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- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
second-generation product, which facilitates real-time connectivity between primary care physicians and specialists? Should American Well pursue new markets in the U.S., such as hospitals, chains of clinics,...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Zone Defense: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to - Recruiting
casualties in recent conflicts. Most of those occur in close, urban combat, as service members go building by building in search of hidden threats. “We hear things like, ‘This product made a difference. Had we not had this, things could...
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- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
sector has lost money during this period, new research shows. What went wrong? Professor Gary Pisano provides answers in the new book Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech, in...
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- December 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
FIRA: Confronting the Mexican Agricultural Crisis
By: James E. Austin, Michael Chu and Cate Reavis
In fall 2003, Mexico's agriculture sector was facing a crisis brought on largely by a surge in cheap U.S. imports resulting from NAFTA and inaccessible and/or expensive terms of credit for Mexican agricultural producers. It was getting harder for Mexican producers to...
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Development Economics;
Public Sector;
Trade;
Financial Instruments;
Crisis Management;
Markets;
Strategic Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competitive Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Austin, James E., Michael Chu, and Cate Reavis. "FIRA: Confronting the Mexican Agricultural Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 304-032, December 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 14 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Lying in bed each morning, Emily Batt (MS/MBA 2020) yearned to sleep a little longer, but had no way of knowing when her roommate would finish her seemingly endless shower. That frustration inspired a team project in the new MS/MBA:...
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- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
model choices aimed at increasing volume such as building new stores, increasing product variety, everyday low prices (EDLP), and high-powered incentives for store managers. Input and output prices played a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- May 2016
- Supplement
2016 Update: Argentina Turns the Page
By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
This brief case is a supplement to “Cresud and Argentina” (515-043) and “Note on Agriculture in Argentina” (515-069). Set in early 2016, it describes developments in Argentina under newly elected President Mauricio Macri, including the country’s return to international...
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Argentina;
" Cresud;
Agriculture;
Economic Reform;
Economic Policy;
Land Investment;
Macri;
Currency;
Agribusiness;
Diversification;
Economy;
Emerging Markets;
Credit;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Investment;
Business and Government Relations;
Government and Politics;
Inflation and Deflation;
Trade;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Argentina;
Buenos Aires;
South America
Bell, David E., Forest Reinhardt, and Natalie Kindred. "2016 Update: Argentina Turns the Page." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-077, May 2016.
- April 1989 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
James Burke: A Career in American Business (A)
By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith
Presents an historical overview of the professional career of James E. Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. Examines the corporation's handling of three major occurrences--the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 and 1986 and the acquisition and subsequent sale of...
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Business History;
Marketing Strategy;
Ethics;
Personal Development and Career;
Crisis Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Tedlow, Richard S., and Wendy Smith. "James Burke: A Career in American Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 389-177, April 1989. (Revised October 2005.)
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive...
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- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
risk-taking, and this particular war proved the value of taking risks on new technologies and methods of production beyond one's imagination. As just one example, the rapid development of the synthetic...
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by Spencer E. Ante
- September 2020
- Case
Apple Bets on Augmented Reality
By: Rory McDonald, David Lane and Mel Martin
In 2020, augmented reality (AR) was still a nascent technology with blockbuster potential, one which Apple was actively developing as its iPhone franchise waned. But the emergence of AR was uneven, including the disappointing Google Glass and the unexpected viral...
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Augmented Reality;
Industry Structures;
Product Development;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Video Game Industry
McDonald, Rory, David Lane, and Mel Martin. "Apple Bets on Augmented Reality." Harvard Business School Case 621-007, September 2020.
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Research Shows Which TV Ads Are Likely to Make Multitaskers Buy
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
and Stanford University's Debra E. Meyerson propose a new approach to viewing and solving the women-in-leadership shortfall. Traditionally, three goals for fixing the problem have been considered: fix the women; create equal opportunity;...
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by Mallory Stark
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
What's good for General Motors may no longer be good for the country. In its place must arise a new model of the company, one that serves society as well as rewarding shareholders and employees, Kanter argues in her View Details
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Web
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- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
Over just a few months, the United States stock market plunged almost 20 percent—then in one day rebounded a record 1,000 points. 2018 seemed just that kind of year in business: restless, surging, full of surprises. Big-name retailers...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
of the most common ways that managers unwittingly undermine daily progress is by failing to make timely decisions or provide clear, consistent goals. Here's an example from a work diary in a consumer products company: Had meetings [ ] to...
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by Carmen Nobel
- August 2000
- Article
Corporate Reorganizations and Non-Cash Auctions
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and S. Viswanathan
This paper extends the theory of non-cash auctions by considering the revenue and efficiency of using different securities. Research on bankruptcy and privatization suggests using non-cash auctions to increase cash-constrained bidder participation. We examine this...
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Auctions;
Revenue;
Debt Securities;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Privatization;
Capital Structure;
Bids and Bidding;
Motivation and Incentives;
Performance Efficiency;
Contracts
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and S. Viswanathan. "Corporate Reorganizations and Non-Cash Auctions." Journal of Finance 55, no. 4 (August 2000): 1807–1849.
- May 2022
- Case
Honeywell: Transforming a Century Old Industrial
By: William W. George, Michael Norris and John Masko
In late 2021, Darius Adamczyk, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell is considering the changes he has made to the company since he took over the top leadership position in 2017. The company he had inherited from his predecessor, David Cote, was seen by most as a...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Transformation;
Technological Innovation;
Leading Change;
Business Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Organization;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
North Carolina;
New Jersey
George, William W., Michael Norris, and John Masko. "Honeywell: Transforming a Century Old Industrial." Harvard Business School Case 322-064, May 2022.