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- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
David and Goliath, the smart money is almost always on the giant. Rather, Quaker's failure can be put down to a fatal mismatch between brand challenge and managerial temperament. There was no such mismatch between Gatorade and Quaker. If...
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- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
on rapid rotations. New research considers the wisdom of frequent assortment rotation in cases in which a retailer has many new varieties of a product to sell—nine different silver necklaces, say, or 17 different toaster ovens. Is it View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Disruptive Genius
- July 2016 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Alphabet Eyes New Frontiers (A)
By: Juan Alcacer, Raffaella Sadun, Olivia Hull and Kerry Herman
In October 2015, Google restructured into Alphabet, a holding company, which analysts said would facilitate innovation among its diverse subsidiaries. But when news reports surfaced revealing struggles within Alphabet companies including Nest, the smart thermostat...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Conglomerates;
Corporate Restructuring;
Google;
Corporate Strategy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Innovation Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Research and Development;
Diversification;
Financial Reporting;
Talent and Talent Management;
Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
California;
United States
Alcacer, Juan, Raffaella Sadun, Olivia Hull, and Kerry Herman. "Alphabet Eyes New Frontiers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 717-418, July 2016. (Revised March 2024.)
- January 2020
- Case
The June Oven
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin
The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Trends;
Customers;
Design;
Entrepreneurship;
Food;
Goods and Commodities;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Demand and Consumers;
Distribution;
Product Development;
Sales;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Applications and Software;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry;
Technology Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Christian Godwin. "The June Oven." Harvard Business School Case 320-067, January 2020.
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 23 Oct 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Leading with Finance
Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: October 23, 2019 - December 4, 2019
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- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 27 Mar 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Leading with Finance
Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: March 27, 2019 - May 8, 2019
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- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
The best ideas and innovations are probably not invented by your company. But learning to find and work with leading partners in R&D calls for a massive cultural change, beginning with getting past the "not invented here" syndrome. Harvard Business School...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- December 2015 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Ocado
By: José Alvarez, David E. Bell and Damien McLoughlin
In 2015, U.K.-based Ocado was the world's largest pure player in the online home-delivery grocery business and was gaining a growing share of the highly competitive U.K. grocery market. Ocado had made heavy investments in technology, including a highly automated...
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Keywords:
Ocado;
Grocery;
Retail;
Online Grocery;
Supermarket;
Delivery Models;
Service Models;
United Kingdom;
Technology;
Operations Management;
Digital Platforms;
Competition;
Internet and the Web;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Supply Chain;
Marketing;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United Kingdom
- January 2011 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Paydiant
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Elizabeth C. Williamson and James Weber
Kevin Laracey, founder of Paydiant, needed to figure out how to launch a payment processing company with a new technology based on smart phones. Consumers had increasingly turned to electronic payment methods such as credit cards and debit cards to make purchases....
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Credit Cards;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Market Entry and Exit;
Industry Structures;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Cooperation;
Technology Adoption;
Retail Industry
Alvarez, Jose B., Elizabeth C. Williamson, and James Weber. "Paydiant." Harvard Business School Case 511-065, January 2011. (Revised May 2011.)
- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a...
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- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 12 Sep 2018
- HBS Online
HBX Leading with Finance
Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: September 12, 2018 - October 24, 2018
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- October 2015
- Case
Bigbelly
By: Mitch Weiss and Christine Snively
To accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Smart Cities;
Government Innovation;
Internet Of Things;
IoT;
Anything As A Service;
Platform As A Service;
Infrastructure As A Service;
PaaS;
Xaas;
Bigbelly;
Jack Kutner;
B2G;
Civic Innovation;
City Innovation;
Government Technology;
Govtech;
Civic Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Sales;
Innovation and Invention;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Massachusetts;
United States;
Boston;
Chicago;
Philadelphia;
New York (city, NY)
Weiss, Mitch, and Christine Snively. "Bigbelly." Harvard Business School Case 816-005, October 2015.
- 11 Oct 2015
- News
Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
common for most companies are the slow, incremental shifts that smart managers do see coming down the road. Why then aren't they better at shifting gears? According to Sull, most top managers are far sighted and methodical, active and...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
Commonly used free and open source software (FOSS) is one of the most significant technological trends of the decade. After all, 80-90 percent of a typical application contains FOSS components. And that trend is only increasing with its use in smart phones, cars, the...
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- 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 07 Nov 2018
HBX Leading with Finance
Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: November 7, 2018 - December 19, 2018
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- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
Many tools for rating the performance of mutual funds and their managers rely heavily on past performance. But what about the future? Now comes a system devised by Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua D. Coval of Harvard Business School, and Lubos Pastor of the University of...
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by Ann Cullen
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
Imagine a future in which a smart marketing machine can predict the needs and habits of individual consumers and the dynamics of competitors across industries and markets. This device would collect data to answer strategic questions, guide managerial decisions, and...
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by Kristen Senz
- October 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Compound: Lending on the Blockchain
By: Marco Di Maggio, George Gonzalez and Richard Dulude
This case critically examines Compound, an innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. Focusing on Compound’s blockchain-based borrowing and lending protocol, the case explores its automated, intermediary-free system using Ethereum smart contracts. This system...
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Keywords:
Blockchain;
Cryptocurrency;
Disruptive Innovation;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financing and Loans;
Organizational Design;
Technological Innovation
Di Maggio, Marco, George Gonzalez, and Richard Dulude. "Compound: Lending on the Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 224-041, October 2023. (Revised December 2023.)