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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)
opportunity not only to serve his country but also to enrich his teaching and research, which focused on the management of large engineering development and construction projects. "It was the preeminent... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
management. That is, for example, roughly 20 percent of employees experience 80 percent of accidents on the job. And roughly 20 percent of customers provide 80 percent of sales. Focused strategies can be based on this kind of information.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- September 2005
- Case
IBM Network Technology (A) (Abridged)
An unconventional manager within IBM leads the creation of a business unit with multibillion-dollar potential, winning over customers and nudging the organization to make the changes needed to achieve dramatic growth. Exemplifies how organizational design and... View Details
- September 2010
- Teaching Note
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for 611009. View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- News
How Software Companies Can Enter the US Defense Market
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
becomes more important in the mix of what all organizations create, continuity—of leadership and among employees—may be as important as any other element of strategy. But just how much employee continuity is best for the development of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Fueling Innovation
for alumni ventures, and the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab for biotech and life science ventures. MBA PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS To prepare its students to lead, HBS is constantly refining the MBA Program, developing new courses and cases,... View Details
- Web
Creating the Modern Financial System - Course Catalog
and how they evolved. The course is ideal for students who want to deepen their understanding of real-world finance. Course Organization and Objectives The course content covers pivotal financial developments in a diverse set of View Details
- 02 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision
implications. In this excerpt, they discuss how corporate managers should consider the interaction of open source and proprietary on software they develop and use. Implications For Corporate Managers Be sensitive to the lack of a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
communities. The differences suggest how these two countries will develop further, how their paths will cross and diverge, what they can learn from and contribute to each other, and, ultimately, how they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
by focusing on bigger films that require a bigger commitment." Jeff Robinov believes in blockbusters and his strategy is to create more of them. The pharmaceutical and entertainment industries are similar. R&D costs in both are... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
quality across the country and across many independent franchisees, and being willing to respond to changing consumer tastes. One Shaich-schooled leader, John Maguire (AMP 180, 2011), left Panera in 2012 to take on the challenge of... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
"made in Belgium" brand position. Provenance paradox, a problem faced by companies in emerging countries trying to establish their brands in developed markets, had not become a problem for Yildiz... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)
Global Capitalism. This second-year course provides cases on entrepreneurs from many countries who were active in pursuits ranging from luxury watches to fashion, beauty, shipping, finance and information and communications technologies.... View Details
- Profile
Arjun Goyal
Coming from a family of doctors, Arjun Goyal anticipated a life in clinical medicine in his home country of Australia. But when his education directed him to a year of research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he... View Details
- January 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Joint Juice
Focuses on Joint Juice, a start-up in the new-age beverage category. The company has a patented formula for producing a glucosamine beverage, the only one on the market. (Glucosamine is a nutritional supplement believed to help rejuvenate joints and treat arthritis.)... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Corporate Strategy; Industry Structures; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Joint Juice." Harvard Business School Case 803-146, January 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316135-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-127 2012 Obama Campaign: Learning in the Field The development and utilization of an intentional Field learning View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2005 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Pharmaceutical Industry in 2005, The
By: John R. Wells and Elizabeth Raabe
The entire pharmaceutical industry faced uncertain times in 2005. Many of the industry's most pressing issues—patent expirations, new drug pipeline development, price pressures, regulatory issues, and political pressures—were long standing. Fundamentally new... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Research and Development; Framework; Change; Competition; Technological Innovation; Pharmaceutical Industry
Wells, John R., and Elizabeth Raabe. "Pharmaceutical Industry in 2005, The." Harvard Business School Case 706-423, October 2005. (Revised January 2021.)
- February 2002
- Supplement
Interview with Vittorio Merloni
By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Vittorio Merloni describes the evolution of leadership in his company, and the consequent improvement in its performance, as well as his thoughts on building a successful company in a very competitive industry. View Details
Keywords: Information; Leadership Development; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Competitive Strategy
Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Interview with Vittorio Merloni." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 302-814, February 2002.
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner