Managing Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

are wreaking havoc on the workplace. Reengineering, for example, destabilizes and changes the rules by which organizations operate, he says. "Many of these programs are actually designed to make life easier for top management without... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Think Locally, Act Globally

Issue Focus: The Global Manager Mittal Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Bringing Global Back Home In 1976, in India’s Punjab region, 18-year-old Sunil Bharti Mittal... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

May 1992
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Coordination in Split-Award Auctions

By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao

We analyze split award procurement auctions in which a buyer divides full production between two suppliers or awards all production to a single supplier, and suppliers have private cost information. An intriguing feature of split awards is that the equilibrium bids are... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Balance and Stability; Cost; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Production; Five Forces Framework; Supply and Industry; Situation or Environment; Information; Manufacturing Industry

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October 2008 (Revised October 2009)
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Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Alison Comings

Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation for environmental sustainability. In addition to preserving the "network marketing" nature of its sales channel... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Reputation

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01 Dec 2017
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Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

of years out of business school?” Management challenges include turnarounds, transactions, global expansion, reinvention, scaling growth, and career management. Field Course: US Behavioral Insights Professor Max Bazerman, Negotiation,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment settings: from lower middle market companies to mega-cap, from the United States to emerging markets, from... View Details

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

followed a detailed five-step process. The critical first step was coming up with ideas for possible experiments and then assessing and prioritizing them. Ideas were submitted by team members and by branch staff and were often inspired by reviews of past... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

20 Aug 2007
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HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

clear is that external information will never be the only driver for the business of a company. "We can't outsource our management decisions," as someone said. BP, for example, expanded into the Russian View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2011
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The Rankings Game

weight is assigned to the various answers. “I think people would be surprised just how different the methodologies are,” says Brian Kenny, chief marketing and communications officer at HBS whose office View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Aug 2022
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Comfort Zone

in places like the United States, will be able to manage their own journey from airport arrival to boarding—but that’s not yet the reality everywhere. In markets where people are just starting to travel,... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

paramount. "When you went to Harvard Business School, we really knew what we were talking about," he told alumni. "But in the new economy, just about everything we accepted about business is being questioned." Nolan, an expert on general View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

March 2008
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Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A)

By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, must decide whether to hire a CFO candidate. Previously, his company's book-keeping has been done by an uncle, who has mentioned that he may retire soon. Patel could hire his... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Family Business; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Diversity; Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Gujarat

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Mason Watson | MBA

and business: A few years ago, I worked for a marketing organization helping to develop tools to streamline member retailers' experiences. This is one of the first experiences where I realized the potential that technology has to impact... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau

company Mobley to offer an alternative: an affordable way to furnish a home with stylish, quality pieces with a lease of 3 to 12 months, without the burden of ownership. Mobley’s entrée to the $230 billion market for furniture and home... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

04 Jan 2016
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Making Things Right for Those Who’ve Been Done Wrong

helped clients gain market share.’ I wanted to look back on my career and say, ‘I did my part to make the world a better place.’ “I talked to a lot of people about work that they did and what they found satisfying, and I realized that the... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value

brands of premium cachet and the premium prices that come with it. “The same forces that cause the commoditization of products and services precipitate the commoditization of brands,” they continue. Fortunately, managers aren’t helpless... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

almost the size of Kuwait. What’s clear, though, is that while this city is rich relative to the rest of the country , its city managers were miserly when it came to building the ribbons of roads and rail needed to bind its residents... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

Successful Strategy Module 2 in the Management Control Systems series focuses on the basics of building a successful strategy. Topics in this module include a discussion of the distinction between corporate and business strategy; how to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne