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  • 06 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

Management Practice in Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who recently published a paper on the topic of technology commoditization in MIT Sloan Management Review. According to Shih,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Screen Grab

Kilar says that he cofounded Vessel, which launched in March with backing from Jeff Bezos, Greylock Partners, and others, to address a problem: While a number of video creators were building a passionate following, very few had managed to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

in managing business analytics and big data at the enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and organizational issues in building analytical capabilities, and case studies of the application of analytics in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2012
  • News

Shaping a Business and a Community

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Real Estate
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

would enable companies to build and manage their own online networks. With revenue sources that included advertising, premium subscriptions, job posting services, and business solutions, LinkedIn was on track to bring in revenues in 2008... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 May 2018
  • Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program The HBS/HKS joint degree programs serve a growing need of critical importance to global society: their mission is to develop leaders, skilled in management and the shaping of innovative public... View Details
  • 12 Jun 2014
  • News

The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)

break out the most authentic Bhangra moves, you wouldn't guess that many of them were not exposed to South Asian dance styles before training to become instructors. "Another key aspect of our fitness program is that it is truly gender... View Details
Keywords: fitness; Arts, Entertainment
  • May 2024
  • Supplement

gWorks (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Relationship Management; Technology Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Growth Management; Applications and Software; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Industry; United States
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  • June 2011 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Reckitt Benckiser: Fast and Focused Innovation

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
Since its 1999 merger Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a global consumer goods company, led by its CEO Bart Becht, RB developed a reputation for rapid product innovation and industry leading profit margins. RB's stated strategy was to focus on its Powerbrands and high growth... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Commercialization; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Leading In a New Era

for the two years preceding Charron's arrival. By then, founder Claiborne had moved on to other activities, and the company was encumbered by a highly centralized management style and a sense of complacency.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 19 May 2016
  • Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

co-chair of the School’s Global Energy Seminar; Daniel J. Needleman, the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at SEAS and Principal Investigator at the Needleman Lab; and Vicki Sato, who servers both as Professor of Management... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 1998
  • News

Women at the Top

explore a wide range of contemporary business issues and top management concerns. Beyond that, the program was aimed at giving these leaders the opportunity to reap the benefits of spending time with other top-level women executives. In a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

basically the same things, which forced the two firms to compete for suppliers. 87 Ford and GM also had disparate styles and software, which made it very difficult for suppliers to streamline their systems. To solve these problems, Ford,... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing
  • 12 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

Management Journal The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

resulting wine. This decision is further complicated by the fact that ripe Riesling grapes can be vinified in two ways, resulting in two different styles of wine. Their relative prices would depend on the uncertain preference of consumers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

  Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • May 2024
  • Supplement

DRSi (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: In March of 2019, Jen Ransom Fuller purchased DRSi. DRSi, located in Bellevue, Washington, printed and reproduced... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Employee Relationship Management; Production; Logistics; Safety; Washington (state, US); United States
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  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

invested in technology stocks, relative to their style benchmarks, than their older colleagues. Furthermore, young managers, but not old managers, exhibit trend-chasing behavior in their technology stock investments. As a result, young... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

to investment performance. Future practices of ESG styles are driven by relevance to investment performance, bringing change in companies and concerns about data reliability. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne