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- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Fonterra to enhance its competitive position. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-453 Novartis: A Transformative Deal When Joe Jimenez became CEO of Swiss-based... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
well as new digital grocery startups? Most urgently, Amazon needed to plan AmazonFresh's next step. Should the company continue refining its business model in Seattle or expand to another city? What factors should it take into account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh-a power shift from its headquarters in London to an international... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Hurricane Katrina as a catalyst for the transformation of the public education system in New Orleans, President Sarah Usdin and CEO Matt Candler must adapt their strategy to respond to a continuously shifting local context. By 2008,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
contest. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54708 June 2018 Management Science Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged By: Lee, Clarence, Elie Ofek, and Thomas Steenburgh Abstract—We study... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
the conference still acquainting themselves with the basics of "the Net," Ilene Lang (MBA '73), vice president of Digital Equipment Corporation's connectivity software business unit, furnished essential facts and background at a March 21... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
(DMD) played a small role as a provider of high-end 2.5" disk drives. HP's management explored strategies for transforming DMD into the market leader, but other companies were already too firmly entrenched in the 2.5" drive... View Details
- Web
Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
conviction that "getting students out into the field was more effective than bringing the field into the classroom (in the form of cases)," Cruickshank writes, and many of the students "found themselves transformed by that experience." 19... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e., nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
problems that influence the ecosystem for business success: climate change, crumbling infrastructure, digital divides, health disparities, racial equity, public education, and firmer safety nets. There will undoubtedly be tightening of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
challenges facing Moleskine, an Italian-based consumer products company known for its oilcloth-covered notebooks once used by Ernest Hemingway and Vincent van Gogh. CEO Arrigo Berni and co-founder Maria Sebregondi aim to transform the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
at risk? Alvarez: In the worst shape are the stores that said: I can fix that. Maybe it's not fixable—maybe 80 percent of your products are now going to be sold online or in a digital format, like books. Barnes & Noble and Staples are... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
Reviewing a spectacular business failure, we often wonder why the CEO didn't see trouble coming. It was so obvious. Why didn't Digital Equipment Corp. CEO Kenneth Olsen see the PC as a threat to minicomputers? Did Coca-Cola's Roberto... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
on how to transform Line 1 into a driverless line without triggering a social conflict. After the shock of the 2000 Notre Dame de Lorette subway accident, in which a train derailed and caused 25 injuries in a Paris subway station, the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
an acquisition is to fundamentally change a company's growth trajectory. In those deals, the acquirer uses the target's business model as a platform for growth. Because the business models with the most transformative potential are often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
market for football apparel and footwear in 1994 to a formidable competitor to Adidas in 2008 (with revenues of over $1 billion for the sport). The case traces how Nike has gone about making this transformation and its activities at each... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Business School Case 518-030 Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad In March 2017, Elsa Pekmez Atan (MBA 2004), was wondering about the future of Enpara.com, a digital-only banking platform of QNB Finansbank. Since its launch in October... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
downloads, and other emerging digital media (such as Internet Protocol TV). BBC WW delivered its profits back to the BBC. Since 2004, BBC WW profits had more than doubled. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
non-university partners are associated with the Institute. Innovative and multi-disciplinary research projects are being carried out in diverse fields such as environmental monitoring, human/robotic communication, digital archaeology,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne