Filter Results:
(2,230)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,230)
- People (5)
- News (557)
- Research (1,342)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (632)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,230)
- People (5)
- News (557)
- Research (1,342)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (632)
- March 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Eli Lilly: The Evista Project
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Matt Verlinden
Describes the creation and operation of the initial two heavyweight teams for new drug development and launch. The primary focus is on one of the teams, Evista, although comparisons to the other team, Zyprexa, are included. Lilly must decide the next phase (postlaunch)... View Details
Keywords: Projects; Groups and Teams; Operations; Management Teams; Product Development; Transition; Product Design; Business Startups; Business Plan; Product Launch; Competition; Service Operations; Pharmaceutical Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Matt Verlinden. "Eli Lilly: The Evista Project." Harvard Business School Case 699-016, March 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
- Profile
Pasha Nahass
writing code than in what the vision for the product should be.” A subsequent rotational program at Google introduced Pasha to product management, where he “worked with multiple stakeholders—engineers,... View Details
Keywords: Tech
Stanley C. Gault
Taking the helm of the company his father helped to found, Gault was instrumental in reorganizing and revitalizing Rubbermaid from a small household gadget company into a streamlined and efficient multinational corporation. He embarked on a dual View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World, and his views on subjects ranging from whether globalism has been a force for good to what Nazi Germany tells us about the difficulty in planning for... View Details
- August 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Peninsula Community Foundation
By: James E. Austin, Jane Wei-Skillern and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
After leading the Peninsula Community Foundation (PCF) through a period of tremendous growth, its president, Sterling Speirn, is facing the prospect of a decline in the foundation's asset base for the first time in the foundation's history. In addition, the fact that... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Product Positioning; Planning; Alliances; Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Peninsula Community Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 304-015, August 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- Career Coach
Minal Mehta
the Head of Product Management for the Next Billion Users (NBU) Initiatives at YouTube as well as Google. During her tenure, she led the growth-focused product domain uniquely tailored to the needs of... View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Learning to fail at HBS
professors, it is ridiculous to plan too far in the future when we live in a world as uncertain as the one we live in today. Besides, I’ve tried to plan for the future before, but, to inappropriately... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Be Our Guest: HBS Show 2002 Goes Off without a Hitch
the production's parodies of the many aspects of life at HBS included jokes, classroom references, and good-natured jibes at faculty. The daunting task of directing this year's production was given to Christina Aragon (MBA '02), who began... View Details
- April 1985 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group as the company progresses toward making an initial public offering. Among the issues and topics addressed in the case are: considerations in choosing an underwriting team, the initial public... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Planning; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)." Harvard Business School Case 285-092, April 1985. (Revised September 1986.)
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks after the Department of... View Details
- February 2011
- Exercise
Pitch Your Project!
By: Thomas Steenburgh
No matter what you do later in your career, you are going to have to learn how to pitch ideas. Perhaps you will want to convince a venture capitalist to invest in your new business idea. Perhaps you will want to convince your company to develop an innovative product.... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Change; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Product Development; Interests; Complexity; Chicago; New York (state, US)
Steenburgh, Thomas. "Pitch Your Project!" Harvard Business School Exercise 511-116, February 2011.
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Cassidy: At Google, a more intense and frenetic experience than launching his own companies. Art by Joe Ciardiello Related Links Watch a video of Mike Cassidy explaining his approach to rapid product... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
articulated by (HBS professor) Michael Porter, will be most successful when the collection of integrated and aligned activities enable the company to offer a value proposition—whether low total cost, product leadership, complete customer... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
George A. Schaefer
A trained accountant, Schaefer’s first task as CEO was to dramatically cut costs. Caterpillar’s large, earth-moving products were no longer in high demand as in earlier years, so Schaefer decided to invest in making smaller machines for... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- Web
Judging | New Venture Competition
Judging Social Enterprise Track Social Enterprise ideas are evaluated on their potential to become the basis of a viable new venture and will focus on the idea, its potential for social value creation, and the likelihood of achieving success based upon the team's View Details
Elizabeth E. Boit
specialized in the production of women’s undergarments that were eventually sold by Lord & Taylor department stores. Boit was considered a maverick in improving the working conditions for her mostly female employees. She even... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
much at the center of that over the next five to 10 years. I think the clearest way to see that is through the SpaceX Starlink constellation, which is already a constellation of several thousand satellites. Many thousands more are planned... View Details
- Web
Eligibility | New Venture Competition
entrepreneurs and investors who have agreed to maintain confidentiality of all submissions. We have asked them to treat your work product with the same care and respect for confidentiality. We also ask them to remove themselves from... View Details
- Web
Faculty | Information Technology
are setting up new accounts at HBS. Introduction to HBS IT for Faculty IT Technology Guide for Faculty Setting Up HarvardKey Setting Up MessageMe Setting Up Password Manager (1Password) Setting Up Two-Step Verification Daily Work Resources that enable you to be View Details