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- November 1987 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Ethyl Corp. in 1979
Describes the competitive situation facing the market leader in antiknock additives, the Ethyl Corp. Demand is declining rapidly and Ethyl has to decide whether to close capacity, and if so, how. Raises issues of corporate as well as SBU strategy because antiknock... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Corporate Strategy; Performance Capacity; Auto Industry; Chemical Industry
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Ethyl Corp. in 1979." Harvard Business School Case 388-075, November 1987. (Revised March 1990.)
- Web
Influencing Practice | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program brings together some 150 leaders of nonprofits from across the globe for an intensive six-day program designed to strengthen the capacity of nonprofit CEOs and executive directors to lead their... View Details
- June 1998 (Revised January 2002)
- Teaching Note
Baker Precision Instruments, Inc., TN
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Donald Rosenfield
Teaching Note for (9-687-052). View Details
- 1994
- Chapter
Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities
Leonard-Barton, D. A. "Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities." In The Perpetual Enterprise Machine: Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal through Successful Product and Process Development, edited by H. K. Bowen, K. B. Clark, C. H. Holloway, and S. C. Wheelwright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- 2009
- Article
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It
By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing... View Details
Keywords: Internet; Performance Capacity; Technology Networks; Market Transactions; Resource Allocation; Policy; Price; Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It." Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications 14 (2009): 95–106. (Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Science.) (Featured in Working Knowledge: When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses) (Circulated in 2008 as Running Out of Numbers? The Impending Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It.)
Erwin Kelm
Over the years, Kelm built Cargill, Incorporated into a $10 billion grain company handling more than 25% of America’s grain exports. He operated 600 plants in 38 countries, employed more than 24,000 people, and had grain elevators with storage View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 16 Oct 2017
HBS Information Session in Monterrey
This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board and the opportunity to ask questions to alumni. This is designed to... View Details
- 06 May 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Introductory Reading For Being a Leader and The Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model
- 20 Oct 2017
HBS Information Session in Mexico City (Evening Event)
This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board. Please register for this event as soon as possible as View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
when the economy was growing and stable years following the global financial crisis at the turn of the decade, with conditions that mirrored the US small business landscape today, Kim notes. Researchers analyzed data for 3,169 small firms that were pre-approved for... View Details
James F. Lincoln
Lincoln, as president of the world’s largest producer of welding equipment, pioneered the incentive wage system. Lincoln’s “Incentive System” rewarded workers according to their productive capacity and made the company the lowest cost... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 20 Oct 2017
HBS Information Session in Mexico City (Morning Event)
This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board. This is designed to be a gathering before most go to work or... View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 05 Sep 2018
- HBS Online
HBX Disruptive Strategy
Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time Worlds Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: September 5, 2018 - October 17, 2018 View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Inspection Panel for purposes of evaluation and redress. Taken as a whole, however, these successes have been decidedly limited. In particular, persistent problems in the timing, scope, content, and quality of consultation processes have often limited their View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 12 Oct 2017
HBS Women’s Information Session in Mexico City
This event is designed for prospective women applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board and the opportunity to ask questions to alumni. This is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
that Harvard Business School attracts a wide-ranging group of men and women who share one common trait: a capacity for leadership. Our promise to our faculty and to every student is to deliver the most diverse class—on multiple... View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 23 Jan 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Disruptive Strategy
Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: January 23, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details
- December 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Ponsse: From Finland to Global
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Finland-based Ponsse Oyj, with 2005 turnover of $250 million, is the only dedicated forest equipment company of size that remained in a consolidating industry. Competitors included global giants such as John Deere and Komatsu. Since his arrival at Ponsse in 2004, CEO... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Capacity; Expansion; Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Russia; Finland; United States; Brazil
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Ponsse: From Finland to Global." Harvard Business School Case 507-002, December 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Meeting an essential health care need in India
increasing capacity (more beds in less space) without compromising revenue or the care, comfort, and safety of patients. Since 2010, when Sundaram won the first annual HBS Alumni New Venture Contest, the company has grown from a staff of... View Details
- Career Coach
Grace Jemison
impact with the need to pay off student loans. She has been an operator in various capacities at these companies, and can share about what that experience is like, and the kinds of questions you should be asking. She’s happy to help with... View Details