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- 09 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Students, Alumni, and Colleagues Gather to Discuss Leadership in the Energy Industry
The energy industry has been shaken over the last year as oil prices have dropped from over $110 to below $50, with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) promising no relief to the supply...
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- 2003
- Article
Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications
In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging...
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Wastes and Waste Processing;
Energy Conservation;
Product Development;
Strategy;
Policy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Manufacturing Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
North and Central America
Toffel, Michael W. "Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 9 (2003).
- April 2024 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight Loss Drugs
By: Joseph L. Badaracco, Tom Quinn and John Schultz
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk was owned by a charitable foundation, and since its founding in the 1920s had focused on producing insulin to treat diabetes. In 2017, however, it released Ozempic, a diabetes treatment with the revolutionary side effect of...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Judgments;
Values and Beliefs;
Global Strategy;
Health Care and Treatment;
Patents;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Product Positioning;
Supply and Industry;
Supply Chain;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Opportunities;
Social Issues;
Equality and Inequality;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Health Industry;
Denmark;
United States;
Europe;
China;
India;
Middle East;
North Africa
- October 2004 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Staffing in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda
This case discusses the problem of balancing demand and supply of professionals over time using a fictional scenario.
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Nanda, Ashish, Kelley Elizabeth Morrell, and Lauren Prusiner. "Staffing in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Case 905-026, October 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
- 17 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto
want to consider doing so. Since the study suggests that crypto investing has edged into the mainstream, it means businesses are likely to see more consumer demand for spending of crypto as a currency in...
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by Ben Rand
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
well as tying up capital from buying and paying for materials and merchandise well in advance of when they are used. The quality of incoming...
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- March – April 2009
- Article
Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly
By: Dominique Lauga and Elie Ofek
We model a duopoly in which ex-ante identical firms must decide where to direct their innovation efforts. The firms face market uncertainty about consumers' preferences for innovation on two product attributes and technology uncertainty about the success of their R&D...
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Keywords:
Profit;
Innovation and Management;
Demand and Consumers;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Research and Development;
Competitive Strategy
Lauga, Dominique, and Elie Ofek. "Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly." Marketing Science 28, no. 2 (March–April 2009): 373–396.
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
small and dispersed, and they were unsophisticated in understanding the properties of metal-cutting coolants. They were usually accessed by a second tier View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for General Motors? Or are those just headlights from an oncoming train? Among Harvard Business School faculty, it depends on whom you ask. The carmaker—home to such storied brands as Cadillac,...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
demand payments of $10,000 and up. “We’re not talking about demand for potato chips,” Spar added. “This is the kind View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
temporary glut, but one that is a result of progress, which is good for the overall economy. Furthermore, when overcapacity produces a drop in demand, production usually slackens, excess supply is gradually...
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Garry Emmons
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
the Internet," he concluded. "This will favor the cheapest suppliers and keenest buyers and thus hold down prices and inflation while raising productivity."...
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by James E. Aisner
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
lawyer, must decide whether to accede to his father’s wishes and pursue a career in law or the steel business, or follow his own instincts and become a newspaperman. The...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
diversity issues, notes, "Even companies that once were mostly interested in hiring women and minorities either out of a sense of moral obligation or merely to comply with the...
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Garry Emmons
- Web
1.11 Leaves of Absence - MBA
terms of that agreement. Alleged criminal behavior. The student has been arrested on allegations of serious criminal behavior or has been charged with such behavior by law...
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- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
effectively be reduced with moderate levels of investment, these findings suggest substantial economic value for policy and organizational expenditures for burnout reduction programs for physicians,” the...
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- 2015
- Working Paper
Full Substitutability
By: John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky and Alexander Westkamp
Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of
equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions,
and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models' canonical
definitions of...
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Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp. "Full Substitutability." Working Paper, May 2015.
- March 1984 (Revised July 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Exchange Rate Determination
Discusses exchange rate determination in world of flexible rates. The fundamentals of supply of and demand for foreign exchange are explained.
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Currency Exchange Rate
Meerschwam, David M. "Note on Exchange Rate Determination." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-171, March 1984. (Revised July 1985.)
- July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War
By: Rafael Di Tella, Jose Liberti and Sarah McAra
In 2012, Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were embroiled in what some called “the mother of all battles.” Grupo Clarín was one of the preeminent media companies in Argentina, with leading newspapers, cable...
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Keywords:
Media Regulation;
Media;
Government and Politics;
Policy;
Newspapers;
Government Legislation;
Business and Government Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Monopoly;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael, Jose Liberti, and Sarah McAra. "'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War." Harvard Business School Case 718-008, July 2017. (Revised November 2017.)