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- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
fence-sitters. It’s important to know who’s who. First, determine who holds the power tools you need—the resources, information or expertise, and support or legitimacy, and then persuade them to invest in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2009
- Supplement
Live Nation Faces the Music (B)
By: Stephen P. Bradley, Frank V. Cespedes and Kerry Herman
In 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation, faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music industry and the increasing power of the major artists. As the music business once again recreates itself in response to new... View Details
- 2020
- Case
Building Transparency within the Sustainable Apparel Coalition: The Road to Successful Pre-Competitive Collaboration
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) was founded in 2010 to develop a common set of sustainability standards for the apparel, footwear, and home textile industries. The organization was an example of pre-competitive collaboration, a strategy in which companies... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Cooperation; Social Issues; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Building Transparency within the Sustainable Apparel Coalition: The Road to Successful Pre-Competitive Collaboration." William Davidson Institute Case 8-059-399, 2020.
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Robert J. Dolan
Professor Dolan's research interests including product policy and pricing. These areas have been the subject to two books, Managing the New Product Development Process and Power Pricing:How Managing Price Impacts the Bottom Line. In addition, he works on the societal... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Remote Surgeries Digitally Transform Operating Rooms?
Keywords: Health
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Washington Hospital Center (C): Progress and Prospects, 1995-2001
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied and Dr. Mark Smith have already transformed a "worst-in-area" emergency medicine department into the best in the area. Industry-wide and hospital system-specific challenges remain, including their newest project of national importance--creating an... View Details
- August 2000 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Sears, Roebuck and Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
This case is designed to familiarize students with the use of financial ratios. Two retailers, Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., have a very similar value for return on equity (ROE) in the 1997 fiscal year. Students use the information in the case and... View Details
Miller, Gregory S., and Christopher F. Noe. "Sears, Roebuck and Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 101-011, August 2000. (Revised January 2006.)
- January 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Live Nation Faces the Music
By: Stephen P. Bradley, Frank Cespedes and Kerry Herman
In 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music industry and the increasing power of the major artists. As the music business once again recreates itself in response to new... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Music Entertainment; Five Forces Framework; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., Frank Cespedes, and Kerry Herman. "Live Nation Faces the Music." Harvard Business School Case 709-441, January 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
gender is underrepresented, Healy says. “You can bring that power to the negotiating table in at least trying to make sure you're treated fairly,” he says. Healy partnered with Boris Groysberg, the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- February 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Labor, Capital, and Government: The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In late October 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt felt relieved after months of anxiety and uncertainty. Workers in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry had been on strike for five months, threatening to leave eastern cities in the cold without enough heating fuel... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Labor; Law; Policy; Mining; History; Mining Industry; Pennsylvania
Moss, David, and Marc Campasano. "Labor, Capital, and Government: The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902." Harvard Business School Case 716-046, February 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- Research Summary
Airline Schedule Disruptions
Increasing congestion and frequent schedule disruptions throughout the National Air Transportation System, both at airports and en route, have led to significant flight and passenger delays. Professor Fearing's primary research focus is on measuring and reducing... View Details
- July 1996 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Coming Soon: A Theater Near You
Designed to illustrate the complexity of buyer-seller arrangements in an established industry. When movie studios negotiate with theater operators to show new films, the costs to the studios of making the films are largely sunk. Similarly, the costs to the theaters of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Industry Structures; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
McGahan, Anita M., and Geoffrey Verter. "Coming Soon: A Theater Near You." Harvard Business School Case 797-011, July 1996. (Revised September 1998.)
- 09 Jan 2024
- In Practice
Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year
vast database of industry trends, past crowdsourcing challenges, market research, and consumer behavior. Humans will then apply their critical thinking and creativity to these AI-generated concepts, refining them with the subtleties of... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
share and then progressing through this wheel of retailing is in the past. Smaller retailers are gaining influence by playing in very special niches where they don’t have to win with low prices ” Nick C said: “Perhaps it is a function of expanding consumer View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
David Norton and I introduced the Balanced Scorecard in a 1992 Harvard Business Review article (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). The article was based on a multi-company research project to study performance measurement in companies whose intangible assets played a central role... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Performance Improvement; Strategy
Kaplan, Robert S. "Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-074, March 2010.
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
he succeeded so convincingly playing the game of market capitalism that first emerged in the late 19th century and grew to great influence during the 20th century. This game or system has been dominated in many industries by large,... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
- April 2009 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Bono and U2
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Katherine Miller and Rachel Wilcox
This case traces the 30-year development of the rock band U2 and the development of its four members as artists, business leaders, and humanitarians (with particular attention paid to lead singer Bono's global humanitarian work). The case examines the beginnings of the... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Globalized Markets and Industries; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career; Social Enterprise; Music Industry
Koehn, Nancy F., Katherine Miller, and Rachel Wilcox. "Bono and U2." Harvard Business School Case 809-148, April 2009. (Revised April 2012.)
- October 1986 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Becton Dickinson & Co.: VACUTAINER Systems Division
Concerns negotiations between managers of Becton Dickinson's (BD) VACUTAINER division (which manufactures and sells blood collection products) and managers of a large hospital buying group. Recent changes in the health care industry are the background for the... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Price; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Cespedes, Frank V. "Becton Dickinson & Co.: VACUTAINER Systems Division." Harvard Business School Case 587-085, October 1986. (Revised November 1989.)
- Teaching Interest
Data Science and AI for Leaders
By: Dennis Campbell
Modern business increasingly relies... View Details
- March 2021
- Technical Note
Competitive Strategy in International Construction
By: John D. Macomber and Emrah Ergelen
Construction of buildings and infrastructure is one of the largest industries in the world in terms of volume. It is also one of the most physically risky, financially uncertain, and politically impacted. The industry is highly fragmented since there are few economies... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Infrastructure; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Strategic Planning; Global Range; Construction Industry
Macomber, John D., and Emrah Ergelen. "Competitive Strategy in International Construction." Harvard Business School Technical Note 221-074, March 2021.