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- May 1991 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)
By: David B. Yoffie
Describes the competitive situation that has arisen in the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry since Airbus entered in 1970. Having overtaken McDonnell Douglas for second place, Airbus announces plans to challenge market leader Boeing's last pocket of dominance.... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Trade; Ethics; Investment; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Sales; Competitive Strategy; Technology Adoption; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-106, May 1991. (Revised October 1993.)
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
a second location in Gowanus. That location was a huge success, too, with total sales of $1.4 million. The Disney partnership The couple dared to dream that they could one day develop into a household name like Ben & Jerry’s, which... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 2010
- Case
Playa Dorado
By: W. Earl Sasser
Playa Dorada Beach & Resort in Boca Raton, Florida, faces a growing seasonal demand for tennis services. The number of guests is expected to double in the next few years, and while the tennis facilities are a popular and well-promoted amenity at the resort, court space... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
about 22,000 employees and made about 4.5 billion Swiss Francs (or $4.589 billion USD) in sales in 2015, managed 1.5 million tools under fleet management contracts in 40 countries, resulting in a contract value of more than 1.2 billion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research
launch a more than 500 million carbon-capture-and-storage facility. The project—Europe’s largest planned CCS installation—would cut almost 20 % of group emissions and unlock a 234 million EU Innovation Fund grant. Economic viability,... View Details
- Web
Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research
Paper, No. 25-061, June 2025. Algorithmic Assortment Curation: An Empirical Study of Buybox in Online Marketplaces By: Santiago Gallino, Nil Karacaoglu and Antonio Moreno May–June 2025 | Article | Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Most online View Details
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
product planning strategy? No matter how radical a new product is, it will always be perceived initially in terms of some frame of reference.— Gerald Zaltman A: The insights offered by methods that probe the unconscious mind are relevant... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
safety. A first employee survey indicated KKR had its work cut out for it—with only 30 percent of the employees responding, morale was low and employees believed the survey would have no impact. Injuries were high, with 14 percent of employees sustaining a reportable... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
simplifies the retirement savings plan participation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan at a pre-selected contribution rate and asset allocation, allowing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2011 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
The Cheezburger Network
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Cheezburger Network was a Web publisher of humorous, user-contributed content, using social media for dissemination, and selling advertising against the traffic of 1 billion page views per quarter. In January 2011, it raised $30 million in venture capital for the... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Digital Marketing; Customer Relationship Management; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Strategic Planning; Sales; Internet and the Web; Publishing Industry; Web Services Industry
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "The Cheezburger Network." Harvard Business School Case 511-091, February 2011. (Revised November 2013.) (request a courtesy copy.)
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South Asia - Global
for yield estimation and program evaluation. June 2025 Case TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions By: Isamar Troncoso , Frank V. Cespedes and Stacy Straaberg Education technology (edtech) company TagHive, founded in 2017, used a direct View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
helps bridge the gap between people's moral values and their actual behavior. Combined, the REVISE framework guides the design of policy interventions to defeat dishonesty. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49229 June 2015 International... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Info Do Fire Sales Create Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower the volatility of its underlying... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
leverage is to sell assets. If asset sales occur at depressed prices, then one bank's sales may impact other banks with common exposures, resulting in contagion. We propose a simple framework that accounts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2012
- HBS Seminar
Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University
- 2015
- Case
Fine Harvest Restaurant Group (cases A and B)
By: Clara (Xiaoling) Chen, Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and Wim A. Van der Stede
The Fine Harvest Restaurant Group cases A and B examine a company's design of a new system to evaluate the performance (and determine the bonuses) for its restaurant managers. Fine Harvest had traditionally evaluated restaurant managers based on store margins and had... View Details
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Asia Pacific - Global
expropriation. Additional predictions of the framework are tested and supported by the data. June 2025 Case TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions By: Isamar Troncoso , Frank V. Cespedes and Stacy Straaberg Education technology (edtech) company TagHive,... View Details
- Web
Employment Data Trends
12% 10% 11% Brand Management <1% <1% 2% <1% 1% General Marketing 2% 3% <1% <1% <1% Product Management 9% 7% 10% 8% 8% Sales 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% Other Marketing <1% 0% 0% <1% 1% Strategic Planning 7% 10% 8% 7%... View Details
- 29 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Do Outlet Stores Exist?
selling cast-off merchandise, some companies even design specific product lines for sale there. So what's going on? “We take for granted that outlet stores exist, but if you think about it, it's a little weird” "We take for granted... View Details