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- December 2005 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
C.R. Smith and the Birth of American Airlines
By: Anthony Mayo and Laura Gaie Singleton
Presents an overview of the path that C.R. Smith pursued to build American Airlines into one of the largest airlines in the world in the 20th century. Over the course of his 30-year tenure as president of American Airlines, Smith deployed a three-pronged... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Growth; Operations; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Mayo, Anthony, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "C.R. Smith and the Birth of American Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 406-082, December 2005. (Revised May 2009.)
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
president of the bank. They wanted to run the bank. They didn't just want to write a book. They wanted to win the Pulitzer Prize. When Asif and I were working on our first business, SupplierMarket, we were funded by Sequoia, KKR, all these folks. My brother was a... View Details
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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
will expose students to Japan as a nurturing ground for both developing as well as enhancing the uptake of innovative products, services, and business strategies. This course will appeal to students who wish to acquire an understanding of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
frequently need to estimate the size of their markets—both for existing products so that sales forecasts can be developed and for new products so that market opportunities can be assessed. This toolkit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Product Management - Course Catalog
executive, this course aims to provide an introduction to product management and expose students to key product development and growth strategies so they can build, optimize and scale products following graduation. Product examples cover... View Details
- Profile
Max Wibaux
GlaxoSmithKline. L’Oréal. Lindt & Sprungli. With a resumé that includes significant marketing roles in these and other CPG companies, Max Wibaux, MBA 2019, already has an impressive decade of experience behind him. "I loved the... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- March 2010 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Pandora Radio: Fire Unprofitable Customers?
By: Willy C. Shih and Halle Alicia Tecco
Pandora Radio is at a crossroads. Founder Tim Westergren has just been told by a well known VC to get rid of his unprofitable customers in order to get his costs down, but Westergren is not sure that such actions are consistent with his company's business model.... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Customer Satisfaction; Music Entertainment; Venture Capital; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Internet; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Halle Alicia Tecco. "Pandora Radio: Fire Unprofitable Customers?" Harvard Business School Case 610-077, March 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
of developing a formal model). What we had missed is that Microsoft's initial advantage (larger installed base) together with its pricing power allow the company to price strategically to control Linux's View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
achieved through both the private and public sectors,” says Kyarisiima. “Enabling African businesses to access global markets and think strategically is where I want to play a role.” The path she took to pursue this goal has been... View Details
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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
school should enroll in LME Career Focus: Every MBA should understand how law affects business. In addition to serving as a Senior Lecturer at HBS, I am a retired Securities Litigation Partner at WilmerHale in Boston. I draw upon examples from my practice and have... View Details
- May 2025
- Teaching Note
Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA
By: Juan Alcacer and Noor Al Qadhi
Boutiqaat, a Kuwait-based e-commerce platform, scaled an influencer-driven beauty retail model across MENA and now faces critical strategic choices about offline expansion and globalization. Founded in 2015, Boutiqaat combined social commerce, localized logistics, and... View Details
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients (TN)
By: Sunil Gupta and Jason Riis
Teaching Note for 511093. View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (ESM), a field course that debuted in spring 2016. “To a greater degree than in established firms, marketing and selling in entrepreneurial ventures are linked to product... View Details
- 13 Aug 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Parents’ Guide to Harvard Business School
Sure, you're a good negotiator. But could you negotiate a lower price for a soda from a "smart" vending machine? It's part of the world of the not-so-distant future portrayed in a talk by Narakesari Narayandas, associate professor of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Crystal Yao
IBM, Crystal pivoted to a Corporate Strategy & Development internship at Creative Artists Agency. She can provide insights into industry recruiting timelines and strategy, and provide coaching on resume/cover letter reviews, personal... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
While all of these countries are part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and all have high income per capita and advanced health care systems, each was affected differently by the pandemic. The United States,... View Details
- March 2011 (Revised January 2015)
- Teaching Note
The IASB at a Crossroads: The Future of International Financial Reporting Standards
By: Karthik Ramanna
Teaching Note for 111084 and 113089. View Details
- September 1999 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
eBay, Inc.
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
eBay was the world's largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the Internet. In early 1999, the company was doing very well and seemed to have solved many of its early problems. However, on March 30, 1999, Amazon.com announced that it was entering... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Planning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kelley Porter. "eBay, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 700-007, September 1999. (Revised June 2001.)
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
Harvard Business School Case 818-013 Magpie: Developing and Using Buyer Personas The founders of a start-up platform for publishers have developed preliminary personas of target customers and are evaluating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources
Market research: BCC Research - Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Frost & Sullivan - Reports and View Details