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- November 2002 (Revised August 2003)
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MedSource Technologies
Considers the issues facing Richard Effress, MedSource's chairman and CEO, as the firm approaches the Precision Cut project--the first test of MedSource's capabilities as an integrated, contract manufacturer in the medical device industry. MedSource Technologies was...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Production;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Product Design;
Supply Chain Management;
Management Teams;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S. "MedSource Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 603-081, November 2002. (Revised August 2003.)
- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Game Time Decision for AppDirect
By: Andrei Hagiu, Laura Arjona and Emily Zhang
AppDirect is a start-up that offers small businesses software-as-a-service solutions through a business app marketplace and portal. Daniel Saks, co-founder and co-CEO, is faced with the key question of deciding distribution strategy: should AppDirect find channel...
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Keywords:
Digital Platforms;
Distribution;
Applications and Software;
Innovation Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Hagiu, Andrei, Laura Arjona, and Emily Zhang. "Game Time Decision for AppDirect." Harvard Business School Case 712-410, July 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- October 2022 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing
By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani
In December 2018, Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, a four-year-old venture-backed startup that sold online custom framing, formulated plans for the future. Her vision was to revolutionize the $4 billion industry by making custom framing easy, transparent,...
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Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Operations;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
District of Columbia;
Kentucky
Koning, Rembrand, and Alicia Dadlani. "Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing." Harvard Business School Case 723-352, October 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
- April 2010
- Case
George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)
By: Leslie A. Perlow and Kerry Herman
George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the challenges they face managing the demands of their work lives with their desire for more predictable time with their...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Work-Life Balance;
Management Teams;
Interpersonal Communication;
Jobs and Positions;
Employees;
Consulting Industry;
Boston
Perlow, Leslie A., and Kerry Herman. "George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-112, April 2010.
- June 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Relating to Peapod
By: Susan Fournier and Jill Avery
Explores the relationships formed between consumers and the Peapod consumer-direct grocery delivery service, as revealed through an ethnographic study of Boston-area Peapod shoppers conducted between the Summer of 1997 and the Fall of 1999. Three representative case...
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Industry;
Boston
Fournier, Susan, and Jill Avery. "Relating to Peapod." Harvard Business School Case 314-142, June 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- September 2012 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Kyruus: Big Data's Search for the Killer App
By: Robert F. Higgins, Penrose O'Donnell and Mehul Bhatt
Kyruus is used in a course at HBS on Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT and Services (EHITS). It describes a young company that has built a very large database on physicians. The company has had some early successful pilots with prominent customers, but it is now faced...
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Higgins, Robert F., Penrose O'Donnell, and Mehul Bhatt. "Kyruus: Big Data's Search for the Killer App." Harvard Business School Case 813-060, September 2012. (Revised December 2012.)
- March 2007 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success
By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
When Jim Weddle took over as Managing Partner of Edward Jones in January 2006, the brokerage firm was at a critical juncture. The firm's distinctive strategy had enabled it to grow from its roots in small-town America to become the 4th largest broker in the U.S. Weddle...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance;
Competitive Advantage;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Collis, David J., and Troy Smith. "Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success." Harvard Business School Case 707-497, March 2007. (Revised March 2012.)
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Finance - Faculty & Research
Mortgage Convexity By: Samuel G. Hanson Most home mortgages in the United States are fixed-rate loans with an embedded prepayment option. When long-term rates decline, the effective duration of...
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Ways to Give Today - Alumni
Giving at pg@hbs.edu or 877-448-3864. International Giving Gifts to HBS from alumni and friends living outside the United States may be directed to one of our affiliated charitable entities in order to...
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HBS - The year in Review
the world. The pandemic necessitated a complete pause in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, FGI resumed in 15 locations in the United States, and in 2023, more than 1,000 students traveled to 15 global locations to work with project partners on new...
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Impact Investments
Zochowski Why Impact Investing? Impact investing has become a central, rapidly expanding part of the investment landscape in the United States and across the world. Impact investors are intentional in their...
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- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
Like: Why Digital Is a State of Mind, Not Just a Skill Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Feedback or ideas to...
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Summer Fellowships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Cleveland in the Department of Building and Housing where I developed a homeownership program using state of Ohio forfeited land parcels to help create generational wealth on the southeast side of Cleveland. Questions I thought about: How...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
taught to be humble, not to stick out, and never to brag. While I learned to adapt to a different style in the United States, I never felt comfortable or confident that I was qualified for the next career step or to ask for a promotion or...
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- January 2017
- Supplement
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy — Operating the Business Model Exercise
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built...
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- March 2018 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Improving Access at VA
By: Ryan W. Buell and Robert S. Huckman
In 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor
In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that...
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Fellowships - Business History
economic history of the United States to spend time in residence at Harvard Business School. The main activities of the Thomas K. McCraw Fellow will be to conduct research in the archives of Baker Library or...
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- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
going to challenge some of those norms and will possibly put the company at risk, at a minimum, of increased government attention. This article originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. You Might Also Like: Why Digital Is a View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
Marketing; Power and Influence; Advertising; Social Media; Consumer Products Industry; United States Citation Find at Harvard Read Now Related Israeli, Ayelet, Jill Avery, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Matt...
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