Publications

January 2024
Case

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)

By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney

In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine... View Details

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

Forces. He had at his disposal a large part of the $600-plus billion Department of Defense budget and some of the most inventive people at DARPA, the DoD’s research arm, and other places. And yet he still began a startup outside the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

September 2010 (Revised October 2014)
Teaching Note

Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One - Multimedia

By: Anette Mikes

Teaching Note for 110-707 View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Climate Change; Adoption; Perspective; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Renewable Energy; Capital Budgeting; Managerial Roles; Problems and Challenges; Energy Industry

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

tenants to pay the cost of utilities, which reduces a landlord's incentive to invest in LEED, or in other energy efficiency capital expenditures. However, government lessees are attractive to landlords because they come with predictable View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

varieties, we show that there is no pure strategy symmetric price equilibrium in general (for n > 2 with linear transportation costs). In turn, if the limitation on the number of varieties consumers purchase comes from a budget... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Boston predict which places might be violating public health regulations. And it is working with an education nonprofit in Watertown, Mass., Education Resource Strategies, to study how school districts spend money. "The outcome is that this nonprofit can take a school... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

better off providing moderate levels of resources—not too much and not too little—to research teams. "If the budget is too small, there is little possibility of creating new products," says Ahuja. "But if it's too high,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

innovations on their own, the entire corporate R&D budget would now be dedicated to producing breakthroughs. Bradley knew that attempting to manage these projects under the constraints of the old organization would not work.... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

November 1994
Case

VideoGuide, Inc. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green

VideoGuide is emerging from a development stage start-up and requires a significant capital infusion to commercialize its product. Various financing options are considered including going public, venture capital, private placement, or a strategic partner. Given the... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Capital; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Going Public

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

company could hope to offer any customer. Beyond the daunting technology, Bronner's notion also depended on persuading national partners to direct their marketing budgets toward this kind of unproven customer reward. And meeting both... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

influence didn't extend beyond their own remit into firm-wide budgeting or strategizing for other business areas. So this risk function was incapable of promoting risk managers toward the organizational role of frame-maker. Mikes says the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

learned" manual to apply to the 757 and 767 models. Allegheny Ludlum, meanwhile, continuously experiments with its steel products, interpreting and applying the results, while allowing work teams freedom from departmental budget... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

will be a natural counterbalance to the slowdown in industry. Second, China is in good shape from a fiscal standpoint. They have a budget deficit target of 2.3 percent this year, but are currently in surplus. Third, they still have... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

17 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

online ad budget is spent on search advertising, which is more effective than banner advertising at driving traffic. The ability to place your ad on the screen exactly where someone is searching for information is profound. And with... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

June 2024
Case

Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project

By: Richard S. Ruback, Matthew Preble, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

Vinalhaven is an island community located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Maine. The island has a year-round population of about 1,300 people as of 2022, with an additional 3,000 people who reside on the island in the summer months. The two largest industries... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Natural Environment; Weather; Sustainable Cities; Forecasting and Prediction; Construction; Property; Infrastructure; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Project Finance; Negotiation; United States; Maine