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  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

  Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    James I. Cash

    Professor Cash received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas Christian University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; computer; e-commerce industry; financial services; health care; information technology industry; software
    • October 1984
    • Case

    NIKE (D): Leisure Shoes

    Focusing on middle manager Harry Leidboldt, this case presents a clear-cut strategic issue--should Nike move into the leisure shoe business? The teaching objective is to first view the decision as a business problem--can Nike succeed in this business? and secondly, to... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Expansion; Marketing Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Teams; Product Development; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry
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    • March 2001 (Revised March 2002)
    • Background Note

    Service Recovery

    Discusses the value of service recovery to service organizations working to enhance customer loyalty. Also provides practical advice to managers and examines strategies proven helpful to service organizations in their recovery objectives. View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Service Industry
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      Michael Beer

      MICHAEL BEER

      Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

      • July 1993 (Revised September 1994)
      • Case

      Millipore New Product Commercialization: A Tale of Two New Products

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Kevin Bartus
      Millipore, the worldwide leader in separations technology, was in the process of launching two key new products: one a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometer and the other a virus separation membrane. The case documents the product development and commercialization... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product Launch; Product Development; Commercialization
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      • 05 Nov 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: November 5

      Publications August 2013 John Wiley & Sons International Strategy and Competition By: Collis, David Abstract—This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies that compete internationally... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Program

      The Women's Leadership Forum

      conditions Expand your organization's ability to innovate, capture new opportunities, and build advantage Develop and implement new strategies Negotiate skillfully inside and outside your company Become a more effective leader Address... View Details
      • April 2012
      • Case

      Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)

      By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
      The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its... View Details
      Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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      • November 2010
      • Case

      Morgan Asset Management

      By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah Abbott
      It is 2010 and Guillermo Araoz, the equity research director at Morgan Asset Management (MAM), is considering his research budget for the year. Due to recent declines in the equity markets and MAM's sale of its mutual funds business, MAM has seen a decline in its... View Details
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Resource Allocation; Research and Development; Financial Services Industry
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      • March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
      • Case

      Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, Sydney Ribot and Mary Saunders
      Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions to green-building conundrums through consulting, research, and policy-related activities. Emphasis is placed on the... View Details
      Keywords: Integrated Design; Entrepreneurs; Creative Industries; CONSULTING Firms; Energy; Design; Governance; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Labor; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Research; Strategy; Value; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)
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      • April 1997 (Revised February 2002)
      • Case

      Europe in 1996

      By: Huw Pill and Effie Anagnostopoulos
      Describes the process of economic and political integration in Europe in the period since 1945. The main issues discussed are: the common market; the single market; economic and monetary union; EU enlargement encompassing the former centrally planned economies; and EU... View Details
      Keywords: Integration; Trade; Macroeconomics; Europe
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      • Program

      Senior Executive Program—Africa

      to lead effectively and help your organization achieve ambitious goals. Design an effective strategy for business growth in an African context—within your country or across borders Differentiate your offerings and deliver more value to... View Details
      • May 1995
      • Case

      Hannaford Brothers: Leading the Grocery Channel Transformation

      The merchandising manager of a supermarket chain leads an effort to reorganize the process of buying and delivering products from manufacturers to their warehouse for further distribution to stores. The company is an early mover in implementing efficient consumer... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Supply Chain Management; Distribution Channels; Customer Focus and Relationships; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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      • 06 Dec 2010
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

      area, where strategy is set, core product and process technology are maintained, and a critical mass of sophisticated production and service activities reside. Seeing economic and social issues as separate... View Details
      • November 1999 (Revised February 2000)
      • Case

      Woodland Partners: Field of Dreams?

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Theodore D. Seides
      Elizabeth Lilly, Richard Rinkett, and Richard Jensen are pondering whether to launch a new investment management firm and, if so, what growth strategy to chart for the potential firm. View Details
      Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Decision Making; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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      • 28 Apr 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: April 28

        Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • June 2024
      • Case

      Growing Foodology into Latin America's Largest Platform for Virtual Restaurants

      By: Jorge Tamayo, Rembrand Koning and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
      This case delves into the expansion strategy of Foodology, a cloud kitchen startup based in Bogotá that operated across four Latin American countries (Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru). Co-founders Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero (both HBS, 2019) grappled... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Food; Digital Platforms; Product Launch; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Business Model; Business Startups; Profit; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia; Brazil; Mexico; Peru
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      • 2011
      • Case

      The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects

      By: Thomas H. Davenport, Stijn Viaene and Annabel Van den Bunder
      Managers have used business analytics to inform their decision making for years. And while few companies would qualify as being what management innovation and strategy expert Thomas H. Davenport has dubbed "analytic competitors," more and more businesses are moving in... View Details
      Keywords: Analytics; Business or Company Management; Information Management
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      • December 1994 (Revised July 1996)
      • Case

      USSR 1988, The: The Search for Growth

      For decades after the revolution of 1917, Communist Party leaders claimed that the socialist economic system was superior to the capitalist system on both moral and economic grounds. By 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Soviet Union
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