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- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
returns to entering the product market and their profit thresholds. Depending upon the magnitude of these differences, we propose alternative commercialization outcomes. This model helps to explain why user entrepreneurs are likely to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
http://www.amacad.org/publications/Challenges.aspx Advertising, the Matchmaker Authors:Bharat N. Anand and Ron Shachar Publication:RAND Journal of Economics 42, no. 2 (summer 2011) Abstract We empirically study the informational role of advertising in matching... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
in less than 30 seconds. "In one case, $35 million was raised in less than 30 seconds" The most highly developed of the digital currencies is Bitcoin, the product of an ingenious and secretive tech programmer who developed a... View Details
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
similarly nuanced effect on Americans. For mothers, particularly student mothers, COVID-19 has brought about a host of new challenges, including childcare, isolation, a million decisions on risk tolerance, and increased burdens. It also... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
view. This stand-alone book tells the inspiring story of a new generation of mice who begin to reexamine what others have taken for granted and to ask the important questions. Rather than simply accepting their fate and dutifully chasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
shared platform, such as Visa, DVD, or Linux, multiple firms collaborate in developing the platform's technology then compete in offering users different but compatible versions of the platform. This article examines factors that favor proprietary versus shared models... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
What should business leaders know about the ambitions of Russia, China, and the European Union? They should know how geopolitical conditions exert enormous pressure on companies, according to Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills and coauthor Steven... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
Brian Kenny, Cold Call features Harvard Business School faculty discussing business cases they’ve written and the broad lessons they impart.) (Edited for length and clarity) Brian Kenny: Set this case up for us. What is this case about? Anat Keinan: I wrote this case... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
expansion," Ghemawat argues. While identifying similarities from one place to the next is essential, effective cross-border strategies will take careful stock of differences as well. An expert on global strategy, Ghemawat lays out an action plan for business in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this past June, a research... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
session, Professors Matthew Weinzierl and Debora Spar will share their approach on making sense of political shifts and integrating current events into their courses. They will also provide updates on evolving the curriculum through new... View Details
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
months. During the test period, Bean encourages extensive feedback at all times, and formally solicits feedback at three points: when the product is first received, at the midpoint, and at the end of the test. The midpoint evaluations are... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
characteristics of the waste-to-energy operation, the market characteristics for waste disposal and energy, and the mechanisms regulators use to encourage production of renewable energy, we determine the profit-maximizing operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
managers have risen in power, general managers may be losing some of theirs. A new working paper, Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management, explores several factors that have led CEOs... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Appex Corp.
By: Nitin Nohria
1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
for new products, services, and entire businesses. It may look like innovators are born, not made. But according to Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clay Christensen anyone can become more innovative. How? Master the discovery skills that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' Securities (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Molycorp, the Western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expansion in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. After reporting lower than expected... View Details
Keywords: Convertible Debt; Uncertainty; Startup; Growth; Rare Earth Minerals; Mining; Hedge Funds; Short Selling; Equity Capital; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Metals and Minerals; Equity; Capital; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financial Management; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Canada; California
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' Securities (B)." Harvard Business School Case 215-014, August 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
managers substantial benefits that would be difficult to realize without the ERP IT infrastructure. Q: Must a company have an ERP system in place to use time-driven activity-based costing? A: Clearly, having an automated data feed facilitates the calculation of View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
customer satisfaction and product excellence at least as important as profitability), a collaborative spirit between employers and employees , a long-term view , and a close relationship with suppliers." Several respondents voiced serious... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett