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- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Watch chief Biver honored at Harvard Business School
- April 1969 (Revised June 1975)
- Case
Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (C)
Newton, Derek A., and Richard Morrison. "Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 513-073, April 1969. (Revised June 1975.)
- June 2000
- Case
Rebirth of the Swiss Watch Industry, 1980-1992 (A)
By: Michael L. Tushman and Daniel Radov
The Swiss watch industry has been devastated by new entrants from Asia in the low- and mid-priced watch segments. Japanese and Hong Kong firms have used quartz technology to lower costs dramatically. Nicolas Hayek, president of a Swiss consulting firm, is asked to help... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Change Management; Alignment; Product Positioning; Brands and Branding; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
Tushman, Michael L., and Daniel Radov. "Rebirth of the Swiss Watch Industry, 1980-1992 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 400-087, June 2000.
- September 1973 (Revised October 1975)
- Case
Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (B)
Knickerbocker, Frederick T. "Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 374-051, September 1973. (Revised October 1975.)
- November 1975 (Revised July 1976)
- Case
Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (H)
Brown, Milton P. "Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (H)." Harvard Business School Case 376-045, November 1975. (Revised July 1976.)
- October 1973
- Case
Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (G)
Knickerbocker, Frederick T. "Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (G)." Harvard Business School Case 374-054, October 1973.
- September 1973 (Revised October 1975)
- Case
Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (E)
Knickerbocker, Frederick T. "Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (E)." Harvard Business School Case 374-052, September 1973. (Revised October 1975.)
- September 1973 (Revised October 1975)
- Case
Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (A)
Knickerbocker, Frederick T. "Bulova Watch Co., Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 374-050, September 1973. (Revised October 1975.)
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
You're the top performer in your market. Your products are of such a high quality that they exceed the requirements of all but the most demanding customers, and you're the only one able to serve them. Clear sailing ahead, right? Wrong, according to HBS professor... View Details
- February 2018
- Case
Stealing Time: America's Disruption of the Swiss Watch Industry
By: Eric Van den Steen and Aaron Stark
After years of growth, the Swiss watch industry faced an existential crisis. Exports to the U.S., their primary market, had dropped by more than two thirds over the past five years. Swiss watches were being disrupted by high-quality and affordable American products.... View Details
Van den Steen, Eric, and Aaron Stark. "Stealing Time: America's Disruption of the Swiss Watch Industry." Harvard Business School Case 718-500, February 2018.
- October 2014 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
Jean-Claude Biver (A): The Reemergence of the Swiss Watch Industry
By: Ryan Raffaelli
In the early 1980s, the Swiss watch industry was near collapse after failing to adapt to Japanese competition from battery-powered quartz technology. In 1982, Jean-Claude Biver purchased Blancpain, a watch company that had been out of business since 1961 but had once... View Details
Keywords: Re-emergence; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Switzerland
Raffaelli, Ryan. "Jean-Claude Biver (A): The Reemergence of the Swiss Watch Industry." Harvard Business School Case 415-031, October 2014. (Revised December 2018.)
- 22 May 2015
- News
The Office is Watching You
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
Seven Trends to Watch in 2025
- March 2019
- Article
Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events
By: Rafael Di Tella, Lucia Freira, Ramiro H. Gálvez, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Diego Shalom and Mariano Sigman
We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated... View Details
Keywords: Crime; Biological Markers; Experiment; Victimization; Desensitization; Crime and Corruption; Behavior
Di Tella, Rafael, Lucia Freira, Ramiro H. Gálvez, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Diego Shalom, and Mariano Sigman. "Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 159 (March 2019): 613–625.
- August 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Fiyta - The Case of a Chinese Watch Company
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Luc R. Wathieu, Gao Wang, Fei Li and Tracy Manty
Fiyta had long been on of China's foremost watch brands. However, as China's economy began to improve and the livelihood of many Chinese rose with it, their tastes began to change. Exposed to more luxurious foreign brands, many Chinese strived to purchase a Swiss or... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; China
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Luc R. Wathieu, Gao Wang, Fei Li, and Tracy Manty. "Fiyta - The Case of a Chinese Watch Company." Harvard Business School Case 308-025, August 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events
By: Rafael Di Tella, Lucia Freira, Ramiro H. Gálvez, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Diego Shalom and Mariano Sigman
We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, Lucia Freira, Ramiro H. Gálvez, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Diego Shalom, and Mariano Sigman. "Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 23697, August 2017.
- 06 Aug 2018
- News