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- 12 May 2020
- News
The New-Market Conundrum
- 24 Aug 2017
- Video
Building Businesses around Breakthrough Science
- March 2020
- Case
A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue
By: John Macomber, Joseph G. Allen and Emily Jones
Healthy buildings and superior air quality are increasingly important since people now spend so much time indoors. Indoor spaces drive performance and productivity. Commercial real estate landlords and investors are responding to the demands of sophisticated tenants...
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Keywords:
Health And Wellness;
Real Estate;
Sustainability;
Health;
Pollution;
Buildings and Facilities;
Performance Productivity;
Finance;
Real Estate Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Macomber, John, Joseph G. Allen, and Emily Jones. "A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue." Harvard Business School Case 220-065, March 2020.
- November 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
reMarkable: e-Writing the Future
By: Elie Ofek and Curtis Hsu
Magnus Wanberg is the creator of reMarkable, a breakthrough e-writer device set apart from similar products on the market by having solved the frustrating “slow ink” problem typically experienced on pen-based electronic devices, thus providing a “pen and paper” like...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Marketing;
Innovation Management;
Go To Market Strategy;
Marketing Plan;
Target Market;
Digital Devices;
Consumer Electronics;
Forecasting;
Information Technology;
Marketing Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Marketing Channels;
Entrepreneurship;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Product Marketing;
Product Development;
Electronics Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Curtis Hsu. "reMarkable: e-Writing the Future." Harvard Business School Case 517-018, November 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
- January 2013
- Case
Austal, Ltd. (A)
By: Willy C. Shih, Margaret Pierson and Dawn H. Lau
Austal, Ltd. was an Australian builder of high-speed passenger ferries. It had translated that expertise into a foothold in the defense market on the US Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Global Markets;
Economic Downturn;
Design And Manufacturing;
Preservation Of Capabilities;
Shipbuilding;
Global Footprint;
Military Contracts;
Geographic Location;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Ship Transportation;
Transportation Industry;
Australia;
United States;
Alabama;
Philippines
Shih, Willy C., Margaret Pierson, and Dawn H. Lau. "Austal, Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 613-025, January 2013.
- 02 Nov 2015
- Book
Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional
- 12 PM – 6:45 PM EDT, 20 Apr 2023
- Virtual Programming
5 Technologies That Will Change the World. How Will They Affect Your Journey as a Leader?
E.O. Wilson observed that the "real problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology." We will examine 5 recently developed "godlike technologies" that have passed commercial viability and are on track to change...
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- November 2000 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
CMR Enterprises
By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella
Sam Marcus recently purchased a small cabinet-making company, and is looking for dramatic growth. The company competes in commercial and residential construction markets; shortly after the acquisition, the company gains a large new residential customer. The case traces...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Customer Relationship Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
Marketing Strategy;
Performance Evaluation;
Relationships;
Segmentation;
Construction Industry
Narayandas, Das, and Mary N. Caravella. "CMR Enterprises." Harvard Business School Case 501-012, November 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
- June 2020
- Case
RBC: Transforming Transformation (A)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Aldo Sesia
In 2017, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a Canadian financial icon, mandated a swat team of “enablers of collaboration” (their job description) to support the personal and commercial bank in the enterprise-wide RBC Cultural Transformation initiative. Historically,...
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Keywords:
Service Delivery;
Information Technology;
Transformation;
Change Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Decision Making;
Human Resources;
Management Systems;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Groups and Teams;
Management Teams;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Aldo Sesia. "RBC: Transforming Transformation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 920-008, June 2020.
Karen Mills
Karen Gordon Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business... View Details
- November 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Governing Sumida Corporation
By: Lynn S. Paine, Masako Egawa, Chisato Toyama and Kim Bettcher
Describes the corporate governance changes adopted by Japan's Sumida Corp. between 1999 and 2005, setting them in the context of changes in Japan's commercial code during this period. Sumida was the first Japanese company to adopt a new U.S.-inspired "committee system"...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Change Management;
Business or Company Management;
Management Teams;
Law;
Japan
Paine, Lynn S., Masako Egawa, Chisato Toyama, and Kim Bettcher. "Governing Sumida Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 306-022, November 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- 06 Apr 2015
- News
The Goldfish Conundrum
- Research Summary
An Empirical Approach to Understanding Privacy Valuation
The purpose of this research is to detect the presence of sophisticated economic motives behind individual concerns for privacy. Recent theories of privacy demands in commercial contexts have assumed an economically aware and sophisticated consumer, capable of...
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- January 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Airbus versus Boeing (A)
Looks at the development of the competitive actions between Airbus and Boeing from 1992 to 2006. Begins with the question of whether Airbus and Boeing should collaborate on the development of a VLCT (Very Large Commercial Transport) or whether Airbus should develop...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competition;
Cooperation;
Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Airbus versus Boeing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-436, January 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- Article
The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate
By: Gary P. Pisano
Science has long been connected to innovation and to business. As early as the late 19th century, chemical companies, realizing the commercial potential of science, created the first industrial research laboratories. During much of the 20th century, large-scale...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
Innovation and Management;
Risk Management;
Research and Development;
Science-Based Business;
Commercialization
Pisano, Gary P. "The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate." Special Issue on Management Innovation—Essays in the Spirit of Alfred D. Chandler. Industrial and Corporate Change 19, no. 2 (April 2010): 465–482.
- February 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
Hövding: The Airbag for Cyclists
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emilie Billaud
In 2012, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, co¬founders of the Hövding company, reflect on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. Since 2005, Haupt and Alstin had been working on a new type of bicycle helmet—an "airbag for cyclists." What had begun as a thesis...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Transition;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Bicycle Industry;
Sweden;
Europe
Fuller, Joseph B., and Emilie Billaud. "Hövding: The Airbag for Cyclists." Harvard Business School Case 315-056, February 2015. (Revised September 2016.)
- June 2016
- Case
Alnylam: Building a Biotechnology Powerhouse
By: Kevin Schulman
Alnylam is an early stage biomedical technology focused on commercial development of a novel technology platform, siRNA. This technology offered promise to treat rare genetic disorders that could not be treated with other technologies. Alnlyam's development entailed...
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