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- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
Commonly used free and open source software (FOSS) is one of the most significant technological trends of the decade. After all, 80-90 percent of a typical application contains FOSS components. And that trend is only increasing with its use in View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
will be smart to unbundle the services and come out with a pricing table.” As Munyaradzi Mushato put it, “implement an authentic platform strategy where users pay, advertisers pay, and developers pay for the value they get.” Clearly,... View Details
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
jobs, who are 'the general manager in the middle' who have the incredibly difficult job of managing up, down, and across the organization. "The cases are designed to get smart people to see different things in the same situation. In... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
CEO. I once advised the chairman of a third-generation family business who was having difficulty with his son, whom he had recently named CEO. The new CEO was a decisive leader, smart and capable, with an MBA and a strong academic record.... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
system can require scores if not hundreds of person-work-years to be designed. No one person can be responsible for the design of a whole system. No one is either smart enough or long-lived enough to do the design work single handedly.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
Gompers recommends first and foremost being aware of one’s own biases that can influence them to hire homogenously. “Most people aren’t bad people, but we have these internal biases to think that people who look like us are smart and... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
by these smart devices. There was another theme around women's empowerment, right? I think the women's empowerment theme will quite possibly resonate into the next Super Bowl. Kenny: We have time for one more question, folks. Speaker 4:... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
combining several of my favorite issues. Rosabeth Moss Kanter (@RosabethKanter) holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. She is the author of Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
smart people of that time believed that technology had reached its limits and capitalism had passed its peak. Schumpeter believed the exact opposite, and of course he was right. Q: Schumpeter introduced the term “creative destruction” and... View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
more thought if responses are an indicator. But as Wallace Earner puts it, "A long, strong struggle with a good question is much better than quick, smart answers." Many took an "it would be nice if " stance. Among them, Clifford Brown... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
destroying or even harming the competitor. The focus must be on your own success. Smart competitors don't try to beat their adversaries; they avoid direct competitors and instead maximize profits. The astute manager wants to establish a... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- February 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
ABRY Partners, LLC: WideOpenWest
By: Josh Lerner and Smart Darren
ABRY, a Boston-based private equity group, is considering whether to terminate its investment in WideOpenWest or to try to salvage the transaction by acquiring a division of telecommunications unit Ameritech. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Boston
Lerner, Josh, and Smart Darren. "ABRY Partners, LLC: WideOpenWest." Harvard Business School Case 806-116, February 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- November 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Massachusetts General Hospital and the Enbrel Royalty
By: David S. Scharfstein and Darren R. Smart
Massachusetts General Hospital is considering selling its royalty interest in Enbrel, Amgen's blockbuster drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In assessing whether to sell, and at what price, the hospital must determine its value to a potential buyer as well... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Price; Investment Return; Capital; Value; Revenue; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Massachusetts
Scharfstein, David S., and Darren R. Smart. "Massachusetts General Hospital and the Enbrel Royalty." Harvard Business School Case 206-075, November 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- March 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Background Note
Physical Climate Risk
By: Michael W. Toffel, Spencer Glendon and Alison Smart
This note describes how managers can identify their company’s physical climate risks, which can heighten the risk of business disruption, change the costs of operations and supply chains, and affect the demand for their goods and services. The note also provides a... View Details
- February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
- Supplement
UAL 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (CW)
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer... View Details
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (TN)
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
Teaching Note for [205090]. View Details
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry
- February 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Compensation; Costs; Loans; Reorganization; Cost; Restructuring; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Compensation and Benefits; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Bergstresser, Daniel Baird, Kenneth A. Froot, and Darren Robert Smart. "UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 205-090, February 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
workforce, a lot of companies have eliminated the accumulated wisdom of older workers." Saira Somani-Mendelin points to another possible cause: The failure to preserve deep smarts "... goes much deeper than the bottom line. It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Oct 2016
- Other Presentation
Is the Eurozone Crisis Over?
By: Dante Roscini, Jeffry Frieden, Peter A. Hall, Hans-Helmut Kotz and Christopher Smart
- 10 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It’s a Bad Idea to Ban Customers From Recording Videos
Now, the evidence is quickly posted to social media for the world to critique—potentially blown out of proportion. “If a customer feels strongly enough to make a recording and perhaps tell friends, that’s a problem a smart retailer would... View Details