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- November 1983 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Procter & Gamble Co. (A)
By: John A. Quelch
An associate advertising manager at Procter & Gamble is considering several options to strengthen the company's position in the light duty liquid detergent market. One option is to introduce a fourth Procter & Gamble brand in the category. Provides substantial...
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Advertising;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Quelch, John A. "Procter & Gamble Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 584-047, November 1983. (Revised May 1990.)
- March 2018
- Case
Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
In 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial performance,...
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Keywords:
Shareholder Activism;
Investing;
Activist Investing;
Technology;
CEO Turnover;
Hedge Fund Activism;
Benchmarking;
Corporate Governance;
Information Technology;
Investment Activism;
Performance Improvement;
Management Succession;
United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk." Harvard Business School Case 118-086, March 2018.
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
partner. Leading firms develop an explicit strategy for collaboration that is aligned with their business objectives. While a focus on lower cost is sometimes the outcome, it is not always. A second reason that managing collaboration like...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Program
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Summary Tax reforms, regulatory uncertainty, and global market volatility are creating a more complex investment environment, but the outlook for private equity remains strong. This investment management course provides the frameworks you...
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- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Dragon's Teeth Vineyards
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Marius Leibold, Sven Voelpel and Kerry Herman
Dragon's Teeth Vineyards (DTV) is a South African wine producer that is considering whether to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its wine-making process. GMOs promise to lower the costs of wine production significantly through increased yields and reduced...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Genetics;
Transition;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Product Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Technology Adoption;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
South Africa
MacCormack, Alan D., Marius Leibold, Sven Voelpel, and Kerry Herman. "Dragon's Teeth Vineyards." Harvard Business School Case 604-069, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- 24 Apr 2022
- News
Artificial Intelligence Is Stuck In A Narrow Rut
- February 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Schneider Electric: Opening Up to External Innovation
By: Antonio Davila
Schneider Electric competes in tough but stable markets around energy management, automation, and control of infrastructures ranging from homes to production plants. New technologies and new approaches to serving markets are challenging the status quo. To take...
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Keywords:
Corporate Venture Capital;
Accelerator;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Organizational Design;
Energy Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
France;
United States
Davila, Antonio. "Schneider Electric: Opening Up to External Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 119-061, February 2019. (Revised May 2019.)
- October 2022
- Article
How Leaders with Divergent Visions Generate Novel Strategy: Navigating the Paradox of Preservation and Modernization in Swiss Watchmaking
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Rich DeJordy and Rory M. McDonald
How do leaders with divergent visions for their organization come together to create a novel strategy? This paper employs paradox as a lens to investigate how leader-dyads can integrate opposing strategies to produce a new, generative approach. Drawing on a qualitative...
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Keywords:
Strategic Paradoxes;
Senior Leaders;
Organizational Reinvention;
Leadership;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Change;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Switzerland
Raffaelli, Ryan, Rich DeJordy, and Rory M. McDonald. "How Leaders with Divergent Visions Generate Novel Strategy: Navigating the Paradox of Preservation and Modernization in Swiss Watchmaking." Academy of Management Journal 65, no. 5 (October 2022): 1593–1622.
- May 1992
- Article
Coordination in Split-Award Auctions
By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We analyze split award procurement auctions in which a buyer divides full production between two suppliers or awards all production to a single supplier, and suppliers have private cost information. An intriguing feature of split awards is that the equilibrium bids are...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Balance and Stability;
Cost;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Production;
Five Forces Framework;
Supply and Industry;
Situation or Environment;
Information;
Manufacturing Industry
Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Coordination in Split-Award Auctions." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107, no. 2 (May 1992): 681–707. (Reprinted in P. Klemperer, ed., The Economic Theory of Auctions, Elgar, 2000.) Harvard users click here for full text.)
- February 2006 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Sippican Corporation (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Presents a time-driven version of the Wilkerson Co. activity-based costing case (101092). Faced with declining profits, Sippican Corp. is struggling to understand why it is encountering severe price competition on one product line. The controller collects data that...
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Keywords:
History;
Business Model;
Strategic Planning;
Cost Accounting;
Motivation and Incentives;
Resource Allocation;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Profit;
Business Strategy;
Budgets and Budgeting
Kaplan, Robert S. "Sippican Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 106-058, February 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
- 28 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo
in New York, Seattle, Beijing, and Berlin. Duolingo has also been the summer home of HBS interns for the past seven years, specifically in the Product Management function. Senior University Recruiter Dalia...
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Technology
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
of principles for responsible investment, a standard that falls well short of integrating ESG considerations into their investment decisions. Myth Number 3: Companies cannot influence the kind of shareholders that buy their shares, and corporate View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- April 1984 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Waltham Motors Division
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Loss of a major contract has reduced production volume below the level expected when budget and standard costs were determined. Apparently favorable results for monthly operations result from reduced volume rather than operating efficiency. Rewritten version of a case...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Cost Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Waltham Motors Division." Harvard Business School Case 184-169, April 1984. (Revised May 2004.)
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
copper-mining company, widely considered to be one of the most professionally managed firms in South America in spite of the fact that it was 100% government-owned. A $10.5 billion company in 2005, Codelco faced the challenge of...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
are more productive than others, the power of economies of scale, and opportunities to share value with your suppliers. Highlights Fixed and Variable Costs How Big Banks Get Bigger Teaching Your Suppliers Good View Details
- January 1998 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura
In the summer of 1997, a consultant at Japan's Funai Consulting Co. Ltd., must decide how to respond to a client's proposal to offer "open pricing" (based on willingness to pay) to customers unable to pay the standard price for the client's product. The client, Akita...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Price;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Decisions;
Agribusiness;
Management Practices and Processes;
Business Ventures;
Consulting Industry;
Japan
Paine, Lynn S., and Tomoya Nakamura. "Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-017, January 1998. (Revised February 2002.)
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Business Divisions;
Cost of Capital;
Corporate Finance;
Value;
Valuation;
Industrial Products Industry;
United States;
Denmark;
Republic of Ireland
Esty, Benjamin C., E. Scott Mayfield, and Daniel Fisher. "Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital." Harvard Business School Case 221-006, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 2004
- Article
Sources of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets
By: Rakesh Khurana and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This article proposes two mechanisms that allow actors to obtain unearned advantages in labor markets. The first mechanism is consistent with collusive closure arguments. However, it questions the assumption that those who seek to benefit from collusive closure will...
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Khurana, Rakesh, and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. "Sources of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 21 (2004): 169–187.
- April 2001 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Moore Medical Corporation
Moore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners, such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. At the time of the case, it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs, phones, and faxes to communicate product...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing Communications;
Information Technology;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Distribution Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Gregory Bounds. "Moore Medical Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 601-142, April 2001. (Revised February 2003.)
- February 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
The Ford Fiesta
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Executives at Ford wondered if social media could be the marketing solution for the launch of the youth-oriented 2010 Fiesta. But with social media came a ceding of control. Some at the company believed that if Ford was going to move beyond its conservative brand image...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Digital Marketing;
Leadership;
Goals and Objectives;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Market Entry and Exit;
Standards;
Auto Industry
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "The Ford Fiesta." Harvard Business School Case 511-117, February 2011. (Revised December 2012.) (request a courtesy copy.)