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Reginald H. Jones
A master of strategic planning, Jones designed a new organizational model for General Electric to ensure more accountability and control for specific large industry sectors. Despite a difficult economic...
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Fabricated Goods
- October 1995 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Executive Shirt Company, Inc.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Sylvie Ryckebusch
The Executive Shirt Co. is contemplating a move into custom-made shirts. The company's general manager has charged two of his managers to come up with plans for incorporating production of custom shirts into the existing manufacturing process.
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Change Management;
Production;
Strategic Planning;
Expansion;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
Hammond, Janice H., and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Executive Shirt Company, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 696-071, October 1995. (Revised March 1996.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
politically more influential, and industry less influential, than is commonly assumed. The prevailing view—that diffuse interests like those of consumers are too difficult to organize and too weak to influence public policy—represents, he...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance
1911 HBS establishes the Bureau of Business Research to write cases. 1922 Founding of Harvard Business Review (HBR). 1930s Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger conduct pioneering studies establishing the importance of field-based View Details
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Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton;
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools;
Educational Services
- March 2023
- Supplement
Halftime for Heidelberg
By: Debora L. Spar
The case follows President Rob Huntington as he seeks to find a viable way forward for Heidelberg University.
Located in Tiffin, Ohio, Heidelberg is a small, private, four-year university. As with many similar institutions of higher education, it currently faces... View Details
Located in Tiffin, Ohio, Heidelberg is a small, private, four-year university. As with many similar institutions of higher education, it currently faces... View Details
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University;
University Administration;
University Endowment;
Endowments;
Brand Management;
Higher Education;
Strategic Planning;
Brands and Branding;
Education Industry;
Ohio;
United States
Spar, Debora L. "Halftime for Heidelberg." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 721-701, March 2023. (Click here to access this case.)
- April 2018
- Case
Miami's Tech Future (Abridged): Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Leadership Challenges
By the middle of the 1990s, Miami’s reputation was changing. An influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants and major investments in the airport and seaport had changed the image of a sleepy southern city to the de facto business center of Latin America, a center for...
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- November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Miami's Tech Future (A): Twenty-first Century Changes and Challenges
In the decade starting in 2000, a new mayor focused on infrastructure and leadership from a foundation investing in arts and culture helped the Miami region transform and attract younger people to a newly vibrant central city and arts district. In 2011, the Knight...
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Change;
Leadership;
Business and Community Relations;
Strategic Planning;
Technology Industry;
Miami;
Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Miami's Tech Future (A): Twenty-first Century Changes and Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 318-033, November 2017. (Revised September 2020.)
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
resource allocation lead to strategy failures? Can operations become a competitive advantage? Can "lean" Productions Methods Improve Service Industries? Bringing 'Lean' Principles to Service Industries Toyota and other top manufacturing...
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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were wellsprings of powerful new...
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- November 1995 (Revised February 1996)
- Case
Monsanto Company: The Coming of Age of Bio-Technology
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr
Monsanto has one product, Roundup, accounting for 30% of company net income and is going off patent. How should the company position itself and its products in the future?
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Thomas N. Urban Jr. "Monsanto Company: The Coming of Age of Bio-Technology." Harvard Business School Case 596-034, November 1995. (Revised February 1996.)
- September 2022 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
QED Invests in Africa
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and James Barnett
In March 2022, investors at venture capital firm QED consider strategy for establishing business in Africa.
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Analysis;
Investment;
Geography;
Markets;
Operations;
Strategic Planning;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Africa;
Nigeria;
North America;
Canada;
Europe;
Asia;
Latin America
Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and James Barnett. "QED Invests in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 823-003, September 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
Ford Motor Company, and AT&T to multicultural markets. “Even though there are so few people in the industry who look like me, I understand that I should belong, I do belong, and that I have an important contribution to make,” she says....
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- June 2006
- Case
Riding with the Blackhorse (A)
By: John R. Wells, Sean Hazlett and Niladri Mukhopadhyay
Colonel Moore reflects on his command of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and its preparation of the United States Army for 21st century adversaries. During his command, Colonel Moore had transformed the regiment from a unit focused on providing conventional...
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Transformation;
Competency and Skills;
Training;
Strategic Planning;
Adaptation;
Alignment;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Wells, John R., Sean Hazlett, and Niladri Mukhopadhyay. "Riding with the Blackhorse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-484, June 2006.
- April 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Elizabeth Collins and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Set in Brazil during the period of telecommunication's privatization, CEO Manoel Amorim must define a sustainable strategy and build capabilities in his organization.
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Strategic Planning;
Emerging Markets;
Privatization;
Financial Crisis;
Telecommunications Industry;
Brazil
Applegate, Lynda M., Elizabeth Collins, and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp)." Harvard Business School Case 804-149, April 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online
Testimonials Why us Company Request Info Client Testimonials Intuit Play Intuit testimonial video Employees from Intuit share their experiences in taking an HBS Online course and the impact the course had on their strategic thinking...
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Crystal Yao
Crystal is particularly interested in helping students understand careers in Sports, Media, and Entertainment and Big Tech, as well as functional careers in General Management, Strategy Consulting, Business Development, and Sales & Marketing. Having previously led a...
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Vincent Dessain
of the Harvard Business School Europe Research Center based in Paris. Through his work, Vincent has built an extensive and deep network with the European corporate world in many industrial sectors. He is also in close contact with the...
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Consulting;
Consumer Products;
Education;
Emerging Markets;
Entertainment / Media;
Commercial Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Management;
Financial Services (All);
Private Equity;
Financial Services (All);
Venture Capital;
Financial Services (All);
Health Care;
Hospitality;
Manufacturing;
Publishing / Communications / Advertising;
Real Estate;
Retail;
Social Enterprise;
Sports;
Clean Technology;
Energy;
Telecommunications
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
Foundation. Operating “at the intersection of pleasure and purpose,” in the words of CEO Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013), the nonprofit oversees annual industry awards (considered by many to be the Oscars of the food world), an ongoing...
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- 02 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores
door. Its location, strategically chosen, allows it to directly harness the waste products of steel production. Blast furnace slag becomes a substitute for clinker, the traditional backbone of cement. By incorporating this slag, JSW...
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- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
of the industry cannot be overemphasized: they included pioneering players who launched important firms and invested in some of society's most important companies. As VC increasingly becomes a worldwide phenomenon, moreover, HBS will...
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