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  • October 1988 (Revised May 1990)
  • Case

Ford Motor Co.: The Product Warranty Program (A)

Raises powerful issues concerning product warranty policy as a strategic marketing variable. Also raises several exciting issues concerning the role of product policy in competitive battles, product line issues, interfunctional coordination issues, and some ethical... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Insurance; Product; Policy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

school, for example, I had been asked to research insurance coverage for a raft of lawsuits being brought against Johns-Manville Corporation for injuries and deaths from exposure to asbestos. At the time, Johns-Manville was the leading View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Information Technology Access to Harvard Business School networks, applications, computers, and other electronic resources is contingent upon proper use of HBS-provided resources and your continued adherence to applicable law, this... View Details

    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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    • Web

    Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

    Suresh Krishna Suresh Krishna Base Of The Pyramid Suresh Krishna, founder of the largest manufacturer of industrial fasteners for the auto industry in India, explains his “dharma of business”: to lift as many people out of poverty as he... View Details
    • 14 Jan 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

    Citizens, industrial polluters, and scholars do not usually see eye to eye—but that may change with a new Web site that monitors corporate environmental performance in the United States. According to the university professors who created it, MapEcos (mapecos.org) is a... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

      Paul W. Marshall

      MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

      Keywords: manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing; manufacturing
      • 12 Dec 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

      Global supply chains took some heat during the COVID-19 pandemic, with consumers waiting months for goods and politicians wringing their hands over trade policy. “Reshoring” is one of the hottest new corporate buzzwords, as many companies look to move some View Details
      Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

        William A. Sahlman

        William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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        • March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
        • Case

        Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors

        By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
        How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional, translational, and competitive exposures. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions.... View Details
        Keywords: Risk Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Financial Markets; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Argentina; Japan; Canada; United States
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          Andre F. Perold

          André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private... View Details

          Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
          • December 1988 (Revised March 1989)
          • Case

          Pabst Brewing Co.

          At the end of 1984 the Pabst Brewing Co. was the object of a takeover contest for the second time in three years. Nearly two years after a reorganization in early 1983 Pabst still suffered from low margins and high debt service costs. This case describes the takeover... View Details
          Keywords: Valuation; Restructuring; Bids and Bidding; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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          • 14 May 2009
          • Working Paper Summaries

          Quantity vs. Quality and Exclusion by Two-Sided Platforms

          Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Web Services; Web Services
          • 08 Nov 2011
          • First Look

          First Look: Nov. 8

            PublicationsHow Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods Authors:Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen, and Margaret P. Pierson Publication:Manufacturing and View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • Web

          Stages of Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

          Investment-Driven Stage In the Investment-Driven Stage, efficiency in producing standard products and services becomes the dominant source of competitive advantage. Economies at this stage concentrate on View Details
          • 24 Apr 2012
          • First Look

          First Look: April 24

          by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented... View Details
          Keywords: Carmen Nobel
          • Web

          Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

          since when costs are reduced one must be sure that outcomes are not made worse. Outcomes are also essential parts of value based payment plans like bundled payment. In regional and national expansion of delivery organizations, they are important in determining how to... View Details
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          By: Rohit Deshpande

          Rohit Deshpandé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business Schoolwhere he currently teaches in the Owner/President Management Program and in other executive education offerings. He has also taught global branding, international marketing, and... View Details

            Michael A. Wheeler

            Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

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