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- March 2000
- Case
iXL, Inc. (C): Acquiring and Integrating Tessera
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Michelle Heskett. "iXL, Inc. (C): Acquiring and Integrating Tessera." Harvard Business School Case 300-116, March 2000.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Exclusive Dealing and Entry by Competing Two-Sided Platforms
By: Cristian Chica, Kenneth Chuk and Jorge Tamayo
We study competition between horizontally differentiated platforms offering exclusive and non-exclusive contracts to one side of the market (content providers). The introduction of non-exclusive contracts in addition to exclusive contracts softens the competition for... View Details
Keywords: Two-Sided Markets; Platform Price Competition; Network Externalities; Exclusive Contracts; Multi-homing; Digital Platforms; Price; Competition; Contracts
Chica, Cristian, Kenneth Chuk, and Jorge Tamayo. "Exclusive Dealing and Entry by Competing Two-Sided Platforms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-092, March 2021. (R&R International Journal of Industrial Organization.)
- September–October 1994
- Article
How to Integrate Work and Deepen Expertise
Keywords: Integration
Leonard-Barton, D., H. K. Bowen, K. B. Clark, C. Holloway, and S. C. Wheelwright. "How to Integrate Work and Deepen Expertise." #94502. Harvard Business Review 72, no. 5 (September–October 1994): 121–130.
- November 2002
- Article
Disruption, Disintegration, and the Dissipation of Differentiability
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Verlinden and George Westerman
Christensen, Clayton M., Matt Verlinden, and George Westerman. "Disruption, Disintegration, and the Dissipation of Differentiability." Industrial and Corporate Change 11, no. 5 (November 2002): 955–993.
- 1995
- Book
Business Marketing Strategy: Cases, Concepts, and Applications
By: V. K. Rangan, B. P. Shapiro and R. T. Moriarty Jr.
Keywords: Marketing Strategy
Rangan, V. K., B. P. Shapiro, and R. T. Moriarty Jr. Business Marketing Strategy: Cases, Concepts, and Applications. Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, 1995.
- January 2009 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
"Bear Stearns & Co. burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday, March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Capital; Financial Liquidity; Financial Strategy; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competition; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
Rose, Clayton S., Daniel Baird Bergstresser, and David Lane. "The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (A)." Harvard Business School Case 309-001, January 2009. (Revised November 2011.)
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
leader―one who emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity. Drawing on a global survey of 700 mid-tier to senior executives and interviews with C-level View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
system clash with the digital age, and how to take action. Presenting examples of companies already making a difference, the authors show how business must serve both as innovator and activist, developing... View Details
- June 2010 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Tennant Company: Innovating Within and Beyond the Core
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Toby E. Stuart and James Weber
Tennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine the business model to use for its new chemical-free cleaning technology. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative, environmentally friendly cleaning technology that could potentially... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Consumer Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Toby E. Stuart, and James Weber. "Tennant Company: Innovating Within and Beyond the Core." Harvard Business School Case 810-139, June 2010. (Revised August 2011.)
- 20 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture
business.” More recently his focus has been product strategy and growth strategy. “In the food industry, the diversity of challenges you encounter over time is really compelling” summed up Eisen. At HBS,... View Details
- November–December 2023
- Article
Iterative Coordination and Innovation: Prioritizing Value over Novelty
By: Sourobh Ghosh and Andy Wu
An innovating organization faces the challenge of how to prioritize distinct goals of novelty and value, both of which underlie innovation. Popular practitioner frameworks like Agile management suggest that organizations can adopt an iterative approach of frequent... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Novelty; Goals; Specialization; Coordination; Field Experiment; Software Development; Agile; Scrum; Iteration; Iterative; Organizations; Innovation and Invention; Value; Goals and Objectives; Integration; Applications and Software
Ghosh, Sourobh, and Andy Wu. "Iterative Coordination and Innovation: Prioritizing Value over Novelty." Organization Science 34, no. 6 (November–December 2023): 2182–2206.
- 2022
- Article
Improving Efficiency and Reducing Costs of MRI-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
By: Nikhil G. Thaker, Rajat J. Kudchadker, James R. Incalcaterra, Tharakeswara K. Bathala, Robert S. Kaplan, Ankit Agarwal, Deborah A. Kuban, Benjamin D. Frank, Prajnan Das, Thomas W. Feeley and Steven J. Frank
Integrated quality improvement (QI) and cost reduction strategies can help increase value in cancer care. We applied standard QI and TDABC methods to improve workflow efficiency and reduce costs for MRI-guided prostate brachytherapy. We constructed process maps,... View Details
Keywords: Brachytherapy; Quality Improvement; Prostate; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Cost Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Health Industry
Thaker, Nikhil G., Rajat J. Kudchadker, James R. Incalcaterra, Tharakeswara K. Bathala, Robert S. Kaplan, Ankit Agarwal, Deborah A. Kuban, Benjamin D. Frank, Prajnan Das, Thomas W. Feeley, and Steven J. Frank. "Improving Efficiency and Reducing Costs of MRI-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing." Brachytherapy 21, no. 1 (2022): 49–54.
- March 2007
- Article
Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords
By: Benjamin Edelman, Michael Ostrovsky and Michael Schwarz
We investigate the "generalized second-price" auction (GSP), a new mechanism used by search engines to sell online advertising. Although GSP looks similar to the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism, its properties are very different. Unlike the VCG mechanism, GSP... View Details
Edelman, Benjamin, Michael Ostrovsky, and Michael Schwarz. "Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords." American Economic Review 97, no. 1 (March 2007): 242–259. (Winner of the 2013 Prize in Game Theory and Computer Science from the Game Theory Society - for "the best paper at the interface of game theory and computer science in the last decade." Winner of the 2018 SIGecom Test of Time Award from the ACM Special Interest Group on E-Commerce - for "an influential paper or series of papers published between ten and twenty-five years ago that has significantly impacted research or applications exemplifying the interplay of economics and computation.")
- 14 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Quantity vs. Quality and Exclusion by Two-Sided Platforms
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
They came from as far away as Nigeria and as close as Harvard Square, from industries ranging from banking to television. They were entrepreneurs who headed their own companies, senior executives at major... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
In recent years, trends toward economic growth, decreased financial regulation, and broad political change have led to more democratic societies, creating conditions for what some have called an African renaissance. READ MORE Mandela in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- December 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Maureen Frye at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation
By: John J. Gabarro
Maureen Frye, assistant product manager at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corp., is asked to implement an action plan for changing the call pattern of the salesforce. Currently the salesforce is spending too much time on small accounts. Earlier Frye attempted to change their... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Planning; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Steel Industry
Gabarro, John J. "Maureen Frye at Quaker Steel and Alloy Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 496-024, December 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
of trusted appointees (known internally as the "Dutch Mafia"), whose understanding of Philips technology, commercial objectives, and overall strategy provided the major link between the parent... View Details
- April 1989
- Case
News and No Comment at Emery Air Freight
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
A reporter from a regional newspaper examines several major news stories that address significant recent developments at Emery Air Freight. His concerns invite discussion of the implications of Emery's apparent "no comment" policy and other factors that can lead to... View Details
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "News and No Comment at Emery Air Freight." Harvard Business School Case 589-104, April 1989.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
By: Kristin Sippl
While much is known about voluntary sustainability standards' contributions to certain issues in certain sectors, less is known about their contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Gold; Certification; Eco-labeling; International Law; Extractive Industries; Fair Trade; United Nations; Sustainable Development; Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Adoption; Governance; Global Range; Luxury; Mining Industry
Sippl, Kristin. "Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-024, September 2018. (Revised April 2019. Revise and Resubmit.)