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- September 2009
- Case
Intel NBI: Image Components Organization
By: Willy C. Shih and Thomas Thurston
The Image Components Organization (ICO) was an internal venture that was part of Intel's New Business Initiatives. It sought to initially develop and sell a high performance integrated CMOS image sensor module for cellular phones. ICO's opening assumptions were that it... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Development; Production; Failure; Diversification; Semiconductor Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Thomas Thurston. "Intel NBI: Image Components Organization." Harvard Business School Case 610-028, September 2009.
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
When consumer packaged goods start acting like software
- July 1989
- Background Note
What Is Marketing?
An introductory note for MBA students on the nature of marketing and topics encountered in its study. Defines the topic then breaks marketing into two major conceptual pieces--the tools, tasks and variables of the marketer, and the marketing process. In the tools... View Details
Keywords: Marketing
Bonoma, Thomas V., and Thomas J. Kosnik. "What Is Marketing?" Harvard Business School Background Note 590-007, July 1989.
- June 2012
- Article
The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control
Using data from embedded participant-observers and a field experiment at the second largest mobile phone factory in the world, located in China, I theorize and test the implications of transparent organizational design on workers' productivity and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Privacy; Organizational Learning; Operational Control; Organizational Performance; Chinese Manufacturing; Field Experiment; Rights; Interpersonal Communication; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Performance Productivity; Boundaries; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Manufacturing Industry; China
Bernstein, Ethan S. "The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control." Administrative Science Quarterly 57, no. 2 (June 2012): 181–216.
- 21 Sep 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders
- May 2016
- Teaching Plan
Lomography: Analog in a Digital World
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case “Lomography: Analog in a Digital World,” HBS No. 516-006 and its related products to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion. View Details
- September 1996
- Case
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (B)
By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
After the release of the "Challenge" computer in 1993, Silicon Graphics executives meet to discuss the follow-up project. Should they pursue an incremental improvement to the Challenge, or opt for a radically new design recently demonstrated at Stanford University? View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Technological Innovation; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Hardware; Computer Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Silicon Graphics, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 697-038, September 1996.
- Web
Summer Venture in Management
Harvard Business School Summer Venture in Management IMAGINE YOURSELF AS A HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT... The Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) is an educational program designed to increase opportunity in business education... View Details
- December 2012
- Article
Grand Innovation Prizes: A Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Evaluation
By: Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray, Scott Stern and Georgina Campbell
This paper provides a systematic examination of the use of a Grand Innovation Prize (GIP) in action—the Progressive Automotive Insurance X PRIZE—a $10 million prize for a highly efficient vehicle. Following a mechanism design approach we define three key dimensions for... View Details
MacCormack, Alan, Fiona Murray, Scott Stern, and Georgina Campbell. "Grand Innovation Prizes: A Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Evaluation." Research Policy 41, no. 10 (December 2012): 1779–1792.
- 26 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program
Fellows Program? The Leadership Fellows Program was launched at Harvard Business School in 2001. The program was designed to provide social-sector organizations with access to analytical and strategic talent to deliver high-impact results... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- December 1997
- Case
Making the Grade (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
Focuses on the dilemma of a young professor at a graduate school of business. He must decide what final grade to give a student who has worked extremely hard, but he is constrained by the school's "forced curve" grading policy. Designed to explore the multiple purposes... View Details
Keywords: Design; Management Systems; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Education Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Making the Grade (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-083, December 1997.
- May 2015 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Philips Healthcare: Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In June 2014, leading healthcare and consumer technology company, Royal Philips ("Philips"), announced its HealthSuite Digital Platform to house healthcare data and enable applications used by physicians and patients. Philips had strong equity in the healthcare... View Details
Keywords: Health; Healthcare; Digital; Platform; Ecosystem; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Product Development; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Netherlands; United States
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Philips Healthcare: Marketing the HealthSuite Digital Platform." Harvard Business School Case 515-052, May 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
- April 1998
- Case
Citibank Hong Kong--Capital Arbitrage in the Emerging Markets
Describes how a credit derivative may be used to structure a profitable transaction between a bank and its client. Design and risk management issues are discussed in the context of this new class of derivative security. View Details
Das, Sanjiv R. "Citibank Hong Kong--Capital Arbitrage in the Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 298-029, April 1998.
- May 2004 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
IBM On Demand Community
By: John A. Quelch
The vice-president of IBM Corporate Community Relations is developing the launch program for IBM On Demand Community, a suite of 140 technology tools designed to enable IBM employees to assist nonprofit community organizations and schools worldwide. View Details
Quelch, John A. "IBM On Demand Community." Harvard Business School Case 504-103, May 2004. (Revised July 2004.)
- Web
Faculty & Advisors | MBA
discovery in oncology. Throughout his industry career, Andrew has continued to practice as a clinical geneticist at the University of Washington Medical Center. Sean Doherty JD ’97, Harvard Law School; AB '90, American Government, Harvard College Sean Doherty is the... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details
- Article
Workplace Stressors & Health Outcomes: Health Policy for the Workplace
By: Joel Goh, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Stefanos A. Zenios
Extensive research focuses on the causes of workplace-induced stress. However, policy efforts to tackle the ever-increasing health costs and poor health outcomes in the United States have largely ignored the health effects of psychosocial workplace stressors such as... View Details
Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "Workplace Stressors & Health Outcomes: Health Policy for the Workplace." Behavioral Science & Policy 1, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 43–52.
- 06 Jan 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing
- Teaching Interest
Governing for Nonprofit Excellence (Executive Education, Faculty Chair)
This Executive Education course, an HBS Social Enterprise Initiative program, is designed to maximize the contributions of individual nonprofit board members. Participants are challenged to examine their role and the role of their boards in improving organizational... View Details
- August 1996 (Revised March 2002)
- Exercise
Network Assessment Exercise: Abridged MBA Version
Designed to help students identify patterns in their approaches to developing networks of relationships. A "network" refers to the set of relationships that help people to advance professionally, get things done, and more generally, develop personally and... View Details
Keywords: Networks
"Network Assessment Exercise: Abridged MBA Version." Harvard Business School Exercise 497-002, August 1996. (Revised March 2002.)