Publications

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

developing a post-Brexit strategy, including a green paper on industrial strategy published last year, Porter believes a far bolder approach is needed. First and foremost, the UK must define a new value proposition for itself as a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

April 2001 (Revised September 2001)
Case

ScreamingMedia Inc.

By: Paul W. Marshall and Michele Lutz

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Web Services Industry

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

"Privatization and the Role of the Governments in a Global Economy," the prime candidates for state-run operations clustered around five sectors of the European economy— transportation, telecommunications, financial services,... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to participate in a workshop with academics who study government regulation and industry compliance. The event featured a series of presentations by scholars sharing their research findings and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

November 2003 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Union Corrugating Company (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Julia Stevens

Lauri Union, president of Union Corrugating Co., has successfully transformed her family's corrugated steel roofing and siding manufacturer into a successful enterprise. Reviews how Union turned the struggling company around and also considers the management structure... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Competition; Work-Life Balance; Success; Change Management; Management Systems; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Boston; North Carolina

March 1999 (Revised July 1999)
Case

Crunch

By: Paul W. Marshall and Jeremy Dann

Entrepreneur Doug Levine runs a fitness company with an incredibly powerful brand. His company leverages the brand to expand, both in terms of facilities and lines of business. But he may need to make significant organizational changes in order to continue the growth. View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Service Industry; Service Industry

Educators

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Charles W. ("Bill") Cassell

In the light and airy fourth-grade classroom at the Bowman public school in Lexington, Massachusetts, the desks are clustered back-to-back in groups of five, forming a series of islands. In one corner, a large spider web made of aluminum... View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey

November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
Supplement

Jody Leleck at Broad Acres (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Andrew Goldin

Explores the results of Jody Leleck's efforts to turn around underperforming Broad Acres Middle School. View Details

Keywords: Middle School Education; Performance Improvement; Education Industry

November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
Case

Jody Leleck at Broad Acres (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Andrew Goldin

Jody Leleck has been appointed the principal of Broad Acres Middle School in Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is underperforming all other schools in the district, and she has been asked to improve the performance. View Details

Keywords: Education; Middle School Education; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Education Industry; Maryland

Educators

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

skills, and engineering capabilities" resulting from the clustering of universities, suppliers, and manufacturers in industries such as biotechnology, electronic components, and semiconductors in which... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

April 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Teaching Note

Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Jim Sharpe

This teaching note is for cases Parmalat Urguguay A & B. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Negotiation; Performance Improvement; Financial Services Industry; Uruguay

February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Chuck's Wagon Inc.

By: Paul W. Marshall and Derek Lewis

This case describes the experiences of an HBS student as he takes on the challege of transitioning from an intern to a president at a small consumer packaged goods firm in Southern Texas. This HBS student is confronted with the opportunity to perform an operational and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Goods; Operations Strategy; Executive Development; Strategy; Small Business; Production; Transformation; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Texas

Educators

01 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 1

benefiting their performance irrespective of whether these decisions negatively affect other profit centers. However, the firm implemented a third system that would potentially lead managers to benefit other profit centers. The firm established regional View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To dislodge them, entrants generally... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

Harvard College, where he majored in biology, Gompers worked for a year as a research biochemist for Bayer Chemical AG before earning a master's degree in economics at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. He completed his Ph.D. in... View Details

01 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 1

structure shapes performance in problem-solving tasks. Problem solving, we argue, involves both search for information and search for solutions. Our results show that the effect of network clustering is opposite for these two important... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2001
Other Unpublished Work

Linking Operations and Finance in Retailing

By: A. Raman, Vishal Gaur and Marshall Fisher

Keywords: Operations; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry

February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Cable Data Systems

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

Describes the operating challenges of Cable Data Systems (CDS), a minority-owned cable installation company with a dual mission of maximizing profits and providing employment opportunities to minorities in urban markets. Following the merger of two cable installation... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Employment; Forecasting and Prediction; Urban Scope; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Boston