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- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
worse than the financial crisis,” says Mills, who led the United States Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. “Many small businesses will not survive more than a month.” Small businesses have been scaling down and temporarily...
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- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
soldiers), but also other individuals from contracting and spreading the virus. The effective use of face masks can prevent the spread of the virus, while not fully shutting down the economy. A public’s mass adoption of face masks...
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- June 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
E Ink in 2005
By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack
Explores the challenges of commercializing a bleeding-edge technology. After seven years, E Ink has spent more than $100 million to commercialize electronic ink. With business momentum picking up, but resources running out, the case examines the key trade-offs in...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Commercialization;
Mathematical Methods;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Barbara Mack. "E Ink in 2005." Harvard Business School Case 705-506, June 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- October 2021
- Supplement
Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (B)
By: Kris Ferreira, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Sarah Mehta
This (B) case accompanies the (A) case of the same title.
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
Family Business;
Joint Ventures;
Demographics;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Race;
Fairness;
Ownership;
Supply Chain Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
Ohio
Ferreira, Kris, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Sarah Mehta. "Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-029, October 2021.
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
investments in customized test software developed for UNIX systems. Teradyne's top customers were not interested in sacrificing accuracy and scrapping already installed software for the cost benefits of CMOS chips View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
cover 90 percent of patients, jointly negotiate drug prices with manufacturers. In America's more fragmented and secretive system, pharmacy benefit managers act as mediators during many price negotiations. German View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
producing products that were so demanding that the slightest error would throw off a whole batch and cost a fortune Andy was the one who had to do the managing and he has a...
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- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Lamoiyan Corporation of the Philippines: Challenging Multinational Giants (TN)
By: Peter J. Coughlan, Jordan I. Siegel and John R. Wells
Teaching note to 704405.
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- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
give back, is misguided. The heart of a profession is that it is in the course of doing one's work that one is actually doing good and fulfilling the duty that is demanded of professionals. My worry—and this...
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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
That's not what most people thought when digital technology first started to gain a foothold in the entertainment business. Chris Anderson's "long-tail theory" was very popular. Anderson argued that when online channels enable View Details
- September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Teaching Note
House of Tata, 1995: The Next Generation (A) TN
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Catherine M. Conneely
Teaching Note for (9-798-037).
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- March 1995
- Supplement
The Black & Decker Corporation (C): "Operation Sudden Impact" Results, 1992-94
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the initial results of Black & Decker's strategy in the United States.
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Product Positioning;
Competition;
Globalization;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J. The Black & Decker Corporation (C): "Operation Sudden Impact" Results, 1992-94. Harvard Business School Supplement 595-061, March 1995.
- April 1987 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Winchell Lighting, Inc. (A)
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Designed to teach students how to trace marketing costs to products.
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Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Winchell Lighting, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-074, April 1987. (Revised October 1989.)
- March 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Supplement
The Black & Decker Corporation (B): "Operation Sudden Impact"
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes Black & Decker's strategy for the tradesmen market.
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Product Positioning;
Competition;
Globalization;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Dolan, Robert J. The Black & Decker Corporation (B): "Operation Sudden Impact". Harvard Business School Supplement 595-060, March 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
competition into one's own innovation system. Internal researchers must compete with external sources to meet the demands of the business, and business units must compete with outsiders to make use of...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
advantage in a world of impatient investors, restive employees, and demanding customers? Do they require leaders who have fewer answers, more questions, and a bias for testing...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
this volume of essays come about? What surprised you most in the array of research and insights you were able to assemble from your colleagues? Jones: The origins of the project lay with my current research on the worldwide evolution of...
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by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
Consumers in the United States are so increasingly into fresh, local, and carbon neutral that if someone figured out how to grow a tomato that could walk itself to the grocery store, they'd be a millionaire....
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- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
Red shoes can help you stand out at the office. Credit: iStock Welcome to January, dear readers! We at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge want nothing but the best for you in the new year. And for those of you who have made New...
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by Carmen Nobel