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Dennis Campbell
Dennis W. Campbell is currently the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching activities focus broadly on how management control systems can be designed to balance short-term strategy execution... View Details
Michael W. Toffel
Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
they experienced from growth prior to the 1960s. Download the working paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14539 The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and U.S. Ethnic Invention Authors:William R. Kerr and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2024
- Working Paper
Trade Policy in the Shadow of Conflict: The Case of Dual-use Goods
By: Maxim Alekseev and Xinyue Lin
Policymakers increasingly use trade instruments to address national security concerns. This paper studies optimal policy for dual-use goods, items with both military and civilian applications. We begin by documenting that regulation and trade flows of dual-use goods... View Details
- April 2015 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Comcast Corporation (A)
In March 2015, the U.S. television industry received a major wake-up call. HBO, a premium cable channel with over 30 million subscribers, had announced it would begin offering a standalone streaming service. This new service would allow customers to bypass the cable... View Details
Keywords: Cable Television; HBO; Industry Evolution; Television Entertainment; Disruption; Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Gupta, Sunil, Henry McGee, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Comcast Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 715-457, April 2015. (Revised June 2020.)
- September 2010 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate
By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
The learning objective of this case is to help students recognize the interplay between intellectual property (IP) rights and corporate strategy. We do this by examining what is a fairly atypical circumstance today in which a single firm is able to secure what it... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rights; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate." Harvard Business School Case 611-009, September 2010. (Revised July 2013.)
- March 2025
- Supplement
No One Left Behind (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
Supplement to HBS Case No. 325-007. In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
Paine, Lynn S., Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock, and David Lane. "No One Left Behind (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 325-009, March 2025.
- March 2025
- Supplement
No One Left Behind (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock and David Lane
Supplement to HBS Case No. 325-007. In September 2021, the board of directors for the nonprofit No One Left Behind (NOLB) faced a crucial decision. Since its 2013 founding, NOLB had helped resettle in the United States thousands of Afghans and Iraqis who had assisted... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution; Service Industry; Afghanistan; United States
Paine, Lynn S., Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Max Hancock, and David Lane. "No One Left Behind (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 325-008, March 2025.
- November 2017
- Case
The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble
In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History; Health; Government Legislation; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Germany; Europe
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Tom Nicholas, and Matthew Preble. "The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies." Harvard Business School Case 818-044, November 2017.
- December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Aviation Security after September 11th: Public or Private?
Was the public or the private sector best positioned to provide security and baggage screening services? The suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the plane crash outside Pittsburgh, marked September 11, 2001, as the date of the most severe... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; National Security; Air Transportation; State Ownership; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Dyck, Alexander, and Mehmet Beceren. "Aviation Security after September 11th: Public or Private?" Harvard Business School Case 702-021, December 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
- 15 Oct 2020
- Other Presentation
Pandemic Caused 'A Lot of Consumer-Driven Innovation': Harvard's Herzlinger
The "Godmother of consumer-driven health care" Regina Herzlinger of Harvard Business School and Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn discuss how the pandemic is a wake-up call for how U.S. health care is incentivized, and what can be done to improve the delivery of American... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Health Care Industry; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Demand and Consumers; Health Industry; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Pandemic Caused 'A Lot of Consumer-Driven Innovation': Harvard's Herzlinger." Bloomberg Television, October 15, 2020.
- 18 Feb 2019
- News
The High Cost of Love
- February 2023 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Kvadrat: Focus, Execute, and Grow
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Kvadrat was a family-owned global textiles company. The company had enjoyed impressive top-line growth and was shifting gears to emphasize profitability via a shorter strategic agenda. Agenda items included: U.S. expansion, generating improved margins in its consumer... View Details
- November 1996 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Farmington Fresh: Growers Changing Produce Distribution
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Don Daniels
Opening up of Asian markets for U.S. produce provided an opportunity for large-scale producers to develop their own packing house and airline to ship their product to Asian markets. Teaching Purpose: How do farmers take a proactive strategy in reaching global produce... View Details
Goldberg, Ray A., and Don Daniels. "Farmington Fresh: Growers Changing Produce Distribution." Harvard Business School Case 597-047, November 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
- January 1994 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Problems at InSpeech
By: Lynn S. Paine
InSpeech, Inc., the largest U.S. provider of speech, occupational, and physical therapists to nursing homes and hospitals, is faltering badly. The company is having trouble retaining its frontline employees--the clinicians who deliver its services--and its customers.... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Health Care and Treatment; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Health Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Problems at InSpeech." Harvard Business School Case 394-109, January 1994. (Revised June 1996.)
- 26 Mar 2013
- News
A Bear Call on Bullish Analysts
- September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Cott Corp.: Private Label in the 1990s
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Robert S. Kaplan
Private label cola, Cott, gets 30% of the market in Canada. How does it move into the U.S. market? How do retailers evaluate its benefit costs? Does Cott use an existing structure or build new ones? Does Cott diversify from drink to snack foods? View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Cost Management; Labels; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Structures; Diversification; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Cott Corp.: Private Label in the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 594-031, September 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
- November 1986 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Fox Broadcasting Co.
Describes an attempt by Fox Broadcasting to enter the U.S. television broadcasting industry as a fourth network. Intended to integrate the analysis of major investment decisions with business strategy. Leads to a discussion of the investment decision based on industry... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Fox Broadcasting Co." Harvard Business School Case 387-096, November 1986. (Revised April 1993.)