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- August 1988 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic
Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Production; Competition; Auto Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Japan; United Kingdom
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jon Skofic. "Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-013, August 1988. (Revised February 1992.)
- 10 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
to see how the same people for whom I developed products make decisions about buying them and taking product development from the product level to the shelf level. The culture is incredible and Minneapolis... View Details
- 26 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
to see how the same people for whom I developed products make decisions about buying them and taking product development from the product level to the shelf level. The culture is incredible and Minneapolis... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
secretary. Talk about a nonstarter: no way am I going to voluntarily pay more. That noble act would neither correct the unfairness of the system nor make much of an impact on the country’s unbalanced budget. Perhaps I could justify my... View Details
- January 1983 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand
By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
Describes a process for forecasting market demand for an emerging technology--cellular radio. The student must critically evaluate the demand model and the market estimates, and modify them as appropriate in order to develop a marketing plan and budget. View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business Processes; Technology
Cady, John F., and Frank V. Cespedes. "E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand." Harvard Business School Case 583-121, January 1983. (Revised September 1983.)
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy use of research subsidies as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
investments in future payoffs. This is where the call option comes in. In the second-semester Finance course, you’re introduced to the Black-Scholes method of option pricing. I'll leave the specifics to your professor, but the intuition is this: you spend money to... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
intended impact: Who are the intended beneficiaries? What benefits do our programs create? What do we want to maximize? How do we define success? What won't we do? What would make us obsolete? To illustrate, Bradach introduced the example... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- October 1997 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
C-Car
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
C-Car was the first automobile retailer in the United States to go public. Subsequently the owner, Mr. Gilliland, must decide how to invest the capital raised from the public ownership. This case describes in detail C-Car's highly profitable strategy of managing its... View Details
- Web
Evaluating a Sponsorship Offer? | MBA
first year and decide to decline in your second year, you will not qualify for need-based scholarship funds. Repayment options often change dramatically if you choose not to return to your sponsor after graduation. You cannot use student loans to refinance or View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960
firm specializing in financing and/or buying small- and medium-sized businesses. Inspired to make opportunities like his available to others who have served in the military, Pinto recently established a... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
investments, the key to success is to buy low and sell high. Buying low in the art world requires purchasing the work of emerging artists and hoping they become a success, just as a venture capitalist... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
Klarman Illustration by David Cowles While other money managers scrambled to survive the financial market meltdown, value investor extraordinaire Seth Klarman (MBA ’82), president of The Baupost Group in Boston, cautiously pursued buying... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
create a customized car if they could not find what they were looking for on the Web site. However, GMBuyPower.com faces significant challenges. First, there are many people who believe that the public may want to buy computers online,... View Details
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
products in the food industry are thinking, ‘How can we make the best product possible within the existing grocery supply chain?” she says. Flynn decided to launch Sun & Swell with a different approach: “Let’s View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
what they want and when they don't. . . . In the case of a new cell phone, I don't know what I want. . . . Here's where companies make the mistake of competing on technical features for short-term gains instead of providing customers with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
not-so-new phenomenon. Simply put, it’s the act of buying things to make us feel better. Part of the experience is finding and purchasing that just-right something, but an equally important component is the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
of this technology still remain a dilemma even after the introduction of 'the innovator's solution.' Research in this direction would be welcome." B. V. Krishnamurthy takes the idea to another level by commenting, "The heart of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
overall experience," she said. However, the gift buying that represents a huge portion of many retailers' fourth-quarter revenues is greatly enhanced thanks to the Web, Vobejda said. "Gift-giving is truly made better by the... View Details