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• Case | HBS Case Collection | May 2018

  The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

  Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

  Keywords: Data Analytics; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Leadership; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Goals and Objectives; Marketing Communications; Performance; Programs; Projects; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Genetics; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States;

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  Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund." Harvard Business School Case 818-045, May 2018.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2018

  Hawk Electronics, Inc.

  Richard G. Hamermesh and John J. Lafkas

  Hawk Electronics ("Hawk") presents the problems that a company can encounter when its divisions have distinct strategies, especially when one division has been favored at another's expense. It also highlights how such problems can reflect cognitive biases, which influence resource allocation decisions by senior executives. Further, the case challenges students to develop an action plan for Hawk's CEO. The case begins with excerpts from a letter that Jorge Martinez, the president of Hawk's Peripheral Division and a member of Hawk's Board of Directors, has written to Sarah Chan, Hawk's CEO. Martinez is concerned about the resources that Chan has funneled away from his division to fund outside ventures. Martinez feels that this pattern of resource allocation, and the consequences ensuing from it, make his division unable to compete. He also believes Chan's decisions threaten Hawk's long-term viability. Chan needs to respond to the issues raised in Martinez's letter, but she believes her decisions have been largely correct.

  Keywords: Business Divisions; Resource Allocation; Strategy; Innovation and Management;

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  Hamermesh, Richard G., and John J. Lafkas. "Hawk Electronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-521, April 2018.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | April 2018

  Hawk Electronics, Inc. (Brief Case)

  Richard G. Hamermesh and John J. Lafkas

  Teaching Note for HBS Brief Case 918-521.

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  Hamermesh, Richard G., and John J. Lafkas. "Hawk Electronics, Inc. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 918-522, April 2018.  View Details

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