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- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
in the creation and distribution of goods and services, becoming a more significant employer in the process. How about employment? Will a post-capitalist society create or destroy jobs? For example, Airbnb now lists on its site more than... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
decide whether now is the time to sell his firm's investment in Tri-Northern Distribution. Brazos, a middle-market leveraged buyout group, created the company two years earlier through the acquisition of two electronic security View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/in_microfinance_clients_must_come_first/ Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change Authors:Sarah Kaplan and Mary Tripsas Periodical:Research Policy (forthcoming). (Earlier version View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
stay away from the small business marketspace. The company inked distribution and implementation agreements with the same IT consulting firms that had served as such capable channel partners for SAP's large-company systems. The product,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- April 2009
- Case
Symbian, Google & Apple in the Mobile Space (A)
By: Fernando Suarez, Benjamin Edelman and Arati Srinivasan
Symbian, maker of a leading mobile smartphone operating system, faces new competition from Google and Apple. Symbian evaluates changes to its software and its relationships with distributors in order to meet these competitors. View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution; Competitive Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software
Suarez, Fernando, Benjamin Edelman, and Arati Srinivasan. "Symbian, Google & Apple in the Mobile Space (A)." Harvard Business School Case 909-055, April 2009. (request a courtesy copy.)
- April 2003 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
Novartis: The Challenge of Success (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
When Dr. Daniel Vasella learned of the early Phase 1 trial results, he immediately decided what course of action Novartis would take. Students will be able to examine and assess the concrete steps, and the rationale behind them, that Novartis took in response to this... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Moral Sensibility; Innovation and Invention; Distribution; Product Development; Production; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "Novartis: The Challenge of Success (B)." Harvard Business School Case 603-044, April 2003. (Revised October 2004.)
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
acquisition activities, he said. "That's nuts." Steve Hafner, founder and CEO of Kayak.com, an online travel information site, said an alternative to growing your own customers is to secure distribution through partnerships,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
care for patients with intellectual and behavioral disabilities The VBHCD team is also examining how to estimate and distribute the costs of ancillary, indirect, and support departments, including Radiology and Billing. VBHCD Project... View Details
- Web
Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog
sessions for a packed agenda of content. The grading distribution is as follows: Grading : 50% class participation 50% project The use of generative AI is not just encouraged but required for class preparation and all class assignments.... View Details
- Web
The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society
relationship between the country's public and private sectors. The CHIPS Program Office (July 2024) By Mitchell B. Weiss and Sebastian Negron-Reichard Learn how $39 billion in CHIPS Act funding for semiconductor manufacturing is View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
on the spot, then processed, packed, and distributed the honey and related products for sale in supermarket chains. To date, the company has helped more than 9,000 small-scale beekeepers (over 45 percent of them women) and its business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
Tiller: Rust Belt bet. Steve Sanchez/Indianapolis Star Other Newsmakers Bob Gannon (OPM 16, 1990) Diana ("Dido") Harding (MBA ’92) David Miller (MBA ’03) Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) Amos Schocken (MBA ’70) Mike Stone (MBA ’88) Bill Wyman (MBA ’65) Ammara Yaqub (MBA ’05)... View Details
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
convenient to do so, through such devices as TiVo and cell phones. It is a world where everything digital is available at all times. And because of the very low cost of maintaining and distributing inventory, everything is likely to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation
distribute our payments and financial services products through these platforms to their SMB (small and medium-sized business) customers. It is a super interesting and challenging position, as it combines sales, partnerships, and the need... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
Fundación, which is rated number one among all Mexican NGOs for efficiency by philanthropic watchdog Filantrofilia, has distributed $11.7 million in grants and loans. The selection criteria are simple: Mexican students accepted to a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
FY 21 126 FY 20 131 FY 19 152 FY 18 144 Publishing Revenue (in millions) FY 22 $302 FY 21 274 FY 20 262 FY 19 262 FY 18 240 Executive Education Tuition (in millions) FY 22 $174 FY 21 81 FY 20 146 FY 19 222 FY 18 207 The School’s annual endowment View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most FDI was located in developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2019 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
New Balance: Managing Orders and Working Conditions
By: Michael W. Toffel, Eileen McNeely and Matthew Preble
New Balance Athletics, Inc., a major U.S.-based athletic footwear and apparel brand, sources most of its footwear products from independent suppliers whose factories are located in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Monica Gorman, vice president of responsible leadership... View Details
Keywords: Footwear; Athletic Footwear; Manufacturing; CSR; Sustainability; Quality Management; Supply Chains; Operations; Management; Production; Working Conditions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Labor and Management Relations; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Toffel, Michael W., Eileen McNeely, and Matthew Preble. "New Balance: Managing Orders and Working Conditions." Harvard Business School Case 619-002, January 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
because its benefits are not distributed widely. That is what our business leaders said—and that seems to be what the protesters are saying as well. Rather than dismiss them for not being able to understand or provide solutions for the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
“Raise the Line”
it. We went into high gear in mid to late February and now at least 50 percent of the company is focused on COVID-19. Osmosis was built from the ground up with a distributed work force, so we’ve seen less disruption than some companies... View Details