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Managing Service Operations Course Development
By: Frances X. Frei
Managing Service Operations is an Elective Curriculum course taught at HBS.
Over thirty cases and exercises have been created for the course. For a list of
the cases developed for this course, please see the Publications link below.
For the most recent syllabus,... View Details
- January 2007
- Background Note
Note on Biotech Business Development
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Robert F. Higgins
Describes the business development process in biotechnology companies. Topics covered include: participants in the licensing process and their interests, the major steps in the licensing process, the terms that are part of most agreements, and the most contentious... View Details
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Entrepreneurship; Intellectual Property; Biotechnology Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Robert F. Higgins. "Note on Biotech Business Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-032, January 2007.
- January 1991 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Race to Develop Human Insulin
Describes the race to develop human insulin. View Details
Brandenburger, Adam M., Vijay Krishna, and Paul Barese. "Race to Develop Human Insulin." Harvard Business School Case 191-121, January 1991. (Revised August 1992.)
- January 1989
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: System Development
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport
Provides an overview of the system development process in large organizations. Describes traditional life cycle approaches as well as more recent methods, e.g., prototyping. The objective is to familiarize students with the terminology and issues involving system... View Details
Cash, James I., Jr., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Managing Information Technology: System Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-132, January 1989.
- August 2010 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Developing an App for That
By: Hanna Halaburda, Joshua Gans and Nathaniel Burbank
At a time when ever-rising smartphone sales are driven as much by demand for devices that run must-have third-party "apps" as by the quality of traditional voice and data services, there is a myriad of challenges facing the software developer who is looking to choose... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Competitive Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Information Technology Industry
Halaburda, Hanna, Joshua Gans, and Nathaniel Burbank. "Developing an App for That." Harvard Business School Case 711-415, August 2010. (Revised August 2011.)
- 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
- May 2000
- Exercise
Tyrell Web Developers Inc. (B)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Andrew P. McAfee
An integrated exercise culminating in a team project to design and develop a Web site for a fictitious company. Puts students in the position of designing a Web site for a demanding client (a local pizza company). Students are given a (purposefully) brief description... View Details
MacCormack, Alan D., and Andrew P. McAfee. "Tyrell Web Developers Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 600-026, May 2000.
- September 2001
- Background Note
Accounting for Computer Software Development Costs
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Tatiana Sandino
Summarizes the debate on accounting for computer software development costs. Provides a historical description of the development of standards on accounting of computer software development costs, both in the United States and internationally. Describes how, after much... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., and Tatiana Sandino. "Accounting for Computer Software Development Costs." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-034, September 2001.
- 2021
- Book
The Future of Executive Development
By: Mihnea C Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
Executive development programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven by digital disruption and a widening gap between the skills that participants and their organizations demand and those provided by their executive programs. This work delves into the... View Details
Moldoveanu, Mihnea C., and Das Narayandas. The Future of Executive Development. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2021.
- January 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
The Time Warner Center: Mixed-Use Development
By: A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel and David Lane
Despite the failure of other attempts to bring mixed use development in New York City, Related Companies in 2004 opened Time Warner Center, a huge complex incorporating offices, shops, restaurants, music auditoriums, a hotel, and luxury apartments on Columbus Circle in... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Marketing; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Development Economics; New York (city, NY)
Kohn, A. Eugene, Arthur I Segel, and David Lane. "The Time Warner Center: Mixed-Use Development." Harvard Business School Case 208-081, January 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- July 2017
- Case
Magpie: Developing and Using Buyer Personas
The founders of a start-up platform for publishers have developed preliminary personas of target customers and are evaluating the implications for initial target buyers, messaging, and marketing programs. The case is useful for discussing the process of developing... View Details
Keywords: Buying Process; Marketing; Sales; Distribution Channels; Segmentation; Entrepreneurship; Social Media; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; United States
Cespedes, Frank V. "Magpie: Developing and Using Buyer Personas." Harvard Business School Case 818-013, July 2017.
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Time Inc. and New Magazine Development
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Looks at the magazine development at Time Inc. in light of the growing dominance of the video group and the modern management of the 1980s. Highlights the firm's magazine development during 1989. View Details
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Time Inc. and New Magazine Development." Harvard Business School Case 391-110, November 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- March 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
New Product Development Imperative, The
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Edward T Smith
Introduces students to the best practices for managing new product development projects. Includes concepts and tools related to structuring teams consistent with the project objectives as well as concepts and processes for improving project execution. View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Edward T Smith. "New Product Development Imperative, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-152, March 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- 1999
- Article
Developing the Star Performer
By: Linda A. Hill
Hill, Linda A. "Developing the Star Performer." Leader to Leader (1999).
- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Product Development Performance, Instructor's Note
By: Marco Iansiti
Focuses on what constitutes product development performance and how it is assessed. Performance, as explained in both the note and in the materials for this three-session module, refers to the performance of both the product and the organizational process producing it.... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Describes how Siemens, the German electrical engineering giant, has developed and manages global R&D in its large Information and Communications Networks (ICN) division. In 1994, Siemens opened its Bangalore (India) center, which has now grown into one of its largest... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product Development; Telecommunications Industry; Germany; Bangalore
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 602-061, October 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- September 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
Mod IV Product Development Team
By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
Focuses sharply on a crossfunctional product development team at Honeywell's Building Controls Division. Traces the history of teams at the division, which introduced them as a response to intensifying competition and the need for faster development. Reveals the... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Teams; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy
Donnellon, Anne, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Mod IV Product Development Team." Harvard Business School Case 491-030, September 1990. (Revised March 1991.)
- February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia
Roberts, Michael J., and Nabil N. El-Hage. "Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad." Harvard Business School Case 808-126, February 2008. (Revised September 2009.)