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- June 1995
- Case
Northern Telecom and Netas (A): Turkey's Telecommunications Team
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum and Pamela A. Yatsko
The Turkish general manager of a successful telecommunications equipment-manufacturing joint venture between the Canadian company Northern Telecom and local partners in Turkey reviews the solutions to a crisis in 1989 and wonders whether the company will be able to... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Political Elections; Telecommunications Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Turkey; Canada
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Kalman D. Applbaum, and Pamela A. Yatsko. "Northern Telecom and Netas (A): Turkey's Telecommunications Team." Harvard Business School Case 395-087, June 1995.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena
which developing countries faced major liquidity problems. Draper later served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations—the second-highest ranking person in the UN—and CEO of the UN’s View Details
- March 2017
- Supplement
OXXO's Turf War Against Extra (B)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Annelena Lobb
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Mexico
Sandino, Tatiana, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, and Annelena Lobb. "OXXO's Turf War Against Extra (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 117-022, March 2017.
- 06 Dec 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' R&D Failures
Keywords: by Joshua Lev Krieger
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
another. Tire executives apparently assumed that the bias tire would continue as the dominant design, and this assumption was enacted through their company's well-honed new product development process which had produced a steady flow of... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
preliminary findings suggest that the profound economic metamorphoses taking place in Latin America's emerging economies have imposed dramatic changes on the competitive environment, compelling firms to develop new View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
long-run supply and demand conditions. In the short run, intense competition between private-equity groups may lead to a willingness to pay a premium for certain types of firms (e.g., firms specializing in tools and content for the Internet). This is unlikely to be a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
A Helping Hand for Health Care
The HBS Buffalo Club continued its tradition of sponsoring community leaders for HBS Executive Education courses by sending senior management teams from two of the area’s health-care providers to the School’s new Managing Health- care Delivery program. The three-week... View Details
- Web
Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
of the role will be dedicated to special projects assigned by the CEO or the VP of Strategy and Programming around investment strategy for the foundation, plus some organizational/operational View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- News
What Drives Growth in Midsize Firms?
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
India Research Center: Connecting HBS to South Asia
Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the fastest-growing major economy within two years, HBS’s presence in this dynamic South Asian View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
David Perry’s Green Revolution
decided to pursue something “that would make a positive difference in the world.” That’s when he found Indigo Ag, a company that is commercializing microorganisms that help plants grow. Indigo Ag’s scientists have identified microbes that confer resistance to drought,... View Details
- September 2004 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Tells the story of the Czech transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy, describing the first economic reforms, the fixed-exchange rate regime, and the voucher privatization. Also explains why, in the middle of the 1990s, the Czech Republic... View Details
Keywords: History; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit; Government Administration; Decisions; Economic Systems; Expansion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Developing Countries and Economies; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Czech Republic
Abdelal, Rawi E., Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-007, September 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
In 2012, two seasoned scholars shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on designing markets. Lloyd Shapley had developed theoretical methods to create stable matches in unstable markets. Alvin Roth had... View Details
- February 2019
- Case
Canibal—Play It Green!
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Joseph B. Fuller, Tonia Labruyere and Elena Corsi
In 2011, Canibal launched a machine that could sort and compress aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and cups. Users could play a jackpot-style game on the machine’s digital display, while disposing of their beverage containers and earning coupons or other rewards. The... View Details
Keywords: Sales Growth; Recycling; Start-up; Scaling; Market Selection; Sales; Marketing; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Segmentation; Product Positioning; Technology Industry; France
Cespedes, Frank V., Joseph B. Fuller, Tonia Labruyere, and Elena Corsi. "Canibal—Play It Green!" Harvard Business School Case 319-089, February 2019.
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Students Reach Out to Haiti
Several student relief efforts sprang up in the wake of February’s earthquake in Haiti. Partners In Health, which has been working in the country for over twenty years, was the beneficiary of choice for many of the first-year section... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
family of objectives that have been well studied in the literature for their fairness properties. We deal with the problem of selecting the appropriate objective from this family. We characterize the trade-off achieved between efficiency and fairness as one selects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- January 2013
- Supplement
Austal, Ltd. (B)
By: Willy Shih, Margaret Pierson and Dawn H. Lau
Austal, Ltd. was an Australian builder of high-speed passenger ferries. It had translated that expertise into a foothold in the defense market on the US Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed the... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Ship Transportation; Transportation Industry; Australia; United States; Alabama; Philippines
Shih, Willy, Margaret Pierson, and Dawn H. Lau. "Austal, Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-026, January 2013.