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- June 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
World Wildlife Fund US
By: Jane Wei-Skillern and Kerry Herman
World Wildlife Fund US is a leading international conservation nonprofit that operates within a global network of WWF organizations. This case examines WWF US's strategy to achieve its mission of protecting natural wildlife and resources. In contrast to traditional...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Environmental Sustainability;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Trust;
Integration;
Sumatra;
United States
Wei-Skillern, Jane, and Kerry Herman. "World Wildlife Fund US." Harvard Business School Case 308-035, June 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- September 2004 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
G.I. JOE: Marketing an Icon
In the winter of 2003, Billy Lagor, the Hasbro toy company's brand manager for G.I. JOE, faced a set of decisions that would ultimately determine the 2004 marketing plan for the G.I. JOE brand. Under consideration were three different ways to market the military action...
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
McGovern, Gail J. "G.I. JOE: Marketing an Icon." Harvard Business School Case 505-030, September 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
- 2005
- Working Paper
Wintel: Cooperation or Conflict
We study the incentives of complementors (producers of complementary products) to cooperate vs. compete and how these interact. In a system of complements, like the PC, the value of the final product depends on how well the different components work together. This, in...
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Investment;
Price;
Time Management;
Product;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Conflict and Resolution;
Motivation and Incentives;
Value
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and David B. Yoffie. "Wintel: Cooperation or Conflict." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-083, July 2005.
- 26 Sep 2017
- News
The Industry That Treats Its Customers Worse Than Any Other
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
bold ambitions. President Hu Jintao has repeatedly stressed the importance of "scientific development" to China's continuing growth, and in January he vowed that "China over the next 15 years will join the list of innovative countries." The View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care (Harvard Business Press, 2009), explains how to create more knowledgeable, flexible, and responsive delivery organizations. “Some of the most important innovations are not technologic—they...
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Business & Environment
Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan APRIL 2024 | Teaching Material Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-076. Supporting a Community of Learners MBA ExperienceAs an MBA student at HBS, you will prepare yourself for leadership in a rapidly changing world in which View Details
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
down the road. In a workplace setting, a leader might explain a dip in sales as a function of the natural ebb and flow of the market to ease people’s worries. In the example of interpersonal aggression in the workplace, reconstruing might...
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by Kristen Senz
- Research Summary
Overcoming Large-N, Small-T Issues in Asset Pricing Tests
The large-N, small-T (i.e. large cross-section, short time series) nature of our asset data presents serious estimation problems for empirical asset pricing. In response, the literature tests asset pricing models against 10-25 test assets or portfolios. A...
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- June 2012 (Revised July 2013)
- Exercise
Competition Simulator Exercise: Instructions
In the Competition Simulator Exercise, students explore through trial and error some important economic foundations of competitive strategy and managerial economics. In particular, the nine simulator exercises let students explore horizontal differentiation with and...
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Van den Steen, Eric. "Competition Simulator Exercise: Instructions." Harvard Business School Exercise 712-498, June 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- March 2011
- Case
Grand Circle Travel: Where Risk Comes with the Territory
A worldwide travel company is intrinsically exposed to risks of natural and man-made disasters. How do you organize a business for success when it must on a nearly daily basis cope with hazards ranging from minor mishaps to large-scale catastrophes? Alan and Harriet...
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Keywords:
Crisis Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Safety;
Transportation;
Organizational Design;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Organizational Structure;
Mission and Purpose;
Competitive Advantage;
Travel Industry
Leonard, Herman B. "Grand Circle Travel: Where Risk Comes with the Territory." Harvard Business School Case 311-105, March 2011.
- April 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Level (3) Communications in 2001: The 'Pivotal Year'
Level (3) is one of the most distinctive of the new "fiber backbone" start-ups in the year 2001. Unlike its competitors, Level (3) has built its fiber network--and organization--in such a way that it should be able to utilize future generations of technologically...
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Keywords:
Communication Technology;
Risk Management;
Industry Growth;
Competitive Advantage;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Silverman, Brian S., and Briana Huntsberger. "Level (3) Communications in 2001: The 'Pivotal Year'." Harvard Business School Case 701-059, April 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- Research Summary
Cooperation and Solidarity
A third line of work explores the determinants of cooperative behavior within groups specifically the phenomenon of solidarity, which is understood as pro-social helping behavior which is not likely to be reciprocated directly by the receiver. Such behavior can be...
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- April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)
Describes the actions taken by the new CEO to return the company to profitability, to clarify the vision, and then to build the infrastructure (human, capital, and information) needed to support the long-term change in strategy and organization. Ends with senior...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Management Teams;
Business Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)." Harvard Business School Case 194-108, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
- June 2013 (Revised November 2022)
- Exercise
Competition Simulator Exercise
In the Competition Simulator Exercise, students explore through trial and error some important economic foundations of competitive strategy and managerial economics. In particular, the nine simulator exercises let students explore horizontal differentiation with and...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Economics;
Game Theory;
Competitive Strategy;
Learning;
Mathematical Methods;
Analysis
Van den Steen, Eric J. "Competition Simulator Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 713-804, June 2013. (Revised November 2022.)
- July 2007 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Cable & Wireless America
By: Guhan Subramanian and Eliot Sherman
Describes the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day and night of bidding between eight...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Negotiation Process
Subramanian, Guhan, and Eliot Sherman. "Cable & Wireless America." Harvard Business School Case 908-004, July 2007. (Revised May 2008.)
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
The Looming Threat That Could Decimate Wall Street's Fund Managers
- 26 Apr 2023
- In Practice
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
possibilities and chart a path for the future using data, algorithms, AI, and machine learning. AI serves to augment or improve human performance. When computational and machine-learning algorithms perform an ever-increasing number of activities within organizations,...
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