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- September 2009
- Case
ZINK Imaging: 'Zero Ink™'
By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
"ZINK Imaging" describes the issues confronting CEO Wendy Caswell as she uses a partnership model to commercialize ZINK's disruptive printing technology platform, ZINK Paper. The case focuses on the frameworks ZINK has used to decide which markets to target and which... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Capital; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Horizontal Integration; Technology Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "ZINK Imaging: 'Zero Ink™'." Harvard Business School Case 810-050, September 2009.
- December 1992
- Case
Du Pont: Corporate Advertising for 1992
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Describes Du Pont's 1992 corporate advertising campaign, and its objectives and key messages. The campaign is set in the context of Du Pont's historical corporate positioning ("better things for better living"). Includes target audiences, budget considerations, and the... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Chemical Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Du Pont: Corporate Advertising for 1992." Harvard Business School Case 593-023, December 1992.
- 09 Jul 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences
- June 2024
- Article
Economics of Enhanced Methane Oxidation Relative to Carbon Dioxide Removal
By: Conor Hickey and Myles Allen
Mitigating short-term global warming is imperative, and a key strategy involves reducing atmospheric methane (CH4) due to its high radiative forcing and short lifespan. This objective can be achieved through methods such as oxidising methane at its source or... View Details
Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Research; Measurement and Metrics
Hickey, Conor, and Myles Allen. "Economics of Enhanced Methane Oxidation Relative to Carbon Dioxide Removal." Art. 4043. Environmental Research Letters 19, no. 6 (June 2024).
- October 2015
- Case
BandPage (A)
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Colin Maclay and Greta Friar
BandPage CEO James "J" Sider is about to receive results from BandPage's targeted advertising campaign on music streaming service Rhapsody and learn whether BandPage's strategy to improve ad click through rates and generate revenue has succeeded. BandPage, which began... View Details
Keywords: Digital Innovation; Digital Music; Digital Marketing; Mobile Marketing; Technological Innovation; Marketing Communications; Music Entertainment; Mobile Technology; Music Industry
Lakhani, Karim R., Colin Maclay, and Greta Friar. "BandPage (A)." Harvard Business School Case 616-015, October 2015.
- September 2016
- Article
Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market
By: Sonia K. Kang, K. A. DeCelles, András Tilcsik and Sora Jun
Using interviews, a laboratory experiment, and a résumé audit study, we examine racial minorities’ attempts to avoid anticipated discrimination in labor markets by concealing or downplaying racial cues in job applications, a practice known as "résumé whitening."... View Details
Kang, Sonia K., K. A. DeCelles, András Tilcsik, and Sora Jun. "Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market." Administrative Science Quarterly 61, no. 3 (September 2016): 469–502.
- August 2008
- Case
Progressive Corporation: Variable Dividends
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Brenda W. Chia
In 2006, Progressive Corporation announced a change in its dividend policy. Henceforth, dividends would be paid annually rather than quarterly and, more importantly, would be set according to a formula that would result in considerably greater year-to-year variability... View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Policy; Goals and Objectives; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Insurance Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Brenda W. Chia. "Progressive Corporation: Variable Dividends." Harvard Business School Case 209-004, August 2008.
- December 2007 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?
GI has developed a revolutionary video pill for imaging the small bowel in the gastro-intestinal tract. The development has required the integration of wide variety of technologies. GI founder and CEO Gabriel Meron must determine GI's marketing strategy and prioritize... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Globalized Markets and Industries; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States; Europe
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?" Harvard Business School Case 808-033, December 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
- March 1997
- Background Note
Asymmetric Information: Market Failures, Market Distortions, and Market Solutions
Presents a conceptual framework for thinking about markets characterized by asymmetric information. Presents the standard economic analysis of "the lemons problem," and demonstrates how asymmetric information may lead to market inefficiencies and alter the distribution... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy
Corts, Kenneth S. "Asymmetric Information: Market Failures, Market Distortions, and Market Solutions." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-100, March 1997.
- November 1978 (Revised December 1979)
- Case
Federal Express (C)
The Marketing Director for Federal Express, a fast growing freight airline specializing in small packages, must select a strategy to achieve a big sales increase for one of the company's services. First he must decide on the relative emphasis to place between... View Details
Lovelock, Christopher H. "Federal Express (C)." Harvard Business School Case 579-041, November 1978. (Revised December 1979.)
- 30 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Candidates Seeking Opportunities After Graduation: Lessons Learned
When HBS students imagine their graduation, many picture themselves with a mortarboard on their heads, a gown on their shoulders, and a job offer in their hands. Yet, as many as twenty percent of Harvard MBAs will graduate with their employment decisions still ahead of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 26 Nov 2012
- News
The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj Hotel
- 24 Oct 2016
- News
Apple Has Designs on Stifling Innovation
Vikram Gandhi
Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details
Keywords: financial services
- February 2010
- Case
Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise
By: Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the franchisees. In mid-2009, the Phirbol franchise was comprised of some 150 franchisees that had converted their small... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Innovation and Management; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Franchise Ownership; Value Creation; Telecommunications Industry; Delhi
Lal, Rajiv, and Natalie Kindred. "Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise." Harvard Business School Case 510-020, February 2010.
- Web
Capstone | MBA
go. Genetic engineering is one particularly promising type of therapy, in which patients’ own immune cells are altered to specifically target the cancer. This project described a next-generation approach to make this therapy more... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
towards those customers for whom the intervention will pay off, therefore increasing the value of customers while maximizing the return on the marketing efforts. Targeting effectively ultimately depends on the firm's ability to precisely... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Resumes & Cover Letters - Alumni
yourself to a prospective employer. It should be succinct, target an employer's needs, and distinguish you from your competitors. Before you get started, think about your strengths, weaknesses, personal preferences, and motivations. You... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
It Takes Two to Untangle: Illuminating How and Why Some Workplace Relationships Adapt While Others Deteriorate After a Workplace Microaggression
By: Summer R. Jackson and Basima A. Tewfik
Although scholars largely assume that workplace microaggressions negatively impact the work relationship between the target and the perpetrator, relational deterioration is not the only observable relational outcome. Indeed, there are instances of relational... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Motivation and Incentives; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution
Jackson, Summer R., and Basima A. Tewfik. "It Takes Two to Untangle: Illuminating How and Why Some Workplace Relationships Adapt While Others Deteriorate After a Workplace Microaggression." Academy of Management Review (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 10, 2025.)
- May 2007
- Article
Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance
By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." Journal of Financial Economics 84, no. 2 (May 2007): 266–298.