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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
of pages of regulations. Time and again the regulatory status quo blocks entrepreneurship. No wonder the twenty or so doctors enrolled in my Innovating in Health Care course at Harvard Business School are ruefully driven to earn MBAs once... View Details
- September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Compilation
PEARL Project, The: Work Patterns at Ditto (A)
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Describes life on a product development team, the behaviors that are rewarded, and the difficult tradeoffs members often have to make as a result. This is a rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Time Management; Groups and Teams; Work-Life Balance; Motivation and Incentives; Information Technology Industry
Perlow, Leslie A. "PEARL Project, The: Work Patterns at Ditto (A)." Harvard Business School Compilation 404-055, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Walmsley University Professor, to enhance the quality of discussion teaching throughout Harvard. He served at various times as a visiting faculty member at IMEDE (an international business school in Switzerland now known as IMD), MIT’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Watching the Brain Think and the Surprises of Science
unimaginable at the time they are made. Who would have predicted the changes in society that have come from classification of the elements into the periodic table, or from quantum mechanics, or the World Wide Web? Who would have guessed... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
recommends alternatives that can result in stronger companies in the long run and reduce the damage layoffs do to workers and communities. “Typical layoffs harm employees, communities, and companies,” Sucher says. Mass layoffs were uncommon prior to the late 1970s,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
much about how to manage research or value it, especially when it has long time horizons. For science-based companies, more collaboration and openness, both within and outside the organization, are probably... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pharma Suits a Farm Gal
lessons. Whether rotating crops, breeding animals, or investing in equipment, “You spend a good deal of your time trying to plan forward in terms of timing and scheduling,” said Graham, who added that living... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
word is overused. But in some corner of the lives of each of these people, there was a streak of lightning that could be called genius. Only a few managers will experience anything similar in their own careers, but understanding the lives... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Fall Reunions
the classroom, with topics ranging from business opportunities in emerging markets to biotech to management challenges in public education. And once the cold-call jitters were over, there was ample time for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
hadn't really thought about this problem until he visited Peru and noticed that hardly anybody there wore glasses. Back at HBS, in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective course Managing Product Development, Houghton started... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
my own.” Kamdani integrated all the businesses into the newly named Sintesa Group (“sintesa” translates to “synergy” in Indonesian) and shook up the organizational structure, establishing an executive committee and shifting from a family business to a professional... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
McKenna to lead the organization through the turmoil and out the other side. As she and her new executive team assemble in the DC office, touring the space that has been renovated and expanded for their presence, there’s a sense that the momentum is already underway.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
required mini-lectures. Class time thus can be fully devoted to discussion, with this foundation allowing it to take on new depth. “We’re able to home in on what the ‘magic’ really is in the classroom,” says Applegate, noting that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
with power in practice, a remarkable campus, and an alumni community more than 70,000 strong. Equally important, it’s a chance to help set the agenda for management education and research for the next century, and for tomorrow’s business... View Details
- April 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Apple Computer, 2006
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
Apple has reaped the benefits of its innovative music player, the iPod. However, its PC and server business continue to hold small market share relative to the worldwide computer over the past few years. Will the iPod lure new users to the Mac? Will Apple be able to... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Information Infrastructure; Music Entertainment; Time Management; Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "Apple Computer, 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-496, April 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
trend is not going away. This trend is being driven by two things. The first is the wealth buildup in Asia. The domestic real estate markets in Asia are still small, so Asian real estate investors have turned to Europe and the United States. (This year, for the first... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
Clayton Rose, a former JP Morgan executive whose new elective, Managing the Financial Firm, examines the challenges of financial services leadership in the context of the financial crisis. For the course, Rose wrote new cases on JP... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
moving to part time for family or lifestyle reasons. In late career, we often see people who are downshifting or exploring the nonprofit sector. There’s also a spike two or three years after graduation, when young View Details
- April 1986 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Product Launch; Production; Business Processes; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry
Clark, Kim B. "Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 686-134, April 1986. (Revised May 1988.)