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- March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
IBM in the 21st Century: The Coming of the Globally Integrated Enterprise
Members of IBM's fifth Integration and Values Team (IVT5) were close to finishing their deliberations. Convened by Sam Palmisano, Chairman and CEO, and sponsored by Jon Iwata, Senior VP of Corporate Communications and Marketing, and John E. Kelly III, Senior VP and...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Innovation and Management;
Leadership Development;
Management Teams;
Organizational Culture;
Integration
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "IBM in the 21st Century: The Coming of the Globally Integrated Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 308-105, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- June 2004 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Scientific-Atlantia (S-A), a leading manufacturer of cable TV equipment, is confronting strategic challenges in mid-2004. For decades, cable operators have faced high switching costs that have locked them into exclusive supply relationships with either S-A or its...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Competition;
Industry Structures;
Television Entertainment;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Manufacturing Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Scientific-Atlanta, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 804-191, June 2004. (Revised June 2006.)
- Program
Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
reflect the family's priorities and principles Find solutions to your wealth management challenges Develop an action plan for initiating an intergenerational transfer Implement best practices for separating operating assets and family...
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- January 2022
- Case
Walmart USA—Searching for Growth
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Maria P. Roche
In 2022, Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart, and his team looked back at a difficult but ultimately successful past year. The global pandemic had posed enormous challenges, but the company had weathered the storm successfully, raising same-store sales growth,...
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Keywords:
Health Pandemics;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Sales;
Business Strategy;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Retail Industry
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Maria P. Roche. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 722-395, January 2022.
- June 2013 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Governance and Sustainability at Nike (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-hê Hsieh and Lara Adamsons
Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social...
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Keywords:
Nike;
Hannah Jones;
Mark Parker;
Phil Knight;
Philip Knight;
Eric Sprunk;
Jill Ker Conway;
Phyllis Wise;
Don Blair;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
SB&I;
Flyknit;
DyeCoo;
Footwear;
Athletic Footwear;
Apparel;
Athletic Apparel;
Sustainability;
Greenpeace;
Detox Campaign;
Dirty Laundry;
Water;
Water Use;
Water Pollution;
Water Resources;
Corporate Responsibility Committee;
Judgment;
Board Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Footwear Industry;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Ethics;
Fairness;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance;
Alignment;
Supply Chain;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Judgments;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Asia;
China;
United States;
Oregon;
Portland
Paine, Lynn S., Nien-hê Hsieh, and Lara Adamsons. "Governance and Sustainability at Nike (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-146, June 2013. (Revised January 2024.)
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
development, incentives, people management, developing a performance culture, and sustaining that culture in the face of inevitable market changes that are often outside the control of the selling company....
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- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Working PapersFinding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya Authors:Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan Abstract In...
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Martha Lagace
- August 2021 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Patch Technology: Making It Easy to Do the Right Thing
By: Tomomichi Amano, Robert J. Dolan and Carol Zhang
In 2021, the growing threat of climate change pushed companies around the world to understand that significant behavioral change was necessary. While many recognized that decreasing emissions was critical, more sophisticated players such as Microsoft began to recognize...
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Amano, Tomomichi, Robert J. Dolan, and Carol Zhang. "Patch Technology: Making It Easy to Do the Right Thing." Harvard Business School Case 522-037, August 2021. (Revised September 2022.)
- September 2016
- Article
Do Display Ads Influence Search?: Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising
By: Pavel Kireyev, Koen Pauwels and Sunil Gupta
As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spending by referring to online metrics such as click-through rate (CTR) and cost per acquisition (CPA). However, these standard...
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Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta. "Do Display Ads Influence Search? Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising." International Journal of Research in Marketing 33, no. 3 (September 2016): 475–490.
- 03 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions
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by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
- December 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care (Abridged)
By: Rembrand Koning, Elie Ofek and Nicole Tempest Keller
An examination of the strategic marketing challenges facing Thinx as it tries to grow in the face of menstruation taboos and competition from large incumbents.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
United States
Koning, Rembrand, Elie Ofek, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 721-021, December 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- March 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care
By: Rembrand Koning, Elie Ofek and Nicole Keller
An examination of the strategic marketing challenges facing Thinx as it tries to grow in the face of menstruation taboos and competition from large incumbents.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
United States
Koning, Rembrand, Elie Ofek, and Nicole Keller. "Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care." Harvard Business School Case 720-443, March 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- December 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Agrochemicals at Ciba-Geigy AG (B)
By: Michael L. Tushman, Wendy Smith and Daniel Radov
Focuses on Pierre Urech's efforts to change the division structure at Ciba-Geigy to facilitate the marketing of the new product. Details the relationships Urech cultivates and the strategy he pursues as "product champion." Also describes the restructuring of the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Research and Development;
Marketing Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Product Development;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Switzerland
Tushman, Michael L., Wendy Smith, and Daniel Radov. "Agrochemicals at Ciba-Geigy AG (B)." Harvard Business School Case 400-023, December 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- 27 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
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by Ant Bozkaya & William R. Kerr
- February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Amway Japan Limited
In April 1997, the president of Amway Japan (AJL, Tokyo, Japan), pondered how to reverse the first performance decline the company has experienced since entering the Japanese direct selling market in 1979. Established as the tenth overseas subsidiary of Amway Corp. of...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Motivation and Incentives;
Business Subsidiaries;
Distribution Channels;
Customer Satisfaction;
Consumer Products Industry;
Michigan;
Tokyo
Arnold, David J., John A. Quelch, Yoshinori Fujikawa, and Patrick Reinmoller. "Amway Japan Limited." Harvard Business School Case 598-029, February 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- January 2017
- Case
The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco...
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Keywords:
Tyco;
Dennis Kozlowski;
Edward Breen;
Fire Safety;
Fire Protection;
Security;
Packaging;
Securities And Exchange Commission;
Fraud;
Accounting;
Accounting Audits;
Earnings Management;
Financial Statements;
Goodwill Accounting;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Divisions;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Headquarters;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
For-Profit Firms;
Restructuring;
Crime and Corruption;
Engineering;
Applied Optics;
Chemicals;
Construction;
Metals and Minerals;
Ethics;
Finance;
Cash Flow;
Public Equity;
Stock Options;
Financing and Loans;
Initial Public Offering;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Location;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Disclosure;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business History;
Executive Compensation;
Selection and Staffing;
Courts and Trials;
Lawfulness;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Horizontal Integration;
Value;
Chemical Industry;
Construction Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Energy Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Mining Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Republic of Ireland;
Switzerland;
Bermuda;
United States;
New Hampshire
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 717-459, January 2017.
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.—one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate—was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Need for Speed: Effects of Uncertainty Reduction in Patenting
By: Mike Horia Teodorescu
Patents are essential in commerce to establish property rights for ideas and to give equal protection to firms that develop new technologies. Young firms especially depend on the protection of intellectual property to bring a product from concept to market. However,...
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- 2008
- Working Paper
Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem
By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on performance. While some studies find a positive relationship between these two variables, others find no effect or even a negative relationship. In this paper, we...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Learning;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Improvement;
Groups and Teams;
Familiarity;
India
Huckman, Robert S., and Bradley R. Staats. "Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-035, September 2008.
- 2015
- Working Paper
A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility
By: Gary Becker, Scott Duke Kominers, Kevin Murphy and Jorg L. Spenkuch
We develop a model of intergenerational resource transmission that emphasizes the link between cross-sectional inequality and intergenerational mobility. By drawing on first principles of human capital theory, we derive several novel results. In particular, we show...
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Keywords:
Intergenerational Mobility;
Inequality;
Complementarities;
Human Capital;
Equality and Inequality;
Income;
Family and Family Relationships
Becker, Gary, Scott Duke Kominers, Kevin Murphy, and Jorg L. Spenkuch. "A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility." Working Paper, August 2015.