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- January 2017
- Case
Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details
Keywords: Danaher; Fortive; Larry Culp; Beckman Coulter; Pall; Life Sciences; Diagnostics; Environmental Operations; Water Management; Dental; Testing; Measurement; Fuel; Fleet Management; Automation; Toolmaking; Tools; Disease Management; Continuous Improvement; Toyota Production System; Divestiture; Spinoffs; Spin-off; Networks; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Engineering; Chemicals; Construction; Machinery and Machining; Profit; Revenue; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Business History; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Systems; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Measurement and Metrics; Logistics; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Wastes and Waste Processing; Science-Based Business; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Value; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; District of Columbia
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017." Harvard Business School Case 717-464, January 2017.
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
the research problem, at this point. I’m the subject and I’m the researcher. I’m like a perpetual-motion machine of happiness research.” In this conversation with the HBS Alumni Bulletin, Brooks talks about... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- Profile
Jean Luo
things and see how I liked entrepreneurship.” As early as November in her RC year, Jean began Outdoor Pass, an application that uses machine learning and social graphs to help... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
country’s nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. The researchers studied employee emails and attachments before and during a nine-week period using machine learning View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- Web
Health Care - Faculty & Research
ensure the AI factory could continuously refine the technology to improve decision-making in dental practices. Keywords: AI ; Adoption ; Diagnostics ; Organization Design ; Change Management ; Disruption ; Transformation ; Health Care and... View Details
- Web
Leadership - Faculty & Research
roadmap and company priorities. Keywords: AI and Machine Learning ; Technology Adoption ; Entrepreneurship ; Leadership ; Health Industry ; Telecommunications Industry ; United... View Details
- January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
To transform IBM for the next technology wave, Ginni Rometty, who became CEO in 2012, led divestment of declining businesses, made acquisitions in digital innovation and cloud computing, formed partnerships with former competitors such as Apple and tech startups, and... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Technological Change; Artificial Intelligence; Data; IBM; Watson; Internet Of Things; Innovation and Invention; Management; Sales; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Transformation; AI and Machine Learning
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson." Harvard Business School Case 317-046, January 2017. (Revised March 2017.)
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
our own limited intelligence, it can be very positive. Each one of us has great brain power, but it's limited in certain ways. It's very hard for us to look at massive amounts of data and detect patterns, for example, but View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bundle?
over time, especially if you're a monopolist." And in fact, there may be other factors that tempt consumers to hold off on purchasing a new product. For example, people who bought video game machines when... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- June 2023 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies
By: Joseph Pacelli, Jillian Grennan and Alexis Lefort
Fama Technologies is an online screening company that uses AI to analyze job applicants' publicly available online content for signs of risk and culture fit. The case opens with Ben Mones, founder and CEO, looking to secure funding from venture firms. He is running... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; AI and Machine Learning; Social Media; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
Pacelli, Joseph, Jillian Grennan, and Alexis Lefort. "Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 123-010, June 2023. (Revised July 2023.)
- 30 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date
hand-labeled six different types of questions: introductory, mirror, full-switch, partial-switch, follow-up, and rhetorical questions. Forty-four percent of the questions—more than any other type—were follow-ups. Based on the hand-labeled... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- October 2021 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
SmartOne: Building an AI Data Business
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Pippa Armerding, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais
The case opens in August 2021, as Habib and Shahysta Hassim, husband and wife co-founders of the data labeling company SmartOne, contemplate the strategy of the high growth company. Between 2016 and 2021, SmartOne had kept doubling its size every two years and now,... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Labeling; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Operations; Business Model; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Africa; Madagascar; Europe; France; United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Pippa Armerding, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Fares Khrais. "SmartOne: Building an AI Data Business." Harvard Business School Case 622-059, October 2021. (Revised September 2022.)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
- March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Accelerating AI Adoption in the U.S. Air Force
By: Maria P. Roche and Alexander Farrow
In August 2022, the Pentagon tasked U.S. Air Force Captain Victor Lopez to launch a new office for AFWERX, an Air Force innovation unit that leveraged commercial developers and military talent to acquire advanced technologies. This task was particularly arduous because... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; AI and Machine Learning; Adoption; Technology Adoption; United States
Roche, Maria P., and Alexander Farrow. "Accelerating AI Adoption in the U.S. Air Force." Harvard Business School Case 723-429, March 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Activity-Based Costing
machine is available to work 40 hours per week, its practical full capacity is 32 to 35 hours per week. Typically, managers would allot a lower rate—say 80 percent—to people, allowing 20 percent of their time for breaks, arrival View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
application of machine learning to undertake facial and text analysis of CEM interviews. Keywords: Emerging Economies ; Oral History ; Emerging Markets ; Business History ; Research Citation Read Now Related... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
We can be forgiven, especially this time of year, for questioning a decision our predecessors made just over a century ago. In the 1910s, Americans decided to make personal and corporate income taxes a permanent feature of the United... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
wide array of questions about computing, communication, and Internet markets. Research Open Source Machine Learning at Google , Harvard Business School case, 2023. With Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viegas,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)
cleaning sewers and servicing machinery as a mill foreman), but that on-course connection helped him land a position at Adams in 1998, where he rose to CEO in 2002. In 2012, Brewer was named president View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Joel Hurd
Coming to HBS is like Getting tossed in the fanciest washing machine on earth with the “heavy duty” and “extra spin cycle” settings selected. What is your most memorable classroom moment? I once argued very... View Details