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    Emily Tedards

    Emily Tedards is a Doctoral Student in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School and a Doctoral Fellow for the Reimagining the Economy Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. Emily is interested in interorganizational networks, alliances, and the... View Details

    • April 2014
    • Case

    Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

    By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bethany S. Gerstein and Melissa Valentine
    In 2006, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals was a fast-growing biotechnology company. Its leadership team was divided over whether to keep R&D organized in functional departments or transition to interdisciplinary teams. As a small company, Merrimack's R&D organization had... View Details
    Keywords: Teamwork; Interdisciplinary Collaboration; R＆D; Biotechnology; Complexity; Innovation Management; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
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    • 31 Jul 2009
    • News

    India's pockets of prosperity?

      Amy C. Edmondson

      Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of... View Details

      Keywords: nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry
      • March 2018 (Revised August 2018)
      • Case

      Matching Markets for Googlers

      By: Bo Cowgill and Rembrand Koning
      This case describes how Google designed and launched an internal matching market to assign individual workers with projects and managers. The case evaluates how marketplace design considerations—and several alternative staffing models—could affect the company’s goals... View Details
      Keywords: People Analytics; Google; Labor Market; Staffing; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Goals and Objectives; Technology Industry; United States
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        Lauren H. Cohen

        Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

        Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
        • March 2008
        • Article

        Linguistic Network Configurations: Management of Innovation in Design-intensive Firms

        By: Claudio Dell'Era, Alessio Marchesi and Roberto Verganti
        In today's business and academic arenas, design is more and more viewed as an important strategic resource. In fact, over the last couple of years, we have seen a real explosion in business and research literature that see scholars and companies alike trying to... View Details
        Keywords: Networks; Design; Innovation and Management; Product Development
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        Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

        It's no secret that digital technologies have transformed—and continue to transform—entire industries. The ability to grasp the implications of shifting technologies, from mobile devices to social media to machine learning, is critical for leaders across View Details
        • 21 Nov 2015
        • HBS Case

        HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

        Many people equate luxury with excess and folly. Stella McCartney is not one of those people. A lifelong vegetarian and prominent player in the green fashion movement, the designer has shown that luxury and sustainability need not be... View Details
        Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion
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        Performance Management Systems in Healthcare

        By: Susanna Gallani
        Performance management in healthcare provider organizations presents particular challehges, motivate by historical industry practices, market structures and dynamics, and cultural peculiarities. Through her research studies and case studies, Prof. Gallani explores... View Details
        Keywords: Performance Management; Compensation; Incentive Systems; Burnout; Health Industry
        • February 2012 (Revised January 2013)
        • Case

        The New York Times Paywall

        By: Vineet Kumar, Bharat Anand, Sunil Gupta and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
        On March 28, 2011, The New York Times website became a restricted site where most of the content was protected behind a "paywall." Users who exceeded the limit of 20 free articles per month were required to pay for either a digital or print subscription. The newspaper... View Details
        Keywords: Newspapers; Strategy; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry
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        • October 2003
        • Case

        Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: Building a Platform for Distributed Innovation

        By: Marco Iansiti and Marcin Strojwas
        Surging costs of building a state-of-the-art fabrication facility were pushing firms to outsource manufacturing while advanced technologies were requiring a tighter coupling between design and manufacturing. Explores the development of strategy in this environment.... View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Networks; Product Design; Production; Decisions; Customer Relationship Management; Supply Chain Management
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        • 2014
        • Chapter

        Technology, Innovation and Economic Growth in Britain Since 1870

        By: Tom Nicholas
        This chapter examines technological change in Britain over the last 140 years. It analyzes the effects of patent laws and innovation prizes that were designed to promote technical progress. It explores the challenge associated with the changing organizational structure... View Details
        Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; History; Economic Growth; Change; Innovation and Invention; Great Britain
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        • June 2017
        • Case

        AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison

        By: V.G. Narayanan and Joel L. Heilprin
        This case asks students to prepare a report comparing the financial and operating performance of AT&T and Verizon. Taking the perspective of a communications industry analyst, they must also consider the differences between and implications of the companies' business... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Statements; Operations; Analysis; Business Model; Accounting; Performance Effectiveness; Telecommunications Industry
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        • May 2008 (Revised June 2008)
        • Case

        Kenny Kahn at Muzak (A)

        By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
        Founded in 1934, Muzak pioneered the industry of background music. Equipped with propriety technology and a vast music library, over the ensuing decades the Muzak franchise organization expanded geographically. Despite a history of innovation, by the late 1990s Muzak... View Details
        Keywords: Change Management; Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Franchise Ownership; Music Industry
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        MBA Required Curriculum—Strategy

        By: Benjamin C. Esty

        The objective of this course is to help students develop the skills for formulating strategy. It provides an understanding of:

        • A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive advantage.
        • How to generate superior... View Details
        • Teaching

        Overview

        By: Leemore S. Dafny
        U.S. Healthcare Strategy

        The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for 17 percent of GDP, and encompasses a diverse set of industries with public, nonprofit, and for-profit buyers and sellers. There are significant concerns about high and rising spending, and... View Details
        • 06 Jan 2014
        • Research & Ideas

        Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

        re-emergence. “What this research suggests is that it is possible to prolong the life of some technologies, along with the organizations and communities that support them” Take, for example, the mechanical wristwatch. Swiss watchmakers dominated the View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products
        • September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
        • Case

        Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital

        By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
        In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to... View Details
        Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Cost of Capital; Corporate Finance; Value; Valuation; Industrial Products Industry; United States; Denmark; Republic of Ireland
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        • January 1992 (Revised March 2006)
        • Case

        The DAG Group

        Chris Hackett and Val Rayzman have spent six months after graduating from business school exploring the possibility of building a chain of upscale drycleaners. This fragmented industry looked ripe for an innovative new entrant. Chris and Val have researched the... View Details
        Keywords: Strategic Planning; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Service Industry
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