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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
companies, primarily in the computer and health-care realm. In the four decades since, Johnson has helped build the biotech industry and earned a reputation as a thoughtful... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices
- May 1995
- Teaching Note
Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (A) & (B) TN
By: David E. Bell
Teaching Note for (9-591-111) and (9-591-112). View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
believe, is why we saw the stock market sell off so dramatically on Monday. Investors fear a global slowdown in growth and a resulting negative impact on corporate profits. We... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Interactive Minds (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Consulting Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Christina L. Darwall. "Interactive Minds (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-072, November 1997. (Revised October 2000.)
- September – October 2011
- Article
The Manufacturer's Incentive to Reduce Lead Times
By: Santiago Kraiselburd, Richard Pibernik and Ananth Raman
It is generally a well acknowledged fact that, ceteris paribus, reducing the lead times between downstream and upstream parties in a supply chain is desirable from an overall system perspective. However, an upstream party (e.g., a manufacturer) may have strong... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Demand and Consumers; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Production; Supply Chain Management; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Kraiselburd, Santiago, Richard Pibernik, and Ananth Raman. "The Manufacturer's Incentive to Reduce Lead Times." Production and Operations Management 20, no. 5 (September–October 2011): 639–653.
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
when the economy was growing and stable years following the global financial crisis at the turn of the decade, with conditions that mirrored the US small business landscape today, Kim notes. Researchers... View Details
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
best nurture and encourage their industries against foreign competitors." We asked Reinert to discuss his book and some of its central ideas. Sean Silverthorne: How did... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2007
- Article
The Norwegian Aluminium Industry, 1908-1940: Swing Producers in the Hands of the International Oligopoly?
Storli, Espen. "The Norwegian Aluminium Industry, 1908-1940: Swing Producers in the Hands of the International Oligopoly?" Cahiers d'histoire de l'aluminium, no. 2 (2007): 11–26.
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
decisions were discussed and made. Then she moved to expand her risk management process throughout the bank. She handed out 10,000 booklets that presented the department's view and expertise in areas... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
consumer goods, jobs, and global markets. Since selling the company to Credit Suisse First Boston in 1998, Lemann and his partners, Carlos A. Sicupira (OPM 9, 1984) View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
as a major threat for startups and small companies; big companies have more financial resources and greater scale, market power, and brand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
market listing possibly as early as this year. “We have to look for new business beyond Singapore, but we can’t do that as a pure government agency,” Khoo explains. “We’ve had a tremendous change in the scope of our mission View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
the after-tax returns from his twelve-month retention bonus, $742,006.40, to "organizations that are helping people who are suffering from the global downturn." He did this instead of returning the money to AIG, as its CEO,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- July 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Petstore.com
Petstore.com is one of four contenders for leadership in the highly competitive online pet supply business. Petstore.com faces decisions regarding potential merger partners and how to brand its service within the website managed by its ultimate merger partner,... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Petstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 801-044, July 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
solutions, says Koning, who studies the ripple effects that occur when entrepreneurs fail to harness new advice, skills, or marketing opportunities. It’s difficult to shake the gravitational pull of sameness View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 20 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
an engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- Profile
Tony He
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
commercial hub. Q: On the larger topic of Africa, which appears to have been left behind in the globalization movement, where do you see Africa heading over the next twenty years, in terms of economic development? A: Hopefully, the next... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
which international, domestic, civil society, and market institutions promote supply chain factories' adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne