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- 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008
Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine, argues that the sudden availability of niche offerings more closely tailored to their tastes will lure consumers away from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
other hand, a decision to sell BP's petrochemical business at some stage was said to have been taken more easily knowing investors had been supportive of such a divestiture for a long time. So for the question of where exactly to set the... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
clothing and accessories inspired by Hellenic heritage, was to source silks and embroidery from traditional craftswomen throughout the region, whose skills were no longer finding demand, and sell the products internationally. It was a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
you can’t take the course, you can audit it,” he summarizes. “It took me a few years to sell the companies I had built and to buy my way into media, but that was the pivot.” Despite the Atlantic’s strong position, Bradley is still looking... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Although Novartis would improve its position in oncology by acquiring GSK’s promising drug portfolio, it had to sell its vaccines and animal health businesses, while giving up control of the over-the-counter (OTC) business. Jimenez and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
of Uncommon Service is that to achieve service excellence, you may need to make some tradeoffs. Is that a hard sell for some managers who are motivated to excel in all areas? A: Frei: Even superstar managers would probably admit to being... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
Case 111-071 Todovino sells Spanish wines through wine clubs and websites. Founder-CEO Gonzalo Verdera has partnered with many companies to create cobranded wine clubs, but now he is pondering a joint venture with one of his rivals, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Rohm and Haas board decided how to move forward after its largest shareholder chose to sell all of its shares in the company. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411001-PDF-ENG The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (B)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
them and many agents are reluctant to sell them. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510040-PDF-ENG A Letter from Prison Eugene SoltesHarvard Business School Case 110-045 Stephen Richards, the former global head of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
policy implications of these findings. The new data (from a range of countries in varying stages of development) documents the mixing of open source and proprietary software: firms sell proprietary software while contributing to open... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Fisher made a fortune selling trendy, inexpensive home furnishings to baby boomers. With that generation beginning to enter its sixties, he sees a huge opportunity in products for aging consumers. Focus groups and surveys confirm strong... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
the retrenchment, leaving the business facing a significant debt payment coming due. TPG must decide whether to sell the business and get out "whole," or whether it can develop and execute a more successful strategy going... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
Harvard Business School Case 807-143 NCH Capital is considering whether to sell its Ukrainian company Univermag Ukraina, which it has held and built up over the past decade. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
As an HRPBA student, Gibson recalls how she and her classmates were occasionally invited across the river to offer their point of view on a case if it had a particularly "feminine" slant: "One time, the case under discussion was, 'Should Company X try to View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
1990s, she recalls, “I had dozens of people walking through the door with business plans for InStyle.com or Time.com that were essentially trying to sell me my own content.” The situation, she reflects, reminded her of the era of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
system of choosing directors to “the old Soviet-style elections” in which shareholders’ real choice is to vote for anointed nominees, abstain, or sell the stock. Of all the nominees put forward by boards, 99.7 percent win election. Also,... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
don’t sell user data, et cetera. So we have these privacy principles and community values. And so when we crafted the ad business, we wanted a business that was in harmony with the community and the values. That’s really important because... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
go forward with the listing, or should they sell Ak Gıda to the world’s largest dairy company, Groupe Lactalis? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118036-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
examined. The creation of the bidet-toilet category in Japan was a defining accomplishment for TOTO, and this history has created a strong commitment to promoting it in the U.S. But given that TOTO has been highly successful selling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
but an insufficient grasp of the details, and CMOs (chief marketing officers) often view go-to-market decisions as being tactical. What passes for channel strategy often rests with sales divisions, but their primary motivation is to sell... View Details