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- October 2018 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh
By: Mitchell Weiss and Brittany Urick
Pittsburgh’s mayor had been among the first to welcome self-driving vehicles but was now one of many needing to react after a pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous Uber in Arizona. He had originally preferred to roll out “the red carpet” instead of the “red...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Government Innovation;
Government Experimentation;
Autonomous Vehicles;
Mayor;
Mayor Peduto;
Cities;
Mobility;
Automation;
Uber;
Argo Ai;
Aurora Innovation;
Aptiv;
Entrepreneurship;
Public Sector;
Innovation And Invention;
Transportation;
City;
Safety;
Business And Government Relations;
Transportation Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States;
pennsylvania;
Pittsburgh
Weiss, Mitchell, and Brittany Urick. "Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh." Harvard Business School Case 819-059, October 2018. (Revised September 2020.)
- February 2018
- Case
Earlham College Basketball: Turnaround Strategy
By: Juan Alcacer and Anne Marie Knott
Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, is in the heart of basketball country. Yet its record for the 2013/2014 basketball season was a dismal 5–20. The school recruited Jason Polykoff from the University of Pennsylvania’s coaching staff to reinvent the program. By...
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Alcacer, Juan, and Anne Marie Knott. "Earlham College Basketball: Turnaround Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 718-497, February 2018.
- December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016
By: Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Toyin J. Okanlawon
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone hospital in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in 1855. By 2016 the CHOP Care Network stretched across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area, providing a wide range of services...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Health Care And Treatment;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Structure;
Networks;
Integration;
Strategy;
Health Industry;
Philadelphia
Porter, Michael E., Thomas W. Feeley, and Toyin J. Okanlawon. "The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016." Harvard Business School Case 718-420, December 2017. (Revised April 2018.)
- September 2017
- Teaching Note
Dick's Sporting Goods
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
This is the teaching note to accompany Rajiv Lal, Jose B. Alvarez, and Matthew G. Preble, “Dick’s Sporting Goods,” HBS No. 517-007 (Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017).
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Keywords:
Sporting Goods;
Retail;
E-commerce;
Employees;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Product Marketing;
Demand And Consumers;
Consumer Behavior;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Partners And Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Internet;
Retail Industry;
United States;
pennsylvania
- 2017
- Chapter
Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy
By: G. Jones
This study examines the geography of the global wind energy industry before 2000. Between 1980 and 2000, the global generating capacity of wind power grew from 13 megawatts to 17,400 megawatts, but two-thirds of that capacity was in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the...
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Keywords:
Renewable Energy;
Wind Power;
Entrepreneurship;
Business And Government;
Business History;
Renewable Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Geography;
Business And Government Relations;
Policy;
Business History;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
Jones, G. "Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy." Chap. 12 in Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century, edited by Hartmut Berghoff and Adam Rome, 206–231. Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.
- February 2017
- Case
Dick's Sporting Goods
By: Rajiv Lal, Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
Edward Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), faced a rapidly changing sporting goods landscape in October 2016. Two large competitors—The Sports Authority and Sport Chalet—had folded earlier that year, and DKS had to contend with increasingly robust...
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Keywords:
Sporting Goods;
Retail;
E-commerce;
Employees;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Product Marketing;
Demand And Consumers;
Consumer Behavior;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Partners And Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Internet;
Retail Industry;
United States;
pennsylvania
- February 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Labor, Capital, and Government: The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In late October 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt felt relieved after months of anxiety and uncertainty. Workers in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry had been on strike for five months, threatening to leave eastern cities in the cold without enough heating fuel...
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Keywords:
Governance;
Agreements And Arrangements;
Business And Government Relations;
Labor;
Law;
Policy;
Mining;
History;
Mining Industry;
pennsylvania
Moss, David, and Marc Campasano. "Labor, Capital, and Government: The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902." Harvard Business School Case 716-046, February 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- 2014
- Chapter
Can For-Profit Corporations Be Good Citizens? Perspectives from Four Business Leaders
By: Nien-he Hsieh
This chapter serves an epilogue, turning to ask practitioners how they would answer the question, "Can for-profit corporations be good citizens?" In reflecting on their answers, the chapter puts forward an account that grounds the purpose and responsibilities of...
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Hsieh, Nien-he. "Can For-Profit Corporations Be Good Citizens? Perspectives from Four Business Leaders." Chap. 16 in Corporations and Citizenship, edited by Greg Urban. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
- 2014
- Chapter
Corporate Power and the Public Good
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Power and the Public Good." Chap. 2 in Corporations and Citizenship, edited by Greg Urban. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
- February 2010
- Article
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
By: David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Jonathan T. Kolstad
Prior studies suggest that, with elastically supplied inputs, free entry may lead to an inefficiently high number of firms in equilibrium. Under input scarcity, however, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free entry may increase use of high-quality...
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Keywords:
Government Legislation;
Health Care And Treatment;
Medical Specialties;
Market Entry And Exit;
Welfare;
Health Industry;
pennsylvania
Cutler, David M., Robert S. Huckman, and Jonathan T. Kolstad. "Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2, no. 1 (February 2010): 51–76.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
By: David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Jonathan T. Kolstad
Prior studies suggest that, with elastically supplied inputs, free entry may lead to an inefficiently high number of firms in equilibrium. Under input scarcity, however, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free entry may increase use of high-quality...
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Keywords:
Government Legislation;
Health Care And Treatment;
Medical Specialties;
Market Entry And Exit;
Welfare;
Health Industry;
pennsylvania
Cutler, David M., Robert S. Huckman, and Jonathan T. Kolstad. "Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-011, August 2009.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
By: David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Jonathan T. Kolstad
Prior studies suggest that, with elastically supplied inputs, free entry may lead to an inefficiently high number of firms in equilibrium. Under input scarcity, however, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free entry may increase use of high-quality...
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- September 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Supplement
Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Through stalled joint venture talks between Pennsylvania-based Wyoff Corp. and Jinan-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Tactics;
Chemical Industry;
China;
pennsylvania
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 909-014, September 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- June 2008
- Teaching Note
Alan Kendricks at Cardiology Associates (TN)
By: Boris Groysberg and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Teaching Note for [407067].
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- January 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Through stalled joint venture talks between Pennsylvania-based Wyoff Corp. and China-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading US chemical company has been seeking...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues;
Negotiation Style;
Strategy;
Chemical Industry;
China;
pennsylvania
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 908-046, January 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- April 2007
- Case
Alan Kendricks at Cardiology Associates
By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Kaftan and Wilfred S. McCalla, Jr.
Alan Kendricks struggles to address many challenges facing him as a recently promoted medical director for Cardiology Associates at Southeastern Pennsylvania University Hospital. He must balance his time taking care of patients, running a practice, managing up, down,...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Business Or Company Management;
Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Work-life Balance;
Organizational Structure;
Change Management;
Health Care And Treatment;
Health Industry;
pennsylvania
Groysberg, Boris, Colleen Kaftan, and Wilfred S. McCalla, Jr. "Alan Kendricks at Cardiology Associates." Harvard Business School Case 407-067, April 2007.
- 2005
- Chapter
Social Pressures in Siting Conflicts: A Case Study of Siting a Radioactive Waste Repository in Pennsylvania
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Howard Kunreuther
Keywords:
Wastes And Waste Processing;
Civil Society Or Community;
Social Issues;
Conflict And Resolution;
Local Range
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Howard Kunreuther. "Social Pressures in Siting Conflicts: A Case Study of Siting a Radioactive Waste Repository in Pennsylvania." In Managing Conflict in Facility Siting, edited by S. Hayden Lesbirel and Daigee Shaw. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
- June 2004
- Teaching Note
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (TN)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note to (9-104-042).
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- November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First Commonwealth Financial Corp., a financial institution in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, implemented the Balanced Scorecard for describing and implementing its new customer-focused strategy. Its founder and chairman decided that the Balanced Scorecard also...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Corporate Strategy;
Customers;
Corporate Governance;
Governing And Advisory Boards;
Customer Relationship Management;
Executive Compensation;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
pennsylvania
Kaplan, Robert S. "First Commonwealth Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 104-042, November 2003. (Revised August 2005.)