Publications

29 Jun 2021
Cold Call Podcast

Procter & Gamble’s Lean Innovation Transformation

Keywords: Re: Emily Truelove; Consumer Products

2020
Book

Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

By: Stefan Thomke

Don’t fly blind. See how the power of experiments works for you. When it comes to improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong. They discover that intuition,... View Details

Keywords: Experimentation; Experiments; Market Research; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Customers; Research

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April 2003 (Revised October 2004)
Case

Novartis: The Challenge of Success (B)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus

When Dr. Daniel Vasella learned of the early Phase 1 trial results, he immediately decided what course of action Novartis would take. Students will be able to examine and assess the concrete steps, and the rationale behind them, that Novartis took in response to this... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Moral Sensibility; Innovation and Invention; Distribution; Product Development; Production; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

21 Oct 2022
News

Climate Regulations Are About to Disrupt Global Shipping

January 1993 (Revised April 1993)
Case

Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation; Customer Relationship Management; Goals and Objectives; Customer Satisfaction; Research and Development; Marketplace Matching; Financial Condition; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry

01 Aug 2011
News

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

25 Aug 2011
News

Without Its Master of Design, Apple Will Face Many Challenges

29 Sep 2020
News

As it happened: The US debate 'cat fight'

15 Nov 2016
News

Health Care Needs Real Competition

2008
Book

Managing Your Boss

By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter

Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy guidebook, the authors contend that you manage your boss for a very good reason: to do your best on the job—and thereby benefit not... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Information Management; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Tactics; Performance Productivity; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Personal Characteristics

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27 Jan 2016
Blog Post

A Summer Internship in the Music Industry

them find new artists and music that they might consider partnering with to release music. After establishing that I did in fact have good “taste,” I eventually asked the company if I could continue working... View Details

June 2008 (Revised April 2013)
Case

Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty

By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron

Considers the creation of the world's largest fragrance company by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of developing a beauty... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Germany; United States

24 May 2012
News

Dean Nohria Addresses the Class of 2012

27 Mar 2014
News

Young workers change jobs frequently, study shows

11 Aug 2012
News

Down With Shareholder Value

15 Jul 2011
News

Struggling Firms Turn to Daily-Deal Sites

May 2001 (Revised December 2003)
Case

Mexico: The Unfinished Agenda

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans

President Vincente Fox takes over in Mexico on December 1, 2000--a political revolution ending 71 years of PRI rule. In the past five years, Mexico has solved a number of macroeconomic problems and had a good run of economic growth. But a host of microeconomic problems... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Policy; Government and Politics; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Mexico