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  • October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
  • Case

Komatsu Ltd.: Project G's Globalization

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
This case describes the major strategic and organizational transformation at Komatsu aimed at changing it from a Japan-based producer of construction equipment to a truly global company with the ability to leverage its groupwide portfolio of resources and capabilities... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Construction; Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Global Strategy; Leadership; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Expansion; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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    Kyle R. Myers

    Kyle Myers is an assistant professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management unit. He teaches the first-year Technology and Operations Management course.

    Professor Myers studies the economics of innovation. His research is at... View Details

    Keywords: health care; biotechnology; pharmaceuticals; energy; high technology
    • June 2004 (Revised November 2004)
    • Case

    Acorda Therapeutics: Rebuilding the Spinal Cord

    Acorda is an early-stage life science start-up with a promising product that is close to reaching the market (Phase III clinical trials). The company is grappling with how to expand its portfolio of molecules to make the business more sustainable. It faces classic... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Science-Based Business; Health Testing and Trials; Business Startups; Product Development; Biotechnology Industry
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    • August 2018
    • Article

    Creative Sparks or Paralysis Traps? The Effects of Contradictions on Creative Processing and Creative Products

    By: Goran Calic and Sébastien Hélie
    Paradoxes are an unavoidable part of work life. The unusualness of attempting to simultaneously satisfy contradictory imperatives can result in creative outcomes that simultaneously satisfy both imperatives by inducing search for, and selection of, novel and useful... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Business or Company Management; Performance
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    • 27 Jul 2020
    • Book

    Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

    little frightening because, you know, this is the time when I’m supposed to sit down with a pad of paper and really think ahead, and you’d much rather be busy because it’s so easy to focus on the latest... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • June 17, 2016
    • Comment

    Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

    By: John A. Quelch
    Recent events in Orlando underscore an important marketing truth: consumer safety and security are mission critical. A popular nightclub, Pulse, known as a safe place for the LGBT community, is put out of business at least temporarily by a terrorist act. Not far away... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Safety; Public Safety; Brand Attraction; Risk Management; Safe Environment Benefit; Marketing Safety; Global Brands; Advertising; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Crime and Corruption; Customers; Music Entertainment; Animation Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; Travel Industry; United States
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring

    By: Maria R. Ibanez, Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
    Capitalizing on the superior credibility and flexibility and potential lower cost of external assessments, many global buyers are relying less on their own employee (“second-party”) auditors and more on third-party auditors to monitor and prevent environmental and... View Details
    Keywords: Auditing; Audit Quality; Working Conditions; Sustainability; Empirical Operations; Empirical Service Operations; Sustainability Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain Management
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    • Web

    WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

    professional trek at Harvard Business School, giving students direct access to the heart of the tech industry. This year’s trek came at an especially exciting time, with breakthroughs in generative AI,... View Details
    • 03 Nov 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe & Susana Garcia-Robles; Financial Services

      Christian Kaps

      Christian Kaps is an Assistant Professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Unit at Harvard Business School. Kaps' research focuses on emerging topics in renewable electricity generation and storage - notably how new... View Details

        Felix Oberholzer-Gee

        Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning instructor, his academic work and consulting are focused on competitive strategy and the effects of digital technology on corporate... View Details

        Keywords: media; professional services; manufacturing; advertising

          Feng Zhu

          Feng Zhu is the MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he leads the Platform Lab within the Digital, Data, and Design Institute, co-chairs the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and serves as the course head for the... View Details

          • 16 Jul 2024
          • Research & Ideas

          Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

          mid-sized companies.” “Investing in those technologies would make portfolio companies better able to utilize the data they collect from customers and stakeholders, so they could make better business... View Details
          Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

            Srikant M. Datar

            Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

            Keywords: management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting
            • Article

            Unraveling the Process of Creative Destruction: Complementary Assets and Incumbent Survival in the Typesetter Industry

            By: M. Tripsas
            When radical technological change transforms an industry established firms sometimes fail drastically and are displaced by new entrants, yet other times survive and prosper. Drawing upon an unusually rich data set that covers the technological and competitive... View Details
            Keywords: Technology; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; History; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Business Processes; Competency and Skills; Assets; Perspective; Disruptive Innovation
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            • 01 Jun 2001
            • News

            Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni

            Tracy E. Kwiker (MBA 1995) arrived in Seattle three and a half years ago when she was promoted to manage store operations for a Toys “R” Us region in the Pacific Northwest. Eager to establish contacts in her new community, Kwiker began... View Details
            Keywords: Elena N. Berg
            • November 2003 (Revised February 2011)
            • Case

            Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (A)

            By: Boris Groysberg and Anahita Hashemi
            Soon after the death of the firm's legendary founder, the individuals then serving as chairman and as president--Lewis A. Sanders and Roger Hertog, respectively--talked about the future of their firm. Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., a private investment firm, had grown... View Details
            Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Competitive Advantage; Valuation
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            • Article

            Credit and Punishment: Are Corporate Bankers Disciplined for Risk-Taking?

            By: Janet Gao, Kristoph Kleiner and Joseph Pacelli
            We examine whether bankers face disciplining consequences for structuring poorly performing corporate loans. We construct a novel data set containing the employment histories and loan portfolios of a large sample of corporate bankers and find that corporate credit... View Details
            Keywords: Syndicated Loans; Credit Events; Career Outcomes; Loan Officers; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Risk Management; Corporate Finance; Personal Development and Career
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              Krishna G. Palepu

              KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

              Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing
              • 24 Sep 2019
              • Blog Post

              Launching a Career in Clean Energy

              Established in 2010, the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) works to deepen understanding of the environmental challenges facing business leaders and inspire new... View Details