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- August 2016
- Supplement
Videojet (B)
In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high tech printer just launched in the market. The new product exemplified the first real instance in which the Videojet... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Processes; Conglomerates; Diversification; Relational Contracts; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Sadun, Raffaella, Bharat Anand, and Eric Van den Steen. "Videojet (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-410, August 2016.
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
larger than the companies themselves: the success of their respective business ecosystems. These loose networks—of suppliers, distributors, outsourcing firms, makers of related products or services,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 1994
- Book
The Perpetual Enterprise Machine: Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal through Successful Product and Process Development
Bowen, H. K., K. B. Clark, C. H. Holloway and S. C. Wheelwright, eds. The Perpetual Enterprise Machine: Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal through Successful Product and Process Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- 2012
- Case
Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Hong Zhang
The case "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A)" completed in early 2010 described the strategic path of Beyondsoft over its history of more than 10 years since its foundation in 1995, containing its major business lines and the relations with the major customers at that time, the... View Details
Keywords: Computer Software; Entrepreneurship; Outsourcing; Strategy; China; Information Technology; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Hong Zhang. "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B)." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurial Management: Customer Discovery and Business Development
This research focuses on: (a) market research methods and tactics suitable to startups seeking their initial customers and validation of their initial business model; (b) guidelines for conducting visits with potential customers as part of the startup ptrocess; and (c)... View Details
- 22 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation
Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu
- August 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Videojet (A)
In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high-tech printer just launched in the market. The new product exemplified the first real instance in which the Videojet... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Processes; Conglomerates; Relational Contracts; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Diversification; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Sadun, Raffaella, Bharat Anand, and Eric Van den Steen. "Videojet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 717-403, August 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
close examination and clear explanation of how the process of securitization transformed trillions of dollars of risky assets into securities that many considered to be a safe bet. Authored by HBS professors Joshua D. Coval and Erik... View Details
- 2021
- Chapter
Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success
By: Karen G. Mills and Annie Dang
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Fintech; Artificial Intelligence; Small Business; Financing and Loans; Capital; Success; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science
Mills, Karen G., and Annie Dang. "Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success." In Big Data in Small Business, edited by Carsten Lund Pedersen, Adam Lindgreen, Thomas Ritter, and Torsten Ringberg. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- April 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
CredEx Fintech: Business Model Transformation During the Digital Era
By: Laura Huang, Raphael Amit and Xu Han
Founded in 2010, CredEx has been a fast and constant innovator in the microfinance industry in China. Tang Xia, CEO and co-founder of CredEx, has led the company through a number of profound business model innovations in response to external environment changes, which... View Details
Keywords: Digitization; Fintech; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Transformation; Microfinance; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Huang, Laura, Raphael Amit, and Xu Han. "CredEx Fintech: Business Model Transformation During the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 420-080, April 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- January 2013
- Case
Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (A)
By: Willy Shih and Ying Zhou
Managers at Cabot Corporation are faced with deciding the future of its fuel cell program. The (A) case recounts the view of the business manager and the technical project lead, and the (B) case describes the perspective of a senior manager who is the head of the New... View Details
Keywords: Technical Decision-making; Decision-making Process; Fuel Cells; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Business Plan; Business Exit or Shutdown; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Massachusetts; United States
Shih, Willy, and Ying Zhou. "Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 613-066, January 2013.
- Research Summary
Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
- 2011
- Case
The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects
By: Thomas H. Davenport, Stijn Viaene and Annabel Van den Bunder
Managers have used business analytics to inform their decision making for years. And while few companies would qualify as being what management innovation and strategy expert Thomas H. Davenport has dubbed "analytic competitors," more and more businesses are moving in... View Details
Davenport, Thomas H., Stijn Viaene, and Annabel Van den Bunder. "The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects." 2011.
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
The business scene in the Islamic world may be as complex as its 1.3 billion people, but one rule is nevertheless quite straightforward for Westerners who want to do deals. "One thing you do not bring up is the Palestinian-Israeli... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
announced a new strategy, which he called "One IBM." Having planted that stake in the ground, the company carefully chose what businesses to divest—its energy was then pointed toward the One IBM theme. View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- June 2, 2020
- Article
How to 'Re-engineer' Your Business for Safety
By: Hubert Joly
Process reengineering was a massive trend in the 1990s. By focusing on improving either cost, quality, or service, a company could gain benefits in all three categories. Today, the principles that underpin process reengineering can be applied anew, with safety as a... View Details
Keywords: Re-engineering; COVID; Safety; Performance Improvement; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Joly, Hubert. "How to 'Re-engineer' Your Business for Safety." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 2, 2020).
- 2008
- Book
Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy?
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and John G. Woody
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. And increasingly, it's become a crucial business issue. How will you and your company respond?
In Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? Andrew Hoffman and John... View Details
In Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? Andrew Hoffman and John... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J., and John G. Woody. Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? Harvard Business Press, 2008. (Chinese Edition: 必看！绿色战略中的商机, China Machine Press; Danish Edition: Klimaforandring - Hvad er din forretningsstrategi?, Gyldendal, 2009; Portuguese Edition: Mudanças Climáticas: Desafios e Oportunidades Empresariais, Elsevier and Alterações Climáticas, Actual Editoras.)
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
Much management theory stresses how firm-specific resources—especially knowledge—accumulate over time, and become embedded in distinctive routines or cultures which shape the competitive advantage of firms. Business historians are in a... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum Business Marketing and Sales
Business markets differ from consumer markets in important ways. Typically, the buying process is more complex, the buying units and purchase criteria differ, and marketing decisions are more closely interrelated with firm-wide strategic choices. In addition,... View Details