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  • March 2004 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Paper and More

Provides a context and exercise for introducing retail inventory management, including cost optimization, service-level criteria, and forecasting in single and multiproduct settings. The owner of a single-location paper and paper products store considers the... View Details
Keywords: Management; Expansion; Logistics; Forecasting and Prediction; Pulp and Paper Industry; Retail Industry
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  • October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
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Herman Miller (A): Innovation by Design

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
Gary Van Spronsen, president of Miller SQA, has been asked to leave the thriving subsidiary he helped to reinvent to join Herman Miller's corporate initiative on innovation. Miller SQA has pioneered processes new to the Herman Miller organization, such as... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Business Model; Organizations; Values and Beliefs; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • April 1995 (Revised October 1995)
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Unemployment in France: "Priority Number One"

By: David A. Moss
Explores the problem of French unemployment on the eve of the presidential elections of 1995. Traces the development of social and economic policies under President Mitterrand and surveys leading explanations for the nation's mounting unemployment crisis. One major... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Economics; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Social Issues; Wages; France
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  • 14 Jan 2015
  • News

Harvard Business School Offers Online HBX CORe Program for Spring and Summer 2015

  • 21 Jan 2009
  • News

Harvard Business School Students Immersed in Experiential Learning

    What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

    Professor Kaplan's book is published by the Harvard Business Review Press, May 2013.

    Drawing on his years of experience, Rob Kaplan proposes an integrated plan for identifying and achieving your goals.  He outlines specific steps and exercises to help you... View Details

    • December 2015 (Revised April 2019)
    • Case

    Chicken Republic

    By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
    Deji Akinyanju, founder of Nigerian fast-food chain Chicken Republic, and Ayo Oduntan, founder of an integrated Nigerian poultry operation (Amo Byng Group), are among a growing cadre of skilled food-industry entrepreneurs for whom the opportunities to serve the... View Details
    Keywords: Poultry; Chicken; Value Chain; Emerging Market; Chicken Republic; Amo Byng; Doreo Partners; Babban Gona; Reform; MINT; QSR; Quick Serve Restaurant; Fast Food; Corruption; Growth; Leadership; Food; Customer Value and Value Chain; Supply Chain; Infrastructure; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Governance; Growth and Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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    • 28 Apr 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Earth Day Reflections

    Below are the views that faculty shared with the HBS community on Earth Day. 1. Robert G. Eccles Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and author of One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy (This article, titled,... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • January 2014
    • Supplement

    Amgen Inc.: Pursuing Innovation and Imitation? (B)

    By: Ian Mackenzie
    The (B) case reveals that Sharer decided that Amgen should enter the emerging biosimilars business. However, he took the better part of a year to syndicate the decision across the senior team while in parallel investing in some time-critical process development. The... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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    • January 2011 (Revised November 2014)
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    Mochi Media

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Amit Jain
    In late 2009, the management of Mochi Media, a venture-backed startup, must decide how to invest scarce resources to achieve continued growth. Mochi has developed a three-sided platform, connecting Flash game developers, sites that aggregate these games, and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Multi-Sided Platforms; Partners and Partnerships; Competition
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    • December 2007 (Revised July 2009)
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    Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?

    GI has developed a revolutionary video pill for imaging the small bowel in the gastro-intestinal tract. The development has required the integration of wide variety of technologies. GI founder and CEO Gabriel Meron must determine GI's marketing strategy and prioritize... View Details
    Keywords: Medical Specialties; Globalized Markets and Industries; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States; Europe
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    • 22 Feb 2016
    • News

    Every Company Needs a Growth Manager

    • 13 Jun 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking

    Keywords: by Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino & Michael I. Norton
    • 10 Sep 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

    Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Financial Services
    • 24 Nov 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics

    Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Joan Enric Ricart
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Do Information Frictions and Corruption Perceptions Kill Competition? A Field Experiment on Public Procurement in Uganda

    By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Francesco Loiacono, Edwin Muhumuza and Edoardo Teso
    We study whether information frictions and corruption perceptions deter firms from doing business with the government. We conduct two nationwide randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in collaboration with the national public procurement supervisory and anti-corruption... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Trust; Perception; Business and Government Relations
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      Benson P. Shapiro

      Benson P. Shapiro is a well-known authority on marketing strategy and sales management with particular interests in pricing, product line planning, and marketing organization. He is also the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing Emeritus at the Harvard Business... View Details

      Keywords: apparel; banking; beauty products; brokerage; chemical; computer; consulting; e-commerce industry; electrical equipment; electronics; financial services; food; high technology; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; manufacturing; marketing industry; metals; plastics; printing; professional services; software; steel; telecommunications; wholesale
      • August 2017
      • Article

      Teaching Versus Living: Managerial Decision Making in the Gray

      By: Eugene F. Soltes
      Preparing students for the consequential ethical decisions that they will face in their careers is among the most difficult tasks of management education. I describe some of these challenges based on my book Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Organizational Culture; Business Education
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      • September 2009 (Revised January 2012)
      • Case

      Suntech Power

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      Suntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90 percent of its sales have been in Europe—especially Germany and Spain. But with its new "pluto" technology, and with new governmental... View Details
      Keywords: Solar Power; Renewable Energy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Expansion; Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; China
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      • August 2009
      • Case

      Nomura's Global Growth: Picking Up Pieces of Lehman

      By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
      What issues commonly arise in international financial management? Kenichi Watanabe and Takumi Shibata, CEO and COO of Nomura Holdings Inc., one of the leading investment banks in Asia, have the opportunity to expand their firm internationally through the acquisition of... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Banking; International Finance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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