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- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit "blind spot." While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota "strives to use its labor force in flexible, creative, and... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
marketing executive who had insightfully figured out how a just-emerging market was structured, had helped to shape a new product and service package that did an important job well for customers who had been nonconsumers, and so on. With... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
lead for offering a customer relationship management (CRM) solution as a Web-based service. Siebel, the leader in CRM packaged software sales, has to devise a strategy to compete with salesforce.com. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
pre-negotiate a harsh new "contingent" sanctions package with Congress and work to ensure buy-in from U.S. allies. The contingent sanctions should avoid the many deal-killing provisions of the recently defeated Menendez-Kirk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
charismatic CEO. The founders saw a profession in terms of using one's knowledge for the advancement of societal interest. What I found even more interesting was the legitimation and justification of CEO compensation packages and the... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
practices and sustainable products. They're the ones checking the packaging and labeling to ensure that there is a positive social and environmental impact message as well, specifically on consumer products. And they prefer to work for... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
is very human—frail. And, in fact, very few people graduate these days with any training of how to make a software package hard. There are people who learn how to do that and they write military systems, and even those aren’t perfect.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
West Coast microwave-tube manufacturing company with $3 million in annual sales. Because they felt only a large company would be equipped to enter an era of new technology, with creative bond-and-stock packages the two men raised capital... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Bridgespan’s advice on new funding models, which led to adding consulting services for developing revenue streams. In sum, says Bradach, “You need strategy. You need talent. You need funding. And Bridgespan has evolved to provide an integrated View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
U.S. market? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516117-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-039 Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
Buffalo. We would use the same basic steps to purchase a pen, generator, or a hammer. The point was to use new technology to take advantage of economies of scale. The executive committee for our company met one month to discuss changes that were needed in our View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
effective "career narrative"―a tool for packaging and sharing a professional's past achievements, long-term goals, and forward-looking needs through a compelling story. It focuses mostly on the ways junior professionals can... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
of the company, helped establish progressive policies to hire women and people of color. To all employees, the corporation provided opportunities for professional career advancement. It also offered a generous benefits package that... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
You have to have a major part of your value-add in hard-to-replicate areas that require expertise or experience that you can’t just buy off the shelf in some advanced design or manufacturing tool. An industrial design firm was recently showing me some of the new... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
on-demand programming. Priced at $39.99 per month, Hulu Live TV offered consumers a tremendous savings over traditional cable program packages and allowed subscribers to watch programs on Internet-connected televisions and a wide range of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
http://hbr.org/product/Via-Verde/an/214105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-517 Airgas, Inc. In 2013, Airgas was the market leader in packaged industrial gas distribution. Recent acquisitions had made it into a larger player in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
driven by China's insatiable appetite for raw materials. Then the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, brewing challenges for the world's biggest exporter of coal and iron ore. Prime Minister Rudd pushed for massive stimulus packages... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
stage start-ups with good ideas. With respect to the IRA, there is lots of opportunity for public/private partnerships, but both sides have to be flexible. When I was at the Department of Energy, I was responsible for deploying $11 billion of the stimulus View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
facing growing dissatisfaction with traditional cable packages and the rise of online streaming, was ripe for disruption, but would Apple be able to build a competitive offering? The automotive industry, with the rise of electric cars and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
513-044 From modest beginnings as a cashew trader in Nigeria, Olam, founded by Indian nationals in 1989, has grown into a leading global agricultural trading company, with annual revenues of $14 billion. The company recently has begun investing in farms and in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne