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  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-018 Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies Authors:Erin M.Reid, Michael... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Sep 2012
  • News

What's the Big Idea?

  • 01 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

assistant professor of strategy at Harvard Business School. “If a CEO can trust his senior managers, he will be more willing to decentralize decision-making” "The bottom line is that whoever is in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 2006
  • Chapter

Competitiveness in Developing Economies: The Role of Clusters and Cross-Cutting Policies

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Competitiveness is high up on the policy agenda for countries around the world and at all stages of development. But while there is little disagreement that countries need to "upgrade their competitiveness"—even more so as the level of globalization is increasing—there... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Framework; Globalization; Policy; Growth and Development; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy
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  • 01 Jun 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

unfreezing a labor market that saw jobs going unfilled even as people were looking for work? Has it created a pool of “new” talent—that is, prospective employees with work experience seeking new career... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 09 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

high-growth companies, those with the greatest potential to create jobs. One challenge: geographic gaps across the United States. "Despite the fact that America has a very robust market for risk... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services
  • 19 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

In the debate over whether to increase or decrease the stringency of environmental regulations, the possibility that government agencies might use purchasing to stimulate View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • News

Amazon’s Prime Opportunity

  • February 2014
  • Teaching Note

The Slingshot: Improving Water Access

By: John A. Quelch
Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details
Keywords: DEKA; Dean Kamen; Coca-Cola; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Commercialization; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; North Africa; South Africa; Asia; South America
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  • 31 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

businesspersons are going to great lengths and great personal expense to put their stamp on commercial space travel and the so-called New Space sector, turning a very cold... View Details
Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace
  • May 1999 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Executive Health Group

Executive Health Group provides in-depth physical exams. Facing stagnant revenues, CEO William Flatley has to reposition his firm, strengthen the brand franchise, and grow share in an increasingly competitive health care environment. View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Competition; Health Care and Treatment; Brands and Branding; Health Industry
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  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

failure tolerance has an equilibrium price—in terms of an investor's required share of equity—that increases in the level of radical innovation. Financiers with investment strategies that tolerate early failure will endogenously choose... View Details
  • August 2007 (Revised February 2008)
  • Case

Gome Electronics: Evolving the Business Model

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Gao Wang, Fei Li, Tracy Manty and Waishun Lo
After 20 years of expansion, Gome Electronics has become China's largest consumer electronics retailer. It has opened stores in almost every province in China, acquired some of its competitors, and went public in Hong Kong. However, it has begun to experience a... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Distribution Channels; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Industry Growth; Marketing Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Product; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry; China
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  • June 7, 2016
  • Comment

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

By: John A. Quelch
In the marketplace, Brand Trump is authentic. It stands for aspiration and success, but more the ostentatious and flashy success that appeals to the newly wealthy, the entrepreneur, the outsider. For these consumers, brand Trump clearly delivers; Trump hotels, and... View Details
Keywords: Brand; Umbrella Brands; Political Brands; Political Campaigns; Successful Brands; Personal Brand; Demographics; History; Information; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Management; Marketing; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Value; Public Administration Industry; Public Relations Industry; United States
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  • 2012
  • Article

The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors

By: Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney and Christopher L. Magee
Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This article investigates the transaction networks of two large sectors in Japan at a single point in time.... View Details
Keywords: Transactions; Hierarchy; Industry Architecture; Innovation; Networks; Market Transactions; Vertical Integration; Industry Structures; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan
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  • 15 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

producing, and music marketing learning from her brother’s expertise. Regarding setting the go-to-market strategy for her music, Mendoza took advantage of her experience leading projects. She said, “I... View Details
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • Blog Post

On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul

you throughout your career and personal endeavors. What was the most valuable piece of advice offered by the alumni panel? The alumni gave countless pieces of advice to the prospective students. But the most important was: “Don’t... View Details
  • May 2007 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

The West German Headache Center: Integrated Migraine Care

By: Michael E. Porter, Clemens Guth and Elisa M. Dannemiller
Describes the joint efforts of the German health plan KKH and Essen University Hospital to develop an integrated practice unit (IPU), and the West German Headache Center's efforts to improve the quality of migraine care. Provides an overview of the German health care... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Industry Structures; Service Delivery; Integration; Health Industry; Germany
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  • 01 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive... View Details
  • March 2011
  • Supplement

International Lobbying and The Dow Chemical Company (PPT)

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
To be used with cases 710027 and 710028. View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Business Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry
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