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- 2016
- Chapter
The Innovators' Tools
By: Stefan Thomke
Thomke, Stefan. "The Innovators' Tools." In Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation, edited by Dietmar Harhoff and Karim R. Lakhani. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
- 04 Aug 2020
- Video
Tools
- March 7, 2024
- Article
Integrating Digital Tools into Every Stage of Your Sales Strategy
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Georg Krentzel
In their growth and customer-acquisition activities, most companies now face twin challenges: understanding and responding to omni-channel buying behavior and doing that without inadvertently decreasing sales productivity. Thirty years ago, Peter Drucker noted that... View Details
Keywords: Sales Management; Digital Tools; Sales; Marketing Channels; Technology Adoption; Brands and Branding
Cespedes, Frank V., and Georg Krentzel. "Integrating Digital Tools into Every Stage of Your Sales Strategy." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 7, 2024).
- July 2012 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
MC Tool
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Two partners acquired MC Tool in October 2007 for $5 million. The company was a machine shop that manufactured parts for a wide variety of applications in the energy, automotive, and industrial equipment industries. In their first year of ownership, the partners... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Problems and Challenges; Transformation; Production; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "MC Tool." Harvard Business School Case 213-013, July 2012. (Revised June 2018.)
- July 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
MC Tool
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Sean Witty and Jason Premo acquired MC Tool, a machine shop located in South Carolina in 2007 with the intent to transform it into a precision manufacturer. Witty and Premo were able to more than double revenue to $6 million in their first year of managing MC by... View Details
Job Design Optimization Tool
The free, online Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) can be used to design, or test the design of, any job in any organization. Use the tool with the... View Details
- April 1988 (Revised November 1990)
- Supplement
Precista Tools AG (B)
The family holds a meeting to talk about the future of the business. Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (C) in a one class period. View Details
Keywords: Family Business
Barnes, Louis B. "Precista Tools AG (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 488-047, April 1988. (Revised November 1990.)
- January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Microsoft Server & Tools
By: Marco Iansiti and Alain Serels
In 2011, Microsoft's Server & Tools Business (STB) was large, fast growing and highly profitable on the strength of traditional packaged product lines led by the Windows Server operating system. Even as the current packaged business was performing exceptionally well,... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Computing; Enterprise Computing; Servers; Cloud Computing; Microsoft; Technology Evolution; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Alain Serels. "Microsoft Server & Tools." Harvard Business School Case 613-031, January 2013. (Revised April 2013.)
- December 1998 (Revised July 2016)
- Background Note
Tools of Cooperation, The
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Howard H. Stevenson and Jeremy Dann
Presents a theory about the tools a manager can use to get people to agree on a coordinated course of action and effect change in his or her organization. The extent to which people in the organization agree on the way the world works, and agree on what they want,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Managerial Roles; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness; Cooperation
Christensen, Clayton M., Howard H. Stevenson, and Jeremy Dann. "Tools of Cooperation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-080, December 1998. (Revised July 2016.)
- June 2015
- Supplement
Precista Tools AG
By: John A. Davis
Davis, John A. "Precista Tools AG ." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 815-707, June 2015.
- Fast Answer
Research Tools
Which research tools do I have access to as an HBS affiliate? Qualtrics (HBS Faculty and Staff only)... View Details
- March 2025
- Supplement
MC Tool (B)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Video supplement to HBS Case No. 213-013. Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. View Details
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "MC Tool (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 225-724, March 2025.
- January 2013
- Supplement
Microsoft Server & Tools (B)
By: Marco Iansiti and Alain Serels
Supplement for case 613031. Update on progress of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business through July 2011. Satya Nadella and his team explore whether or not to support Linux on Windows Azure. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Alain Serels. "Microsoft Server & Tools (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-046, January 2013.
- January 2013
- Supplement
Microsoft Server & Tools (C)
By: Marco Iansiti and Alain Serels
Supplement for case 613031. Update on progress of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business through August 2012. Pleased with the Windows Azure product, Satya Nadella must decide how to attract customers to the cloud based platform. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Computing; Enterprise Computing; Servers; Cloud Computing; Microsoft; Technology Evolution; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Alain Serels. "Microsoft Server & Tools (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-047, January 2013.
- January 2019
- Supplement
MC Tool
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Video supplement to HBS Case No. 213-013. View Details
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "MC Tool." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 219-718, January 2019.
- 06 Oct 2014
- News
New tool maps economic clusters
- March–April 2021
- Article
Network-biased Technical Change: How Information Management Tools Overcome Some Biases but Exacerbate Others.
By: Gerald C. Kane and Lynn Wu
Organizations have long sought to improve employee performance by managing knowledge more effectively. In this paper, we test whether the adoption of digital tools for expertise search and access within an organization, often referred to as a support to an... View Details
Keywords: Digital Tools; Social Media; Social Networks; Transactive Memory Systems; Augmented Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Technology Adoption; Knowledge Management; Performance Improvement; Power and Influence; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Kane, Gerald C., and Lynn Wu. "Network-biased Technical Change: How Information Management Tools Overcome Some Biases but Exacerbate Others." Organization Science 32, no. 2 (March–April 2021): 273–292.
- January 2018
- Background Note
Math Tools for Strategists
By: Tarun Khanna and Jan W. Rivkin
Great strategists rely heavily on numbers as they go about their work. This note offers an overview of the highbrow and lowbrow quantitative tools that individuals commonly encounter during strategy courses and in actual strategy work. The note focuses especially on... View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Math Tools for Strategists." Harvard Business School Background Note 718-477, January 2018.
- May 2008
- Exercise
Stakeholder Analysis Tool
This exercise enables users to: identify stakeholders and analyze their interests and expectations; categorize interests and expectations based on importance; and develop an action plan. View Details
Applegate, Lynda M. "Stakeholder Analysis Tool." Harvard Business School Exercise 808-161, May 2008.