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  • 07 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

historians and economists. It is now obvious that economic policies, even aggressively interventionist ones such as high tariffs, at times have had extremely beneficial consequences for some. At the very least, this suggests that we need to acknowledge the possibility... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leveraged to create value. This is contrasted to industrial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

that commodity prices will remain attractive enough that surrounding economies in Africa will continue to grow, at least in the medium term, and that will create some positive synergies with South African growth. The general global... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Nov 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

asked in his case, would this be a good way to return to the original vision of creating synergies throughout the Lincoln Center campus? Readers of the case ponder along with the protagonist on whether to do some or all of the options,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

Lighten Up

really good sales force to crack certain accounts,” such as large dealers of outdoor gear. The Timberland deal has given GoLite room and money to grow. “Both Timberland and we are committed to GoLite’s success, so the synergies in our... View Details
Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Innovation, Inc.

R&D lab, increased its mergers and acquisitions of companies that had synergies with the company’s businesses, and formed a small venture capital fund for exploratory investments. Komori also initiated a reorganization that created six... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

the synergies he had hoped for between his businesses had proven elusive. Shareholders were upset. How might Mays return Clear Channel to its former glory? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717476-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

global by applying innovative growth strategies at home. Rule 2: Always bring something new to market. Without an element of novelty, it will be difficult for retailers to overtake entrenched rivals. Rule 3: Differentiation is more important than synergies. Leveraging... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

synergies as well as potential conflicts. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816075-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-030 SIN Capital and the Fullerton Health IPO In early 2016, David Sin, founder of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

perceive a negative synergy between the components of a bundle. Modeling the dynamic nature of durable goods purchases also helps us uncover a finding that contradicts prior static models: positive correlation between products enables... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

and really be running them? I doubt that anybody can really do that well. Q: Do you see a synergy in the future between what Pixar does and what Apple does? A: No, other than they're both creative businesses in some way, shape, or form,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

actively learn at multiple levels, and engage conflict. Leaders can engage these functions through team-centric or leader-centric structures. On Knowing and Doing: A Perspective on the Synergies between Research and Practice... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

and mobs of desperate people. IBM's actions, as well as many others reported on by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, capture the emerging zeitgeist of business: the vanguard company simultaneously pursuing-and creating synergy between-opportunity,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

multichannel, the challenges of crafting multichannel retailing strategies and opportunities for creating synergies across channels, key retail mix decisions facing multichannel retailers, and the dynamics of multichannel retailing. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

Corporate-level synergies emerge in which the whole exceeds the sum of the individual parts. For these scorecards to be effective, however, everyone in the organization must understand the strategies for their unit, division, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

market. We provide a framework to understand the dynamic, long-term impacts of bundling on demand. We find evidence that bundles have a significant negative synergy effect and that consumer valuations for component products are positively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

as mitigation strategies Brainstorm how adaptation and mitigation progress might affect one another and synergies or tensions between the two Free E-Book How to Be a Purpose-Driven, Global Business Professional This guide will equip you... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

Cialis's hard-won brand equity with physicians and patients? With the final stages of clinical trials for the new indication, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), soon to be carried out, the team had to make a decision soon. On its face, the market opportunity for a BPH... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management positions, we explore the relationship between changes in executive team composition, firm diversification, and IT investments-which arguably alter... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

by-product produced is exactly the amount that can be produced using the entire waste stream). The operational synergy in the joint production process is manifested as one of two subsidies: the by-product is subsidized by the disposal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace