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- June 2012
- Case
GlaxoSmithKline in Brazil: Public-Private Vaccine Partnerships
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich and Ian McKown Cornell
Three years into a major public-private partnership between GlaxoSmithKline and Fiocuz, Brazil's principal health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK was selling its Synflorix vaccine (against pediatric... View Details
Keywords: Public-Private Partnerships; Business and Government Relations; Foreign Direct Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Globalized Firms and Management; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Brazil
Daemmrich, Arthur A., and Ian McKown Cornell. "GlaxoSmithKline in Brazil: Public-Private Vaccine Partnerships." Harvard Business School Case 712-049, June 2012.
- July 2004 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Sony EyeToy
By: Anita Elberse and Youngme E. Moon
In early 2004, less than a year after its launch, Sony's EyeToy, a unique video gaming concept, had become a tremendous success across Europe. Developed for use with Sony's PlayStation 2 console, the revolutionary technology allowed users standing in front of a small... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Software; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe
Elberse, Anita, and Youngme E. Moon. "Sony EyeToy." Harvard Business School Case 505-024, July 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
- 2016
- Chapter
Luxury Branding Research: New Perspectives and Future Priorities
By: Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Silvia Bellezza
Several major trends have changed the landscape for luxury brands. These shifts include the increasing role of technology (digital and mobile) as well as the use by consumers of alternative signals of status, such as wearing less prominently branded apparel, being less... View Details
Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener, and Silvia Bellezza. "Luxury Branding Research: New Perspectives and Future Priorities." Chap. 2 in Online Luxury Retailing: Leveraging Digital Opportunities: Research, Industry Practice, and Open Questions, 16–33. Philadelphia: Wharton School, Baker Retailing Center, 2016.
- 29 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Robots in the Boardroom
effective codes of business conduct. But technology isn't the only answer. Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity As companies adopt artificial intelligence to increase... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2014 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker
By: Tom Nicholas and Casey Verkamp
Samuel Colt not only perfected and patented the technology for a gun that could fire multiple times without reloading, but he also developed and applied early principles of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the nineteenth century,... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Positioning; Machinery and Machining; Production; Independent Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Casey Verkamp. "Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker." Harvard Business School Case 815-061, September 2014. (Revised March 2022.)
- June 1995 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Integron Incorporated: The Integrated Components Division (ICD)
A high-technology manufacturing company was recently given profit-and-loss "stand-alone" status by its parent. No longer a captive supplier, it must seek new markets for its technology and products on the outside world. Describes a benchmarking study by a group of... View Details
Upton, David M., Michelle Jarrard, and Laurie Thomas. "Integron Incorporated: The Integrated Components Division (ICD)." Harvard Business School Case 695-060, June 1995. (Revised April 1997.)
- Research Summary
Science-Based Business and the Business of Science
By: H. Kent Bowen
Science and technology can provide strategic advantage to companies' through differentiated products and processes. The focus of our research is on unusually productive and creative labs that are the sources of breakthroughs that create platforms for sustained... View Details
- December 2005 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
SchoolNet: Pursuing Opportunity beyond Federal Mandates
Settling into his seat on the train bound for New York, CEO Jonathan Harber reflected on the evolution of SchoolNet's position in the educational technology market and its important relationship with Philadelphia. Specifically, how could it transition from a project to... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Education; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Philadelphia
Childress, Stacey M., and Kristin Campbell. "SchoolNet: Pursuing Opportunity beyond Federal Mandates." Harvard Business School Case 806-050, December 2005. (Revised December 2008.)
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
General Scanning, Inc. (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Sean McClenaghan and Charles Tillen
General Scanning, Inc. was founded by Jean Montagu and Pierre Brosens, two MIT mechanical engineers with an interest in developing innovative products based on the early application of lasers. They invented proprietary technology for laser beam positioning and scanning... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Commercialization; Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, Sean McClenaghan, and Charles Tillen. "General Scanning, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-036, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- Teaching Interest
Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management (SCM) course builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on developing and producing products and services, SCM emphasizes managing... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
practices that act exactly as a new technology would, like advanced machinery might help companies increase output. Universal management practices can help increase a company’s productivity, just as View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- February 1988 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
Baxter Healthcare Corp.: ASAP Express
A continuation of the ASAP story described in American Hospital Supply Corp.: The ASAP System (A). As the industry and information technology have evolved, ASAP and systems like it have moved from strategic advantage to competitive necessity. Poses the issues of... View Details
Konsynski, Benn R., and Michael R. Vitale. "Baxter Healthcare Corp.: ASAP Express." Harvard Business School Case 188-080, February 1988. (Revised February 1991.)
- August 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
BlueVine Capital: Growth Factors
By: Marco Di Maggio and Nathaniel Schwalb
The start-up, BlueVine Capital Inc. (BlueVine), used data and technology to help finance small businesses via factoring and lines of credit. The case explains the small business financing market in mid-2010s, how CEO Eyal Lifshitz identified the opportunity for... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Business Startups; Small Business; Financing and Loans; Innovation Leadership; Strategy; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
Di Maggio, Marco, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "BlueVine Capital: Growth Factors." Harvard Business School Case 220-006, August 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- June 2022
- Teaching Note
Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-419. On October 7, 2020, Bespoken Spirits publicly announced it had received $2.6 million of seed funding for its “sustainable maturation process,” a process that could produce award-winning whiskeys in just days rather than years... View Details
- June 2005
- Case
Furqan Nazeeri and the IMTrader Spin-Out
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Brian DeLacey
Furqan Nazeeri is looking to spin out a promising set of products and technologies from an established financial services firm. Designed as an exercise in negotiation. Includes material from the original business plan, and it is possible to simulate a negotiation... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business or Company Management; Negotiation Process; Product Development; Technology Adoption
Applegate, Lynda M., and Brian DeLacey. "Furqan Nazeeri and the IMTrader Spin-Out." Harvard Business School Case 805-147, June 2005.
- July 2003
- Case
Deutsche Borse
Focuses on how Deutsche Borse's (the German stock exchange based in Frankfurt) acquisition of a 50% stake in Clearstream International, a company specialized in clearing, settlement, and custody of securities across borders, may or may not confirm its position as the... View Details
Chacko, George C., Vincent Dessain, Eli Strick, and Jose-Abel Defina. "Deutsche Borse." Harvard Business School Case 204-008, July 2003.
- August 2017
- Case
Data-driven Manufacturing: The Kutesmart System
By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai
The data-driven manufacturing system at this Chinese bespoke mens' suit manufacturer illustrates the use of information technology to support mass customization in a largely manual production environment. It contrasts sharply with some of the Industrie 4.0... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Garment Manufacturing; Mass Customization; Data-driven Management; Data-driven Manufacturing; Operations; Production; Product; Customization and Personalization; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Shih, Willy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Data-driven Manufacturing: The Kutesmart System." Harvard Business School Case 618-005, August 2017.
- March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change
By: Joseph L. Bower
Two cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case deals with the problems facing the head of a start-up division responsible for developing and bringing to market a new product based on technology deemed... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change." Harvard Business School Case 398-121, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- January 2023
- Article
Firm-Induced Migration Paths and Strategic Human-Capital Outcomes
By: Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Victoria Sevcenko
Firm-induced migration typically entails firms relocating workers to fill value-creating positions at destination locations. But such relocated workers are often exposed to external employment opportunities at their destinations, possibly triggering turnover. We... View Details
Keywords: Worker Relocation; Turnover; Firm-induced Migration; Smaller Towns; Employee Mobility; Geographic Mobility; Migration; Clusters; Employees; Geographic Location; Performance; Opportunities; Retention; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management
Choudhury, Prithwiraj (Raj), Tarun Khanna, and Victoria Sevcenko. "Firm-Induced Migration Paths and Strategic Human-Capital Outcomes." Management Science 69, no. 1 (January 2023): 419–445.
- December 2023 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Monsters in the Machine? Tackling the Challenge of Responsible AI
By: Paul M. Healy and Debora L. Spar
In November of 2022, the small tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot which quickly captured the public’s imagination—becoming the world’s fastest-growing consumer application within months of its release. Though observers from across... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technology Industry; United States; European Union; China
Healy, Paul M., and Debora L. Spar. "Monsters in the Machine? Tackling the Challenge of Responsible AI." Harvard Business School Case 324-062, December 2023. (Revised August 2024.)