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- 19 Apr 2021
- News
The Return Part 1: How to ace hybrid and the “third space”
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
reputational or status incentives. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53030 Shipping Fees and Product Assortment in Online Retail By: Chen, Chaoqun, and Donald Ngwe Abstract—Shipping fees are an...
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Dina Gerdeman
- October 2012 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Whaling Ventures
By: Tom Nicholas and Jonas Peter Akins
Whaling was a prominent global industry in the nineteenth century and the United States was dominant. By 1850 there were about 900 whaling ships in the world and 700 of these were American. Rates of return on capital were high compared to benchmark investments, at...
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Keywords:
Whaling;
Organization Design;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Finance;
Organizational Design;
Industry Growth;
History;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Jonas Peter Akins. "Whaling Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 813-086, October 2012. (Revised February 2019.)
- March 18, 2014
- Article
Family Businesses Must Set the Agenda (Without Micromanaging)
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article discusses the role of owners in family businesses, using the story of Charles, who transformed his family's shipping business by taking ownership decisions. The article highlights that owners have the power to set goals, define performance metrics, hire...
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Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Family Businesses Must Set the Agenda (Without Micromanaging)." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 18, 2014).
- August 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Fate of the Vasa, The
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Richard Mason
In 1628, the royal warship Vasa was launched. It was Sweden's most expensive naval vessel ever built, costing over 5% of GNP. On its maiden voyage, the ship sailed 1,400 yards in its own harbor, heeled over to the side, and then sank. One third of the 150 crew and...
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History;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technological Innovation;
Ship Transportation;
Product Design;
Technology Adoption;
Failure;
Business and Government Relations;
Product Development;
Sweden
MacCormack, Alan D., and Richard Mason. "Fate of the Vasa, The." Harvard Business School Case 605-026, August 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- 03 May 2012
- News
Panel: U.S. must find way to get ’mojo‘ rising again
- October 1993 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
Conflict on a Trading Floor (A)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
A junior salesperson on FirstAmerica Bank's trading floor is assisting a top salesperson, Linda, on a deal to finance the construction of a new cruise ship for Poseidon Cruise Lines. While the terms of the deal are being worked out, he realizes Linda has taken...
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Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "Conflict on a Trading Floor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-060, October 1993. (Revised March 2023.)
- 17 Feb 2021
- News
America's pharmacies can do a lot more vaccinations
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Weekend Reading: The Soul of a CEO
- June 2008 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)
By: Geoffrey Jones, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
Considers the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against the opposition of powerful Western incumbents. Although sometimes supported by the Japanese government, and often times opposed, the case...
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Keywords:
History;
Leadership;
Business History;
Organizational Structure;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Government Relations;
Japan
Jones, Geoffrey, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)." Harvard Business School Case 808-158, June 2008. (Revised September 2019.)
- 25 Oct 2012
- News
The Silent Killer of Big Companies
- 20 Aug 2012
- News
Manufacturing
- 08 Aug 2011
- News
HBS Faculty on Downgrading US Debt
- October 2018
- Article
Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com
By: Feng Zhu and Qihong Liu
Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces to compete against them directly. Prior studies have offered two possible explanations for such entries: platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their...
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Keywords:
Amazon;
Complementors;
Co-opetition;
Entry;
Platform-based Markets;
Competition;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Strategy
Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu. "Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com." Strategic Management Journal 39, no. 10 (October 2018): 2618–2642.
- 15 Jul 2014
- News
Cool heads improvise in crisis and calm
- Article
Accounting for Climate Change
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Corporations are facing growing pressure—from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves—to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P...
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Keywords:
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation;
Social Accounting;
E-liabilities;
Business And The Environment;
Climate Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "Accounting for Climate Change." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 6 (November–December 2021): 120–131.
- 16 Feb 2017
- HBS Seminar
Chad Syverson, Chicago Booth School of Business
- August 2018 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Shindigz
By: Frank Cespedes
Shindigz provides party and celebratory items for various occasions and events through its branded online channel, through third-party retail and wholesale channels, and external online marketplaces. The case focuses on pricing challenges facing a venture with an...
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Keywords:
Ecommerce;
Pricing;
Price;
Strategy;
Decision Making;
Brands and Branding;
Distribution Channels;
E-commerce;
Consumer Products Industry
Cespedes, Frank. "Shindigz." Harvard Business School Case 819-010, August 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
- 29 Sep 2017
- News