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- 26 Sep 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation
uncle, mother, or daughter is your business partner. Harvard Business School's John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra outline 5 ways to analyze and improve dealmaking and dispute resolution while protecting... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
interests of the corporation itself. As one of us responded in a recent interview with John Authers of the Financial Times, “The shareholders don’t actually own the corporation. They own shares in the corporation. The corporation owns... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
close, the company has successfully navigated several rounds of VC financing and is weighing harvest strategies and next steps. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806073 Codon Devices Harvard Business School Case 806-198... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Anonymity and Identity
By: John A. Deighton
In most consumer markets, consumers are accustomed to operating in relative anonymity. A complex social adjustment is occurring as people realize that anonymity is often no longer their default condition - it must be sought and in some cases bought. New conceptions of... View Details
- Research Summary
Social Media and Their Consequences
By: John A. Deighton
Social media have had negative consequences for entertainment industries such as music and motion pictures, but they have had positive implications too. This project is concerned with one aspect of these social media effects: changes in the process by which talented... View Details
- 18 Nov 2011
- Conference Presentation
The Role of the University in the Development of the Family Business Field
By: John A. Davis
- December 2005
- Teaching Note
Nectar: Making Loyalty Pay (TN)
By: John A. Deighton
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
- July 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Exercise
Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet
By: John A. Davis
Assist in thinking critically about facilitators and inhibitors to goals and preparing for change in a family business system. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Change Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Davis, John A. "Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet." Harvard Business School Exercise 806-012, July 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- August 2004 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Marketing James Patterson
By: John A. Deighton
Can a successful novelist use direct-to-consumer marketing to grow his brand? The author, who in a previous career ran a major advertising agency, uses advertising with great success to build his stature as a crime fiction writer. Further, he applies his experience at... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Debates; Surveys; SWOT Analysis; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Outcome or Result; Sales
Deighton, John A. "Marketing James Patterson." Harvard Business School Case 505-029, August 2004. (Revised February 2006.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- November 2002
- Teaching Note
Webvan: Groceries on the Internet (TN)
By: John A. Deighton
Teaching Note for (9-500-052). View Details
- February 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Teaching Note
Brita Products Company, The TN
By: John A. Deighton
Teaching Note for (9-500-024). View Details
Keywords: United States
- December 2000
- Teaching Note
Hilton HHonors Worldwide: Loyalty Wars TN
By: John A. Deighton
Teaching Note for (9-501-010). View Details
Keywords: Service Industry
- October 2000 (Revised August 2001)
- Teaching Note
Alloy.com: Marketing to Generation Y TN
By: John A. Deighton
Teaching Note for (9-500-048). View Details
- October 1997 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
Relationships Among Siblings and Cousins in a Family Firm
By: John A. Davis
Davis, John A. "Relationships Among Siblings and Cousins in a Family Firm." Harvard Business School Background Note 898-060, October 1997. (Revised September 2004.)
- July 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
Organization Design of Owner-Managed Companies, The
By: John A. Davis
Provides a concise overview of the key considerations and components of an organization's design. Examines how an organization's design must fit with both owners' goals and the organization's key success factors. Identifies several key aspects of an organization's... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design
Davis, John A. "Organization Design of Owner-Managed Companies, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-024, July 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- July 1999
- Case
Corbin Motors
By: John A. Davis
Explores the raising of capital to finance the growth of a spinoff business from Corbin-Pacific, a leader in motorcycle accessories. Also explores whether the culture of Corbin-Pacific can be infused in this new but very different kind of business. Finally, it asks the... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Capital; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges
Davis, John A. "Corbin Motors." Harvard Business School Case 800-023, July 1999.
- July 1999 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Preparing Family Business Cases
By: John A. Davis
Advises students on how to prepare and discuss a family business case. View Details
Davis, John A. "Preparing Family Business Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-021, July 1999. (Revised July 2007.)
- July 1998 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
The Pellegrins (A)
By: John A. Davis
A father and son working together in their family-owned publishing company are at a decision point because the son feels he is ready to become president at the age of 31. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Management Succession; Family and Family Relationships; Family Ownership; Publishing Industry
Davis, John A. "The Pellegrins (A) ." Harvard Business School Case 899-009, July 1998. (Revised February 2004.)
- 01 Jan 1981
- Conference Presentation
Concepts and Personal Introspection: Which Should We Stress in Teaching OB?
By: John A. Davis