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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
end, the School has started several new outreach initiatives, beginning with an effort to supply more information about the Alumni Association, the activities of the 110 worldwide HBS clubs, and the HBS Global Electronic Network to MBA... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
economy and brings food to the table through microenterprise - selling oranges, repairing shoes, making utensils out of scrap metal. We provide access to credit that those people can't otherwise get. Over the last five years, we've View Details
- October 1976
- Background Note
Industry Structural Change
Presents a framework for understanding and predicting industry structural change. Examines 1) the important underlying forces causing structural change, 2) the key relationships among industry elements in the process of change, and 3) some implications of change for... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Industry Structures; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "Industry Structural Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 377-051, October 1976.
- August 2008
- Case
System on a Chip 2008: Ardentec Corporation
By: Willy C. Shih, Chen-Fu Chien, Chintay Shih and Ting-Chen Chen
Ardentec Corporation is a specialist in "wafer probing," a highly specialized niche sandwiched between the "front-end" and the "back-end" of semiconductor manufacturing. Because the semiconductor industry uses modular processes and has standard containers for the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Semiconductor Industry
Shih, Willy C., Chen-Fu Chien, Chintay Shih, and Ting-Chen Chen. "System on a Chip 2008: Ardentec Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 609-026, August 2008.
- November 2006
- Case
Organics: Coming Center Stage?
By: James E. Austin and Reed Martin
The organics movement has certainly come a long way. From hippie farming communes and a scattering of natural food stores in the 1960s, organics outgrew its origins as a counterculture curiosity of the 1970s to become the fastest growing segment of the food industry in... View Details
- March – April 2008
- Article
Customer Preference Discontinuities: A Trigger for Radical Technological Change
By: Mary Tripsas
What factors cause a mature industry to re-enter a period of technological turbulence? This paper addresses this question by developing a model of technological evolution that incorporates both technological trajectories and a new concept: preference trajectories, ... View Details
Keywords: History; Technology; Transition; Consumer Behavior; Industry Structures; Product Development
Tripsas, Mary. "Customer Preference Discontinuities: A Trigger for Radical Technological Change." Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (March–April 2008): 79–97.
- February 1988
- Case
Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (Condensed)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Richard S. Rosenbloom
A condensed version of Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. The principal changes are the elimination of details about the early history of the company and condensation of the final section, Outlook for the Future. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Industry Growth; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Trends; Manufacturing Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Richard S. Rosenbloom. "Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 388-096, February 1988.
- Web
Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
“ideas” and how they shape the world in which we operate; and the big businesses that nurture, launch, and sustain idea creators as well as the supply chains that create value from them. Several questions will animate the course. Which... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
I think you need to determine the underlying value driver and then see if there’s more supply or demand for that value driver. So it’s not fundamentally different from the rest of the market. What is different is that there’s no... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
demand payments of $10,000 and up. “We’re not talking about demand for potato chips,” Spar added. “This is the kind of demand that becomes an obsession. Price is less of an issue than it is in other markets.” Despite the classic components of View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
(PMD 58, 1989) Gaia Design should use an already established logistics company such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL. Although the e-commerce infrastructure as a whole is not good in Mexico, these organizations are large enough to drive world-class View Details
- June 2024
- Simulation
Vehicle Lifecycle Emissions Calculator
This Vehicle Lifecycle Emissions Calculator calculates the greenhouse gas emissions over the lifespan of internal combustion engine (ICEs) vehicles, battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), including those associated with their... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Environment; Carbon Accounting; Carbon; Carbon Abatement; Electric Vehicles; Automobiles; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Supply Chain; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Climate Change; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Battery Industry
- July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War
By: Rafael Di Tella, Jose Liberti and Sarah McAra
In 2012, Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were embroiled in what some called “the mother of all battles.” Grupo Clarín was one of the preeminent media companies in Argentina, with leading newspapers, cable... View Details
Keywords: Media Regulation; Media; Government and Politics; Policy; Newspapers; Government Legislation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Monopoly; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael, Jose Liberti, and Sarah McAra. "'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War." Harvard Business School Case 718-008, July 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- January 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Acer America: Development of the Aspire
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Anthony St. George
Follows the development, national launch, and global rollout of the Aspire, Acer's first new product developed outside of Taiwan. Implementing a very promising new PC concept proves challenging to Mike Culver and his U.S. team, who are plagued by coordination problems... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Supply Chain; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business Subsidiaries; Product Launch; Computer Industry; United States; Taiwan
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Anthony St. George. "Acer America: Development of the Aspire." Harvard Business School Case 399-011, January 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
which are situations where information, supplies, or equipment needed for patient care are insufficient. However, little is known about underlying causes of operational failures and what hospitals can do to reduce their occurrence. To address this gap, we examined the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
while Jewish people are the most targeted religious group. According to an article in the Washington Post, hate crimes are grossly underreported, and 90 percent of the country’s approximately sixteen thousand law enforcement agencies choose not to View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
competitors. Are there limits to boundaryless behavior? If carried too far, can it result in loss of control over the quality of goods and services delivered by the supply chain? Can reliance on others for innovation lead to the neglect... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
Hans have had to lay off employees and understand that the closures have a ripple effect along their supply chain. “COVID-19 is the second big storm we’ve had to weather,” Han says. “There’s immense pressure on everyone from the employees... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But companies that are multiplying their influence in supply chains, like Dell and Walmart, must not miss the larger and more important opportunity to change the rules of the game through activism. Even in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler