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      • March 2005 (Revised August 2007)
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      Brocade: Launching the Multiprotocol Router

      By: Elie Ofek and Mamoon Hamid
      Brocade management is preparing for the launch of a new technology for data storage. The multiprotocol router improves on existing technology and has the potential to change the way firms design their data storage networks. Students must determine the target market for... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Price; Product Launch; Partners and Partnerships; Segmentation; Information Infrastructure; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry
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      Ofek, Elie, and Mamoon Hamid. "Brocade: Launching the Multiprotocol Router." Harvard Business School Case 505-064, March 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
      • February 2005 (Revised November 2016)
      • Background Note

      Forecasting the Adoption of a New Product

      By: Elie Ofek
      Provides tools and methodologies that allow forecasting demand for innovative new products. Highlights the Bass model—the theory behind it and ways to determine its parameters. Provides a detailed example of how to use the Bass model to forecast demand for satellite... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods; Competition
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      Ofek, Elie. "Forecasting the Adoption of a New Product." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-062, February 2005. (Revised November 2016.)
      • November 2004
      • Case

      The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global Food System

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and James Weber
      The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a successor to the Uniform Product Code and will improve the efficiency and traceability of the global food system. This case focuses on how best to implement this new system and respect the privacy of the ultimate consumer, and the... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Rights; Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Management Systems; Technology Adoption; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and James Weber. "The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global Food System." Harvard Business School Case 905-409, November 2004.
      • October 2004
      • Case

      DNA Traceability at Maple Leaf Foods

      By: Ray A. Goldberg, Joan McRobbie and Matthew L. Reisman
      Maple Leaf Foods is concerned about the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) issue in Canada and the reputation of Canadian meat products in the domestic and global markets. DNA can now trace products from sow and piglets to consumer pork products.... View Details
      Keywords: Food; Globalization; Nutrition; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement; Safety; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Canada
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      Goldberg, Ray A., Joan McRobbie, and Matthew L. Reisman. "DNA Traceability at Maple Leaf Foods." Harvard Business School Case 905-407, October 2004.
      • August 2004 (Revised June 2005)
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      Fate of the Vasa, The

      By: Alan D. MacCormack and Richard Mason
      In 1628, the royal warship Vasa was launched. It was Sweden's most expensive naval vessel ever built, costing over 5% of GNP. On its maiden voyage, the ship sailed 1,400 yards in its own harbor, heeled over to the side, and then sank. One third of the 150 crew and... View Details
      Keywords: History; Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Ship Transportation; Product Design; Technology Adoption; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Product Development; Sweden
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      MacCormack, Alan D., and Richard Mason. "Fate of the Vasa, The." Harvard Business School Case 605-026, August 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
      • July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
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      RelayHealth

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind
      RelayHealth provides secure, online communications for doctors, patients, and health plans. The company's services include online consultations, prescription renewals, and appointment scheduling. RelayHealth's business model derives subscription revenue from doctors... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Internet and the Web; Consumer Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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      Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Elizabeth Kind. "RelayHealth." Harvard Business School Case 805-021, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
      • July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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      Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project

      By: Alan D. MacCormack, Enrico D"Angelo and Kerry Herman
      Mike Ward, the producer in charge of developing the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer game for Activision, must decide whether to launch the game in time for the 2002 Christmas season. Complicating his decision are the lukewarm response from consumers to TV test spots of the... View Details
      Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Product Development; Customer Satisfaction; Projects; Business or Company Management; Product Launch; Marketing Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Industry Structures; Innovation Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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      MacCormack, Alan D., Enrico D"Angelo, and Kerry Herman. "Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project." Harvard Business School Case 605-020, July 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
      • December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
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      Dragon's Teeth Vineyards

      By: Alan D. MacCormack, Marius Leibold, Sven Voelpel and Kerry Herman
      Dragon's Teeth Vineyards (DTV) is a South African wine producer that is considering whether to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its wine-making process. GMOs promise to lower the costs of wine production significantly through increased yields and reduced... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Genetics; Transition; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Product Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Biotechnology Industry; South Africa
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      MacCormack, Alan D., Marius Leibold, Sven Voelpel, and Kerry Herman. "Dragon's Teeth Vineyards." Harvard Business School Case 604-069, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
      • November 2003 (Revised April 2004)
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      Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption

      By: John T. Gourville
      Looks at the consumer psychology of new product adoption. Identifies a key reason why consumers do not adopt innovations as quickly as developers think they should--an irrational resistance to behavioral change. Identifies strategies for firms to manage and overcome... View Details
      Keywords: Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Social Psychology
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      Gourville, John T. "Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption." Harvard Business School Background Note 504-056, November 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
      • October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
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      Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 (A)

      By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Christina L. Darwall
      Mike Ramsey, TiVo's CEO, must decide on which direction to build the company. Facing an onslaught of new competitors, a huge opportunity in the cable industry, and the possibility of becoming the new "user interface" for TV entertainment, Ramsey must balance the... View Details
      Keywords: Television Entertainment; Profit; Product Positioning; Standards; Opportunities; Commercialization; Competition; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., Pai-Ling Yin, and Christina L. Darwall. "Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-425, October 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
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      The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Requiring manufacturers to manage the their products when they become waste is an innovative form of regulation, one that has been adopted by countries in Asia, Europe, and North America on a variety of products that range from vehicles to appliances to batteries.... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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      Toffel, Michael W. "The Growing Strategic Importance of End-of-Life Product Management." California Management Review 45, no. 3 (Spring 2003): 102–129.
      • October 2002 (Revised March 2013)
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      Intermountain Health Care

      By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
      Intermountain Health Care (IHC), an integrated delivery system based in Utah, has adopted a new strategy for managing health care delivery. The approach focuses management attention not only on the facilities where care takes place but also on physician decision making... View Details
      Keywords: Ethnicity; Innovation Strategy; Cost Management; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Technology Adoption; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Adoption; Change Management; Cost vs Benefits; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Utah
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      Bohmer, Richard M.J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Laura Feldman. "Intermountain Health Care." Harvard Business School Case 603-066, October 2002. (Revised March 2013.)
      • July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
      • Case

      Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
      The all-risks-ready emergency room prototype project becomes widely accepted as a need after September 11, 2001. The already operational medical informatics system, Insight, comes under heavy demand after its strong performance during crises and is noticed by various... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Performance Productivity; Health Industry; District of Columbia
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Michelle Heskett. "Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11." Harvard Business School Case 303-022, July 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
      • April 2002
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      In vivo to in vitro to in silico: Coping with Tidal Waves of Data at Biogen

      By: Juan Enriquez-Cabot, Gary P. Pisano and Gaye Bok
      Biogen is a successful biotech company facing a critical juncture. CEO John Mullen ponders how technological changes introduced into the research function will shape larger corporate decisions. This world in which biotechnology companies operated had changed... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Decisions; Product Development; Research and Development; Expansion; Technology; Biotechnology Industry
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      Enriquez-Cabot, Juan, Gary P. Pisano, and Gaye Bok. "In vivo to in vitro to in silico: Coping with Tidal Waves of Data at Biogen." Harvard Business School Case 602-122, April 2002.
      • November 2001 (Revised September 2002)
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      Four Products: Predicting Diffusion

      By: John T. Gourville
      One of the critical tasks in the marketing of new innovations is predicting demand and rates of diffusion for those products. Focuses on four innovative products from different domains. Although one can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for each of these... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Technology Adoption
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      Gourville, John T. "Four Products: Predicting Diffusion." Harvard Business School Case 502-045, November 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
      • November 2001 (Revised August 2005)
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      BigEast Bank (A): Credit Card Approval

      By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
      BigEast is considering adopting a relationship-centric view in its credit card approval process. This would shift the bank's current practice of analyzing applications based on the merits of a single product to one where the customer's existing relationship is... View Details
      Keywords: Customers; Forecasting and Prediction; Banks and Banking; Analytics and Data Science; Managerial Roles; Relationships; Adoption; Banking Industry
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      Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "BigEast Bank (A): Credit Card Approval." Harvard Business School Case 602-098, November 2001. (Revised August 2005.)
      • October 2001 (Revised March 2008)
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      Anagene, Inc.

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Christina L. Darwall
      An entrepreneurial, publicly traded biotech company has begun production and sales of its core product--cartridges that permit DNA samples to be analyzed on a microchip. In the early quarters, sales are difficult to forecast and the company has experienced fluctuating... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Financial Reporting; Production; Performance Capacity; Risk and Uncertainty; Genetics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Biotechnology Industry; California
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Christina L. Darwall. "Anagene, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 102-030, October 2001. (Revised March 2008.)
      • October 2000
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      Procter & Gamble Italy: The Pringles Launch (A)

      By: Roy D. Shapiro
      Procter & Gamble's (P&G) Pringles potato chips have been a very successful brand. This case reviews the development and first launch in the United States, then in markets around the world. Italy is one of the last countries where Pringles will be launched. Should P&G... View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Adoption; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      Shapiro, Roy D. "Procter & Gamble Italy: The Pringles Launch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-070, October 2000.
      • March 2000
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      Heartport, Inc.

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Shoshana Dobrow
      Heartport, an entrepreneurial medical device maker, has introduced several innovative systems for conducting less-invasive cardiac surgery. Despite initially high expectations, the company has struggled to get its technology adopted by cardiac surgeons. The company's... View Details
      Keywords: History; Product Positioning; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technology Adoption; Health Care and Treatment
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Shoshana Dobrow. "Heartport, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 600-020, March 2000.
      • November 1999 (Revised March 2000)
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      Florida Department of Citrus

      By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Benedict Pearcy
      The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) is a state agency responsible for the welfare of the Florida citrus industry. This case describes the FDOC's efforts to turn around grapefruit juice consumption. Using a health message, Dan Santangelo, the FDOC's new director,... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Food and Beverage Industry; Florida
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      Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and David Benedict Pearcy. "Florida Department of Citrus." Harvard Business School Case 900-009, November 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
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