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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
competitors. An exploration and production company founded in 1967, CMS employs 180 workers in the United States, South America, and Africa. "Some of these mergers facilitate the purchase of properties that are no longer strategic to the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
marketing strategies and consumer activations around those three pillars, like ‘Back of the House Sessions,’ where we have musicians come in and record.” Be flexible. “On the restaurant side, we have three different models: an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- October 1993 (Revised February 1995)
- Case
MCI Vision (A) (Condensed)
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Concerns the development, introduction, and first-year sales performance of Vision, a telecommunications service aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. Introduced in 1990, Vision surpassed goals in that year, but was significantly below target in the first... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Product; Sales; Competitive Strategy; Valuation
Cespedes, Frank V. "MCI Vision (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 594-057, October 1993. (Revised February 1995.)
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
activity the CEOs undertake during one workweek and (ii) a machine learning algorithm that projects these data onto scalar CEO behavior indices. Low values of the index are associated with plant visits and one-on-one meetings with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
productivity has multiplied four- or fivefold in the last fifteen years,” beams Khoo Teng Chye (110th AMP), group president of PSA. “Our company is a world leader in applying technology to port management and fully automating operations.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
reunions, and online products and services. Deborah Farrington (MBA ’76) supervised the programming subcommittee, which recommended that the School offer an MBA “renewal” program to deliver the latest thinking in five critical areas of a... View Details
- July 1996
- Case
Bayside Controls, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Jennifer Kochman and Sylvie Ryckebusch
Two recent MBA graduates acquire a small and ailing metal-machining company that had manufactured small aerospace components. Through clever application of state-of-the-art manufacturing, engineering, and marketing/sales concepts, they turned the company into a growing... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Leveraged Buyouts; Machinery and Machining; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Production; Personal Development and Career; Sales; Aerospace Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, Jennifer Kochman, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Bayside Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-004, July 1996.
- Web
Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
at retail or mail-order pharmacies. The difficulty of access for the general population of all age groups is greatly reduced. There is no delayed rollout, healthy people are not forced to congregate at mass vaccination sites or wait weeks for an appointment. Vaxess’... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
sense of purpose could use that to guide innovation. One of the exciting parts of SuperCorp and the rise of this company model is that it's actually a way to develop products and services faster, to get more innovation, and to showcase... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Targanta Therapeutics: Hitting a Moving Target (TN)
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Teaching Note for [709002]. View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
shopped at Walmart at least once or twice, and you likely are aware of their "Everyday low prices" tagline. Have you ever thought about the connection between their everyday low prices and the safety of the products Walmart... View Details
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
the subprime lenders—willing to take the risk on riskier borrowers, for a price. Thus far the tale testifies to America's entrepreneurial spirit. New mortgage banks specializing in subprime loans sprang up. Their panoply of products... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
business models. This view is that a culture in which people trust each other and their leadership is one in which change (of a strategy or business model) is easier to achieve. Its advocates cite the primacy of culture in business... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- Web
Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
recommended reading lists Hand-picked resources for the questions and concerns raised by the Rock 100 founders at the Summit can be found at the links below: B2B Marketing Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors... View Details
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
earners, who may also exploit additional strategies to increase the share of total income that accrues to the top 1 percent, according to Ethan Rouen and colleagues. Shipping Fees and Product Assortment in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Teaching Note
Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick
By: Jill Avery and Koen Pauwels
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-046. Nike’s selection of politically polarizing Colin Kaepernick as the spokesperson for the thirtieth anniversary of its iconic “Just Do It” campaign catapulted the brand into the media spotlight and made it a political flashpoint... View Details
- April 2019
- Case
GE Appliances: Implementing Haier's Made-In-China Management System
By: Dennis Campbell, Marshall Meyer, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; China; United States
Campbell, Dennis, Marshall Meyer, Bonnie Yining Cao, and Dawn H. Lau. "GE Appliances: Implementing Haier's Made-In-China Management System." Harvard Business School Case 119-099, April 2019.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 3: Expanding Diversity
Describes the third module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Business Processes; Projects; Risk and Uncertainty; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Opportunities; Perspective; Expansion; Goals and Objectives
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 3: Expanding Diversity." Harvard Business School Module Note 606-126, March 2006.