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  • August 2005 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

DICOM Group plc and Captiva Software Corp.

By: Paul M. Healy
Compares two companies in the information capture software industry. Asks students to analyze and compare the performance of two companies (one in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States) from the perspective of a buy-side analyst reporting to the manager... View Details
Keywords: History; Financial Management; Environmental Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Financial Reporting; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Economic Growth; Fair Value Accounting; Information Industry; Computer Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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Case Method Teaching - Case Method Project

made. For each class, students are asked to read the case and to put themselves in the shoes of the actual decision-makers to consider what they themselves would have done given the information available at the time. To help situate the decision, each case also... View Details
  • 03 Jan 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Banking Deregulation, Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by William Kerr & Ramana Nanda; Banking
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

expert in agricultural remote sensing and climate adaptation. Dr. Whitcraft discusses her journey from co-founding NASA Harvest, a global program addressing food security with satellite data, to leading NASA Acres, which focuses on U.S.... View Details
  • 16 May 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Robert Gierkink, Chairman, Datalogix

  • January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin
Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States
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  • 12 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

process, with implications for the U.S. presidential election this November. Martha Lagace: What led you to think about accounting information as political currency? Karthik Ramanna: There is evidence in the academic literature that firms... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Partners Partners Teacher Profiles WA Lacey Aaker Kentwood High School Covington, WA TX Sam Abramson St. John's School Houston, TX Subjects: U.S. History RI Richard Abruzzini Cranston Career & Technical... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

United States in a uniquely powerful position. While Europe and Asia had experienced extensive destruction and loss of life, no battles had been fought on the soil of the United States. The U.S. dollar became the world's major reserve... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • Web

Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

2011). Workers embrace outside the offices of Lehman Brothers in Canary Wharf in London, Monday, September 15, 2008. Courtesy of AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth. On October 3, 2008, under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government addressed the mortgage... View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

disciplines. The following demonstrates one way of classifying the approaches the Unit takes to learning and teaching. The Unit examines the “rules” and policies established by government and other non-business institutions that affect business in the United States.... View Details
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

of the three rounds of “stimulus checks” to U.S. taxpayers and the single round of direct payments to Hong Kong citizens. The first two rounds of U.S. checks appear to have increased retail buying and share... View Details
  • Summer 2021
  • Article

The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016

By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun Khanna
This article examines the evolution of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Cipla towards producing drugs that met the quality standards of European and U.S. regulators. It employs new research in Cipla’s corporate archives, the Creating Emerging Markets database, and... View Details
Keywords: Cipla; Pharmaceuticals; Drug Quality; Generics; Quality; Standards; Information Technology; Cost; Organizational Culture; Business History; Pharmaceutical Industry; India
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

his 25th Reunion. Since 2009, Casper has been CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, a world-leading life sciences company. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher in 2001, Casper was president, CEO, and director of Kendro Laboratory Products. He serves on the board of Thermo Fisher... View Details
  • 2018
  • Book

Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level

By: James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger)
As professors and practitioners with careers devoted to negotiation, we are often asked “Who are the world’s best negotiators? What makes them effective?” Inevitably Henry Kissinger’s name comes up as an elite, if controversial, negotiator from whom we can learn a... View Details
Keywords: History; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Personal Development and Career; Negotiation Style; United States
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  • 11 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Globalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
  • January 2024
  • Case

Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona
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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About

life and legacy of the family matriarch, the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao. The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center was dedicated and celebrated on June 6, 2016 (See letters of congratulations from five U.S. presidents (pdf) ). This HBS Executive... View Details
  • January 2010
  • Article

Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

By: William R. Kerr
We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent... View Details
Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Labor; Immigration; United States
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  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

that increased the number of doctors and nurses serving patients, expanded existing staff roles and developed new ones, redistributed health care work, and invested in teamwork. The English workforce redesign experience offers important lessons for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne