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  • October 2007 (Revised March 2009)
  • Case

Engineering a Renaissance: The Launch of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Dean Venky of the newly launched School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is faced with a range of opportunities and challenges as he presides over the launching of a new school of engineering at Harvard University. His opportunities include an ample endowment, a... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Engineering; Leading Change; Product Launch; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alliances; Competitive Strategy
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  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

two youngest children, who were born with a rare and often fatal neuromuscular disorder. Watching its production was, alternately, an unreal, thrilling, and deeply emotional experience for the Crowley family. Less than a year after... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

developments in artificial intelligence are creating similar shocks to the economy – from new perspectives on value creation and value capture, to radical transformations of business and operating models.... View Details
  • Web

National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

changed the American marketplace. Over 240,000 miles of track laid across the country from 1830 to 1910 required the quick and efficient production of railroad equipment and supplies. This thriving new... View Details
  • 31 May 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

and mortar big box stores instead. Amazon, unburdened by such real estate, was easily able to mobilize Internet capabilities in order to capture a dominant share of a notoriously inefficient book retailing industry. It didn’t stop there. And now it is systematically... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 23 Aug 2006
  • Op-Ed

The Real Wal-Mart Effect

This opinion piece, first published in the New York Times in August 2005, has been updated by Pankaj Ghemawat for HBS Working Knowledge.Mighty Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail
  • 14 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

the business but can't lead. That's why the best CEO should be both an insider and an outsider, says Harvard Business School professor Joseph L. Bower in his new book, The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

    Benjamin (Ben) Creo

    Benjamin Creo co-teaches the Innovating in Health Care course alongside its founder, Prof. Regina E. Herzlinger. While many courses in healthcare innovation focus on where to innovate, this course focuses on how to innovate. Its four modules discuss how to evaluate... View Details

    • Person Page

    AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

    AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

    Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

    • October 2023
    • Case

    Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love

    By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
    Bob Hall, President of Green Gables Partners, evaluated whether to angel invest into an up-and-coming ski brand. As the son-in-law of the founder of Vera Bradley and having retired from a lengthy career on Wall Street, Hall was well-versed in both direct investing and... View Details
    Keywords: Family Office; Angel Investors; Direct Investment; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Small Business; Financial Strategy; Personal Finance; Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer Products Industry; Montana; United States
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    • 17 Jan 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

    supporting caregivers a critical talent management issue, according to a new report, The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs and Boost Productivity by Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs, by... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
    • 22 Aug 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

    and sharing 30,000 repair tips, Xerox saves an estimated $100 million a year through service operations efficiencies. The Eureka analysis also provides important information for new product design.6... View Details
    Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
    • Research Summary

    Overview of Research

    My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details

    • 16 Jan 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

    human decision making, motivation, and interaction, which of course have strong implications for what drives consumption and savings decisions, worker productivity and effort, and market exchange. Only rarely did he make deep links to... View Details
    Keywords: by Ann Cullen
    • October 2013
    • Supplement

    Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (C)

    By: Forest Reinhardt, Mayuka Yamazaki and G.A. Donovan
    The (A) case describes the launch of a new passenger vehicle in China, produced jointly by Nissan of Japan and by Chinese automaker Dongfeng. Early sales results following the April 2012 launch were disappointing and the joint venture's managers had to decide how to... View Details
    Keywords: China; Japan; Environment; Sustainability; Cross-cultural/cross-border; Competitive Strategy; Product Launch; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; China; Japan
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    • October 2013
    • Case

    Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (A)

    By: Forest Reinhardt, Mayuka Yamazaki and G.A. Donovan
    The (A) case describes the launch of a new passenger vehicle in China, produced jointly by Nissan of Japan and by Chinese automaker Dongfeng. Early sales results following the April 2012 launch were disappointing and the joint venture's managers had to decide how to... View Details
    Keywords: China; Japan; Cross-cultural/cross-border; Multinational Firms; Competitive Strategy; Product Launch; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Auto Industry; China; Japan
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    • 09 May 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

    up from 73 percent in 2008. Mikes and her colleagues first examined the banks' "risk management tool-makers." Often viewed as risk "compliance champions," these functional experts don't influence decisions directly. At first sight, they spend their days behind the... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking
    • Profile

    Ethan Li

    operating." And it opened up new questions for Ethan. "I realized there may be something limited about my skills and the way I think about things," he says. "I was developing breadth, but... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy
    • Profile

    Peter Gumulia

    out, during which you slowly develop your decision-making muscle and, more importantly, your very own leadership philosophy.” Peter’s eagerness to explore has already yielded new opportunities. Active in the... View Details
    • Web

    Business in Global Society - Alumni

    capitalism and developing a new set of tools so leaders can effectively tackle such issues as climate change and racial and socioeconomic inequities. ” Debora Spar Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of... View Details