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John Pitcairn
Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as well as through investment in View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report found that the gross domestic View Details
- June 2010 (Revised January 2011)
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Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt
Scientific Glassware is a fast-growing, privately held company that provides specialized glassware for laboratory and research facilities. Excess inventory is tying up extra capital needed to fund the company's expansion plans. The newly hired Manager of Inventory... View Details
Keywords: Inventory Control; Inventory Management; Materials Management; Order Processing; Warehousing; Salesforce Management; Logistics; Operations; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Finance; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C., and William Schmidt. "Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-208, June 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
background in air and water filtration at SpaceX and Brita, so we knew we could come up with something better.” What are your short- and long-term goals for the company? Taylor Wiegele: “Long term, we want to dominate the odor category––with multiple View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
work for (including the 2020 Boston Business Journal list), and Gardner is proud of the culture he has created at the company. “Our product is based on the idea that each provider has relative strengths and weaknesses—attributes that can... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
Joseph A. Boyd
configurations – some of the most advanced computer technology at the time. His focus on new product introductions led to a seven-fold increase in revenues from $310 million to over $2.2 billion. Earnings... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
the platforms and products that incorporate them—could be profitably applied to everything from artificial intelligence to smart devices. “There’s a whole host of technologies that we could bring these... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
A daily apartment cleaning service (Fresh Maid). An organizer of one-day extreme endurance events for men (Tough Mudder). A market-based solution to increase the milk production of cattle in rural India (Doodh Bhandar). These are just a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
executives set standards for leadership. As good as the late 1980s were to forest products company Boise Cascade (BC) Corporation, the early 1990s spelled near disaster for its primary business — making plain, white copier paper. Like... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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Careers, associations and events: medical devices
medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems. Active members include medical technology firms worldwide. Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC): Medical device... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
system of multinational megafarms won't be enough—the hope for the future lies not in mass production, but in production by the masses. And that's where Nigeria comes in. With only 40 percent of its arable land currently used by farmers,... View Details
- August 2002
- Case
Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 3
By: John A. Deighton and Das Narayandas
How does a $2 million software sale happen? This case traces efforts by Siebel Systems to sell lead management software to discount broker Quick & Reilly. The buying process is mapped out over four years. Covers in detail the last six months--from Siebel's initial... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Customer Relationship Management; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry
Deighton, John A., and Das Narayandas. "Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 3." Harvard Business School Case 503-023, August 2002.
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
night. I have new ideas for products and product features all the time, which I call bold beats. An example of a small bold beat was animals that move in FarmVille. This took a day of engineering, but when... View Details
- June 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Ducati Corse
By: Francesca Gino and Andrew P. McAfee
Ducati Corse, the racing arm of Ducati Motorcycles, has entered the Moto GP circuit with a completely new bike. This bike was designed and tested using a great deal of information technology. After a very successful initial season, the Ducati Moto GP team sees... View Details
Keywords: Design; Business Strategy; Product Marketing; Information Technology; Performance Improvement; Change Management; Research and Development; Motorcycle Industry; Italy
Gino, Francesca, and Andrew P. McAfee. "Ducati Corse." Harvard Business School Case 605-091, June 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
programs that speed innovation by providing exactly what the early-stage neuroscience entrepreneurs indicate they are lacking. There are more than 200 accelerators operating worldwide, and many of them have been working with technology... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
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Philip Hendrickson | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
James Sharpe Extrusion Technology Carl Sloane Temple, Barker & Sloane C.D. Spangler C.D. Spangler Construction Co. Thomas Stemberg Staples Thomas Weisel Thomas Weisel Partners LLC John Whitehead Goldman Sachs Profiles... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
says. “And it also tells us something about entrepreneurship, regarding how you can take something that essentially was destroyed and within a few years make products that are among the best in the world,” Thomke says. Related Reading:... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
play with the product, the more energy is created to power the smart chip inside, thus removing the need for external charging. The products will be powered by M.O.R.E., the company’s proprietary, customizable View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
tacit knowledge flows. These knowledge flows, in turn, contribute to cumulative incremental innovations in both product and process technology among firms embedded in the cluster. I use the term 'active... View Details
Arjun Chopra
Arjun Chopra (MBA 2004) is a Partner at FLOODGATE and leads the firm's investments in opportunities that transform the "IT stack" in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete. Arjun was the CTO at Cambridge View Details