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- 05 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges Between Education and Business
study process to companies. Since most businesses in Latin America are unfamiliar with the concept and haven't been approached for study before, he said, they don't know what the process entails nor how it might benefit them. It is...
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by Martha Lagace
- July–September 2014
- Article
Investing in Superstars: Lessons from the World of Football [¿Cómo Invertir en Superestrellas? Lecciones del Mundo del Fútbol]
By: Anita Elberse
Markets for soccer players are winner-take-all markets in which a select few top players earn extremely high rewards. The search for effective talent strategies in these conditions has led clubs to pursue a superstar-acquisition model, a talent-development model, or a...
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- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
marketing was dreadful, and its finances would have collapsed had it not been for CFO Fred Anderson’s work. The world of computers was dominated by Microsoft, especially after the introduction of its...
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by Dina Gerdeman
Management Culture & Surveillance
Highlighted in Columbia L. Sch.’s Blue Sky and Duke L. Sch.’s Global Markets blogs. Featured in its own episode of Stanford L. Sch.’s Business Scholars podcast. Selected for “New and Emerging Voices in Workplace Law,” 2020 AALS Ann. Meeting.
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- 2024
- Article
Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway
By: Mateo Aboy, Cristina Crespo and Ariel Stern
Moderate-risk medical devices constitute 99% of those that have been regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since it gained authority to regulate medical technology nearly five decades ago. This article presents an analysis of the interaction between...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Health Care and Treatment;
Technology Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Safety;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Aboy, Mateo, Cristina Crespo, and Ariel Stern. "Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway." Art. 29. npj Digital Medicine 7 (2024).
- Web
Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
products and also entered new markets abroad. In late 2014, Gore and his team had to decide how to further develop the company and prioritize...
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- September 1999 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
MarketSoft
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Diana S. Gardner
Greg Erman and Nancy Benovich-Gilby have assembled a team and selected a market for the launch of a high-potential venture based on using an Internet-based service to manage the flow of sales leads between principals and their distribution channel partners. Their...
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Diana S. Gardner. "MarketSoft." Harvard Business School Case 800-069, September 1999. (Revised October 2006.)
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (B)
By: W. Carl Kester
Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and...
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Assets;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Equity;
Debt Securities;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Health Industry;
United States
Kester, W. Carl. "Hospital Corp. of America (B)." Harvard Business School Case 283-054, January 1983. (Revised February 1988.)
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
businesses." At the same time, some market segments will continue to prefer the physical interactions embodied in the "old" model and will be willing to pay a...
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by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- January – February 2011
- Article
'Bricks and Clicks': The Impact of Product Returns on the Strategies of Multichannel Retailers
By: Elie Ofek, Zsolt Katona and Miklos Sarvary
The Internet has increased the flexibility of retailers, allowing them to operate an online arm in addition to their physical stores. The online channel offers potential benefits in selling to customer segments that value the convenience of online shopping, but it also...
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Ofek, Elie, Zsolt Katona, and Miklos Sarvary. "'Bricks and Clicks': The Impact of Product Returns on the Strategies of Multichannel Retailers." Marketing Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2011).
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new...
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by Martha Lagace
- December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Borealis
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen
When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case...
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Activity Based Costing and Management;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Investment;
Governance Controls;
Balanced Scorecard;
Management Systems;
Manufacturing Industry;
Europe
Kaplan, Robert S., and Bjorn N. Jorgensen. "Borealis." Harvard Business School Case 102-048, December 2001. (Revised February 2008.)
- January 2011
- Case
Clean Edge Razor: Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning
By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
After three years of development, Paramount Health and Beauty Company is preparing to launch a new technologically advanced vibrating razor called Clean Edge. The innovative new design of Clean Edge provides superior performance by stimulating the hair follicles to...
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Project Management;
Interdepartmental Relations;
Organizational Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Relationships;
Product Development;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Quelch, John A., and Heather Beckham. "Clean Edge Razor: Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-249, January 2011.
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
would come out strong, in fact ties from non–Ivy League schools were just as powerful, the researchers learned. They detail the results and implications in an HBS working paper, "Sell Side School Ties" [PDF]. "Our findings...
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- December 2018
- Case
Kodak: The Rebirth of an Iconic Brand
By: Anat Keinan, Giana M. Eckhart and Michael B. Beverland
Following its re-emergence from bankruptcy protection in 2014, the marketing team at Kodak has been charged with tripling brand value with consumers, with little marketing budget. The case focuses on the strategies used by senior Kodak marketers Steven Overman and Dany...
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Branding;
Brand & Product Management;
Brand Heritage;
Cultural Branding;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Demographics
Keinan, Anat, Giana M. Eckhart, and Michael B. Beverland. "Kodak: The Rebirth of an Iconic Brand." Harvard Business School Case 519-051, December 2018.
- June 2016
- Article
Local Currency Sovereign Risk
By: Wenxin Du and Jesse Schreger
We introduce a new measure of emerging market sovereign credit risk: the local currency credit spread, defined as the spread of local currency bonds over the synthetic local currency risk-free rate constructed using cross-currency swaps. We find that local currency...
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Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger. "Local Currency Sovereign Risk." Journal of Finance 71, no. 3 (June 2016): 1027–1070.
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
audience mix, as does the element of national pride that comes with victory and the emotional flag-raising ceremony that follows. The brand power of the Olympics is also fueled by business and View Details
- 21 Jan 2016
- Video
2016 Precision Trials Challenge
- 30 Mar 2017
- HBS Seminar
David McKenzie, World Bank
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
forthcoming IMF Economic Review Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond View Details
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Dina Gerdeman