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  • March 2015 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosystems in the Thermostat Industry

By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
Beth Wozniak, President of Honeywell Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) at Honeywell International Inc., spun around in her office chair, reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2... View Details
Keywords: Honeywell; Thermostats; Internet Of Things; Smart Thermostats; Google; Nest; Apple; HomeKit; SmartThings; Partnerships; Platforms And Ecosystems; Linkages; Communication Protocols; Strategy; Technology; Home Automation; Connected Home; Buildings and Facilities; Energy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Energy Industry; Electronics Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosytems in the Thermostat Industry." Harvard Business School Case 715-455, March 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
  • June 2010
  • Case

FoldRite Furniture Company: Planning to Meet a Surge in Demand

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Afarin Bellisario
Demand for folding and stackable chairs and tables at FoldRite Furniture Co. is unexpectedly strong. The company spent the previous two years improving manufacturing quality and efficiency, dropping poor-performing product lines, developing new products that are... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Production Capacity; Production Scheduling; Risk Management; Growth Management; Production; Logistics; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe
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Wheelwright, Steven C., and Afarin Bellisario. "FoldRite Furniture Company: Planning to Meet a Surge in Demand." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-555, June 2010.

    International Differences in Entrepreneurship (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

    Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the... View Details
    • 01 Nov 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

    described the register for the first time and explained how it would prevent theft and give an accurate account of the day's receipts. The goal of this stage was to schedule a demonstration of the machine in a nearby hotel where the... View Details
    Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
    • 13 Oct 2017
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks

    Keywords: by Paul Green, Jr., Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats
    • March 2005 (Revised October 2005)
    • Case

    Teach For America 2005

    On November 17, 2004, as Teach for America's (TFA) national board meeting adjourned, Chief Operating Officer Jerry Hauser considered the opportunity before the organization. The board had just given the go ahead to move forward with development of a new strategic plan... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Planning; Education; Education Industry; United States
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    Childress, Stacey M. "Teach For America 2005." Harvard Business School Case 805-094, March 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
    • February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    CalPERS Private Equity 2.0

    By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Alys Ferragamo
    Yup Kim, the Head of Investments, Private Equity at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), reflected on the pension fund’s private equity strategy. In July of 2022, the fund was in the midst of a multi-year turnaround strategy with the goal to... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Leadership; Strategy; Public Sector
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    Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Alys Ferragamo. "CalPERS Private Equity 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 223-048, February 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
    • June 2021
    • Case

    HelloSelf: Launch

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In April 2021, Charles Wells, founder and CEO of HelloSelf was reflecting on the company’s progress since it launched two years earlier. HelloSelf’s goal was to help the mentally ill recover and those who were mentally fit to stay well and feel even better. To do this,... View Details
    Keywords: Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Great Britain
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    Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "HelloSelf: Launch." Harvard Business School Case 721-432, June 2021.

      Dennis Campbell

      Dennis W. Campbell is currently the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching activities focus broadly on how management control systems can be designed to balance short-term strategy execution... View Details

      Keywords: financial services; service industry; hotels & motels; consumer products; restaurant; manufacturing; professional services
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      Strategy and Location

      An increasing number of companies finds that their individual success is more and more not only a function of their own decisions but also of the local business environment they operate in. In a globalized world economy, these geographically bound factors are among the... View Details
      • November 2021 (Revised December 2022)
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      Babban Gona: Great Farm

      By: Kristin Fabbe, Tarun Khanna, Caroline M. Elkins, Zeke Gillman, Eleni Kyrkopoulou and Thomaz Teodorovicz
      In 2020, Babban Gona was one of the world’s largest farming operations with over 140,000 acres of maize farms, an area over ten times as large as Manhattan, and over 80,000 member-farmers in Nigeria. According to the company, the average Nigerian farmer’s net income... View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Value Creation; Agribusiness; Capital Budgeting; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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      Fabbe, Kristin, Tarun Khanna, Caroline M. Elkins, Zeke Gillman, Eleni Kyrkopoulou, and Thomaz Teodorovicz. "Babban Gona: Great Farm." Harvard Business School Case 722-027, November 2021. (Revised December 2022.)
      • 12 Sep 2023
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Can Remote Surgeries Digitally Transform Operating Rooms?

      Keywords: Health
      • Teaching Interest

      Strategies for Value Creation (MBA Course)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty
      SVC is a capstone course that integrates topics from finance, strategy, and leadership. It is intentionally cross-functional and designed to force integration at the end  of the MBA program.  Students develop a value creation mindset and learn that value creation is an... View Details
      • 21 May 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

      develop a set of metrics that measure the impact of marketing activities against the goals of the corporation. Many marketing managers will tell you that marketing performance can't be measured. It's not... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • October 2022
      • Article

      Climate Change Acknowledgment to Promote Sustainable Development: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Local Action Plans in Coastal Florida

      By: Srimayi Tenali and Phil McManus
      Globally, the consequences of climate change have rapidly necessitated local govern-ment action to mitigate and adapt to rising sea levels, increased storm frequency, andhigher temperatures. Acknowledgement of underlying climate issues, however, varieswidely across... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Local Range; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Communication
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      Tenali, Srimayi, and Phil McManus. "Climate Change Acknowledgment to Promote Sustainable Development: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Local Action Plans in Coastal Florida." Sustainable Development 30, no. 5 (October 2022): 1072–1085.
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      Craig Husa

      As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies.  He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can grow companies and revenue by... View Details
      Keywords: Clean Technology; Energy; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Oil & Gas; Energy; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)
      • 2015
      • Chapter

      Consumer Neuroscience: Revealing Meaningful Relationships Between Brain and Consumer Behavior

      By: Hilke Plassmann and Uma R. Karmarkar
      The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of the nascent field of consumer neuroscience and discuss when and how it is useful to integrate the "black box" of the consumer's brain into consumer psychology. To reach this goal, we first briefly outline several... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Cognition and Thinking
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      Plassmann, Hilke, and Uma R. Karmarkar. "Consumer Neuroscience: Revealing Meaningful Relationships Between Brain and Consumer Behavior." Chap. 6 in The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology, edited by Michael I. Norton, Derek D. Rucker, and Cait Lamberton, 152–179. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
      • January 2003 (Revised August 2003)
      • Case

      General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)

      Examines the role of General Mills in the formation and leadership of the Hawthorne Huddle. The Huddle was in the Hawthorne neighborhood in Northern Minneapolis, which in 1997 was plagued with high crime and poverty. The Huddle served as a forum, held the first... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Succession; Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Minneapolis
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      Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-067, January 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
      • March 1999 (Revised March 2000)
      • Case

      Cross Country Group, The: A Piece of the Rock (A)

      By: Robert L. Simons and Indra Reinbergs
      A new MBA graduate joins a privately held family business and sets ambitious growth goals for the next five years. To enhance motivation, he proposes a new incentive plan that will grant him a share of the wealth he creates. However, the family owners have a more... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development; Planning; Accounting Industry; Employment Industry
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      Simons, Robert L., and Indra Reinbergs. "Cross Country Group, The: A Piece of the Rock (A)." Harvard Business School Case 199-044, March 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
      • 06 Dec 2017
      • Blog Post

      The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference

      The 23rd annual Tech Conference took place on September 16th, 2017 at Harvard Business School (HBS) and we had over 1,200 students, professionals, and professors. The goal of this year’s conference was to continue our tradition of... View Details
      Keywords: Technology
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