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- June 2012
- Case
PV Technologies, Inc.: Were They Asleep at the Switch?
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Diane Badame
PV Technologies, Inc. is an industry-leading manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters used to convert the direct current output of solar panels into alternating current for the commercial power grid. In conjunction with a request for proposal, the company's largest...
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Marketing Strategy;
Customer Relationship Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Diane Badame. "PV Technologies, Inc.: Were They Asleep at the Switch?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-505, June 2012.
- October 2003 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Microsoft: Launching the Smart Watch
By: John T. Gourville and Christina L. Darwall
Microsoft is on the verge of launching its Smart Watch technology, which will allow specially designed watches to receive up-to-date information on sports, business, traffic, news, etc. After several years of effort and millions of dollars spent, the questions now...
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Customer Focus and Relationships;
Information Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Performance Effectiveness;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Technology Industry
Gourville, John T., and Christina L. Darwall. "Microsoft: Launching the Smart Watch." Harvard Business School Case 504-004, October 2003. (Revised January 2005.)
- 24 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team
As a talent acquisitions manager or a marketing manager within a human resources team, you’ve probably asked yourself how to reach large quantities of high quality candidates in a thoughtful and meaningful...
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- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
to choose a home page provided by a competitor). The second principle focuses on opportunity: specifically, opportunity that is facilitated by giving developers platform access and the ability to innovate and build on platform View Details
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Martha Lagace
- January 1995 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Syscom Computers
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter Tufano and Chris L Marshall
Discusses a company deciding what it should do to manage its worldwide hedging operations.
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Decisions;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Information Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk Management;
Operations
Froot, Kenneth A., Peter Tufano, and Chris L Marshall. "Syscom Computers." Harvard Business School Case 295-094, January 1995. (Revised May 1997.)
- July 2021
- Article
Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability
By: Eliana Carranza and Robyn C. Meeks
Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) on electricity reliability and household electricity consumption in the Kyrgyz Republic. Greater...
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Energy;
Technology Adoption;
Green Technology;
Consumer Behavior;
Utilities Industry;
Kyrgyzstan
Carranza, Eliana, and Robyn C. Meeks. "Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability." Review of Economics and Statistics 103, no. 3 (July 2021): 461–475.
- Winter 2013
- Article
The New Patent Intermediaries: Platforms, Defensive Aggregators and Super-Aggregators
By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
The patent market consists mainly of privately negotiated, bilateral transactions, either sales or cross-licenses, between large companies. There is no eBay, Amazon, New York Stock Exchange, or Kelley's Blue Book equivalent for patents, and when buyers and sellers do...
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Intellectual Property;
Platforms;
Intermediaries;
Aggregator;
Patents;
Digital Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Distribution Channels
Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. "The New Patent Intermediaries: Platforms, Defensive Aggregators and Super-Aggregators." Journal of Economic Perspectives 27, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 45–66.
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Oscar Mak
Prior to joining Toyota Tsusho, Oscar held various cleantech roles, including project development, renewable energy finance, and corporate development for a solar energy technology startup. He has additional experience as a consultant...
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- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
As the information economy emerges and technology transforms "business-as-usual," senior-level executives need to understand the "big picture" of how IT impacts their entire organization—from top to bottom. The HBS...
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- 03 Feb 2012
- HBS Seminar
Dr. Regina Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- March 2023
- Case
Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
On the morning of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company became aware that the company had been the victim of a malicious ransomware attack that had stolen and locked up company data. The extortionists demanded 75 bitcoins (worth about $4.4 million at the time) in...
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Disruption;
Communication;
Communication Strategy;
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Disclosure;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Policy;
Employees;
News;
Cybersecurity;
Digital Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Management;
Internet and the Web;
Crisis Management;
Business or Company Management;
Resource Allocation;
Risk Management;
Negotiation Tactics;
Failure;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Perception;
Reputation;
Trust;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Infrastructure;
Distribution Industry;
United States;
Alabama
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan Ni. "Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company." Harvard Business School Case 123-069, March 2023.
- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM? (with video links)
In early 2006, BlackRock, Inc. is considering acquiring Merrill Lynch’s asset management business. The asset management industry was in a state of transition. In the prior year, more than 130 mergers and acquisitions had taken place. The proposed deal between BlackRock...
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Strategy;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Asset Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM? (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-485, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- 14 Dec 2016
- HBS Seminar
Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp, Boston University
- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
and Uber can scale up quickly thanks to affordable technology and networked providers. Credit: AntonMatveev To overcome those challenges, the startups followed similar strategies, initially focusing more on the supply side than on the...
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- February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge
By: Noam T. Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Conflict Management;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Employees;
Management Teams;
Product Development;
Technology Industry
Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge." Harvard Business School Case 804-129, February 2004. (Revised March 2004.)
- 29 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms
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by Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with social missions, such as...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Networks Power & Influence Private Equity Supply Chain Technology Management *representative sample Introduce Yourself So we can provide you with event, application, and other information specifically suited...
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