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- November 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Supplement
PittaRosso (B): Human and Machine Learning
By: Ayelet Israeli
This case supplements the "PittaRosso: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Pricing and Promotion" case, and provides major highlights on what happened at the company since the first case. View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Pricing; Pricing Algorithm; Pricing Decisions; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Promotion; Promotions; Online Marketing; Data-driven Decision-making; Data-driven Management; Retail; Retail Analytics; Price; Advertising Campaigns; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Digital Marketing; Budgets and Budgeting; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Transformation; Decision Making; AI and Machine Learning; Retail Industry; Italy
Israeli, Ayelet. "PittaRosso (B): Human and Machine Learning." Harvard Business School Supplement 522-047, November 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- October 1991
- Background Note
Market Research
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the major classes of market research. Provides students with an overview of methods available enabling them to select the proper set for their purposes. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "Market Research." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-034, October 1991.
- April 2003
- Case
Energis (A)
By: John R. Wells
Describes the history of Energis, one of the United Kingdom's major alternative telecommunications network service providers (altnets). Tracks the company from its birth as a diversification move by the National Grid, the U.K.'s leading electricity distributor, through... View Details
Keywords: History; Change Management; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Structure; Industry Structures; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom
Wells, John R. "Energis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-505, April 2003.
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
in the Asia-Pacific region," said Hooper. "To be a major global player, you have to take part in this market. My biggest challenges in Asia are currency devaluation, government price rollbacks, and patent infringements—but we'd... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Jun 2021
- News
The Remote Work Revolution
- August 2009
- Case
Bank of America Sports Sponsorship
By: Stephen A. Greyser and John L. Teopaco
A major sports sponsor must decide on new, renewal, or withdrawal from significant relations with teams/leagues/events, using a distinctive approach to assessment. View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Partners and Partnerships; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Evaluation; Financing and Loans; Marketing Strategy; Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and John L. Teopaco. "Bank of America Sports Sponsorship." Harvard Business School Case 910-406, August 2009.
- August 1981
- Background Note
Types of Processes
By: David A. Garvin
Provides a general introduction to the major types of production processes, their differences, and the implications that those differences have for management. View Details
Garvin, David A. "Types of Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 682-008, August 1981.
- April 1991 (Revised October 1993)
- Supplement
Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (C)
By: David J. Collis
Describes significant developments in the pet food industry in 1987 and 1988, focusing on the competitive interactions among the industry's major players. View Details
Collis, David J. "Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-196, April 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
- August 1993
- Case
Ford: Petersen's Turnaround
By: Nitin Nohria and Sandy Green
Discusses the changes that Donald Petersen made to turnaround Ford during his tenure, first as president then as CEO. Describes his major initiatives, including the new emphasis on quality. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Nohria, Nitin, and Sandy Green. "Ford: Petersen's Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 494-017, August 1993.
- August 2014
- Case
Netflix in 2011
By: Willy Shih and Stephen Kaufman
Reed Hastings founded Netflix to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encountered challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business model... View Details
Keywords: Netflix; DVD; DVD-by-mail; Streaming; Online Entertainment; Online Video; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Business Model; Disruption; Operations; Service Operations; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Media; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Technology Adoption; Technology Platform; Web; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
Shih, Willy, and Stephen Kaufman. "Netflix in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 615-007, August 2014.
- December 22, 2023
- Article
How NFTs Will Make a Comeback in 2024
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Steve Kaczynski
NFTs are poised to be a major driver of Web3 adoption in 2024 – but the successful projects will look very different from what’s come before. View Details
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Steve Kaczynski. "How NFTs Will Make a Comeback in 2024." Consensus Magazine (December 22, 2023).
- June 2013
- Supplement
Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with its Service Professionals. Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Multiasistencia, a major Spanish BPO of insurance repairs, is changing the relational contract with its service profesionals from a referral model to a guaranteed workload one. View Details
- 2010
- Book
A History of Irish Economic Thought
For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke, and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary, and Gorman, it is surprising that no... View Details
Boylan, Thomas, Renee Prendergast, and John Turner, eds. A History of Irish Economic Thought. London: Routledge, 2010.
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)
By: Robert G. Eccles
This one-page case, to be handed out in class, briefly lists the three major strategic options facing Uria Menendez. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Law; Geographic Location; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula
Eccles, Robert G. "Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-089, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
expect their investments to outperform major equity indexes going forward, and they’re continuing to fund new endeavors. “It’s sort of the opposite of doom and gloom,” Gompers says. “We were surprised by how relatively unaffected the... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- News
Despite The PR Nightmares, People Keep Flying United
- November 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
British Sugar in China
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
British Sugar, the first major diversification of Associated British Foods, is entering China as part of the global sweetener, starch, and ingredient strategy. View Details
Keywords: Trade; Food; Globalization; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Consumer Products Industry; China; United Kingdom
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Srinivas Sunder. "British Sugar in China." Harvard Business School Case 599-059, November 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- December 1974 (Revised February 1985)
- Case
Southwest Airlines (A)
Southwest Airlines, a small intrastate carrier serving Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, begins service in 1971 in the face of competition by two larger, entrenched airlines. Improved quality service, lower prices, and innovative advertising and promotional strategy... View Details
Lovelock, Christopher H. "Southwest Airlines (A)." Harvard Business School Case 575-060, December 1974. (Revised February 1985.)
- May 2010 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Delta Electronics Hybrid Power Train
By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang
Delta Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of switching power supplies, hoped to enter the market for gasoline-electric hybrid power trains for automobiles by being a major component and subsystem supplier. While most public awareness of hybrid vehicles fell... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Industry Clusters; Partners and Partnerships; Electronics Industry; China
Shih, Willy C., and Jyun-Cheng Wang. "Delta Electronics Hybrid Power Train." Harvard Business School Case 610-098, May 2010. (Revised August 2013.)
- September 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Supplement
Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (B)
By: William W. George
Kevin Sharer, CEO of Amgen, is assessing the challenges he has faced as a major product came under regulatory scrutiny. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Product Development; Biotechnology Industry
George, William W. "Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 409-037, September 2008. (Revised April 2009.)