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  • February 2002 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

Endeca Technologies (A)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide among two term sheets raising the same amount of badly needed money for his young software company. One deal is led by insiders and, is offered at a lower price. It continues a board that has worked very well and... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology Industry
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  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

unnecessary costs of shipping goods to distant markets, or allows better adaptation of products to local circumstances. So globalization at one level has enhanced the competitiveness of US-based companies and will support their growth in... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • August 2011
  • Supplement

InnoCentive.com (B)

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. In 2008, InnoCentive introduced "InnoCentive@Work" (lC@W), which recognized clients' reluctance to share problems and solutions with an external... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Cost vs Benefits; Intellectual Property; Networks; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product; Groups and Teams; Communication Technology
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  • October 1984
  • Case

NIKE (F1)

Concerns a specific strategic decision--should the apparel division expand rapidly? The teaching plan would highlight the pros and cons of such a move. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Expansion; Business Divisions; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry
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  • 08 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than by the value of those services in helping patients. In short, medical professionals make money when their patients become sick. Here's one example of how the problem plays... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Cost Economies in the Global Advertising and Marketing Services Business Levitt's work sparked debate on the merits of standardized versus localized advertising campaigns. But what are the economics of firms engaged in the production of... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

Harris, of Playing2Win Technology can also be used to bridge the asset gap and drive down the cost of programs designed to help low-income families, said HBS professor Peter Tufano (HBS MBA '84), who teaches financial management. Tufano... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Dec 2015
  • Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

test and development facilities in multiple countries. We can re-engineer regulatory processes to radically lower costs and shorten approval times by testing full-scale prototypes before licensing. We can create new public safety... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy
  • 01 Aug 2002
  • News

HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

FishLogic's Javier Segovia, Patrick George, Benjamin Vigoda, and Gonçal Pagan: producing programmable signal-processing chips that cost less and work faster. Lucas Klein, Matthew Mugo Fields, and Jason Green of BEST Education Partners,... View Details
  • Profile

Yubo Cui

and its Chinese stakeholders. In a joint venture with BYD Auto, Daimler was determined to develop and manufacture an affordable electric car. “Our goal was to make it a family car, not a luxury toy,” says Yubo. “We worked ridiculously hard to reduce the View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
  • 19 Feb 2016
  • Blog Post

4 Updates About Peek Weekend at HBS

for all Peek participants. 4. Some things about Peek Weekend will stay the same Not everything will be changing! Peek is still open to college students who are rising juniors, seniors, and new graduates (Class of 2016, 2017 or 2018 from bachelor degree programs). The... View Details
  • Web

First-Generation Students | MBA

packages for domestic and international students. Our need-based financial aid process incorporates a holistic look at student’s financial circumstances. Members of our Financial Aid team are available to assist students in navigating the financial aid process to help... View Details
  • 23 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

technology would provide the country with greater agricultural production, a major source of exports, without the need to convert additional areas of the Cerrado or Amazon to farmland. However, producers have been slow to adopt it due to the initial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value

A classic business problem from the 1950s illustrates the tension between inventory costs and missed sales. A newspaper vendor must decide how many papers to buy each day based on typical demand. His profit is optimized, the solution... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2018
  • News

Lesson Plan

worked with committee members to examine every expenditure, from staff cell phones to printing costs to health care concessions. Trimming was necessary but not enough; unthinkable as it seemed, all librarian positions in the district... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen
  • January 1985
  • Case

Business Research Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman
Contains a description of a decision confronting an entrepreneur: which of two investment proposals should he accept to fund the creation and marketing of a database that comprises the full text of research reports produced by Wall Street investment banking firms? The... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Valuation; Investment Banking; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Service Industry
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  • November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
  • Case

Asea Brown Boveri (Condensed)

By: Robert L. Simons
The merger of Asea AB and BBC Brown Boveri required a restructuring of operations and a change in organizational cultures. Competitive success also necessitated the benefits of scale while remaining "local" for political and customer-responsiveness reasons. The case... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development; Performance Effectiveness; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 17 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

Nissan, and Honda sold standard products under a single brand umbrella. For decades, Ford adapted its manufacturing platforms, features, and model names from one country to another. The results: added manufacturing and supply chain costs... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto
  • 02 Jul 2018
  • Blog Post

Pursuing A Passion in Health Care

and eventually drafting up the business case (where I get to apply my net present value and weighted average cost of capital skills from first-year finance classes!). I’ve enjoyed the exposure to the Danaher lean processes and... View Details
Keywords: Health Care