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  • September 1999 (Revised September 1999)
  • Case

Convergys Corporation

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
Focuses on the important issue of capturing the synergies between the two sides of the business, Information Management Group (IMG) and Customer Management Group (CMG). In addition, the case also addresses strategic issues from each of the individual businesses. For... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Information Industry; Service Industry
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    Jeffrey F. Rayport

    Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details

    • 09 May 2021
    • News

    Ep. 970: Hubert Joly Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

    • 15 Nov 2018
    • News

    Good ‘Food Citizens’: Why Collaboration Is Key to Feeding the World

    • 26 Jan 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Where is Home for the Global Firm?

    [PDF]. To start, responding strategically to these changes requires a reconceptualization of what a corporate home is, says Desai. "Managers need to make conscious choices about how to unbundle the activities that have traditionally been... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 03 Jul 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: July 3

      1990s to the 2000s and how the emergence of SecondMarket provided liquidity to privately held companies like iContact, an email and social marketing software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. Purchase this... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 04 Mar 2009
      • Op-Ed

      Credit is Not the Bogey

      In this recession, we seek the bogey. If we can identify a villain, the recourse is simple: slay (or neutralize, or bail out) it. The search harks back to a management primer: identify the problem; find the solution. The search has View Details
      Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services
      • January 2013 (Revised March 2017)
      • Teaching Note

      Luotang Power: Variances Explained (Brief Case)

      By: Robert Simons and Craig Chapman
      The primary objective is to explore the concepts of variance analysis in performance from one year to the next and the predictability of contracting counterparts to extract value from contract positions where they can. The general manager of a coal-fired power plant... View Details
      Keywords: Variance Analysis; Strategy And Execution; Profitability Analysis; Management Control Systems; Contracts; Valuation; Energy Generation; Accounting; Performance Evaluation; China
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      • Research Summary

      Game Theory for Business Strategy

      Game theory--the mathematical study of strategic interactions--came of age, in a sense, when three of the field's pioneers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994. Yet despite the development of the theory and the widespread use of game-theoretic jargon in... View Details
      • January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
      • Teaching Note

      The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B)

      By: Ashley V. Whillans
      This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the... View Details
      Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Well-being; Compensation and Benefits; United Kingdom
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      • June 2003 (Revised November 2003)
      • Case

      Siemens Medical Solutions: Strategic Turnaround

      By: D. Quinn Mills and Julian Kurz
      Describes how Siemens Medical Solutions (MED) accomplished a remarkable turnaround from a money-losing operation to one of Siemens' most profitable divisions. By late 1996, a challenging market environment in the health care industry as well as inefficiencies in the... View Details
      Keywords: Opportunities; Globalized Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      • 19 Nov 2013
      • News

      Q&A With Harvard’s Top Entrepreneurship Professor

      • Web

      Faculty & Research

      25 Jun 2025 Harvard Business School Supporting HBS Faculty in Teaching with the Case Method: 20 Years of the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning Re: Tsedal Neeley & Willis Emmons 24 Jun 2025 Boston... View Details
      • February 2015 (Revised August 2016)
      • Case

      Nokia's Bridge Program: Redesigning Layoffs (A)

      By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
      "Not another Bochum." Nokia Board Chairman Jorma Ollila was clear in the goals he set for the 2011 restructuring that Nokia's new CEO, Stephen Elop, had decided was necessary to address the dramatically changed competitive environment the company faced in smartphones... View Details
      Keywords: Layoffs; Plant Closure; Outplacement; Shared Value; Business or Company Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Restructuring; Employee Relationship Management; Telecommunications Industry
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      • May 2025 (Revised May 2025)
      • Case

      Humana Commits to Value-Based Care

      By: V.G. Narayanan, Henry Eyring and David Lane
      In late 2023, CEO Bruce Broussard reviewed health insurer Humana’s transformation into a value-based care ecosystem. Under its CenterWell brand, the several millions of members in Humana Medicare Advantage plans now had access to Humana-provided primary care, home... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Business Units; Financing and Loans; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
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      • February 1997 (Revised January 2002)
      • Case

      Launching the BMW Z3 Roadster

      By: Robert J. Dolan and Susan M. Fournier
      James McDowell, vice president of marketing at BMW North America, Inc., must design Phase II communication strategies for the launch of the new BMW Z3 Roadster. The program follows an "out-of-the-box" prelaunch campaign centered on the placement of the product in the... View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; North America
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      • September 2017 (Revised March 2018)
      • Case

      Great Lakes Banking Group: Data Management

      By: Shane Greenstein and Christine Snively
      In May 2016, Michael Rechtin, an expert in international data center law, advised global financial services firm Great Lakes Banking Group (GLBG) on its plans to upgrade its data centers. The bank’s data processing and storage systems were in need of an update, and... View Details
      Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Infrastructure; Operations; Information Management
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      • October 1995
      • Case

      Singapore TradeNet: Beyond TradeNet to the Intelligent Island

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, John L. King and Soon-Siong Neo
      Describes the actions taken by the government of Singapore to enable the country to survive and prosper after it achieved independence in the late 1960s. Recognizing that its small size, limited natural resources, but excellent location placed it in a vulnerable... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Communication Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Singapore
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      • October 2020 (Revised March 2022)
      • Supplement

      The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (B)

      By: Ashley V. Whillans and Shibeal O'Flaherty
      This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the... View Details
      Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Well-being; Compensation and Benefits; United Kingdom
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