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- September 1988
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Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)
Reveals that Vicks chose a multi-condition positioning for the product. Describes testing of name and concept, and extensively reports on a four-city test market. Students are expected to evaluate both the design and results of the test, and face options ranging from... View Details
Kosnik, Thomas J. "Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)." Harvard Business School Case 589-008, September 1988.
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
reached the executive level at his organization. Why did he make it when so many other minorities plateaued in middle management? First, Williams had the good fortune to be hired by Nathan Barrett, a white... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
land, construction, hiring, and so on. Yet overconfidence remains the norm; in a study by Arnold Cooper of Purdue University, Carolyn Woo of Notre Dame University, and William Dunkelberg of Temple... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 12 May 2014
- News
China’s Strategic Challenge
- 15 Dec 2009
- News
International Emmy Award for Best Documentary
- September 2015 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Pershing Square 2.0
By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson and David Biery
In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New York hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, reflects on the success of the fund he has spent over a decade building. Since its inception in 2004, Pershing Square's assets under management had grown from $500... View Details
Keywords: Activism; Value Investing; Portfolio Management; Management; Investment Portfolio; Investment Activism
Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Hanson, and David Biery. "Pershing Square 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 216-003, September 2015. (Revised September 2017.)
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The Real Estate Challenge: Capitalizing on Change
William J. Poorvu has developed a new casebook and instructor's manual for teaching how to manage change in real estate. Two chapters that describe changes that are currently affecting the industry are followed by twenty case studies-approximately 60 percent of them... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
clear-cut. “A problem with megatrend predictions is that, even if they turn out to be generally accurate, they’re not managerially useful.” In the first month of social distancing in the United States, online sales at Walmart and Target indeed surged View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 26 Oct 2011
- News
Portrait of Former Dean Jay Light Unveiled in Baker Library
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
ones—lots of growth opportunities. The 1998 merger of BP and Amoco, for example, led to the disposal of 12 oil-storage terminals scattered across North America. The terminals were purchased by the Williams... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away
- 08 Aug 2017
- News
Great News For Everyone! Elon Musk Is Building A Hyperloop
- 04 Aug 2015
- Video
The Harvard Business School Campaign - Sao Paulo Regional Event
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Mayo, wings, butter: 'Fake milk' is the latest food fight
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Freiberg. And Gamer Sensei, founded by William Collis and Rohan Gopaldas (both MBA 2011), is designed to train the next generation of esports professionals and the amateur gamers who make up the majority of... View Details
- 23 Aug 2021
- News
New Chair of 205-Year-Old Swire Looks to China for Growth
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
job which he thought he should do.” (US National Archives) Established by presidential order in June 1942, the OSS was charged with collecting and analyzing intelligence and running counterespionage missions, a predecessor to today’s CIA.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
programming is holistic, offering environmental education programs for schoolchildren, holding workshops for adults and families, and hosting conferences and retreats Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913 by a local... View Details
- September 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
River Remedy: Navigating Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Market
By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti
MBA student William Chism, the founder of a fully integrated medical marijuana company based in Mississippi, must respond to a significant disruption in the fledgling industry. In late 2023, Rapid Analytics, one of two active licensed testing facilities, has its... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Microeconomics; Local Range; Government Legislation; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Competitive Strategy; Governance Controls; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Mississippi
Greenwood, Robin, Richard S. Ruback, and Robert Ialenti. "River Remedy: Navigating Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Market." Harvard Business School Case 225-011, September 2024. (Revised October 2024.)