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- August 2000 (Revised November 2000)
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Building Brand Community on the Harley-Davidson Posse Ride
The second Harley-Davidson Posse Ride, a grueling 2,300 mile, 10-day trek from South Padre Island, Tex., to the Canadian Border is billed "for serious riders only." Harley Owner's Group (H.O.G.) Director Mike Keefe must decide whether this rolling rally deserves a... View Details
Keywords: Relationships; Customer Focus and Relationships; Brands and Branding; Motorcycle Industry; United States
Fournier, Susan M., James McAlexander, John Schouten, and Sylvia Sensiper. "Building Brand Community on the Harley-Davidson Posse Ride." Harvard Business School Case 501-015, August 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- Research Summary
Senior Teams, Strategic Innovation, and Change
This research stream explores the relations... View Details
- February 2023
- Case
Nexus Market (A): Ukraine War Ripples into Silicon Valley
By: Tsedal Neeley and Jeff Huizinga
A Silicon Valley start-up executive must navigate tensions between its Ukrainian and Russian sub-contractors as war between the two countries rages. After war erupts between Ukraine and Russia, a team of subcontracted Ukrainian software developers threatens to cut ties... View Details
Keywords: International Relations; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Technology Industry; United States
Neeley, Tsedal, and Jeff Huizinga. "Nexus Market (A): Ukraine War Ripples into Silicon Valley." Harvard Business School Case 423-024, February 2023.
- March 2014 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In 2014, Yasuchika Hasegawa was orchestrating the transformation of Takeda from a Japanese pharmaceutical company with a global footprint into a global company with a Japanese heritage. A 33-year veteran of Takeda, Hasegawa-san was appointed president of Takeda in 2003... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Global; NGO; Public Health; Japan; GSK; Vaccine; Supply Chain; Market Entry; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Trade; Market Entry and Exit; Global Strategy; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business." Harvard Business School Case 514-084, March 2014. (Revised December 2014.)
- November 2012
- Case
Edison Schools, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
Edison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public... View Details
Keywords: Charter Schools; Conflict of Interests; Initial Public Offering; For-Profit Firms; Public Sector; Market Entry and Exit; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lauren Barley. "Edison Schools, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 813-113, November 2012.
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
GOP Fury Over ESG Triggers Backlash With US Pensions at Risk
- 13 Jun 2019
- News
Ask a Professional Negotiator: How Do You Reason With Kids?
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cross-Silo Leadership
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Porter & Gehl on Politics: In Their Own Words
- 14 Aug 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Are ‘Better’ Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup Evaluation
- Research Summary
Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid
Rangan is studying how businesses create value for the 4.2 billion low income, and poorer income residents at the base of the global income pyramid. These are individuals who live on less than $5/day. Providing food, water, sanitation, healthcare, education, skills... View Details
- February 2018 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
By: William Kerr, Michael Norris and Manjari Raman
In 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization’s performance since its 2006 founding. Founded to address an imminent retirement bubble of middle skills workers in the utilities industry,... View Details
Keywords: Workforce Development; Industry Cooperation; Skills Gap; Middle Skills; Training; Strategic Planning; Competency and Skills; Utilities Industry; United States
Kerr, William, Michael Norris, and Manjari Raman. "CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap." Harvard Business School Case 818-081, February 2018. (Revised May 2019.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
By: Ian D. Gow, Steven N. Kaplan, David F. Larcker and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina
Based on two samples of high quality personality data for chief executive officers (CEOs), we use linguistic features extracted from conferences calls and statistical learning techniques to develop a measure of CEO personality in terms of the Big Five traits:... View Details
Gow, Ian D., Steven N. Kaplan, David F. Larcker, and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina. "CEO Personality and Firm Policies." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22435, July 2016.
- February 2001
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Solaris Strategy
In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems' Solaris has emerged as the dominant UNIX-based alternative to Microsoft for server operating systems. At the same time, the open source operating system Linux has appeared unexpectedly, and it is generating significant excitement... View Details
Silverman, Brian S., and Mark Rosenberg. "Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Solaris Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 701-058, February 2001.
- 04 May 2020
- News
Your CEO Succession Plan Can’t Wait
- 29 Aug 2016
- News
Harvard establishes research alliance with Tata companies
- 12 Dec 2023
- Book
HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
Faculty-authored books that came out in 2023 hit many of the notes one would expect of the quiet quitter era: Finding new paths to happiness. Thriving after failure. Building a flexible and fulfilling life that prioritizes relationships and rest. Meanwhile, other books... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Program
Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
working with accomplished health care executives from various backgrounds, sectors, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and... View Details
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Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan Magretta View All Related Resources “The worst mistake—and the most common one—is not having a strategy at all. Most executives think they have a strategy when they... View Details