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- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
company uses assessment tools and career coaches to identify employees' strengths and decide how to best leverage those talents for the company's good. The company also... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
cash flow to ensure this. Evidence shows that there are limits to venture capital as a solution to the funding gap, especially in countries where public equity markets for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
"food deserts"-areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food. In pursuit of these initiatives, the company's rapid entry into a heterogeneous set of new... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch-banking deregulations affected the entry and exit of firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
get-out-the-vote efforts. We do not find any between-party differences in the effectiveness of outside advertising. Lastly, we also find a moderate but statistically significant carryover effect of campaign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
novelty but are meaningfully reduced by the publication of objective regulatory guidelines. Finally, I consider how the regulatory process affects small firms' market View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
integrated and mechanized. While its single-minded focus on cost minimization led to spectacular market success for a time, the resulting inflexibility made it difficult for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 1994
- Supplement
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (E-2)
Describes what happened and presents the perspectives of the three executives who played key roles in the process. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (E-2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-063, September 1994.
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
even after controlling for the focal district-industry's conditions. The core patterns hold when using local industrial conditions in 1994 to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1971 (Revised February 1984)
- Case
Gould, Inc.: Graphics Division
Describes the decision of a battery manufacturer to diversify into the computer field through acquisition and the development of a new product. Among the issues to be discussed are the company product fit, phases in new product introduction, product positioning, and... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Market Entry and Exit; Acquisition; Product Development; Computer Industry; Battery Industry
Sorenson, Ralph Z., and Ulrich E. Wiechmann. "Gould, Inc.: Graphics Division." Harvard Business School Case 571-071, April 1971. (Revised February 1984.)
- December 2012 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite): Plus ça change…
For centuries Lafite has been the most admired wine Estate in the world. How does Baron Eric de Rothschild protect this crown jewel in a conservative manner while DBR develops other Chateaux blending wine programs, reaches out to new areas such as China and begins to... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Global Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; France; China
Goldberg, Ray A., Arthur I. Segel, Elie Ofek, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite): Plus ça change… ." Harvard Business School Case 913-402, December 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
micro-foundations of market legitimization and on the role of morals in sustaining professional jurisdictions. A Temporal View of the Costs and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
majority and laggards. While instilling confidence is important, it’s equally important to be clear about how and where to get vaccinated and the convenience of the process. Simplicity and transparency View Details
- September 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
VMware, Inc. (A)
By: David B. Yoffie, Ward Bullard, Nikhil Raj and Suja Vaidyanathan
VMware, Inc., the first company to crack the software virtualization market, faces new challenges from competitors' plans to bundle free virtualization solutions in operating systems. VMware, acquired by data storage giant EMC Corp. in 2003, has delivered top-line... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Open Source Distribution; Competition
Yoffie, David B., Ward Bullard, Nikhil Raj, and Suja Vaidyanathan. "VMware, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 707-013, September 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
implement principles of open and distributed innovation. Working Papers Competing with Privacy By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane Abstract—We analyze the implications of consumer privacy for competition View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 1997
- Case
Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996
By: David B. Yoffie
Explores Microsoft's decision to enter the online services industry in the light of its competition and the growing importance of the Internet. Significant issues include the cost and availability of content, telecomm/Internet access costs, competition with the World... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Growth and Development; Market Entry and Exit; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Web; Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Microsoft Goes Online: MSN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 798-019, November 1997.
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
understand your industry and its market dynamics. But industry is not destiny. As usual in business, the important levers in aligning strategy... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." For makers of that product, the price will help determine the target audience, help define marketing strategy, and,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
for several days in the future? Most economic models predict that decisions do not systematically differ on such short timescales. We use a novel panel data from an online... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace