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  • April 1992 (Revised April 1996)
  • Case

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
The board and management of General Cinema has to determine whether the acquisition of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ), thereby entering the publishing business, makes strategic sense. The case describes HBJ's involvement in several segments of the publishing industry:... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Boundaries; Supply and Industry; Segmentation; Publishing Industry
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    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information
    • 26 Jan 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    John Helveston, Boston University

    • March 2014
    • Article

    Delivering High-quality Cancer Care: The Critical Role of Quality Measurement

    By: Tracy Spinks, Patricia Ganz, George Sledge, Laura Levit, James Hayman, Timothy Eberlein and Thomas W. Feeley

    In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published Ensuring Quality Cancer Care, an influential report that described an ideal cancer care system and issued ten recommendations to address pervasive gaps in the understanding and delivery of quality cancer... View Details

    Keywords: Health Care Quality; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry; North America
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    • 16 May 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

    the ad and be taken to a Web site where she can learn more about the product and purchase it. The entire process—from ad to purchase—might take less than five minutes. In addition to streamlining the flow of information and transactions,... View Details
    Keywords: by Susan Young
    • January 1997
    • Exercise

    Negotiating Corporate Change: Confidential Information, Jack Morris, VP, Food Division

    By: James K. Sebenius
    This case provides the confidential role information necessary for one person in a four-person negotiation simulation about a major corporate change. Specifically, it describes the role of Jack Morris as he attempts to negotiate a new uniform corporate information... View Details
    Keywords: Business Units; Transformation; Food; Information Management; Negotiation Deal; System
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      Roy D. Shapiro

      Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

      • Article

      Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

      By: Diego A. Comin, Bill Easterly and Erick Gong
      We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today's national development outcomes. Our strong... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Growth and Development; Adoption; Business Strategy; Cost; Cost Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Culture; Technology Industry
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      • July 2023 (Revised May 2024)
      • Case

      India Stack: Digital Public Infrastructure for All

      By: Tarun Khanna, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
      Amitabh Kant, India Sherpa in the year of India's G20 Presidency, and Nandan Nilekani iconic tech entrepreneur wondered how to share India's model of digital public infrastructure to build social and economic inclusion. 'India Stack', the umbrella term for India's DPI... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Transformation; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Asia; South Asia; India
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      • May 2016
      • Article

      Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of Opinion Leaders

      By: Joanne Disch, Thomas W. Feeley, Diana J. Mason, Richard L. Schilsky, Ellen L. Stovall and Shelley Fuld Nasso
      "What Health System Transformations Do You Believe Are Necessary for the Future of Health Care?" We need to transform to a true value-based health care delivery system. That means organizing care around medical conditions, not simply around hospitals and doctors. We... View Details
      Keywords: Perspective; Health Disorders; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Health Industry
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      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service

      By: Susan Athey, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath and Jessica Zhu
      ICT is increasingly used to deliver customized information in developing countries. We examine whether individually targeting the timing of automated voice calls meaningfully increases engagement in an agricultural advisory service. We define, estimate, and... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Knowledge Dissemination; Customization and Personalization; Performance Effectiveness
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      • April 2000 (Revised November 2000)
      • Case

      Computer Power Group: Designing Brand Architecture

      Computer Power Group (CPG), an Australian-based consulting, education, and staffing placement firm in the IT industry, is contemplating a brand architecture capable of structuring its eight branded business units. CEO Peter James is particularly curious about whether a... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Employment Industry; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; Australia
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      • 17 Mar 2015
      • News

      The Success of Monitoring the Economy With Big Data

      • October 2005
      • Case

      Wipro Technologies: The Factory Model

      Based in Bangalore, Wipro Technologies is a rapidly growing software services company. Wipro is experimenting with a new software service delivery model that draws on the principles of the Toyota production system and "lean" manufacturing. Addresses the advantages and... View Details
      Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Service Operations; Applications and Software; Standards; Information Technology Industry; Bangalore
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      • 21 Sep 2023
      • HBS Seminar

      Pinar Ozcan, Saïd Business School

      • November 2000 (Revised November 2005)
      • Case

      Tellme Networks, Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest
      Tellme, an early-stage, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley, leverages speech-recognition technologies to provide: 1) a "voice portal" with news and other information accessible through any telephone, and 2) turnkey application development and hosting... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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      • February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
      • Case

      Extricity Inc.

      Extricity provides software that triggers and automates information flows between collaborating businesses. Its products interface with the legacy information systems already in use by customers, extract information from them, and send this information over the... View Details
      Keywords: Product Positioning; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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      • April 1992
      • Background Note

      Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and provides information about actual corporate practice. View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Governance; Information Management
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      • 14 May 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

      information within the code of conduct efficiently and quickly. The code has served another, perhaps even more important purpose by allowing firm leaders to anonymously capture data across its workforce in order to better identify where... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 09 Aug 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

      Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities