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- 23 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Waves in Ship Prices and Investment
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson
- Research Summary
1. When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry
Joint work with Tarun Khanna (Strategy Unit, Harvard Business School).
Abstract: What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry... View Details
- March 2020
- Teaching Note
onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy
By: Jill Avery and Anat Keinan
onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Marketplace; Two-sided Market; Hospitality Industry; Hotels; Luxury Brand; Sharing Economy; Startup; Scaling; Growth; Customer Segmentation; Brand Positioning; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Model; Venture Capital; Customers; Segmentation; Growth and Development Strategy; Travel Industry; Tourism Industry; Accommodations Industry; United Kingdom; London; Europe
- July 2018
- Case
LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry
By: Boris Groysberg and Akiko Kanno
In the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company’s head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan.... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Leadership And Change Management; Consolidation; Change Management; Leadership; Global Strategy; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
Groysberg, Boris, and Akiko Kanno. "LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry." Harvard Business School Case 419-009, July 2018.
- 2012
- Teaching Note
Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao, and Hong Zhang. "Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2012.
- June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan
Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Testing and Trials; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Industry; Miami
Kaplan, Robert Steven, Christopher Marquis, and Brent Kazan. "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis." Harvard Business School Case 408-003, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- December 2011 (Revised January 2015)
- Background Note
The Product Manager
By: Jeffrey Bussgang, Thomas Eisenmann and Robert Go
Describes the role of product manager (PM) in technology companies, detailing 1) PMs' responsibilities; 2) different ways to organize the product management function; 3) how PMs interact with other functions within technology companies (e.g., engineering, product... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Product Development; Product Design; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship
Bussgang, Jeffrey, Thomas Eisenmann, and Robert Go. "The Product Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-105, December 2011. (Revised January 2015.)
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
blank For the program description on LinkedIn, please use the following: AI Essentials for Business is a 4-week, 25-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. The course equips business professionals with a comprehensive approach to building,... View Details
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
values underlying the transformation and will carry on the journey to HCHP after current leaders have left the scene. Recognize that HCHP transformations are a unit by unit process, and must occur at the corporate as well as the business, regional, and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
into stages and understand what levers can be pulled at each. Afterwards, we analyze how each of those levers affect both the stage at hand and those stages surrounding it. I frequently see parallels to an engineer's approach to problem-solving in our View Details
- November 1991 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Nucleon, Inc.
By: Gary P. Pisano
Nucleon is a small biotechnology company whose first potential product is about to enter clinical testing. Before Nucleon can begin clinical trials, however, its management must decide how and where to manufacture the product. Three options are being contemplated: 1)... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Entrepreneurship; Health Testing and Trials; Rights; Product Development; Production; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry
Pisano, Gary P. "Nucleon, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 692-041, November 1991. (Revised April 1994.)
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
strong-arm suppliers and competitors As long as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple operate transparently and legally, I don’t think we need to worry. The speed with which innovation occurs and expands will almost certainly see competitors... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their long-term viability within the park service. Before I started at HBS, I was a medical... View Details
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you think about the world and organize information Who Will Benefit Forward-Thinking Strategists Entrepreneurs Professionals in Heavily Regulated Industries Learn more about the broader macroeconomic and political landscape your organization View Details
- September 2001 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Rapid Rewards at Southwest Airlines
By: Frances X. Frei and Corey B. Hajim
Southwest Airlines is well known as the low-fare airline that has achieved ongoing financial success in one of the most financially troubled industries in the United States. Told from the perspectives of two Southwest customers--a frequent flier and a more typical... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Air Transportation; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Air Transportation Industry
Frei, Frances X., and Corey B. Hajim. "Rapid Rewards at Southwest Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 602-065, September 2001. (Revised August 2004.)
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
centers into more nimble operations that can sustain its renewed brands far into the 21st Century. Nancy F. Koehn, James E. Robison Professor Of Business Administration: General Motors was formed in 1908, the same year Henry Ford brought... View Details
- May 2007 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability
By: Deishin Lee and Lionel Bony
Herman Miller decided to implement the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) design protocol during the design of its mid-level office chair, Mirra. The C2C protocol was a set of environmentally friendly product development guidelines. View Details
Keywords: Product Design; Production; Supply Chain Management; Business Processes; Environmental Sustainability
Lee, Deishin, and Lionel Bony. "Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 607-003, May 2007. (Revised December 2009.)
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assistant buyer and rose to overseeing buying in Europe and Asia. He was one of the first Black executives at Macy's. Wilkinson later moved to the New York City Transit Authority, becoming executive officer for surface transit with View Details