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- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (150)
- 10 Oct 2012
- News
Building Innovation into the Business Plan
- 14 Mar 2011
- News
Mistaking Mistrust For Greed: How To Solve The NFL Dispute
- 05 Aug 2010
- News
Re-mastering business education
- 09 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
How Should US Bank Regulators Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis?
- September 1993 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
British Satellite Broadcasting versus Sky Television
Describes the rivalry between two competitors who have attempted to become the dominant force in the emerging British satellite television industry. Can be used to examine issues of competitive positioning, technology adoption, and scenario analysis. Helps students...
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Ghemawat, Pankaj. "British Satellite Broadcasting versus Sky Television." Harvard Business School Case 794-031, September 1993. (Revised January 2007.)
- 01 Feb 2011
- News
Justice is Blind
- 14 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Undisclosed Debt Sustainability
Keywords:
by Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education
This paper provides an economic model of a university for use in sensitivity and scenario analyses to enhance efficiency. Such modeling contributes to efforts to lower costs and increase college attainment. Executives at BYU-Idaho, identified as one of the most...
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- 06 Dec 2019
- News
Work From Home? How About Work From Anywhere?
- October 2012
- Course Overview Note
FIELD 2—Working with Global Partners
Most FIELD 2 teams develop great working relationships with their Global Partner. But managing Global Partner expectations can be challenging. This note describes three scenarios with which FIELD teams struggled in the past and asks the reader to make decisions about...
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- 2011
- Article
The Consumer Psychology of Mail-in Rebates
By: John T. Gourville and Dilip Soman
Consumers who buy a product intending to use an accompanying mail-in rebate often do not redeem the rebate. To explain this behavior, we argue that consumers use an anchoring and adjustment approach to predicting the likelihood of redeeming a rebate. In keeping with...
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Gourville, John T., and Dilip Soman. "The Consumer Psychology of Mail-in Rebates." Journal of Product & Brand Management 20, no. 2 (2011).
- January 2002
- Case
Teledesic
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Daniel J. Green and Douglas R Rogers
Management of a satellite-delivered broadband data communications company sets strategy in an uncertain environment, using Michael Porter's scenario planning tools to assess likely outcomes and determine which actions to take. This case draws a distinction between...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business or Company Management;
Infrastructure;
Strategic Planning;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategy;
Internet;
Information Technology Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Daniel J. Green, and Douglas R Rogers. "Teledesic." Harvard Business School Case 802-154, January 2002.
- June 2023
- Exercise
Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise
This exercise examines three different family enterprise scenarios to open a conversation on what makes them successful. We look at how there is no strategy that fits all for family businesses, but there are strategies that can influence both the business and the...
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Wing, Christina R. "Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Exercise 623-083, June 2023.
- December 2017
- Case
La Ceiba: Navigating Microfinance and Relationships in Honduras (A)
By: Christine L. Exley, John Beshears and Alison Wood Brooks
This case follows the program director of La Ceiba, a Honduras-based microfinance institution, as he navigates four challenging negotiation scenarios involving the organization's loan clients. Students are asked to adopt the perspective of the Program Director and to...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Power;
Apology;
Negotiation Process;
Microfinance;
Power and Influence;
Situation or Environment
Exley, Christine L., John Beshears, and Alison Wood Brooks. "La Ceiba: Navigating Microfinance and Relationships in Honduras (A)." Harvard Business School Case 918-014, December 2017.
- November 2004 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Hala Madrid: Managing Real Madrid Club de Futbol, the Team of the Century
Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, a leading European soccer team, is preparing for a press conference in which he will be asked about his plans for the coming season. Economic success and some sports mishaps during the prior season represent the scenario...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Strategic Planning;
Value Creation;
Risk Management;
System;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Sports Industry;
Spain
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and Rosario de Albornoz. "Hala Madrid: Managing Real Madrid Club de Futbol, the Team of the Century." Harvard Business School Case 105-013, November 2004. (Revised June 2006.)
- 09 Mar 2011
- News
For coupon overreachers, a chance to recoup
- April 1991 (Revised April 1992)
- Case
Hospital Sector in 1992
Examines the major issues facing the hospital sector in 1992. The environment surrounding the industry is one of great uncertainty and rapid change, and involves significant public policy questions. Describes recent trends, issues and new types of competitors that...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Competition;
Health Care and Treatment;
Policy;
Change;
Health Industry;
United States
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Hospital Sector in 1992." Harvard Business School Case 391-167, April 1991. (Revised April 1992.)
- October 1990 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Zenith: Marketing Research for High Definition Television (HDTV)
Managers at Zenith must decide what marketing research, if any, needs to be done now in order to assess market potential and consumer preference for a technological innovation, high definition television (HDTV) that is yet to be introduced. The case describes various...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Research;
Marketing;
Television Entertainment;
Electronics Industry
Sultan, Fareena. "Zenith: Marketing Research for High Definition Television (HDTV)." Harvard Business School Case 591-025, October 1990. (Revised July 1991.)
- 24 May 2010
- News
Raise Your Prices!
- 2010
- Simulation
Change Management Simulation: Power and Influence
By: Linda A. Hill and William Q. Judge
In this single-player simulation, students play one of two roles at a sunglass manufacturing firm and face the challenges associated with implementing an organization-wide environmental sustainability initiative. The initiative seeks to change raw material inputs in...
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