Publications

September 2008 (Revised February 2009)
Case

BMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies

By: Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman

BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case highlights BMW's approach to redesigning its channel in Greece. The case provides details on both headquarter and country head perspective on BMW's channel strategy. View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; European Union; Greece

Educators

March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
Case

International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; Uganda

Educators

September 1999
Case

Project Dreamcast: Serious Play at Sega Enterprises Ltd. (A)

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Andrew Robertson

Focuses on the ongoing competitive battles in the global home video game market that is estimated to exceed $15 billion by 1999 in the United States and Japan alone. Describes how Sega Enterprises has redesigned its development processes to create a revolutionary... View Details

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Product Development; Business Growth and Maturation; Market Entry and Exit; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Computer Industry

Educators

1998
Case

The CendralExpo Export Processing Zone Project (A) and (B)

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Trade; Strategy

2010
Article

Multi-Rater Assessment of Creative Contributions to Team Projects in Organizations

By: Giovanni B. Moneta, Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel and Steve J. Kramer

This study examined the convergent and construct validity of ratings of individual creative contributions in a team context. A sample of 201 employees and supervisors, working on 26 team projects, completed the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and rated themselves and their... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams; Research; Performance Evaluation; Gender; Projects

fall 1999
Article

Petrozuata: A Case Study on the Effective Use of Project Finance

By: B. C. Esty

Keywords: Projects; Finance

1982
Article

Managerial Roles and Career Paths of Gatekeepers and Project Supervisors

By: R. Katz and Michael Tushman

Keywords: Management; Personal Development and Career

June 2005
Teaching Note

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba): The Pot Line 5 Expansion Project (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note to (9-205-027). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Bahrain; Middle East

March 2003
Teaching Note

BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Stefan H. Thomke

Teaching Note for (9-699-044) and (9-699-045). View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

June 1999
Article

Projections onto Efficient Frontiers: Theoretical and Computational Extensions to DEA

By: F. Frei and P. Harker

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Forecasting and Prediction; Theory

01 Mar 2013
News

Tobin Project Coordinates 'Transformative Research' by Scholars and Policy Makers

Web

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Course Number 6440 Senior Lecturer John Dionne Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Weekly, two-hour classes Project/Lecture Series - No Case Studies Enrollment limited to 50... View Details

July 2014
Article

Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games

By: Andrew Davies and Ian Mackenzie

Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction programme showed that systems integration is one of the major challenges involved in delivery of a complex "system of systems"—or array—project. Organizations cope with complexity by decomposing a project into... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Construction; Complexity; Sports; Projects; Construction Industry; Sports Industry; London

October 1999 (Revised March 2002)
Teaching Note

International Investor, The: Islamic Finance and the Equate Project TN

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Mathew M Millett

Teaching Note for (9-200-012). View Details

Keywords: Investment; International Finance; Middle East

August 1986 (Revised February 1991)
Supplement

Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh, Video

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Population Services International, a not-for-profit agency founded to promote family planning information and to market birth control products, had an agreement with the government of Bangladesh to conduct a social marketing program using modern marketing techniques to... View Details

Keywords: Social Marketing; Health; Advertising; Marketing; Nonprofit Organizations; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Health Industry; Bangladesh

03 Feb 2010
News

Harvard-Based Crowdsource Project Seeks New Diabetes Answers - & Questions

08 Jun 2015
News

Regrets? These Harvard MBAs Have Just A Few 13 Years Later

Keywords: Portrait Project

December 1978
Article

Technical Communication in R&D Laboratories: Impacts of Project Work Characteristics

By: Michael Tushman

Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Research and Development; Projects

01 Jul 1994
Conference Presentation

Work Environments Differ Between Projects High and Low in Creativity

By: R. Conti, Teresa M. Amabile, H. Coon, M. A. Collins, J. Lazenby and M. Herron

Keywords: Creativity