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- 15 Feb 2022
- Video
Johnson - Healthcare & Technology
- February 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Wellington Global Impact
By: Shawn Cole and Lynn Schenk
Wellington Global Impact is one of the first public equities impact investing strategies in the market. The case explores how the strategy was developed at Wellington, including an analysis of the culture that supported its development. It also explores the difficulty...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Impact Investing;
Investment;
Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Culture;
Analysis
Cole, Shawn, and Lynn Schenk. "Wellington Global Impact." Harvard Business School Case 218-067, February 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
- 10 Oct 2018
- Video
Pedro Tarak CEM Full Interview
- 03 Aug 2010
- News
Analysis: Rare diseases lure Sanofi, other big drugmakers
- September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
G. Heileman Brewing Co. (A): Power Failure At PowerMaster
In June 1991, Heileman announced plans to introduce a high-alcohol malt liquor under the name PowerMaster (PM). Although the company claimed PM would be positioned as an upscale product and marketed on the basis of its superior taste, minority advocates and alcohol...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Ethics;
Lawfulness;
Brands and Branding;
Product Positioning;
Demand and Consumers;
Market Entry and Exit;
Food and Beverage Industry
Greyser, Stephen A. "G. Heileman Brewing Co. (A): Power Failure At PowerMaster." Harvard Business School Case 592-017, September 1991. (Revised December 1991.)
- November 2011 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
Healthymagination at GE Healthcare Systems
By: Vineet Kumar and V. Kasturi Rangan
Jeff Immelt, the CEO of GE, introduced a new innovation strategy named "healthymagination" in 2009. With cost, quality, and access as its three pillars, healthymagination ensures a strong focus for new product introduction efforts all around GE. But will this focus...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Product Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Kumar, Vineet, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Healthymagination at GE Healthcare Systems." Harvard Business School Case 512-039, November 2011. (Revised August 2012.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutional theory of how local communities continue to matter for organizations, and why community factors are particularly important in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Local Range;
Globalization;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business and Community Relations;
Power and Influence
Marquis, Christopher, and Julie Battilana. "Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-034, November 2007.
- July–August 2023
- Article
Accounting for Carbon Offsets
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston
Markets for carbon trading function poorly, and many traded offsets do not actually perform as promised. Without robust protocols for monitoring offsets and in the absence of proper accounting mechanisms, market-based approaches to reducing atmospheric GHG will be...
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Kaplan, Robert S., Karthik Ramanna, and Marc Roston. "Accounting for Carbon Offsets." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 4 (July–August 2023): 126–137.
- April 1978 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Cumberland Metal Industries (A): Model Year 1978 Negotiations with Beta Motors
Provides the background on Cumberland Metal Industries' entry into the automotive components market as a supplier of emission control equipment parts. Cumberland Metal must decide what bid to quote on Beta Motor's 1978 model year business. The company previously had a...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Bids and Bidding;
Market Participation;
Negotiation;
Competitive Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Cumberland Metal Industries (A): Model Year 1978 Negotiations with Beta Motors." Harvard Business School Case 578-170, April 1978. (Revised October 1994.)
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
There is a market for everything—even dead bodies. Medical students use cadavers to gain experience, and their future patients are better off for it. Traditionally, cadavers have been obtained through...
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- December 2012
- Article
Estimating the Value of Connections to Vice-President Cheney
By: Rakesh Khurana, Raymond Fisman, Julia Galef and Yongxiang Wang
We estimate the market valuation of personal ties to Richard Cheney. Our proxies for personal ties are based on corporate board linkages that are prevalent in the network sociology literature. We consider a number of distinct political and personal events that either...
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Khurana, Rakesh, Raymond Fisman, Julia Galef, and Yongxiang Wang. "Estimating the Value of Connections to Vice-President Cheney." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 13, no. 3 (December 2012).
- May 1990 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Black & Decker Corp.: Spacemaker Plus Coffeemaker (B)
Describes the highly successful recall of the Black & Decker Spacemaker Plus Coffeemaker. Objectives include: 1) factors in product recall effectiveness and success, 2) the use of direct marketing in product recall, 3) the role of public relations in product recall,...
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Smith, N. Craig. "Black & Decker Corp.: Spacemaker Plus Coffeemaker (B)." Harvard Business School Case 590-100, May 1990. (Revised October 1991.)
- 17 Jan 2024
- HBS Case
Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues
businesses today will need to lean hard on psychological pricing strategies to convince customers to overcome their reluctance to spend, according to recent research by Elie Ofek, the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard...
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Ray A. Goldberg
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.
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- 11 Sep 2013
- News
Employers’ blind spot that causes hiring mistakes
- February 1996 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge
By: Joseph L. Bower
Martin Sorrell has used WPP to acquire a large portfolio of marketing service firms including J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather. How did he make this minnow-swallows-many-whales trick work, and can he make the whole into something bigger than the parts?
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Bower, Joseph L. "WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge." Harvard Business School Case 396-249, February 1996. (Revised April 2003.)
- January 1986 (Revised December 1986)
- Case
Smartfood
Contains a description of a major financing decision confronting the management and advisors of Smartfood, Inc., a company which hopes to market a cheese flavored popcorn product. The primary pedagogic objective is to teach students about matching the financing plan...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Market Entry and Exit;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Management;
Food and Beverage Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Smartfood." Harvard Business School Case 286-064, January 1986. (Revised December 1986.)
- December 1986 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986
Provides an update to the global competitive interaction between Caterpillar and Komatsu described in companion cases Caterpillar Tractor and Komatsu Ltd. Caterpillar's response to Komatsu's growing market share is outlined, then the impact of rapidly changing...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Price;
Global Strategy;
Policy;
Market Participation;
Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-095, December 1986. (Revised March 1991.)
- Fall 2021
- Article
The Problem of Social Benefit
By: Frank Nagle
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.
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Nagle, Frank. "The Problem of Social Benefit." Stanford Social Innovation Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 34–39.