by Dennis Campbell - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies

The full cultural and sociological aftershocks of the earthquake in Japan—the worst disaster to hit the country since World War II—are washing like a tsunami across many industries as manufacturers and their customers scramble to replace suppliers disrupted and even... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Auto; Technology; Computer; Electronics

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

today's difficult economic climate was the subject of a panel discussion at Harvard Business School recently. The discussion, part of a one-night event called "Entrepreneurship During an Uncertain Time," featured four highly successful executives. The event... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

11 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

second-year students, and I think that by the time they get to the spring of their second year, they understand that just about every job involves some kind of selling," he says. View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

speaking on the current movement in Asia to shift to green and renewable energy sources. The event, moderated by HBS professor Ramana Nanda, was cosponsored by the student-run HBS Asia Business Club, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

04 Jan 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Learning Effects of Monitoring

Keywords: by Dennis Campbell, Marc Epstein & Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez; Entertainment & Recreation

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

simulations, the model suggests that life-year expectancies for the program can be increased by up to 8 percent, depending on variables plugged into the process. As with the "Moneyball" metrics movement in baseball, the goal of... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

01 Mar 2010
News

The Meaning of Ramadi

Campbell (MBA '07) Courtesy Donovan Campbell One day in April 2007, my phone started ringing during a customer analytics class at HBS. I kept hitting silence, but the phone kept ringing. Thirteen calls and... View Details

Keywords: Donovan Campbell; National Security and International Affairs; Government

08 Apr 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Delay as Agenda Setting

Keywords: by James J. Anton & Dennis A. Yao

12 Jul 2020
News

Banker Pay Theory Upended by Harvard Expert in Swedish Study

24 Sep 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Regulation on Strategic Positioning: Self-Regulation in the RTE Cereal Industry

Keywords: by Young Hou and Dennis Yao; Food & Beverage

01 Sep 2017
News

Turning Point: Getting to Giving

Illustration by Chris Gash I grew up in a mostly single-parent household outside Chicago with my dad and sister; my relationship with money as a child was that it felt scarce, for sure, but we didn’t talk about it. Maybe that’s why I’ve... View Details

Keywords: Amalya “Ami” Campbell (MBA 1997); Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

14 May 2018
News

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

10 Dec 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Platform Competition: Betfair and the U.K. Market for Sports Betting

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Neil Campbell; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

says Harvard Business School Professor Dennis Campbell. “In fact, to even think about a debtor as a customer is unusual.” Thus, Campbell was intrigued when he heard about a debt collection company in Turkey... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

02 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals

involve at least one additional stakeholder—but there’s a few years of life and many questions to accumulate before deciding. The Sabbatical Project Blog Series This article is part of a series on Sabbaticals, authored by View Details

08 May 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry

Keywords: by Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar & Tatiana Sandino; Retail; Food & Beverage

January 2017
Case

The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco... View Details