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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
of such schemes is the heterogeneity of the customer base. Such heterogeneity of preferences leads customers to choose different pricing plans based on their expected demand. We describe past analytical and empirical research. Past... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
be taken. The briefings were led mainly by health and epidemiology experts who had limited political affiliation. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School)... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Harvard Business School Case 614-052 SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud In May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
rapid business and stock price growth. He questioned Green Mountain, the maker of Keurig single-serve coffee machines and their famous K-Cups, about their growth prospects, their handling of acquisitions, their plan for the expiration of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
IFRS in China Karthik Ramanna, G.A. Donovan, and Nancy DaiHarvard Business School Case 110-037 In 2005, China announced plans to "converge with," but not completely adopt, IFRS. China also began to lobby for changes to specific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
the final stages of a 10-year plan of rejuvenation under CEO Kim Lopdrup. When he took over as CEO in 2004 the chain was closing restaurants and suffering declining same-store sales and declining customer satisfaction. But in 2010, even... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
interactions become. Q: How does this mode of preparation compare to preparation in business? A: In a way it's the opposite of planning that happens in business sometimes, which is all about creating patterns we expect. There are certain... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
a modular, experiment-driven approach, gradually building and verifying the set of technologies that will be needed for such a mission, while adapting our plans as we learn more about what approaches have merit, and which are likely to be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Vladimir Putin in 2000. Berevosky's opposition to Putin's plans to restore the authority of the Russian state led to his exile in Britain, where he reinvented himself as an opponent of authoritarianism. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
have to start thinking about how you influence the way consumers obtain information and get influenced. The third thing that has changed is around media buying. For a long time, ad agencies were compensated 15 percent of their media buys. There was a large media View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
she plans for the next year and tries to manage a difficult board of directors in the challenging entertainment industry. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813043-PDF-ENG Lyric Dinner Theater (B) Richard G. Hamermesh and James M.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
focus of most panelists is the importance of a capital structure and risk management approach that complement the strategy and operations of the business. Instructive examples are provided by Judy Lewent, former CFO and head of strategic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Danner was about to make his first presentation to the board of directors of Codon Devices, a one-year-old biotechnology start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After a month as the company's CEO, Danner was prepared to lay out his strategic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
revenue—to reduce global poverty substantially. It can only be done by profitable business. In 1997 the World Bank sent me to Kazakhstan to help the minister of planning think about the country's growth. At the same time I had an... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
brink of failure. Paulson hoped his meeting with the bank CEOs would be a turning point. U.S. financial markets were closed for Columbus Day, and Paulson was planning to announce the latest government actions to stabilize the financial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
academic approaches to date has provided an entirely coherent picture of the process, in part because of the contradictory models of the process that they generate. The article goes on to consider the planning processes that are involved... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
with a colleague from Otsuka, Carson was offered the job of introducing Abilify to Japanese consumers. This new responsibility included the task of running clinical trials for Abilify in Japan. The project would require a deft cultural touch as well as a View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
returned to Apple, he pulled back on previous plans to license the Mac OS. A: Right, he killed it. And today the iPod is still the BMW strategy of the MP3 player business. So the question becomes: will Apple sell the iPod to a broader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
allocate a planned $100 million to make a meaningful difference in cancer patients’ lives. Park has spent the past few months working on this project and has uncovered a multitude of options, from supporting high-performing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
private equity partner, was planning its options after seven years of investment. There were four growth levers Mavi could pull, but each involved selecting one growth path while neglecting another. Should the company invest in growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne