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- August 1998
- Case
Electronic Commerce at Air Products
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
In 1998,chief information officers (CIOs) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals business faced the reality that electronic commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys of technology officers in the chemical industry... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Globalized Markets and Industries; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Chemical Industry; United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Electronic Commerce at Air Products." Harvard Business School Case 399-035, August 1998.
- Web
Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
collapse of Lehman Brothers followed by the close of its London office and other international subsidiaries sent shock waves through the global financial markets with a widespread ripple effect. Defaulted... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
Entrepreneurial Management 4 results John C. Mulliken Strategy 3 results Lynn S. Paine General Management 38 results V. Kasturi Rangan Marketing 12 results Sophus A. Reinert Business, Government View Details
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
uncertainty in the market, investors become quite risk averse. They will only back proven entrepreneurs with truly compelling ideas. People make the numbers, not conversely. So, I still think the people making the forecasts are more important than the numbers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
outreach should be done on multiple platforms and carefully crafted to answer only one or two hypotheses. These hypotheses are commonly, “Is this where we can reach this audience if we want to market to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- Article
Policy Implications of Weak Patent Rights
By: James J. Anton, Hillary Greene and Dennis Yao
Patents vary substantially in the degree of protection provided against unauthorized imitation. In this chapter we explore a range of work addressing the economic and policy implications of "weak" patents—patents that have a significant probability of being overturned... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Motivation and Incentives; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Rights; Monopoly; Business Startups
Anton, James J., Hillary Greene, and Dennis Yao. "Policy Implications of Weak Patent Rights." Innovation Policy and the Economy 6 (2006): 1–26. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- May 2008
- Supplement
Tribune Company, 2007 (CW)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. Tribune Company is one of the largest newspapers and broadcasting companies in the United States. Zell's proposed acquisition is unusual in several respects. It is two-tiered, employs... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
Sports Illustrated, created the largest media company in the world by the mid-20th century. Luce's flagship magazine, Time, was able to gross over $20 million in sales during its first decade of publication View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
decide whether to let employees go. In light of Barry-Wehmiller’s people practices and strategy, what should he do? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717420-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-010 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
Charles O’Reilly Lead your organization through successful transformation by learning how to execute for today and innovate for tomorrow. 6 weeks, 5-7 hrs/week Pay by September 4 $1,850 Certificate View Details
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Employment Data Trends
12% 10% 11% Brand Management <1% <1% 2% <1% 1% General Marketing 2% 3% <1% <1% <1% Product Management 9% 7% 10% 8% 8% Sales 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% Other Marketing <1% 0% 0% <1% 1%... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
stories of his great-grandmother Georgia Joyner, a sales agent for Madam C.J. Walker, the Black entrepreneur considered to be the first female self-made millionaire in the United States, and his... View Details
- Jul 11 2023
- Interview
Consumer Brands Today: Q&A with Jill Avery
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
were, they aggregated into a mighty marketing force. By 1994, Snapple was available across the country, and as distributors added painstakingly cultivated supermarket accounts, View Details
- October 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Production I.G: Challenging the Status Quo
By: Andrei Hagiu, Tarun Khanna, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Masako Egawa and Chisato Toyama
In July 2006, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa wondered how he could further enhance the success and visibility of his animation production company headquartered in Tokyo, Production I.G. For the year ended May 2006, Production I.G. had sales of 5,439 million yen ($47.3 million),... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Advantage; Markets; Animation Entertainment; Going Public; Growth and Development Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Tokyo
Hagiu, Andrei, Tarun Khanna, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Masako Egawa, and Chisato Toyama. "Production I.G: Challenging the Status Quo." Harvard Business School Case 707-454, October 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Marketing Research. The research could help retailers and marketers decide when it's best to lead with price, which... View Details
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Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? To learn about the frameworks firms use when evaluating potential venture opportunities, Mike Roberts, executive director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
1989 about service in the auto industry, Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service, puts it best: “Nothing much has changed over 25 years. The experience is still generally awful.” Sure, there have been... View Details