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- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
iPad, the company's third major innovation released over the last decade under its iconic CEO Steve Jobs. Apple's strategy of shifting its business into non-PC products had thrived so far, driven by the smashing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
combination of history, culture, and compensation. Traces Tad's strategy in obtaining these offers and lets students decide which he should accept. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806024 PublicationsSolve the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
challenges ranging from global competition to digitization. In times past, being caught flat-footed might have set a company back several years, but it could recover. Today, the threats are existential in nature, and competition can emerge quickly and from the places... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
most important." I spend my life trying to make the next generation a little less neurotic about money.— Joline Godfrey, Independent Means, Inc. As the founder and CEO of Independent Means, Inc., a financial education company aimed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
Alejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop, or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
that potential investors pay special attention to the career histories of all involved. Careers Count So what career factors gave biotech a boost? Higgins found three specific advantages in chief executive officers who led a successful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411042-PDF-ENG MacroMarkets LLC Robin Greenwood and Luis M. ViceiraHarvard Business School Case 211-006 MacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
successful price discrimination, the valuations of consumers who have access to vouchers must generally be lower than those of consumers who do not have access to vouchers. Offering vouchers tends to be more profitable for firms that are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
kind of arrangements under negotiation such as the requirement that the majority of a joint venture be owned by a local partner? Are high-tech deals particularly sought after by the state? What recent deals by others, successful or not,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
often buttress the existing social contract. When the wrong minds meet. Sometimes problems arise not because of cultural differences but instead because the right people are not involved in negotiations. For example, when two CEOs... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
the other side with the other's "behind-the-table" barriers to successful agreement. Following Robert Putnam's (1988) two-level games schema, I characterize such "behind the table," or "Level Two," barriers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and priorities. We report findings from a detailed case analysis of a successful supply chain planning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
Two case examples of successful internal/external agency collaboration are presented. Finally, recommendations are offered for advertisers seeking to bring their internal and external agency resources together and arrive at a more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
Aetna’s move is not consumer friendly, it does make financial sense–at least for the time being. According to CEO Mark Bertolini, Aetna sustained more than $430 million in pre-tax losses since January 2014 in the individual health... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
greedy 'leaders' and then later became more optimistic Unfortunately, I don't see much evidence that CEOs are becoming more altruistic or humble. Just the opposite " Was Warren Bennis's optimism regarding the future of leadership... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
schedules slip and targets are missed...." Above all, leadership is generally thought to be critical to the successful application of stretch. Edward Hare reminded us that "the essence of great management, leadership even, is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
structuring. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-003 Pershing Square 2.0 In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New York hedge fund Pershing Square... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
March 2014, Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, Connecticut's state health insurance exchange, stops to consider the success it has experienced so far and to think about how to ensure its long-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
The various components of a channel (whether within a supplier or within a third-party vendor) may be able to improve operations by taking advantage of new technologies, but usually there is no one at the helm guiding the activities of the entire channel. View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20
Lauder, L'Oreal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us. This book provides the first authoritative history of the global beauty industry from its emergence in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring how today's global giants grew. It shows how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace