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  • August 2012
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Consumer Response to Versioning: How Brands' Production Methods Affect Perceptions of Unfairness

By: Andrew Gershoff, Ran Kivetz and Anat Keinan
Marketers often extend product lines by offering limited-capability models that are created by removing or degrading features in existing models. This production method, called versioning, has been lauded because of its ability to increase both consumer and firm... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Production; Competency and Skills; Welfare or Wellbeing; Cost vs Benefits; Perception; Customers; Performance Evaluation; Fairness; Business Ventures
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Gershoff, Andrew, Ran Kivetz, and Anat Keinan. "Consumer Response to Versioning: How Brands' Production Methods Affect Perceptions of Unfairness." Journal of Consumer Research 39, no. 2 (August 2012): 382–398. (Selected in 2017 for JCR Research Curations on “Behavioral Pricing”.)
  • March 2024
  • Supplement

Madrigal: Conducting a Customer-Base Audit

By: Eva Ascarza, Peter Fader, Bruce G.S. Hardie and Michael Ross
This case presents a scenario where Madrigal, a U.S. retailer with a rich 20-year history and a solid loyalty program, faces a turning point with the arrival of a new CEO. This leadership change reveals a critical gap in understanding the customer base, prompting an... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; United States
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Ascarza, Eva, Peter Fader, Bruce G.S. Hardie, and Michael Ross. "Madrigal: Conducting a Customer-Base Audit." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 524-068, March 2024.

    Moving Science: The Rowland Institute at Harvard

    Set in 2022, this case describes the considerations involved in organizing the physical relocation of the Rowland Institute at Harvard (RIH), a research institute established in 1980 by Edwin H. Land, the founder of the Polaroid Corporation, for the advancement of... View Details

    • August 2017 (Revised December 2018)
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    Tamarin App: Natural Language Processing

    By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
    In this case, students explore the challenges of using sentiment analysis to monitor and understand public perception around a software application, Tamarin SEO App. Technical topics include building a filtering classifier using naive Bayes and sentiment analysis This... View Details
    Keywords: Data Science; Branding; Data Analytics; Analytics and Data Science; Brands and Branding; Analysis; Perception; Planning
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    Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Tamarin App: Natural Language Processing." Harvard Business School Case 118-015, August 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
    • April 2002 (Revised October 2003)
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    Pension Plan of Bethlehem Steel, 2001, The

    By: Peter Tufano
    Bethlehem Steel's 2001 bankruptcy filing inspires an employee's daughter to evaluate her father's pension plan, weeks after September 11's tragedies exacerbated a weakening U.S. economy and just months before her father planned to retire. Battered equity markets and... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Financial Instruments; Retirement; Steel Industry; United States
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    Tufano, Peter, Zvi Bodie, and Akiko M. Mitsui. "Pension Plan of Bethlehem Steel, 2001, The." Harvard Business School Case 202-088, April 2002. (Revised October 2003.)
    • September 2000 (Revised May 2003)
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    Radio One, Inc.

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Pauline M Fischer
    Radio One (NYSE: ROIA and RIOAK), the largest radio group targeting African-Americans in the country, had the opportunity to acquire 12 urban stations in the top 50 markets from Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE: CCU) in the winter of 2000. The stations were... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; Valuation; Race; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Indiana; United States; North Carolina
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    Ruback, Richard S., and Pauline M Fischer. "Radio One, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 201-025, September 2000. (Revised May 2003.)
    • October 1987 (Revised September 1992)
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    Hurricane Island Outward Bound School

    Hurricane Island Outward Bound, a small, nonprofit school that helped pioneer experiential education in the United States, has recently recovered from a financial crisis. Students take the role of the school's new marketing manager, who is preparing his first marketing... View Details
    Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing Strategy; Education; Education Industry; United States
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    Bonoma, Thomas V. "Hurricane Island Outward Bound School." Harvard Business School Case 588-019, October 1987. (Revised September 1992.)
    • January 1991 (Revised May 1991)
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    Hoechst in the United States (A)

    Describes the U.S. market for chemicals following WW II to the present and the attention of the market for global chemical companies. Traces the involvement of Hoechst in this market up to the 1980s when minimum growth has been offered through Hoechst's U.S.... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Chemicals; Acquisition; Chemical Industry; United States
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    Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Hoechst in the United States (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-140, January 1991. (Revised May 1991.)

      The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile-Phone Based Agricultural Extension

      This paper evaluates the role of mobile phone-based advice in improving managerial practices of small-scale cotton farmers in Gujarat, India.  Demand for the service, “Avaaj Otalo,” is strong, even among farmers with very low levels of education. The service... View Details

      • 05 Dec 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)

      appear most confident also make the fewest mistakes? Do mishaps often happen even though the people involved seemed highly confident in what they did?” asks Graeber. “Surprises are a sign that confidence is badly calibrated.” Then, View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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      NatureSweet

      By: Jose Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
      This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the United States and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated... View Details
      Keywords: NatureSweet; Tomatoes; Agriculture; Greenhouse; Ambelang; Cherry Tomatoes; Incentives; Worker Empowerment; Empowerment; Toyota Production System; Leadership; Branding; Produce; Manufacturing; Organizational Change; Agribusiness; Business Model; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Success; Problems and Challenges; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Mexico; North America
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      Alvarez, Jose, Forest Reinhardt, and Natalie Kindred. "NatureSweet." Harvard Business School Case 518-002, December 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
      • May 2018
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      The Economics of Patient-Centered Care

      By: Guy David, Philip Saynisch and Aaron Smith-McLallen
      The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a widely-implemented model for improving primary care, emphasizing care coordination, information technology, and process improvements. However, its treatment as an undifferentiated intervention in policy evaluation obscures... View Details
      Keywords: Primary Care; Accreditation; Patient-centered Medical Home; Health Care and Treatment; Economics
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      David, Guy, Philip Saynisch, and Aaron Smith-McLallen. "The Economics of Patient-Centered Care." Journal of Health Economics 59 (May 2018): 60–77.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Intelligent Artificiality: Algorithmic Microfoundations for Strategic Problem Solving

      By: Mihnea Moldoveanu
      This paper introduces algorithmic micro-foundations for formulating and solving strategic problems. It shows how the languages and disciplines of theoretical computer science, “artificial intelligence,” and computational complexity theory can be used to devise a set of... View Details
      Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Analysis; Strategy; Framework; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Mathematical Methods
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      Moldoveanu, Mihnea. "Intelligent Artificiality: Algorithmic Microfoundations for Strategic Problem Solving." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-072, January 2019. (Revised February 2019.)
      • March 2017
      • Teaching Note

      Showpad

      By: Frank Cespedes
      Showpad is a startup that provides a sales enablement platform and tools. The venture has grown 100% annually since its founding four years ago, and the founders are evaluating growth options and decisions in three areas: adding product features, possible pricing... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Sales
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      Cespedes, Frank. "Showpad." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 817-121, March 2017.
      • October 2014
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      The Transparency Trap

      By: Ethan Bernstein
      To get people to be more creative and productive, managers increase transparency with open workspaces and access to real-time data. But less transparent work environments can yield more-transparent employees. Employees perform better when they can try out new ideas and... View Details
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      Bernstein, Ethan. "The Transparency Trap." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 10 (October 2014): 58–66.
      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

      By: Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Willy C. Shih
      In this paper we explain how firms seeking to take advantage of distributed innovation and outsourcing can bridge the tension between value creation and value capture by modifying the modular structure of their technical systems. Specifically, we introduce the concept... View Details
      Keywords: Modularity; Value Appropriation; Distributed Innovation; Open Innovation; Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Value; Complexity; Intellectual Property
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      Henkel, Joachim, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and Willy C. Shih. "IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-012, August 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
      • November 2001 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Camp Dresser & McKee: Getting Incentives Right

      By: Ashish Nanda
      "If you try to use money to motivate behavior, you are in a powerful and dangerous place, especially with engineers and scientists," remarked Tom Furman, CEO of Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (CDM), a consulting environmental engineering firm. Historically, CDM had... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish, and M. Julia Prats. "Camp Dresser & McKee: Getting Incentives Right." Harvard Business School Case 902-122, November 2001. (Revised April 2003.)

        Should Your Company Sell on Amazon? Reach Comes at a Price—Harvard Business Review

        Selling on Amazon allows brands to reach millions of consumers—but that exposure comes with costs. They include smaller margins, more competition, the risk of commoditization, and less knowledge about customers.

        In this article, the authors present a... View Details
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        Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

        that will help you execute corporate transformation successfully. Details Set a new strategic direction for your organization Determine root causes of challenges Identify new opportunities Proactively evaluate the range of strategic... View Details
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        Mission-Driven Governance

        By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Edward Martenson

        The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful, easily applied theory of governance performance. The existing model is fundamentally adversarial, rooted in the paradigm of principal-agent conflict. At its base is an image of governance as a never-ending struggle... View Details

        Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Management; Standards; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation
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        Fisman, Raymond, Rakesh Khurana, and Edward Martenson. "Mission-Driven Governance." Stanford Social Innovation Review 7, no. 3 (Summer 2009).
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