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April 2011
Exercise

Strategic Foresight: An Exercise

The exercise asks students to perform a strategic analysis of the consulting industry in order to identify untapped strategic opportunities. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Cognition and Thinking; Strategy; Consulting Industry

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02 Dec 2015
News

What’s Next for Japan

In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

14 Jan 2022
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HBS Faculty Pick Trends to Watch in 2022

11 Dec 2014
News

What Weird Vinyl Orders Are Doing to Old-School Record Production

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

research, she spoke with various Entrepreneurs in Residence at the iLab. One of them, a venture capital investor, helped her get a handle on her ambitions by asking her a key question: “What are you most... View Details

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Mapping the Salt Tax That Helped Shatter a Monarchy | Working Knowledge

Economics and Global Commerce Mapping the Salt Tax That Helped Shatter a Monarchy Featuring Marco E. Tabellini . By Ana Elena Azpúrua on July 17, 2025 . Research by Marco Tabellini examines how heavy taxes, applied unevenly and without... View Details

18 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

rewarding. But there's very little pushback from investors because I am a subject matter expert in this space. To tell the truth, things are changing rapidly in a good way." View Details

31 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Art of Business: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Felipe Ceron (MBA 2022)

do for me. I'm currently enjoying the position tremendously, so I would like to continue being involved in the performing arts and education in some capacity after my MBA is finished. How has your MBA... View Details

22 Feb 2010
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Harvard Business School Professor Gordon Donaldson Dead at 87

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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

tradeoffs you are inclined to make. The exercises will include LIFE Reflection & Activity workbook exercises and other online exercises. Module Reflections. At the end of each of View Details

06 Sep 2017
News

Amid Wreckage Of Hurricane Harvey, Countless Acts Of Heroism

8:30 AM – 6:45 PM +04, 13 Dec 2024
Virtual Programming

AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth

Join top AI experts including HBS faculty, business leaders, researchers, and government officials for AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth, a one-day conference organized by the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and the Harvard Business School Club... View Details

September 1992 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.

On May 1, 1992, Doug Friesen, manager of assembly for Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky, plant, faces a problem with the seats installed in the plant's sole product--Camrys. A growing number of cars are sitting off-line with defective seats or are missing them entirely.... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Kentucky

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01 Sep 2017
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Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up

Brooks. “You hear it all the time. People either actively say, ‘Calm down,’ or they say, ‘Don’t be anxious.’ The hitch is that it seems quite difficult to find strategies to actually do that.” Instead,... View Details

Keywords: April White; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

27 Sep 2023
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Know Your HBS Staff: Meredith Keaney

20 Oct 2011
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16 Feb 2010
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Harvard Business School Faculty on Toyota Recall

15 May 2018
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Harvard researchers say fixing food safety inspectors’ schedules could end many violations

April 1991 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Jaguar plc--1989

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Robert W. Lightfoot

Describes Jaguar's product market problems in 1989, and its attractiveness to GM and Ford as an acquisition target. Students are asked to evaluate the suitability of GM and Ford as business partners for Jaguar, and to determine how much each should be willing to pay to... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Markets; Consumer Behavior; Product; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Auto Industry

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