continuum of care, safety problems persist.
Objective To measure the safety performance of operational EHRs in hospitals across the country during a 10-year period.
Design,...
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Keywords:
Electronic Health Record Systems;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information Technology;
Performance;
Safety;
Measurement and Metrics;
United States
Classen, David, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth, and David Bates. "National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018." JAMA Network Open 3, no. 5 (May 2020).
- March 2011 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
The Whiz Kids
By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
In October 1945, Henry Ford II received a telegram in his office at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan written by Charles "Tex" Thornton, a U.S. Air Force colonel. The telegram presented an opportunity for Ford to deploy a system of statistical control which...
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Keywords:
Ford Motor Company;
Statistical Control;
Management Systems;
Accounting;
Operations;
Strategy;
Mathematical Methods;
Auto Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "The Whiz Kids." Harvard Business School Case 811-042, March 2011. (Revised April 2021.)
- February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide
By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Projects;
Chemical Industry
Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
matching candidates are attractive by reducing the competition among agents on the same side of the market. An agent who sees fewer candidates knows that these candidates also see fewer potential matches, and so are more likely to accept...
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Martha Lagace
- November–December 2018
- Article
Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling
By: Kris J. Ferreira, David Simchi-Levi and He Wang
We consider a network revenue management problem where an online retailer aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory constraints. As common in practice, the retailer does not know the consumer's purchase probability at each price and must...
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Keywords:
Online Marketing;
Revenue Management;
Revenue;
Management;
Marketing;
Internet and the Web;
Price;
Mathematical Methods
Ferreira, Kris J., David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang. "Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling." Operations Research 66, no. 6 (November–December 2018): 1586–1602.
- September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Precision Controls, Inc.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Valuation;
Research and Development;
Negotiation Process;
Stock Shares;
Negotiation Tactics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Minnesota
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Precision Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-046, September 1997. (Revised May 1999.)
- June 2005 (Revised September 2008)
- Class Lecture
Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
By: Bharat N. Anand, Stephen P. Bradley, Pankaj Ghemawat, Tarun Khanna, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, Michael G. Rukstad, John R. Wells and David B. Yoffie
It's great to have a blockbuster quarter or a revolutionary product or service, but true business excellence demands sustainability. Maintaining your competitive advantage requires a strategy that makes your business unique and carries you forward as the world around...
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Keywords:
Competitive Advantage
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
problem when they first emerged but was ultimately overcome by changes in the innovation ecosystem. However, incumbents in the oil and power sector are different in two respects. First, they are producing a commodity and hence face little...
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Sean Silverthorne