Filter Results:
(4,805)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,805)
- People (18)
- News (1,519)
- Research (2,429)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (87)
- Faculty Publications (1,583)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,805)
- People (18)
- News (1,519)
- Research (2,429)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (87)
- Faculty Publications (1,583)
- May 1995
- Background Note
Note on Product Liability
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller
This note provides an overview to the evolution and current state of product liability law in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Legal Liability; Safety; Product Marketing; Business Strategy; Policy; Government and Politics; United States
Emmons, Willis M., III, Monica Brand, and Greg Keller. "Note on Product Liability." Harvard Business School Background Note 795-049, May 1995.
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
full-service bank; describes the competitive context of low-income sector of financing in Mexico; and reviews the decisions leading to the IPO in the Mexican Stock Exchange. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Watch out for a new brand View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
When Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) first read of Amazon’s search for a second headquarters in the Wall Street Journal, he was certain the newspaper had made a typo. The online retailer couldn’t be talking about creating 50,000 jobs. Moret’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
lights in working order? Maybe not. The state of the nation's highways, bridges, airports, dams, seaports, and tunnels collectively rate a grade of D+, says the American Society View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- September 1993 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity, a not-for-profit, volunteer-based home builder, is coping with years of rapid growth and success. They now face a series of options to continue their successful course and must make corresponding organizational adjustments. Teaching objectives... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth Management; Housing; Service Industry; United States
Loveman, Gary W. "Habitat for Humanity International." Harvard Business School Case 694-038, September 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
- September 1981 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
Great American Knitting Mills: Gold Toe Socks
Gold Toe has an exclusive distribution policy. Its men's socks are sold only through one department store per city. Executives are trying to decide whether, and how, to widen distribution and to determine what impact broader distribution would have on the nature of the... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Distribution Channels; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
Marshall, Cheri T. "Great American Knitting Mills: Gold Toe Socks." Harvard Business School Case 581-144, September 1981. (Revised April 1984.)
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher — or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself to change over time. As a... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
scale. In time, the South Sea Company won the bidding war, and the House of Commons approved its debt conversion plan. Now it was up to the House View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
One Western Avenue
Over the summer, the University’s newest residential building, One Western Avenue, opened at the corner of Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Road, adjacent to HBS. The building contains 235 apartments and will View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Panel Discussion
Understanding the Moment
By: Lynn S. Paine, Walter Robb, H. W. Brands and Suzanne Vautrinot
How can we put recent developments in American history, and recent trends in thinking about the responsibilities of business, into perspective? What is the role of the corporation in supporting democracy and civil society? Our panelists—Lynn S. Paine, Walter Robb, H.... View Details
"Understanding the Moment." National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Texas Tricities Chapter, May 25, 2021. (Panel moderator.)
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
panelists at a Global Alumni Conference session addressing the topic "Global Brands: Connecting with Consumers across Boundaries," chaired by HBS associate professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- Video
Brinda Somaya
Brinda Somaya, founder and principal architect of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants, discusses the diversity of her portfolio and the factors that earned her a reputation in the architectural space. View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
sketch out Pork & Mindy’s—the fast-casual barbecue brand that will have 65 locations in the West and Midwest by the end of 2019, along with a growing retail line. On that white board Corsello identified... View Details
Keywords: April White
- January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Dennis A. Yao and Masako Egawa
In 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Transportation; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
Reinhardt, Forest L., Dennis A. Yao, and Masako Egawa. "Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius." Harvard Business School Case 706-458, January 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
- May 2011
- Article
The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0
By: Marco Bertini, John Gourville and Elie Ofek
Although there's ample research to guide marketers in naming new products, little of it has addressed follow-on offerings, even though these make up the bulk of new products in many industries. Companies have two basic strategies to choose from. They can stick with a... View Details
Bertini, Marco, John Gourville, and Elie Ofek. "The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).
- Video
Ashraf Abu Issa
Abu Issa Holding’s Mosafer stores sell their own products alongside other brands. Ashraf Abu Issa, Chairman of the Qatar-based firm, explains Mosafer’s mutual arrangement of complementing instead of competing. View Details