Publications

May 2019
Case

Mobileye Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

Mobileye was an Israeli company, officially headquartered in The Netherlands, which was a Tier 2 supplier to the global automobile industry. This short case updates Mobileye's business performance and strategy, following the acquisition by Intel in 2017. View Details

Keywords: Driverless Car; Competitive Advantage; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Technology; Auto Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Technology Industry; Israel

February 2020
Case

Intellectual Ventures Update 2020

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

After raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture (IV) was confronted with a changing legal environment. After a number of important legal decisions, including the Supreme Court's so-called "Alice" decision, IV had to shift strategy. IV sold off... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Business Model; United States

May 2021
Case

Roku 2021

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

This case is used to explore the strategic concept of "look forward, reason back." Roku in 2021 is trying to figure out the future of television and streaming media. Students are asked to provide a vision for television and streaming media (that is, Look Forward) by... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Forecasting and Prediction; Decision Choices and Conditions; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Media and Broadcasting Industry

December 2019
Teaching Note

Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS No. 720-400. View Details

Jul 2012
Conference Presentation

We're Halfway There? A Closer Look at Midpoint Transitions in Small Task Groups

By: Sujin Jang, Colin M. Fisher and J. Richard Hackman

Aug 2012
Conference Presentation

Why, When, and How Task Groups Transition

By: Sujin Jang, Colin M. Fisher and J. Richard Hackman

2013
Working Paper

We're Halfway There? Transitions and Creativity in Work Teams

By: Sujin Jang, Colin M. Fisher and J. Richard Hackman

June 1995 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Wal-Mart in East Asia

By: David B. Yoffie and Richard Seet

Discusses Wal-Mart's entry strategy in East Asia, specifically Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and China. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Trade; Expansion; Retail Industry; East Asia; Singapore; Japan; Hong Kong; China

November 1995
Course Overview Note

Reengineering the Organization, Course Overview and Syllabus

By: Richard L. Nolan and Donna B. Stoddard

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring

1989
Chapter

Permanent Homelessness in America?

By: Brian Hall and Richard B. Freeman

Keywords: Social Issues; Poverty; Housing; United States

June 1987
Article

Permanent Homelessness in America?

By: Brian Hall and Richard B. Freeman

Keywords: Social Issues; United States

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

PublicationsFood for Thought? Trust Your Unconscious When Energy Is Low Authors:Maarten Bos, Ap Dijksterhuis, and Rick B. Van Baaren Publication:Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics 5, no. 2 (May 2012) Abstract Recent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2001
Exercise

Working with Your "Shadow Partner": Building a High Tech Investment Portfolio

By: Dwight B. Crane and Richard L. Nolan

Team-based exercise designed to illustrate the use of the Internet directly by executives. Requires going on the Internet to search for information required to construct a high-tech investment portfolio. View Details

Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Groups and Teams; Internet and the Web; Information Management

August 1997 (Revised March 1999)
Case

VeriFone (1997)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Anne Donnellon and Donna B. Stoddard

VeriFone, a leading manufacturer of payment systems technology, was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in June 1997. The case describes the strategic challenges that VeriFone faces as it positions itself to compete in the Internet payment systems marketplace. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Internet; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry

March 2015 (Revised September 2016)
Case

Terrapin Laboratory

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Joseph B. Fuller

Describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug treatment center business. The associated teaching materials provide students the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Strategy; Market Entry; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Expansion; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Business Startups; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry

July–August 1989
Article

The Service Factory

By: David A. Garvin and Richard B. Chase

May 1995 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Internationalizing the Cola Wars (B): The Battle for India

By: David B. Yoffie and Richard Seet

Analyzes the tactical battle of the cola giants in India. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Globalization; Food and Beverage Industry; India