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  • January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
  • Case

IBM and Siemens: Revitalizing the Rolm Division (A)

By: Ashish Nanda, Antonio Davila and Georgia Levenson
The case opens with a discussion of the evolution of the private branch exchange industry in the 1970s and 1980s. It follows the path of Rolm from an independent company to an IBM acquisition and its problem as an IBM division. Then describes Siemens' growing interest... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Restructuring; Joint Ventures; Negotiation Participants; Business Divisions; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

experience increases in interest rates, a devaluation of the currency, and, eventually, a restructuring of the country's debt. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212091-PDF-ENG Fighting Corruption at Siemens Paul... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Jun 2015
  • News

A firm's approach to corruption depends on the individual running it

  • 13 Nov 2020
  • News

Belgium’s reckoning with a brutal history in Congo

  • June 2008 (Revised October 2008)
  • Case

AREVA T&D

By: Ananth Raman, Vincent Marie Dessain, Ane Damgaard Jensen and Gudrun Urfalino Kristinsdottir
The case explores the rapid and highly effective turnaround at AREVA's transmission and distribution (T and D) business by focusing on the division's operations. The division was struggling in 2004 when newly-appointed CEO Philippe Guillemot and his team improved... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability
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  • May 2009 (Revised June 2009)
  • Case

Areva

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Areva, the world's market leader in civilian nuclear power, was positioned to take advantage of the resurgence of nuclear power. However, three issues clouded the positive outlook: (1) a 1.7 billion euro loss on the construction of the first next generation nuclear... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Financial Statements; Energy Generation; Cash Flow; Investment; Energy Industry; Europe
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  • 30 Nov 2018
  • News

Be a disruptor to avoid disruption

  • September 2014
  • Case

Radiometer, 2013

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2013, Radiometer continued to lead the world in blood gas analysis equipment and accessories, selling direct and through distributors to hospital central laboratories, point-of-care locations, and non-hospital medical locations. Founded in 1935 and based in Denmark,... View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices; Medical Equipment ＆ Devices; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Family Business; Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Denmark; United States
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  • July 2008 (Revised June 2012)
  • Case

Corruption in Germany

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
Why do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay? When do friendly relations cross into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Law; Managerial Roles; Practice; Conflict of Interests; Germany
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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

Bridgestone/Firestone (2000), related party transactions and accounting fraud at Enron (2001), accounting fraud at WorldCom (2002), corrupt payments at Siemens (2007), mortgage lending abuses at Countrywide Financial (2006) and Wall... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

infrastructure fund (HY24) to kickstart the global hydrogen ecosystem. In addition to serving on the board of Gentari Sdn Bhd, he is an advisor to OGCI Climate Investments, Siemens Energy Ventures, and Clean Energy Ventures. He is also a... View Details
  • Web

Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Structures Dominate?” (2010). Alan D. MacCormack : Received an IBM Corporate Research Gift in 2010. Alan D. MacCormack : Received a Siemens Corporate Research Grant ($80k) in 2010 for exploring the impact of software design choices on the... View Details
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

production to low-cost countries faster than European competitors such as Philips and Siemens while also benefiting from greater scale economies. But even the best management can get only so far in melding the two strategies. Acer, one of... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 20 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

Westinghouse, and AT&T), and Telefunken (a joint venture of the two European leaders, Siemens and AEG). After World War II knocked out Telefunken, RCA took the lead in commercializing television worldwide. It was then solely... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products
  • Career Coach

Jessica Mbaeliachi

Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. Jessica started her career at GE Healthcare, as a product design engineer. She then went on to join the company's healthcare delivery consulting practice. Upon graduating from HBS, Jessica joined View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Health Care
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Carlos Reines Gonzalez

    career in digital health at Siemens Medical in Pennsylvania. He obtained his Engineering degree at the Polytechnic University in Madrid, Spain; with specialization in Biomedical Engineering at the Technical University of Delft in the... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Health;#43;#Healthcare;#57;#Public Health & Global Health;#53;#Media & Publishing;#29;#Entertainment

      Alfred E. Mann

      Mann was a prolific inventor who developed many lifesaving medical devices including the rechargeable pacemaker which formed the basis of the successful Pacesetter company. Mann continued to perfect the pacemaker and developed other biomedical devices. Though he sold... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare

        Carlos Reines

        telecom companies in the world. He began his career in digital health at Siemens Medical in Pennsylvania. He obtained his Engineering degree at the Polytechnic University in Madrid, Spain; with specialization in Biomedical Engineering at... View Details
        • 15 Nov 2016
        • News

        Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

        HBS professors Ramon Casadesus‐Masanell, left, and Sunil Gupta, listened to a presentation about the layout of the Siemens Electronikwerk Amberg manufacturing facility during the faculty immersion in Munich. (photo by Willy C. Shih) The... View Details