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Strategic Assets, Interdependence and Technological Change: An Empirical Investigation of Complementarity in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery
By: S. Thomke and W. Kuemmerle
Keywords: Strategy; Assets; Information Technology; Change; Information; Health; Pharmaceutical Industry
Thomke, S., and W. Kuemmerle. "Strategic Assets, Interdependence and Technological Change: An Empirical Investigation of Complementarity in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery." Academy of Management Proceedings and Membership Directory (2000).
- June 2024
- Article
Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy
By: Tina Highfill and Matthew Weinzierl
Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details
Highfill, Tina, and Matthew Weinzierl. "Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy." Acta Astronautica 219 (June 2024): 236–242.
- August 1997 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A1): The Profiling Process and Creation of the Future Model
By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
Beer, Michael, and Gregory C. Rogers. "Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A1): The Profiling Process and Creation of the Future Model." Harvard Business School Case 498-012, August 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
- Web
Credits - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Credits Curator: Melissa Banta Website Design & Production: Alex Taylor, Big Ring Design... View Details
- September 2010
- Article
Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers?
By: Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur and Ananth Raman
Firm-level sales forecasts for retailers can be improved if we incorporate cost of goods sold, inventory, and gross margin (defined here as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as three endogenous variables. We construct a simultaneous equations model, estimated... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Forecasting and Prediction; Distribution; Goods and Commodities; Cost; Public Sector; Profit; Mathematical Methods; Analytics and Data Science; Retail Industry; United States
Kesavan, Saravanan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman. "Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers?" Management Science 56, no. 9 (September 2010): 1519–1533.
- August 2000 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Sears, Roebuck and Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
This case is designed to familiarize students with the use of financial ratios. Two retailers, Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., have a very similar value for return on equity (ROE) in the 1997 fiscal year. Students use the information in the case and... View Details
Miller, Gregory S., and Christopher F. Noe. "Sears, Roebuck and Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 101-011, August 2000. (Revised January 2006.)
- December 1994 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Byrnes, Byrnes & Townsend: Case and Simulation
Designed to be used in conjunction with Patriot National Insurance Co. Discusses a suit brought by a woman client who was badly injured in an automobile accident and alleges that a proximate cause of the accident was faulty repairs on her car by a Patriot-insured auto... View Details
Hammond, John S., and Marjorie Corman Aaron. "Byrnes, Byrnes & Townsend: Case and Simulation." Harvard Business School Case 395-135, December 1994. (Revised October 1996.)
- May 2018
- Case
Harvest City: The Intelligent Procurement System Project
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ramiro Montealegre
The Harvest City case describes the implementation of a cloud- and IoT-based intelligent procurement system at a new convention complex in the U.S. Midwest. The decision to build a convention complex is a strategic initiative for this city and involves extensive use of... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Projects; Management; Decision Making; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Ramiro Montealegre. "Harvest City: The Intelligent Procurement System Project." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-507, May 2018.
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector
Many businesses are loath to share proprietary information with others, fearing it will undercut their long-term financial prospects. They view openness as a threat to innovation. But a new years-long study View Details
- September 1992
- Case
International Airlines
A frequent flyer for a large international airline encounters typical but recurring service problems. The marketing management of the company explores the use of information technology in understanding and dealing with the issues involved. Concepts of database... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communications; Information Technology; Customer Focus and Relationships; Air Transportation Industry
Jones, Thomas O. "International Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 693-045, September 1992.
- December 2002
- Article
The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Further Findings and a Reply to Symposium Commentators
By: Lucian Arye Bebchuk, John C. Coates and Guhan Subramanian
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, John C. Coates, and Guhan Subramanian. "The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Further Findings and a Reply to Symposium Commentators." Stanford Law Review 55, no. 3 (December 2002): 885–917. (Selected by academics as one of the "top ten" articles in corporate/securities law for 2003, out of 450 articles published in that year.)
- spring 1990
- Book Review
Review of Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry, by Richard F. Hirsh
By: Willis Emmons
Emmons, Willis. "Review of Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry, by Richard F. Hirsh." Business History Review 64, no. 1 (spring 1990): 184–186.
- 08 Nov 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Arbitration with Uninformed Consumers
- July 2006
- Article
The Architecture of Participation: Does Code Architecture Mitigate Free Riding in the Open Source Development Model?
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Kim B. Clark. "The Architecture of Participation: Does Code Architecture Mitigate Free Riding in the Open Source Development Model?" Management Science 52, no. 7 (July 2006).
- April 2023
- Article
The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’
In their Discussion Paper, Franzoni and Stephan (F&S, 2023) discuss the shortcomings of existing peer review models in shaping the funding of risky science. Their discussion offers a conceptual framework for incorporating risk into peer review models of research... View Details
Lane, Jacqueline N. "The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’." Art. 104707. Research Policy 52, no. 3 (April 2023).
- October 2014 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design
By: Ryan W. Buell and Andrew Otazo
The case describes IDEO, one of the world's leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape,... View Details
Keywords: Design Thinking; Innovation; Service Management; Service; Design; Service Delivery; Innovation and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Peru
Buell, Ryan W., and Andrew Otazo. "IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design." Harvard Business School Case 615-022, October 2014. (Revised January 2016.)
- January 1995
- Case
Oticon A/S: Consolidated
A condensed version of Oticon A/S: "Cogitate Incognito" ("Think the Unthinkable"; Oticon A/S Company Motto) & Oticon A/S: Project 330. In this case the presentations of the company, its products, competitive position, and use of information technology have been... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure
Hagstrom, N. Peter. "Oticon A/S: Consolidated." Harvard Business School Case 195-142, January 1995.
- May 2018
- Supplement
Abe on Womenomics, part 2: Women as Leaders – Policies & Exemplars: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015
By: Boris Groysberg
This video supplement is a lightly edited excerpt from a 2015 speech by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in which he describes Womenomics--policies and aspirations to promote greater economic participation by Japan's women, thereby promoting economic growth, greater... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Gender; Employment; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development; Working Conditions; Japan
Groysberg, Boris. "Abe on Womenomics, part 2: Women as Leaders – Policies & Exemplars: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-720, May 2018.
- October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Data Breach at Equifax
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Quinn Pitcher and Jonah S. Goldberg
The case discusses the events leading up to the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three U.S. credit reporting companies, the organizational and governance issues that contributed to the breach, and the consequences of the breach. The case supplement provides... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj, Quinn Pitcher, and Jonah S. Goldberg. "Data Breach at Equifax." Harvard Business School Case 118-031, October 2017. (Revised April 2019.)