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  • August 1988 (Revised July 1990)
  • Case

Optical Distortion, Inc. (C): The 1988 Reintroduction

In 1988, Optical Distortion, Inc. was ready to reintroduce its only product, contact lenses for chickens. Tests had shown that the lenses significantly reduced bird aggression and feed costs, leading to potentially huge cost savings for egg producers. In the years... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Ethics; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Product Marketing; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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Kaufmann, Patrick J. "Optical Distortion, Inc. (C): The 1988 Reintroduction." Harvard Business School Case 589-011, August 1988. (Revised July 1990.)
  • May 2018 (Revised February 2019)
  • Teaching Note

Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS No. 211-085. Greg Mazur (HBS 1997) identified a small firm, Great Eastern Premium Pet Food, in December of 1998 that fit his search criteria and decided to offer the seller a cash price of $1.2 million plus an earn-out equal to 1% of revenue over... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Analysis
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Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-122, May 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
  • 25 Oct 2006
  • Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts. Don't like the timing of the stock option grant you got or the strike price of the contract? No worries! It turns out that this is... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis
  • 24 Apr 2006
  • News

Keeping the Core Healthy

  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

forthcoming Management Science Frenemies in Platform Markets: Heterogeneous Profit Foci as Drivers of Compatibility Decisions By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study compatibility decisions of two competing platform owners that generate profits... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • May 2016
  • Case

The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company’s stock price... View Details
Keywords: Asda; Costco; David Glass; Convenience Stores; Discount Retailing; Dollar Stores; Doug McMillon; E-commerce; Online Retail; General Merchandise; Grocery; Lee Scott; Mike Duke; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Neighborhood Market; Sam Walton; Sam's Club; Store Formats; Supercenter; Supermarket; Warehouse Clubs; Merchandising; Walmart; Wal-Mart; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Banks and Banking; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Global Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Human Capital; Labor Unions; Wages; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Web; Web Sites; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Arkansas; Bentonville
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016." Harvard Business School Case 716-426, May 2016.

    Tsedal Neeley

    Tsedal Neeley is the Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA program at Harvard Business School, where she is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Faculty Chair of the... View Details

    • 2004
    • Book

    Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America

    By: Walter A. Friedman
    This book chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert. From the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, the development of sales management transformed an economy populated by peddlers and... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Employees; Transformation; United States
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    Friedman, Walter A. Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
    • September 2003 (Revised May 2006)
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    Eyeblaster: Enabling the Next Generation of Online Advertising

    By: Elie Ofek
    Eyeblaster management has to decide on the best course of action to sustain its momentum from enabling online rich media advertising. Pressure from competitors is forcing the company to re-evaluate its previous marketing strategy that focused primarily on getting... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Performance Evaluation; Digital Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy
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    Ofek, Elie. "Eyeblaster: Enabling the Next Generation of Online Advertising." Harvard Business School Case 504-005, September 2003. (Revised May 2006.)
    • 22 Jan 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Turbulent Firms, Turbulent Wages?

    Keywords: by Diego A. Comin, Erica L. Groshen & Bess Rabin
    • 2012
    • Teaching Note

    Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd. (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao and Yuren Fang
    With the rapid growth of China's economy and China's increasing integration into the global economy in the past two decades, China's leisure clothing and garment enterprises achieved a rapid rise and became an important competitive force confronting the foreign brands... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Management Controls; China; China
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    McFarlan, F. Warren, Jie Jiao, and Yuren Fang. "Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd. (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2012.
    • October 1992 (Revised June 2001)
    • Case

    Stermon Mills Incorporated

    A paper company is unable to compete on cost as a result of the installation of three very efficient paper machines by competitors. Prices for its products are falling by the day, and the company is making a loss. In the face of such competition, management feels that... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competition; Production; Pulp and Paper Industry
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    Upton, David M. "Stermon Mills Incorporated." Harvard Business School Case 693-053, October 1992. (Revised June 2001.)
    • 2012
    • Case

    Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd.

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao and Yuren Fang
    With the rapid growth of China's economy and China's increasing integration into the global economy in the past two decades, China's leisure clothing and garment enterprises achieved a rapid rise and became an important competitive force confronting the foreign brands... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Management Controls; China; China
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    McFarlan, F. Warren, Jie Jiao, and Yuren Fang. "Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
    • 21 Jan 2020
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    The Convergence of Digital and Commercial Transformations

    • January 2020
    • Case

    Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In 2019, Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (Lead) was the largest supplier of lithium-ion rechargeable battery manufacturing equipment in the world. Based in Wuxi, China, the company generated RMB 3.9 billion ($557 million) in revenues in 2018, up from RMB 175... View Details
    Keywords: Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicles; Government Subsidies; Industry Dynamics; Markets; Change; Strategy; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 720-419, January 2020.
    • December 2018 (Revised August 2022)
    • Teaching Note

    Revenue Recognition at HBP

    By: Siko Sikochi and Paul Healy
    In early 2014, Corporate Learning, one of three business units at Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), was in the process of revamping its flagship product, Harvard Manage-Mentor (HMM) from version 11.0 (HMM11) to version 12.0 (HMM12). The revamped software would be... View Details
    Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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    Sikochi, Siko, and Paul Healy. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-015, December 2018. (Revised August 2022.)
    • 31 Mar 2008
    • HBS Case

    JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

    reported in the media as the airline's problems. The policy offers explicit compensation for a variety of departure delays and onboard ground delays. It even promises $1,000 if, through overbooking, a customer is involuntarily bumped from... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation
    • February 2006 (Revised November 2012)
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    Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A)

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Brooke Barton and Ezequiel Reficco
    Located in the highlands of Peru, the Tintaya copper mine has long been a source of intense conflict between local community members and mine operators. The mine, which was owned and managed first by the Peruvian state and later by BHP Billiton, stands on 2,300... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Conflict Management; Mining Industry; Australia; Peru
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    Rangan, V. Kasturi, Brooke Barton, and Ezequiel Reficco. "Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A)." Harvard Business School Case 506-023, February 2006. (Revised November 2012.)

      Rajiv Lal

      Rajiv Lal, is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course... View Details

      • 11 Jul 2006
      • First Look

      First Look: July 11, 2006

      large or small); and what changes to make to pricing terms and product features. Purchase this case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806188 Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity Rajiv Lal, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Irina... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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