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- May 2003
- Module Note
Managing Development Networks
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the concepts and pedagogy for a module on understanding and managing product development networks between firms and within firms and among products themselves. Introduces students to the increasingly important role of networks in the development of new...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Resource Allocation;
Research and Development;
Networks;
Design;
Groups and Teams
Thomke, Stefan H. "Managing Development Networks." Harvard Business School Module Note 603-091, May 2003.
- 09 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Developing Novel Drugs
- May 2003
- Module Note
Managing Product Development
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Introduces students to the managerial aspects critical to conceiving, designing, and developing innovative products and services. Considers the full range of activities required: learning about customer needs, understanding and managing experimentation and problem...
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- March 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
MAC Development Corporation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Colleen McCaffrey
Deals with MAC Development's efforts to develop a 41-acre site near Chicago. Reviews two years of efforts and highlights the remaining issues of: 1) gaining town approval for development and tax reductions, 2) meeting the bank's debt covenants, including finding a...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Taxation;
Financial Instruments;
Borrowing and Debt;
Asset Pricing;
Construction Industry;
Chicago
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Colleen McCaffrey. "MAC Development Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-140, March 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- Research Summary
Automotive Product Development
At present, my primary research focus is studying product development in the auto industry. I am working with Stefan Thomke (HBS) and Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo) on the 4th Round of the Global Automotive Development Study. The first round of this... View Details
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
Development Relationships TN
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
The final class of the Career Development module of the Self-Assessment and Career Development course (SACD) uses the topic of mentoring and developmental relationships to encourage students to think beyond the point of finding and accepting a suitable job offer. The...
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- May 2000 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Health Development Corporation
Health Development Corp. (HDC) owns and operates health clubs in the Greater Boston area. HDC engaged a local investment banker to explore a sale of the company. The most likely buyer views HDC's prior purchase of real estate as a negative. HDC's management is...
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Keywords:
Cash Flow;
Property;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Valuation;
Value;
Decisions;
Health Industry;
Boston
Ruback, Richard S. "Health Development Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 200-049, May 2000. (Revised January 2003.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Identity-Based Leader Development
By: Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra and Laura Ramo
Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to leadership development, only recently has a new perspective emerged that explicitly links leadership and identity. Research and theorizing on leadership development have yet to specify the processes that...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Identity;
Transition;
Transformation;
Perspective;
Managerial Roles;
Business Processes;
Personal Development and Career
Snook, Scott, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo. "Identity-Based Leader Development." Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, 657–678. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- February 1992 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Keen Development
Keywords:
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J. "Keen Development." Harvard Business School Case 392-090, February 1992. (Revised March 1992.)
- February 1998 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Winthrop Park Development
By: William J. Poorvu and Elizabeth McLoughlin
Describes a real estate development project in Cambridge, MA and evaluates the market, financial, and design issues in this $20 million mixed-use property.
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Poorvu, William J., and Elizabeth McLoughlin. "Winthrop Park Development." Harvard Business School Case 898-194, February 1998. (Revised May 2007.)
- October 2004
- Background Note
Developing Life Theme Labels
Instructs students in developing their life themes, a vital component of the Self-Assessment and Career Development final paper. Teaching Purpose: To give students instruction while preparing their final paper for the Self-Assessment and Career Development course. A...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career
Clawson, James G., and Monica C. Higgins. "Developing Life Theme Labels." Harvard Business School Background Note 405-016, October 2004.
- September 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site
By: Charles F. Wu, Aaron Stolear, Vitali Bourchtein and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
13th Floor-Adler, a partnership of 13th Floor Investments and Adler Group, was compiling a response to a Miami-Dade County Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP's prize was the opportunity to develop a 7.5+/- acre parking lot, adjacent to a heavy-rail rapid transit...
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Keywords:
Land Valuation;
Real Estate Development;
Real Estate;
Land Markets;
Land Investment;
Property;
Design;
Valuation;
Real Estate Industry;
Miami
Wu, Charles F., Aaron Stolear, Vitali Bourchtein, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site." Harvard Business School Case 218-034, September 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
BancZero New Product Development
By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel
The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Instruments;
Situation or Environment;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Volatility;
Banking Industry;
Mexico City;
United States
Iansiti, Marco, and Alberto Moel. "BancZero New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 697-044, November 1996. (Revised September 1997.)
- Teaching Interest
Development Economics (PhD)
By: Shawn A. Cole
This course, intended for second-year PhD students in economics and related fields, is taught by Michael Kremer, Phillippe Aghion, and Shawn Cole.
Part I (Kremer) of the course will cover macro-economic topics including aggregate and non-aggregate growth...
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- February 2015 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Delhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Organizational Alignment;
Talent Management;
Leadership Development;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Human Capital;
Talent and Talent Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Belgium
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders." Harvard Business School Case 415-019, February 2015. (Revised May 2017.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies
By: Kris J. Ferreira, Joel Goh and Ehsan Valavi
Problem Definition: Farmers face several challenges in agricultural supply chains in emerging economies that contribute to extreme levels of poverty. One common challenge is that farmers only have access to one channel, often an auction, for which to sell their crops....
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Keywords:
Developing Countries;
Agricultural Supply Chain;
Intermediation;
Multiple Cahnels;
Walrasian Auction;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Supply Chain;
Distribution Channels;
Profit;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Ferreira, Kris J., Joel Goh, and Ehsan Valavi. "Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-033, October 2017.