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- February 1996
- Case
Active Coatings, Inc. (A): Challenges in Managing Product Development
Two entrepreneurs face a tough decision when confronted with disappointing test results from the medical application they have chosen to commercialize their innovative process technology. They must decide whether to redesign the technology's current lead-application or...
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Teisberg, Elizabeth O., and James Leonard. "Active Coatings, Inc. (A): Challenges in Managing Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 796-061, February 1996.
- September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Managing Multi-Media Audiences at WHDH (Boston)
By: Thales Teixeira and V. Kasturi Rangan
WHDH's Channel 7 News rose to the #1 position in Boston-area news broadcasting through its embrace of an innovative format and for affiliating with NBC. Since the early 2000s, however, other news programs had copied their format, and young audiences had begun to use...
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Keywords:
Online News;
Television Advertising;
Attention Economics;
Cross-media Efforts;
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Consumer Behavior;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Digital Marketing;
Television Entertainment;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Boston
Teixeira, Thales, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Managing Multi-Media Audiences at WHDH (Boston)." Harvard Business School Case 515-037, September 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
- March 2019
- Technical Note
Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)
By: Tatiana Sandino
This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Standards;
Employees;
Service Delivery;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry
Sandino, Tatiana. "Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-088, March 2019.
- November 1993 (Revised April 1995)
- Background Note
Orientation to the Subarctic Survival Situation
By: Linda A. Hill
An orientation to the "Subarctic Survival Situation" (designed by and available from Human Synergistics, Inc., Plymouth, MI, tel. 313-459-1030), an experiental exercise that gives students an opportunity to learn about their personal influence style and their...
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- 2010
- Chapter
Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Of the 20 most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain, and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select...
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- January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Geely SEA: New Electric Vehicle Platforms
By: Willy C. Shih and Shu Lin
Kent Bovellan, the Chief Engineer and Head of the Vehicle Architecture Center for Geely Holding, the Hangzhou, China headquartered global automotive group, was debating the platform choice for an upcoming "D" segment midsized battery electric vehicle (BEV). He had led...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Product Architecture;
Product Engineering;
Platform Design;
Platform Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Cost Management;
Decision Making;
Competitive Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Auto Industry;
China;
Sweden
Shih, Willy C., and Shu Lin. "Geely SEA: New Electric Vehicle Platforms." Harvard Business School Case 622-001, January 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- March 2011 (Revised April 2011)
- Exercise
The Future of BioPasteur
By: Giovanni Gavetti and Francesca Gino
The purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias....
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Outcome or Result;
Groups and Teams;
Prejudice and Bias;
Strategy
Gavetti, Giovanni, and Francesca Gino. "The Future of BioPasteur." Harvard Business School Exercise 711-508, March 2011. (Revised April 2011.)
- May 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Going to the Oracle: Goldman Sachs, September 2008
By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
On September 23, 2008, in the midst of an historic crisis in the U.S. financial markets, Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs. Goldman CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, said: "We are pleased that given our longstanding relationship, Warren...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Capital Structure;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Markets;
Investment;
Performance Capacity;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Rose, Clayton S., and David Lane. "Going to the Oracle: Goldman Sachs, September 2008." Harvard Business School Case 309-069, May 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- March 2008
- Case
The Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Alfred Martin
The Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta wishes to expand beyond Georgia. The factors influencing this decision are discussed, including drug treatments currently available, and the impact of future drugs in the FDA pipeline as well as financing issues.
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financing and Loans;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Medical Specialties;
Expansion;
Health Industry;
Atlanta
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Alfred Martin. "The Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta." Harvard Business School Case 308-085, March 2008.
- January 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Supplement
Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)
By: Joseph Badaracco, Richard Burgess Jr., Robert Carpio III and William Wheeler
A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis. The (B) case describes the decision made and the...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Crisis Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Iraq
Badaracco, Joseph, Richard Burgess Jr., Robert Carpio III, and William Wheeler. "Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-086, January 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- September 2011
- Supplement
Exeter Group, Inc. (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
This case presents a brief description of the decisions the company made regarding whether or not to pursue each of the four projects that are the basis of the (A) case.
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Eccles, Robert G., Das Narayandas, and Kerry Herman. "Exeter Group, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-035, September 2011.
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Furthermore, we show that the impact on organic and indulgent items is dissociable in a manner dependent on the consumers' motivation for bringing bags. These findings have implications for decisions related...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- March 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Supplement
McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (B)
Describes McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.'s investment decision and strategic plans in 1990, following the situation in the (A) case. Outlines the competitive situation in other types of mobile communications in the United States and the United Kingdom in 1991.
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Communication Technology;
Competition;
Mobile Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Teisberg, Elizabeth O., Chris Shumway, and Sharon L. Rossi. "McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-050, March 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- March 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (A)
By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott
In the summer of 2006, the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group is faced with the decision whether to file for bankruptcy protection, after having failed to gain creditor approval of an ambitious out-of-court restructuring plan. The company, which has been attempting...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Laws and Statutes;
Risk Management;
Rail Industry;
France;
United Kingdom
Gilson, Stuart C., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Sarah Abbott. "Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-062, March 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
- December 2002 (Revised December 2017)
- Background Note
Teaching Old Companies New Tricks: The Challenge of Managing New Streams Within the Mainstream
Describes the challenge of starting new ventures or new activities in established companies, especially if they diverge from the mainstream of ongoing commitments. Fledgling ventures require a different kind of management that acknowledges their uncertainty, intensity,...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Teaching;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Organizations;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Corporate Strategy
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Teaching Old Companies New Tricks: The Challenge of Managing New Streams Within the Mainstream." Harvard Business School Background Note 303-083, December 2002. (Revised December 2017.)
- October 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Century Bank: Closing Time?
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Bill Kwon
Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family’s bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional bank, Century faced a number of challenging trends, such as digitization and market share decline in the coming...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Business Exit;
Banking;
Family;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
United States;
Acquisition;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Family Business;
Family and Family Relationships;
Interpersonal Communication;
Decision Making;
Finance;
Banks and Banking;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Emotions;
Banking Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
United States
Cohen, Lauren, Grace Headinger, and Bill Kwon. "Century Bank: Closing Time?" Harvard Business School Case 223-040, October 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (B): Confronting New Digital Formats
Investigates how the rise of digital video formats threatens to make videocassette technology obsolete; how this technological substitution might alter the economics and structure of the video rental and retail industries; and how Blockbuster Inc., the industry leader,...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Competition;
Change Management;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Coughlan, Peter J., and Jenny Illes. "Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (B): Confronting New Digital Formats." Harvard Business School Case 704-407, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- April 2009
- Case
Merck: Managing Vioxx (A)
By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission statement claims to "put patients first," but the company is widely criticized for putting profit before patient...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Crisis Management;
Reputation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Customers;
Business or Company Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Corporate Accountability;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Simons, Robert L., Kathryn Rosenberg, and Natalie Kindred. "Merck: Managing Vioxx (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-080, April 2009.
John A. Quelch
John A. Quelch is the Leonard M. Miller University Professor and Vice Provost at the University of Miami and Dean of Miami Business School. He is also the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Until 2017, he... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of...
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by Wendy Guild