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  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

differently while pregnant?” The focus is on practical, actionable recommendations. Risks are put into context so women can make their own choices, aware of the trade-offs they’re actually making. Pursuing Other Opportunities: A Corporate... View Details
Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research
  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

Patricia F. Russo (104th AMP) is executive vice president of New Jersey-based Lucent Technologies, a $30 billion communications powerhouse, where she oversees corporate strategy, business development, and View Details
  • January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
  • Case

Lotus Development Corp.

By: William A. Sahlman
Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Corporate Finance; Planning; Computer Industry
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  • June 2019 (Revised September 2024)
  • Case

Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry

By: Rory M. McDonald, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
In 2018, Henri Seydoux, CEO and Founder of Parrot, believed that his company was at an inflection point in its history. Parrot had been a European leader in consumer electronics since the 1990s, first developing Bluetooth kits for cars before moving on to electronic... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Europe; France; Paris
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  • February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
  • Case

Open Market, Inc.: The E-Commerce Wars

By: James I. Cash Jr., Janis Lee Gogan, Michael Haselkorn and Mani Subramani
Continues the story of Open Market, Inc., a company founded in 1994 to support electronic commerce on the Internet. Despite a very successful initial public offering, the firm had reached a growth plateau, and the management team was considering several strategic... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Product Marketing; Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • 11 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

customer-centric tends to be deeply embedded throughout the organization." 'corporate Culture Trumps National Culture' These findings suggest that excellence in global corporate competition demands certain success-enabling... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

of Blue album in 1959. Students consider how and why Davis, who had already proven he was tops in his field, created a new disruptive innovation in the field of jazz, in the process creating the most commercially successful jazz album of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Runa Khan

    Keywords: NGO; Development
    • 01 Dec 2022
    • News

    December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

    Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the history of... View Details
    • February 2000 (Revised April 2000)
    • Case

    Microsoft, 2000

    By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie and Carl Johnston
    Surveys five threats to the sustainability of Microsoft's strategy (imitation, substitution, hold-up, slack, and saturation) and examines Microsoft's response to these threats. Teaching purpose: To evaluate the sustainability of Microsoft's competitive advantage. View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Blog Post

    Faculty Books Published in 2020

    process, and the economy. One explores changes in the ability of the US to attract talented foreign workers and the role of sponsoring institutions in shaping immigration policy. Another explains how the division of innovative labor... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • 19 Sep 2012
    • News

    On a Sound Track

    to Skullcandy’s survival.” Would you say you mostly follow trends or create them? A little bit of both. We certainly are aware of trends that exist, but great brands and great product companies are always innovating and leading their... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • 25 Feb 2020
    • News

    Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

    practice and Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow. It wasn’t until the idea of “lean” corporations came into vogue that companies began to treat employees as just another resource to be allocated as needed. In the decades since, layoffs have... View Details
    Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information
    • September 2011 (Revised September 2015)
    • Case

    Hassina Sherjan

    By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Pippa Eccles
    Hassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to move back to her home country with two missions. The first was to educate young women through a non-profit... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Innovation Leadership; Development Economics; Growth and Development; Problems and Challenges; Retail Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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    • 12 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

    Joy M., Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi, and Jie Zhang Abstract—The purpose of this article is to present exciting and innovative... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2018
    • News

    Averting Crisis

    beliefs play a central role. I have worked on projects that study beliefs and important economic decisions, in the context of corporate investment in general, and banking and the financial crisis in particular.” —Yueran Ma (PhDBE 2018),... View Details
    • 01 May 2015
    • News

    Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

    more complex world, and to increase our scale and reach to bring our mission to even more people, requires a relentless dedication to innovation." John Hess, CEO of the Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign,... View Details
    Keywords: Educational Services
    • 30 Aug 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

    In the aftermath of such highly public and grossly damaging business debacles as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, much attention and plenty of criticism have been directed at those companies' corporate boards. Traditionally, board... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
    • 23 Oct 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: October 23

    several concrete managerial prescriptions for the selection problem based on this trade-off. Finally, we demonstrate the value of our framework in a case study that considers air traffic management. Ethnic Innovation and U.S.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Oct 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

    Harvard Business School professor Stuart Gilson fielded some questions regarding his new book in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean SilverthorneSilverthorne: When should a company consider a major restructuring? Are there tell-tale signs? Gilson:... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne