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- October 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal (Condensed)
By: Robert J. Dolan
The business products division has developed a business proposal asking for $50 million to fund the creation of a new telephone system for the small business market. The company's last entry into this marketplace lost $70 million. The new product would face 100...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Communication Technology;
Market Entry and Exit;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Product Development;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada
Dolan, Robert J. "Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 594-051, October 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
number of researchers and commentators. It is perhaps indicative of the degree to which affluence combined with technology is making it possible to produce and consume a greater range of products and...
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- 28 Aug 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Drives Digital Innovation? Evidence from the US Medical Device Industry
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
individual rep's results, and sales training has focused on product features and cost-performance advantages, not on the business issues facing customers. Now salespeople need to understand, promote, and select from an entire portfolio of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- May 2010 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Delta Electronics Hybrid Power Train
By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang
Delta Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of switching power supplies, hoped to enter the market for gasoline-electric hybrid power trains for automobiles by being a major component and subsystem supplier. While most public awareness of hybrid vehicles fell...
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Keywords:
Investment Return;
Intellectual Property;
Emerging Markets;
Industry Clusters;
Partners and Partnerships;
Electronics Industry;
China
Shih, Willy C., and Jyun-Cheng Wang. "Delta Electronics Hybrid Power Train." Harvard Business School Case 610-098, May 2010. (Revised August 2013.)
- November 2022 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
UGG Steps into the Metaverse
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Sharon Joseph, Sunil Gupta and Julia Kelley
In the fall of 2022, boot maker UGG and its parent company, Deckers, were working to position the brand in the nascent but fast growing metaverse. The metaverse, the online realm that individual users could navigate as digital avatars, was becoming more commercialized,...
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Keywords:
Metaverse;
Digital Marketing;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Zhang, Shunyuan, Sharon Joseph, Sunil Gupta, and Julia Kelley. "UGG Steps into the Metaverse." Harvard Business School Case 523-013, November 2022. (Revised June 2023.)
- Research Summary
Energy, IT, real estate, and sustainability
Professor Henderson’s current research focuses on the energy, information technology, and real estate sectors and the challenges firms encounter as they attempt to act in more sustainable ways. This work is an outgrowth of her decade-long examination of the... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Aleph Farms: A New Culture of Meat
By: Elie Ofek and Jeff Huizinga
Aleph Farms, an Israeli food-tech start-up, was hoping to play a major role in disrupting the conventional meat sector. Compared to intensive agricultural practices, Aleph’s cultured (or lab-grown) meat solution held the promise of considerably reducing greenhouse gas...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Adoption;
Go To Market Strategy;
Industry Evolution;
Food Industry;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Marketing Of Innovations;
Brand Building;
Capital Expenditures-equipment;
Disruption;
Green Technology;
Environmental Sustainability;
Food;
Market Entry and Exit;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Behavior;
Competitive Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Jeff Huizinga. "Aleph Farms: A New Culture of Meat." Harvard Business School Case 522-071, February 2022. (Revised April 2024.)
- March 2008
- Case
Cambrian House
By: Peter A. Coles, Karim R. Lakhani and Andrew P. McAfee
Cambrian House builds internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and services and also participate in a monthly voting...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Voting;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Open Source Distribution;
Product Development;
Strategic Planning;
Business and Community Relations;
Internet
Coles, Peter A., Karim R. Lakhani, and Andrew P. McAfee. "Cambrian House." Harvard Business School Case 608-016, March 2008.
- Web
Career Path - MBA
Products Entertainment / Media Financial Services Health Care Manufacturing Nonprofit / Government Retail / Trading Services Technology Student Insights & Career Advice How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew...
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- January 2011
- Case
Serious Materials
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Elizabeth A. Kind
Serious Materials is a start up who is moving into clean tech markets. The company's first product, QuietRock, originated the sound proofing drywall category and created a steady stream of revenue. It was now considering how to expand its product line to compete in the...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Market Entry and Exit;
Green Technology Industry
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Elizabeth A. Kind. "Serious Materials." Harvard Business School Case 511-111, January 2011.
- April 2002
- Case
In vivo to in vitro to in silico: Coping with Tidal Waves of Data at Biogen
By: Juan Enriquez-Cabot, Gary P. Pisano and Gaye Bok
Biogen is a successful biotech company facing a critical juncture. CEO John Mullen ponders how technological changes introduced into the research function will shape larger corporate decisions. This world in which biotechnology companies operated had changed...
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Keywords:
Change;
Decisions;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Expansion;
Technology;
Biotechnology Industry
Enriquez-Cabot, Juan, Gary P. Pisano, and Gaye Bok. "In vivo to in vitro to in silico: Coping with Tidal Waves of Data at Biogen." Harvard Business School Case 602-122, April 2002.
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
including streaming content). Even the best product design will end up subordinated to the best multi-sided platform. Software platforms have also been the source of much creative destruction. The reduction in transaction costs and...
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- July–August 2018
- Article
Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods
By: Frank Nagle
As the economy becomes more information based, firms are increasingly using crowdsourced public goods as inputs for innovation and production. Counterintuitively, some firms pay their employees to contribute to the creation of these goods, which can be used freely by...
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Keywords:
Open Source Distribution;
Applications and Software;
Competitive Strategy;
Learning;
Competitive Advantage
Nagle, Frank. "Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods." Organization Science 29, no. 4 (July–August 2018): 569–587.
- May 1995 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
AT&T Paradyne
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A company making data communication devices has adopted a Total Quality philosophy for working with suppliers, employees, and customers. The finance group finds its existing cost system has become obsolete because of a shift from manual to automatic production...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Product;
Corporate Accountability;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
System;
Performance Efficiency;
Financial Reporting;
Operations;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "AT&T Paradyne." Harvard Business School Case 195-165, May 1995. (Revised April 1998.)
- December 1983 (Revised July 1988)
- Case
General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)
By: David A. Garvin
GE is considering introducing a "just-in-time" production system to reduce inventory in its thermocouple manufacturing area. The case presents students with a description of the present inventory management system, the production process, and the perspectives of...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Time Management;
Production;
Supply Chain;
Perspective;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
Garvin, David A. "General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 684-040, December 1983. (Revised July 1988.)
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
production workers) are associated with more autonomy and a wider span of control. By contrast, communication technologies (like data networks) decrease autonomy for both workers and plant managers. Treating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 2009 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors
By: Clayton M. Christensen
After two years of less than stellar performance resulting in sales well below plan, senior management at General Motors (GM) mobile telecommunications service start-up, OnStar, recognized that without a substantial change in their strategy, support for the venture...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Joint Ventures;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Product Positioning;
Risk Management;
Auto Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Christensen, Clayton M. "OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 610-029, September 2009. (Revised November 2021.)
- February 1985
- Case
General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (B)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes what has happened since the introduction of just-in-time production techniques were developed to reduce inventory. Reviews the progress to date in such areas as process rationalization; set-up reduction; quality improvement and leveling the scheduling; and...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain;
Logistics;
Production;
Business Processes;
Technological Innovation;
Quality;
Performance Improvement;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Manufacturing Industry
Garvin, David A. "General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (B)." Harvard Business School Case 685-062, February 1985.
- January 2020
- Case
Banorte Móvil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli, Carla Larangeira and Mariana Cal
In mid-2019, Carlos Hank was deliberating over the results for Banorte Móvil—the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico’s most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte´s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had...
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Keywords:
Data Analytics;
Customer Lifetime Value;
Financial Institutions;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Customers;
Technology Adoption;
Communication Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Mexico;
Latin America
Israeli, Ayelet, Carla Larangeira, and Mariana Cal. "Banorte Móvil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth." Harvard Business School Case 520-068, January 2020.