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- June 1999
- Case
Major League Baseball--1999
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth
Major League Baseball (MLB) has experienced a very positive 1998 season and must assess its situation and consider new initiatives for 1999. The latter include building, a fan base, television coverage, etc. View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment
Greyser, Stephen A., and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth. "Major League Baseball--1999." Harvard Business School Case 599-121, June 1999.
- October 1989
- Background Note
Managing Major Accounts
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Written as an introduction to a module in the second-year MBA course, Marketing Implementation. Discusses issues encountered in the selling and management of major accounts. The topics covered include: 1) reasons for the increasing importance of major account... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Market Participation; Relationships; Salesforce Management
Cespedes, Frank V. "Managing Major Accounts." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-046, October 1989.
The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership
The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present. A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day... View Details
- January 2002
- Background Note
The Major Global Stock Exchanges
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Lynn Villadolid Roy
Describes the major global stock exchanges. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Lynn Villadolid Roy. "The Major Global Stock Exchanges." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-169, January 2002.
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 02 Nov 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Tools for Life's Major Transitions
To take charge of a major life transition, we must look beyond the numbers in a financial plan, we must look at our relationships and how they will change, assess our physical health and lifestyle and develop an understanding of how work and play will keep us mentally... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Looking to the Majors
“Everybody is favorably impressed by Merritt and his commitment to the city. You can’t put a dollar figure on that” (Portland Tribune, June 26, 2008). Portland has only one major league franchise, basketball’s NBA Trail Blazers. But... View Details
- December 1998 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Major League Soccer--1996-1998: Now, Later...Never?
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman
Major League Soccer (MLS) has entered the U.S. "big league" sports arena. This case reviews its first several years. Students must determine the basic business model of MLS in the context of changes in the fan acceptance of soccer in the United States. A comparison... View Details
Greyser, Stephen A., and Kirk A. Goldman. "Major League Soccer--1996-1998: Now, Later...Never?" Harvard Business School Case 599-023, December 1998. (Revised August 2004.)
- 14 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Liberal Arts Major Pursues an MBA
I majored in theater at a liberal arts college, and I came to HBS from a nonprofit. I remember sitting in the auditorium on the first day of HBS, looking around the room at the 900 other suits surrounding me, and wishing so badly class... View Details
- 29 Dec 2008
- News
Retailers Brace for Major Change
- September 2002
- Background Note
Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases
By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
Summarizes five major trade disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO): (1) the Brazil-Canada aircraft dispute, (2) the European Union/United States foreign sales corporation dispute, (3) the Asian/United States shrimp and sea turtle dispute, (4) the United... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Conflict Management; Negotiation; Brazil; Canada; European Union; Asia; United States
Moss, David A., and Nick Bartlett. "Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-016, September 2002.
- March 2002 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Major Dimensions of Company Mission
Having a clear company mission has great managerial benefits. This note describes what a useful company mission should include. View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose
Tagiuri, Renato. "Major Dimensions of Company Mission." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-426, March 2002. (Revised October 2007.)
- November 1985 (Revised December 1994)
- Background Note
Major Home Appliance Industry in 1984 (Revised)
By: John R. Wells
Analyzes the major home appliance industry in the U.S. in 1984 and gives a profile of the key competitors. May be used with Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988 and Maytag in 1984. View Details
Wells, John R. "Major Home Appliance Industry in 1984 (Revised)." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-115, November 1985. (Revised December 1994.)
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
‘We squandered a major economic recovery': Harvard professor
- January 2004 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (A)
By: Scott A. Snook, Robert Kaderavek and Jeremy Schneider
Major Steckleson is facing his toughest challenge yet. As an experienced observer-controller at the U.S. Army's National Training Center, Steckleson is responsible for helping leaders of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron learn from a deadly mistake in simulated combat... View Details
Snook, Scott A., Robert Kaderavek, and Jeremy Schneider. "Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-089, January 2004. (Revised August 2004.)
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
How to Save Major League Baseball from Itself
- May–June 1975
- Article
At Last, Major Roles for Minicomputers
By: G. J. Burnett and R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Technology
Burnett, G. J., and R. L. Nolan. "At Last, Major Roles for Minicomputers." Harvard Business Review 53, no. 3 (May–June 1975).
- October 1988 (Revised December 1994)
- Supplement
Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Updates developments in the industry. Included among these are GE's reinvestment program, GE and Whirlpool's bidding war for Roper, Sears' expansion into selling brand names, Whirlpool's expansion into the European markets, and a number of other examples of this kind... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Investment; Globalization; Brands and Branding; Bids and Bidding; Expansion; Europe
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Major Home Appliance Industry in 1988." Harvard Business School Supplement 389-056, October 1988. (Revised December 1994.)
- September 2022
- Article
Energy Innovation Funding and Institutions in Major Economies
By: Jonas Meckling, Clara Galeazzi, Esther Shears, Tong Xu and Laura Diaz Anadon
Accelerating energy innovation for decarbonization hinges on public investment in research, development and demonstration (RD&D). Here we examine the evolution and variation of public energy RD&D funding and institutions and associated drivers across eight major... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Energy Policy; Government Legislation; Energy Sources
Meckling, Jonas, Clara Galeazzi, Esther Shears, Tong Xu, and Laura Diaz Anadon. "Energy Innovation Funding and Institutions in Major Economies." Nature Energy 7, no. 9 (September 2022): 876–885.
- September 2017 (Revised March 2019)
- Supplement
Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Rhodesia (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
In 1976, United States Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger conducted a series of intricate, multiparty negotiations in Southern Africa to persuade white Rhodesian leader Ian Smith to accede to black majority rule. Conducted near the end of President Gerald Ford’s... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal; Government and Politics; Africa; United States
Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Rhodesia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 918-004, September 2017. (Revised March 2019.)