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- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
established companies can also be a source of salvation: disruptive change. Applegate should know. Her current research and teaching focus on the challenges of building new ventures and leading radical business innovation in the face of... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
the April concert was Tulane University’s Dixon Hall, with a stage that could barely fit all 67 orchestra members. Location was perhaps the least of the LPO’s challenges that night. Many of the musicians were still living in hotels or... View Details
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
decisions that we expect we will make based on our finely developed plans are often different from how we actually behave. We get sidetracked. We set a new career path, we choose a diet to follow, we make plans to save for retirement, we set a new direction for the... View Details
- August 2005 (Revised August 2007)
- Background Note
Why Study Emerging Markets
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson
Emerging markets have attracted considerable attention and are likely to become an increasingly important political and economic force. They represent an enormous opportunity for entrepreneurs, multinationals, and investors but also pose a threat for products, jobs,... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Why Study Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-422, August 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
- July 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Millipore Corporate Strategy
By: Nitin Nohria and V. Kasturi Rangan
Millipore, a $750 million (sales) company with three divisions, had been growing at a rate of 20% in the 1970s, but this growth rate had slowed considerably in the 1980s. CEO John Gilmartin was looking for ways to reenergize the organization and redirect its strategy... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Business Processes; Organizational Structure
Nohria, Nitin, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Millipore Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 594-009, July 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Maxwell Appliance Controls
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Maxwell Appliance Controls." Harvard Business School Case 192-058, October 1991. (Revised September 1998.)
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
more and more cases, when leaders make critical decisions, they are not choosing among specific, detailed options, each supported by in-depth analysis, nor are they expecting to implement the option they choose in a familiar, predictable, or View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- Web
Professor Julie Boatright Wilson, Harvard Kennedy School Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
Ghemawat The organizational challenges involved in World War II were a vital stimulus to strategic thinking. The problem of allocating scarce resources across the entire economy in wartime led to many innovations in View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
The Political Economy of Carbon Trading (TN)
Teaching Note for 710056. View Details
- August 2009
- Teaching Note
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [309030]. View Details
- December 1999 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Focuses on Millennium's strategy to grow and revolutionize drug development through the use of new technologies such as genomics. Describes how Millennium Pharmaceuticals--a fast-growing biotechnology firm in Cambridge, MA--has used strategic alliances to finance the... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Financing and Loans; Medical Specialties; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Time Management; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cambridge
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-038, December 1999. (Revised August 2001.)
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
writes. More fundamentally, biotech suffered from a basic mismatch between the objectives and requirements of science and those of business. Specifically, Pisano argues, the business side of the industry was continually challenged by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
this for rethinking the kinds of mortgage products that should be offered in the future? Our challenge is to develop new mortgage products that extend credit that is reasonably priced, and where the risk is understood and not unduly... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
first job. "We are talking about the 'knowing-doing gap,'" says MacCormack. "The very first time you put theory into practice, you learn all the challenges associated with applying the theory. We wanted to add a course that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New Program for Science-Based Businesses
HBS has launched a new Executive Education program designed to help leaders of science-based businesses meet the many distinctive challenges found in their industry. Leading Science-Based Enterprises, to be held on campus June 26–29, will... View Details
- May 2006
- Exercise
Improving Performance: Boat Building Exercise
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Kerry Herman
Provides a framework for team problem solving and process improvement following concepts widely attributed to Toyota Motor Co. View Details
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Kerry Herman. "Improving Performance: Boat Building Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 606-147, May 2006.
- December 2000 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Achieving Customer Satisfaction at Pizza Hut (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Preeti Choudhary
Describes how Pizza Hut measures and monitors customer satisfaction, customer complaints, and the quality of its retail locations. View Details
- June 1990 (Revised October 1991)
- Supplement
Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (B)
Describes how the attorney resolved the dilemma he faced, the reasons for his decision, and the consequences he suffered. Displays vividly the personal toll that moral conflicts can create for professionals with role obligations. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Moral Sensibility; Managerial Roles; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 390-216, June 1990. (Revised October 1991.)
- 26 Oct 2022
- News