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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Data Corporation, 1957–1986 John Ringling North Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1947–1967 John K. Northrop Northrop Aircraft, 1937–1959 Lucio A. Noto Mobil Corporation, 1994–1999 Robert N. Noyce Fairchild Semiconductor,...
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- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
intermediary organizations. To test our theory, we examine every relationship between entrepreneurial firms and their venture capital investors in the minimally invasive surgical segment of the medical device industry over a 22-year...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional...
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- April 2001 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Moore Medical Corporation
Moore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners, such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. At the time of the case, it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs, phones, and faxes to communicate product...
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Change Management;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing Communications;
Information Technology;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Gregory Bounds. "Moore Medical Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 601-142, April 2001. (Revised February 2003.)
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About
resources and to foster the well-being of community members and preserve these resources for future generations, the University must codify the rules, practices, and policies that simultaneously protect and facilitate the use of the...
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research
new roadmap to determine which factors to incorporate into their business strategies and operations – and their political advocacy – and how they will communicate this to their stakeholders. Leaders should adopt a two-pronged approach: 1)...
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- December 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad
In 2005, Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone was a sensation. After its launch in 1999, the groundbreaking BlackBerry had captured the hearts and minds of corporate America through its secure wireless email service. The device was so addictive and...
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Business Growth and Maturation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Innovation and Management;
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Management Style;
Product Development;
Managerial Roles;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Canada
Sandino, Tatiana, and Samuel Grad. "Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-023, December 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
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Podcast - Business & Environment
companies: from sustainable packaging, community solar to decarbonizing mass-transit with AI. MethaneSAT: The EDF Satellite Tracking Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Operations 31 JUL 2024 | Climate Rising Fred Krupp, president of the...
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- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Abstract—Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills....
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Dina Gerdeman
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
established at the School during the past 15 years. We warmly welcome and celebrate the most recent members of our financial aid donor community whose funds are highlighted. To learn more about the impact of financial aid on students at...
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
analyze new metrics of digital usage that leverage telemetry data collected by Microsoft during operating system updates across forty million Windows devices in U.S. households. These measures of US household digital usage are much more...
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- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
solution was to track audiences, use information about their browsing choices, and infer their interests. But tracking was challenged by privacy policies, as Google proposed restriction on the use of cookies, and Apple limited tracking by third parties on its View Details
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by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- September 2011
- Module Note
Orientation to Leadership Intelligence Days, 2011
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Anthony J. Mayo
Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Direct, is seeking to double her budget for social media and other digital marketing initiatives for 2011. A number of digital efforts implemented in the past two years seem to be bearing fruit and there is a desire to...
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Budgets and Budgeting;
Borrowing and Debt;
Investment Return;
Resource Allocation;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Online Technology;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Margolis, Joshua D., and Anthony J. Mayo. "Orientation to Leadership Intelligence Days, 2011." Harvard Business School Module Note 412-057, September 2011.
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
aeroelasticity lab. “I wanted to explore how the aerospace engineering community could help speed up the pace of innovation in renewable energy,” she said. “Ninety percent of my family still lives in Nigeria and Ghana, and those areas are...
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- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Highway: Technology and Mobility Trends and Opportunities Technological innovation is considered a competitive strength for America, but the nation does not score as high in deploying its technology. U.S. transportation systems are in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America
classic economic "factors of production." The others are labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. As the earlier chapters of this book have shown, modern capitalism fuses these four factors into operational systems for the conduct of economic life, most notably...
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by Thomas K. McCraw
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About - Business & Environment
About Inspiring innovation at the intersection of business and the environment. Mission The Business and Environment Initiative educates, connects, and mobilizes business leaders to address climate change and other environmental...
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- February 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Huawei: How Can We Lead the Way?
By: Elie Ofek, Tian Tao, Eden Yin and Nancy Hua Dai
On September 12, 2017, just as Apple’s Tim Cook was unveiling the iPhone X, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group (CBG), and Glory Cheung, his Chief Marketing Officer, were discussing some key strategic issues regarding Huawei’s smartphone business....
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Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Communications;
Price;
Competitive Strategy;
Global Strategy
Ofek, Elie, Tian Tao, Eden Yin, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Huawei: How Can We Lead the Way?" Harvard Business School Case 518-071, February 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
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Europe - Global
when adverse weather conditions threatened his grape harvest. The episode explores how Cornelissen balanced his commitment to natural winemaking with the need for flexibility in “Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate.” June 2024 Alumni Stories HBS Alumni View Details
- 30 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?
consumers use their mobile devices in store. Surprisingly, also when some undecided consumers look up products and prices on their smartphones while in a store, companies don’t necessarily lose out on...
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