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- May 1998 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
DuPont Kevlar: Commercializing a Miracle Fiber
By: Clayton Christensen and Rory McDonald
Describes Dupont's efforts to build commercial markets for its miracle fiber, Kevlar. Initially, it sought to create a market for Kevlar tire cord, primarily because its existing tire cord business was languishing. This market never developed, even after Dupont spent... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Crisis Management; Product Launch; Emerging Markets; Research and Development; Technology
Christensen, Clayton, and Rory McDonald. "DuPont Kevlar: Commercializing a Miracle Fiber." Harvard Business School Case 698-079, May 1998. (Revised August 2017.)
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
improve their automated product recommendations. These recommendations are often presented as ''inspired by your browsing history'' or ''recommended for you,'' and help consumers discover new products or... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Twain, Henry James, and Ernest Hemingway, to name just a few, and was well known for fostering a productive national debate around the pressing issues of the time—the modest goal being nothing less than advancing the sum of human... View Details
- October 2022
- Supplement
Single Earth: Science White Paper Supplement
By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney
Science White Paper prepared by Single.Earth to give an overview of the models and solutions it has developed. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
the company started in management consulting. After graduating from Harvard College in 2005, Surette joined Parthenon for three years before matriculating at HBS in the fall of 2008. Amid a global recession, his business school experience... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Natural Advantage
After a long career in marketing and management with top U.K. and international companies, Alan Heeks (MBA 1976) turned over a new leaf in 1990. He set up the Wessex Foundation, an educational charity whose centerpiece is Magdalen Farm,... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
incredibly complex. When a phone is designed in America and assembled in China with supplies from 30 other countries, where is it from? By trying to manage trade flows in any specific product through tariffs... View Details
- June 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Ducati
Focuses on the turnaround and strategic repositioning of Ducati, an Italian maker of high-end sport motorcycles, and describes the current concerns with the growth prospects of the company. Federico Minoli, the CEO and strategic mind behind the turnaround, knew that... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
diversified from there. Now, as CEO and managing director of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, he oversees thirty-two department stores in fifteen cities. "Ordinary people are buying what the rich can afford," he said, adding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
film’s revenues and be able to choose a release date that will enhance our sales of toys and other merchandise. What changes will be made at the company as it enters this new industry? Our Marvel Studios division has been intimately involved in the View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
Michael Porter on health-care reform strategy (New England Journal of Medicine, July 9, 2009). “There are relatively fewer and fewer consumers willing to pay a premium or suffer a deficit in product quality in order to be patriotic and... View Details
- July 2004 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
H&R Block and "Everyday Financial Services"
By: Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider
H&R Block, the U.S. market leader in tax preparation services, must decide whether to offer financial services to its low-income clients. H&R Block is facing increased competition from branded and nonbranded tax preparers, and the number of returns prepared by the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Income; Taxation; Product Development; Financial Services Industry; United States
Tufano, Peter, and Daniel Schneider. H&R Block and "Everyday Financial Services". Harvard Business School Case 205-013, July 2004. (Revised January 2007.)
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
will need to be more focused and productive after the crisis. Start now and take care of these customer basics before you possibly follow a prophet into the wilderness. About the Author Frank V. Cespedes is a Senior Lecturer in the... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 22 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
"Luxury, Technology, Integration"
managed to integrate the two in an industry characterized by heritage and craftsmanship, luxury goods. Since their inception, YOOX and Net-A-Porter revolutionized this space selling luxury and fashion View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- June 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Takashimaya in Transition
By: Rajiv Lal, Masako Egawa and Chisato Toyama
Takashimaya, the largest department store in Japan, was suffering from declining sales. CEO Koji Suzuki had succeeded in instituting changes to cut costs. However, Suzuki needed to come up with a strategy to increase sales, particularly in apparel, which comprised the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Sales; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Japan
Lal, Rajiv, Masako Egawa, and Chisato Toyama. "Takashimaya in Transition." Harvard Business School Case 506-054, June 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy
recommends alternatives that can result in stronger companies in the long run and reduce the damage layoffs do to workers and communities. “Typical layoffs harm employees, communities, and companies,” Sucher says. Mass layoffs were uncommon prior to the late 1970s,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2014
- What Do You Think?
Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?
Summing Up Is the Potential Negative Impact of New Information Technologies on Customer Loyalties Overstated? Customers will remain loyal to brands that meet their needs, regardless of the effects of new information technologies on their general knowledge about View Details
- October 2022
- Case
Single.Earth
By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney
Estonian greentech company Single.Earth is launching a nature-backed token that is linked to and funds the protection of a specific plot fo land. The first landowners had been onboarded to the company's Digital Twin, a virtual representation of the planet's natural... View Details
Keywords: Alternative Assets; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
on the spot, then processed, packed, and distributed the honey and related products for sale in supermarket chains. To date, the company has helped more than 9,000 small-scale beekeepers (over 45 percent of them women) and its business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
cracks began to appear in its carefully crafted production plan. The first order of modular homes languished on the assembly line for months as Greentech struggled to resolve a number of serious production-control issues. Stuntz now has... View Details