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- October 1996 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Presenting PenPoint (A)
Containing excerpts from Jerry Kaplan's best-selling book, Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, this case begins with Kaplan's idea for developing a handheld, pen-operated computer. It follows Kaplan, who becomes the CEO of GO Corp., as he goes on the road to sell his... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; United States
Ibarra, Herminia M., and Jennifer Suesse. "Presenting PenPoint (A)." Harvard Business School Case 497-030, October 1996. (Revised May 1998.)
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
hottest since record keeping began in 1940. Three of our classmates are on the leading edge of efforts to address the climate crisis, in the fields of bio agriculture, building renewable energy infrastructures worldwide, and creating... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Report
A Jobs Compact for America's Future
the companies that employ them on the right path. Kochan's call to action for U.S. corporations and business schools emphasizes apprenticeship programs, technology-education partnerships, infrastructure investments, and a host of other... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- News
Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce
tech incubator, Store No. 8. “I love the early stages of businesses,” Fleiss told the New York Observer. “I think it’s where I’m my best self and where I have the most value.” This time around, Fleiss has the infrastructure and resources... View Details
- August 3, 2022
- Article
How Will Amazon Approach U.S. Primary Care?
By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley Staats
Amazon has a playbook for reinventing businesses that it enters. It includes simplifying processes, experimenting to determine which new approaches work best, and continuously recombining its existing assets to come up with a better way to do things. It is likely to... View Details
Keywords: Amazon; Health Care; Technology; Primary Care; Health Care and Treatment; Information Infrastructure; Health Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Huckman, Robert S., and Bradley Staats. "How Will Amazon Approach U.S. Primary Care?" Harvard Business Review (website) (August 3, 2022).
- October 1997 (Revised January 1998)
- Teaching Note
Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A) TN ,The
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-196-091). View Details
- February 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Supplement
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 196-117, February 1996. (Revised June 1996.)
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power Episode 7 of Climate Stories focuses on Janice Tran and her first two years as CEO and co-founder of Kanin Energy. Trained as an accountant, the Canadian-born 35-year old daughter of Vietnamese refugees is driving... View Details
- April 2016
- Case
Detroit: On the Right Track?
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Manjari Raman
As this case opens in 2012, a cross-sector alliance to bring new rail transport to the Motor City seems about to collapse, and civic leaders have one last chance to save it. The case covers the rise of Detroit, the city’s devastating fall, and the ongoing potential... View Details
Rivkin, Jan W., and Manjari Raman. "Detroit: On the Right Track?" Harvard Business School Case 716-444, April 2016.
- Article
Pricing and Financial Resources: An Analysis of the Disk Drive Industry, 1980-88
By: J. Lerner
Lerner, J. "Pricing and Financial Resources: An Analysis of the Disk Drive Industry, 1980-88." Review of Economics and Statistics 77, no. 4 (November 1995): 585–598. (Symposium on Hedonic Methods in Industrial Economics.)
- September 2000
- Case
Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute (A)
Steve Briggs, a PhD biologist, is asked to propose a strategy to take global life-science giant Novartis into the rapidly expanding field of plant genomics. View Details
Keywords: Design; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Genetics; Infrastructure; Biotechnology Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
West, Jonathan, and Christian G. Kasper. "Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-010, September 2000.
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
for the challenge of educating and acquiring customers new to making large online purchases. But what the company didn’t expect was the absence of the infrastructure necessary to support e-commerce. Very quickly, Cahuzac realized that the... View Details
- January 1997
- Article
The Internet, Intel and the Vigilante Stakeholder
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "The Internet, Intel and the Vigilante Stakeholder." Business Ethics 6, no. 1 (January 1997): 18–29.
- February 1989 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Intel Corp.--1988
By: David B. Yoffie
In 1988, Intel had a spectacular year. However, Andy Grove, Intel's CEO, wanted to reevaluate the company's position in "systems"--Intel's OEM PC, boards, and supercomputer businesses. This case explores Intel's position in both the semiconductor industry and its... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Information Infrastructure; Customers; Performance Evaluation; System; Rank and Position; Semiconductor Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Intel Corp.--1988." Harvard Business School Case 389-063, February 1989. (Revised December 1991.)
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
the BRI is considered one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings ever conceived. It comprises a vast collection of development and investment projects stretching from East Asia to Africa to Europe. This signature foreign policy... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
blight, the StaRRcar was part of a public transit revolution that never was — but one that would help launch one of the weirdest and most politicized public infrastructure experiments of the 20th century. It’s an old idea that today, in... View Details
- September 1995 (Revised May 2002)
- Supplement
Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (B), The
By: V.G. Narayanan and James D Evans
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Narayanan, V.G., and James D Evans. "Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (B), The." Harvard Business School Supplement 196-092, September 1995. (Revised May 2002.)
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
for-profit, or “investor-owned,” entities, with the remaining 85 percent operated by municipalities themselves, the Environmental Protection Agency says that the U.S. water industry needs $500 billion of infrastructure investment over the... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers
programs like FSNE that take aim at statewide food policies, large-scale food operations, and regional food infrastructures to spark the innovations that have already begun to move the region closer to that goal. One such program is with... View Details