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- December 1994 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals' Acutrim: Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Diet Industry
By: Nancy F. Koehn and Rebecca Voorheis
Since its introduction in 1983, Acutrim has been a major player in the U.S. appetite suppressant market and in the broader diet industry. This case focuses on the strategic, regulatory, marketing, and financial challenges this product and the rapidly changing diet... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Market Design; Industry Structures; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Food and Beverage Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
Koehn, Nancy F., and Rebecca Voorheis. "Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals' Acutrim: Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Diet Industry." Harvard Business School Case 795-043, December 1994. (Revised March 1996.)
- January 1995 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
USAA: Business Process Review for the Great Lakes Region (Abridged)
By: James L. Heskett
Presents the results of a service process analysis of USAA's claims processing activity in its Great Lakes Region. Explores not only issues of redesigning the process but also the organizational implications of various alternatives. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Mortgages; Management Practices and Processes; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Mathematical Methods; Real Estate Industry; North America
Heskett, James L. "USAA: Business Process Review for the Great Lakes Region (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 395-026, January 1995. (Revised January 1995.)
- Web
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
“how to” lectures by instructors; debriefs of assignments that provide hands-on practice in applying techniques and frameworks; student presentations on work-in-progress; and talks by guest speakers. We’ll make heavy use of GenAI throughout the View Details
- October 2014 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia
By: Linda A. Hill, Dana M. Teppert and Allison J. Wigen
Sanford C. Bernstein, a premier sell-side research firm, is expanding globally. Three years after launching Bernstein's Asian business, senior management has appointed Ghislain de Charentenay, a six-year sales veteran of the firm, as director of Asian research in Hong... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Talent Management; Leadership; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Design; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Hong Kong
Hill, Linda A., Dana M. Teppert, and Allison J. Wigen. "Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia." Harvard Business School Case 415-037, October 2014. (Revised September 2015.)
- 2012
- Book
Auctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications: Second International ICST Conference, AMMA 2011
By: Peter Coles, Sanmay Das, Sebastien Lahaie and Boleslaw Szymanski
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST on Auctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications (AMMA 2011) held in New York, August 22–23, 2011. The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully... View Details
Keywords: Internet; Market Design; Internet and the Web; Auctions; Information Management; Computer Industry
Coles, Peter, Sanmay Das, Sebastien Lahaie and Boleslaw Szymanski, eds. Auctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications: Second International ICST Conference, AMMA 2011. Springer, 2012. (Revised Selected Papers.)
- December 1996 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Cynthia Hogan and the Birth of Novartis
An American woman heads an integration office for merger transition activities between two giant Swiss pharmaceutical companies. She needed to develop an implementation plan to shape the new global powerhouse. View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
Students in the new joint MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program have the opportunity to participate in five design cycles, which build the skills needed to take a product concept from hunch to launch. Students in the new joint MS/MBA:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
The Big Book of New Design Ideas edited by David E. Carter (OPM 26, 1998) (Harper Design International) In his 100th book, Carter, an expert on logo design and corporate... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) - Course Catalog
experience. The course will have practical exercises designed to help entrepreneurs complete their acquisitions. These include pitching to potential equity investors, prospecting for potential targets, seller cold calls and negotiating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
New on the Web at Alumni Career Services
HBS alumnae seeking to return to the workforce and all alumni interested in board positions now have new tools on the Alumni Career Services Web site to assist in their search. The “on-rampers” résumé database was designed exclusively for... View Details
- July – August 2009
- Article
Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance
By: Sebastian Raisch, Julian Birkinshaw, Gilbert Probst and Michael Tushman
Organizational ambidexterity has emerged as a new research paradigm in organization theory, yet several issues that are fundamental to this debate remain controversial. We explore four central tensions here: Should organizations achieve ambidexterity through... View Details
Keywords: Change; Innovation and Invention; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Research; Integration
Raisch, Sebastian, Julian Birkinshaw, Gilbert Probst, and Michael Tushman. "Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance." Organization Science 20, no. 4 (July–August 2009): 685–695.
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Start-Up with Giddyup
A Start-Up with Giddyup FORD: These boots were made for business. Photo courtesy Sarah Ford Whether you're the real deal or all hat and no cattle, you can cowboy up in style with custom-made boots from Sarah Ford (MBA 2007). Ford founded Texas-based Ranch Road Boots... View Details
- 19 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Are Web Sites So Confusing?
Do you sometimes get the feeling that Internet portals, search pages, social networks, e-commerce, and other Web sites are not necessarily designed in order to maximize user convenience and benefits? We do, too. Why—you might ask? For a... View Details
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local Motors to build a vehicle called Olli—a self-driving electric minibus. Sarmiento’s View Details
- 11 Jul 2019
HBS in the Bay Area: The Ecosystem of Entrepreneurship
This event is designed for prospective students who want to learn about the extensive entrepreneurship resources and vibrant community of entrepreneurs at HBS. View Details
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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
design, and diversity work. In our design track, we highlight the importance of radical curiosity, humility, and an approach to engaging with underrepresented community members as partners and co-designers, among other fascinating topics.... View Details
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
sporadically since then, starting with small tasks when I was younger and growing into larger roles like 2D and 3D design now that I’m a senior design student at the University of Cincinnati. With graduation... View Details
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Foreword | Baker Library
Murphy Justyna Szulc Rachel Wise Sarah Westwood Lender to the Exhibition Radcliffe Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University Editing Julia Collins Katherine Fox Sarah Westwood Catalog Design Eleanor Bradshaw,... View Details
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition
(HBS) Field Course: Innovating in Health Care (HBS) Field Course: Investing for Impact (HBS) Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation (HBS) Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (HBS) Field Course: Startup Operations (HBS) Impact by View Details