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- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
joint-venture opportunity to make a popular chemical catalyst in China, Wyoff, leveraging its superior technology, demanded one-sided terms and played hardball, ruining both the deal and the relationship with China-LuQuan. Seven years... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
lays policies that have been proposed to deal with either the consequences or the causes of the crisis. These include policies for reforming the supervision of the financial system, changing bankruptcy rules and regulating mortgage... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
product according to how valuable it is to the customer. "The case also proved useful in dealing with other complex issues related to distribution and market segmentation, two very important issues in marketing," Shapiro... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
tech companies at the earliest stages, often when products and business models are still experimental. The firm’s partners are pleased with their preliminary returns and the deal flow they’ve been able to cultivate, in part by empowering... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
a social mission. In what is one of the first commercial financing deals in the world, Akula must decide at what value to sell equity in SKS, and to whom to sell it. The case focuses on valuation, which is difficult because at the time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
of problems that cannot be predicted in advance must be resolved. Dealing with uncertainty requires different organizational choices in terms of team design, contract structure, and IP management. Consider, for example, a typical practice... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
expert witness, dealing with governmental organizations, working with schools and students, and influencing public policy, this volume helps social scientists forge the vital link between scholarship and social engagement. Contributors... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-083 Improving Repurchase Rates at zulily In February 2015, zulily cofounder and CEO Darrell Cavens faced a major challenge in his business, a Seattle-based daily View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
http://hbr.org/search/612033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-086 Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities Learning Resources is a family owned educational toy company that, by late... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
pricing is viewed as a tactical issue where the questions are "can we sell more units if we cut price 10 percent," and "if we raise price 10 percent, will the customer notice?" This doesn't deal with the core issue.... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
and largely unregulated securities market was William Duer, who ultimately became a major player on the Street. As it turned out, however, Duer's financial dealings proved unsustainable, and his financial collapse helped to bring the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Russia, and China, Western leaders appreciate aspects of these perils, but they are crafting unduly soft policies to deal with the challenges. The authors believe that "globalists"' notwithstanding, such views are myopic in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
20,000 employees operating in 138 countries, Lenovo needed a global marketing and branding strategy to extend its global reach. This meant determining what Lenovo stood for and designing products that supported that claim. In January 2006, 13 months after the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
unfortunately, we are left with how to deal with it. Q: Fifteen years ago during the first Clinton Administration there was a national appetite for some kind of major healthcare reform. Do you see any such window reopening given five... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Tarun Abstract—New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don’t yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
outstanding. The increased debt from the deal would increase the risk to the company and to the existing bonds, and the bonds' prices would fall significantly as a result. Students can use discounted cash flow techniques to value the LBO.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
vitality. The first reaction to globalization was often, "It's wonderful that we can relocate anywhere. If we have a skill shortage here in America, we can just go somewhere else. If we can get a better tax deal there, we'll go... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
you want to harness the power of creativity in a global multicultural context, you need to think about how to connect with people from other cultures," he says. For businesses, that might mean building in extra time for socializing when View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
410-039 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410039-PDF-ENG Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry Harvard Business School Case 510-034 How does a pioneer in a new product category View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
process in jeopardy. At the same time, the company has a second drug, Byetta, in its pipeline. Graham must decide how to manage the company's limited resources while also finalizing another deal that has huge future potential. Graham... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace