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  • August 1990
  • Case

Giovanni Buton: International Marketing Strategy

Describes the situation confronting Giovanni Buton, an Italian distiller and beverage distributor, in 1989. The market for distilled spirits was declining and the spirits industry was consolidating via mergers and acquisitions on a worldwide basis. "Global brands" such... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy; European Union
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  • 09 Mar 2018
  • News

The Supply Chain Economy and the Future of Good Jobs in America

  • 31 Mar 2016
  • News

Products to Platforms: Making the Leap

    High Commitment High Performance: How to Build A Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage

    How to create the high-performance, high-commitment organization.

    Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines... View Details

    • 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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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Asset Specificity and Vertical Integration: Williamson's Hypothesis Reconsidered

    By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
    A point repeatedly stressed by transaction cost economics is that the more specific the asset, the more likely is vertical integration to be optimal. In spite of the profusion of empirical papers supporting this prediction, recent surveys and casual observation suggest... View Details
    Keywords: Assets; Vertical Integration
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    • September 1994
    • Case

    BayFunds

    By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa Klein Pearo and Jamie Harper
    In June, 1994, the Senior Vice President of BayBank's Investment Management Group is preparing a strategic plan for her organization's line of mutual funds. Sixteen months earlier, BayBank, Massachusetts's leading retail bank, had entered the mutual fund business by... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Investment Funds; Product Marketing; Integration; Financial Services Industry
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    • 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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    • 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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    • 2009
    • Book

    High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage

    By: Michael Beer
    Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines what the high-commitment, high-performance organization looks like and provides... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Practice; Business Strategy; System
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    • November 2002 (Revised August 2003)
    • Case

    MedSource Technologies

    By: Robert S. Huckman
    Considers the issues facing Richard Effress, MedSource's chairman and CEO, as the firm approaches the Precision Cut project--the first test of MedSource's capabilities as an integrated, contract manufacturer in the medical device industry. MedSource Technologies was... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Production; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Management Teams; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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    • July 1999 (Revised January 2000)
    • Case

    Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time

    By: Jan W. Rivkin and Jay R. Girotto
    In the wake of major competitive moves, CEO Tim Koogle and his senior team at Yahoo!, an Internet portal, must decide whether and how to adjust their strategy. Following deals between AOL and Netscape, Excite and @Home, Infoseek and Disney, and Snap and NBS, Yahoo!... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Industry Structures; Internet and the Web; Risk Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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    • May 1997
    • Teaching Note

    Product Development Foundations, Instructor's Note

    By: Marco Iansiti
    As emphasized in the course overview, excellence in product development is built on three foundations: the activities aimed at generating, retaining, and integrating knowledge. They form the critical building blocks for the conceptualization and implementation of any... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Management; Product Launch; Infrastructure; Product Development
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    • 31 Oct 2015
    • News

    Social networks, ethnicity and entrepreneurship

    • 08 Jan 2015
    • News

    Healthcare strategy 2015 — Back to the basics: 12 key thoughts

      International Strategy: Context, Concepts and Implications

      The comprehensive guide to managing and leading companies that compete internationally

      Drawing on the course material developed at the Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management by David Collis, International Strategy... View Details

      • September 2019 (Revised February 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Fishbowl: Scaling Up

      By: Leslie K. John
      Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

      Teaching Note for HBS No. 919-013. Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technologies; Customer Value; Value Chain; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Product Marketing; Digital Platforms; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Communications Industry; Employment Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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      Capital Flows and Capital Goods (joint with Eliza Hammel)

      By: Laura Alfaro
      We examine one of the channels through which financial integration can help promote growth. In particular, we study the effects of capital account liberalization on the imports of capital goods. We pay particular attention to the effects of equity market... View Details
      • September–October 2024
      • Article

      Should a Family Business Accept a Returning Daughter’s Radical Proposal?

      By: John D. Macomber
      A family-owned and controlled conglomerate in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, has to decide what titles and authority to give to a daughter who is being courted to leave a promising career in Europe to come back and join the business. The choices of role range from an... View Details
      Keywords: Succession Planning; Power Grid; Family Business; Management Succession; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Côte d'Ivoire
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      • April 2024
      • Case

      ChatGPT Enters the Voice Wars 2024

      By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen
      OpenAI joined the Voice Wars in September 2023 when it launched its voice feature for ChatGPT. Initially only available to Pro subscribers, ChatGPT gave free access to all users two months later. It formed partnerships with a variety of companies, including carmakers,... View Details
      Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Partners and Partnerships; Lawsuits and Litigation; Technology Adoption; Market Entry and Exit; Technology Industry
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