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  • August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
  • Case

Cisco Systems, Inc.: Acquisition Integration for Manufacturing (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright, Charles A. Holloway, Nicole Tempest and Christian G. Kasper
Describes the procedures and processes used by Cisco Systems in its acquisition of high-technology firms. Its goal is to retain key engineering talent and to leverage existing product development efforts, but to quickly merge acquired companies its own systems and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Leveraged Buyouts; Acquisition; Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Production; Activity Based Costing and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; England
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  • 23 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

your biggest buckets of cost and rethinking those strategically in ways that give your customers something they value," notes Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service
  • 10 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

leadership, be it leadership in business or politics. This changing context may have spurred an interest in, and help legitimate, the study of leadership. Q: What key learnings can managers View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 14 Dec 2007
  • Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

published prices. Facing commoditization and non-existent product innovation, some companies retreat to serving a progressively smaller niche of price-insensitive, service-oriented customers. Others with favorable View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch

    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management

      Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

      Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details
      • January 2011 (Revised July 2012)
      • Case

      Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change (Abridged)

      By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
      Arcadia Biosciences is seeking to introduce genetically modified rice to China that will lower farmers' costs and generate environmental benefits through reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology... View Details
      Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Intellectual Property; Genetics; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Climate Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
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      • 24 Nov 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: Nov. 24

      and Frances X. Frei Publication:Chap. 8 in Operational Control in Asset Management: Processes and Costs. 1st ed., edited by Michael Pinedo, 154-168. Denmark: SimCorp StrategyLab, 2010 Abstract This chapter... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 26 Oct 2020
      • Blog Post

      12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

      joined the Zoom call. When the user turned on their video, it was revealed to be a video stream of goats and horses (literally)! Matt Kinsella, Managing Director, had used a service called Goat-2-Meeting in... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
      • 11 May 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

      process redesign. Over the years, the CIO job has remained a hot seat in business and has, in turn, become a key management position in executing a company's competitive cost... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • 30 Mar 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

      tougher time getting work done than others. Whenever possible, managers should trust workers to make decisions about what they can and cannot accomplish, Neeley says. And View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 05 Dec 2019
      • Blog Post

      Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

      pivot into health care. Being based in Boston, HBS is at the center of world’s best health care ecosystem and HBS health care initiative is very active in advancing new ideas... View Details
      • February 2000 (Revised March 2000)
      • Case

      Owens & Minor, Inc. (B)

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
      After a manager at Owens & Minor, a national medical and surgical distribution company, proposes and develops a formalized activity-based pricing and activity-based management approach to sales and service provision, this case explore the outcome. View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Logistics; Distribution; Price; Supply Chain Management; Sales; Outcome or Result; Management Style; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      • 01 Oct 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: October 1

      by managers facing intertemporal decisions. We assess the association between different types of performance measures and the time horizon of business unit managers who have... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 30 Jun 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Are You Supporting Your B Players?

      high-performing organizations that cultivate all their employees, and offered advice on improving management skills. ...if you ignore [B players] long enough, they begin to see themselves as low performers.—... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • 15 Nov 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: November 15

      give students an opportunity to understand the creation of deferred tax liabilities (DTLs) and the life cycle of a DTL using an example based on the difference between Modified Accelerated View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 09 Feb 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

      Keywords: by Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson & Tiona Zuzul
      • 18 Apr 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Learning in Action

      employs: Bean typically structures these around an outdoor activity such as hiking or cross-country skiing. For example, when sales of the once best-selling Crest Hiker began to decline, L.L. Bean assembled groups of testers, product... View Details
      Keywords: by David A. Garvin

        Gerald Zaltman

        *Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
        Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
        University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91

        *Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
        MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; apparel; automotive; beverage; biotechnology; consumer products; entertainment; financial services; food; health care; marketing industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing; sports; telecommunications
        • Program

        Program for Leadership Development

        Program for Leadership Development has no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities. The Application Process... View Details