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- February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang
In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service...
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Keywords:
Timing;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Service Operations;
Business Model;
Organizational Design;
Change Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Growth Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Alliances;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Internet and the Web;
E-commerce;
United States;
Canada;
China
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
studies the relationship between the gut microbiome and ASD, and whose work N of One also supports. “That’s constricted funding and therefore growth in this field.” This microbiome research has led to a therapeutic (currently in Phase II...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- December 2018
- Case
Corporate Transformation at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Tonia Labruyere
When Stefan Oschmann became CEO and chairman of the executive board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in 2016, the company had started its transformation from a mid-tier traditional German industry player to a global modern science and technology player. The...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance With Family Ownership;
Transformation;
Change Management;
Restructuring;
Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership
Fuller, Joseph B., Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Tonia Labruyere. "Corporate Transformation at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany." Harvard Business School Case 319-072, December 2018.
- November 2017
- Supplement
Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (B)
By: Francesca Gino, Katherine DeCelles and Olivia Hull
Supplement to HBS No. 918-001. The case describes the inventive approaches to retail crime prevention that Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s Convenience Stores, implemented between 2007 and 2017.
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Keywords:
Public Relations;
Community Relations;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Training;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Working Conditions;
Crime and Corruption;
Law Enforcement;
Legal Liability;
Business and Community Relations;
Retail Industry;
Canada
Gino, Francesca, Katherine DeCelles, and Olivia Hull. "Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 918-002, November 2017.
- 2020
- Article
Mutual Funds: Skill and Performance
By: Jonathan B. Berk, Jules van Binsbergen and Max Miller
The authors summarize the recent literature on mutual fund manager skill and performance. They discuss the latest contributions in the field and reinterpret them through the lens of the rational expectations framework (efficient market hypothesis). They further discuss...
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Keywords:
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Measurement and Metrics
Berk, Jonathan B., Jules van Binsbergen, and Max Miller. "Mutual Funds: Skill and Performance." Journal of Portfolio Management 46, no. 5 (2020): 17–31.
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Investment Banking | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
research on global financial institutions. Check Harvard Availability Journal of Portfolio Management /citations/journal-of-portfolio-management Journal of Portfolio View Details
- September 1999 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Convergys Corporation
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
Focuses on the important issue of capturing the synergies between the two sides of the business, Information Management Group (IMG) and Customer Management Group (CMG). In addition, the case also addresses strategic issues from each of the individual businesses. For...
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
didn’t plan out a career in beauty. Instead, she tested out different hypotheses and followed her curiosity. Some early stops in her career included internships at Merrill Lynch and Putnam, consideration of joining Teach for America or law school, and then ultimately...
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- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
structure, social history, and educational system, companies developed under a system of family management that emphasized personal relationships more than formal structures, and relied more on broad-gauged...
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- 2022
- Interview
Prime Venture Partners Podcast: #104 Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, on Creating the Conditions to Create, The Value Of Trust & The Power of Diversity
By: Tarun Khanna and Shripati Acharya
Tarun Khanna, Professor at the Harvard Business School chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners regarding: Creating the Conditions to Create, State of Entrepreneurship: India vs China, The Value of Trust in Entrepreneurship, Working with...
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"Prime Venture Partners Podcast: #104 Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, on Creating the Conditions to Create, The Value Of Trust & The Power of Diversity." Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Prime Venture Partners, 2022.
- March 1993 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Commercial Fixtures, Inc.
Two equal partners arrange a sealed bid auction to decide which one buys out the other's interest in a lighting fixture company started by their fathers. After 25 years together, they had developed irreconcilable differences over how to manage the company. A rewritten...
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Roberts, Michael J. "Commercial Fixtures, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 393-115, March 1993. (Revised June 1998.)
- December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Prime Designs
By: Paul W. Marshall
A student takes the role of the father who is the CEO of a family business. A non-family manager has asked for a meeting. Agenda topics are: your son's latest proposal and managers' desire to own equity.
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Marshall, Paul W. "Prime Designs." Harvard Business School Case 800-198, December 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
- November 1992
- Case
Process Control at Polaroid (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
The plant manager of a film production operation wants to create and implement a new approach to quality within the next 12 months. Issues of personnel (and their roles), production processes (and their control), and quality standards must be addressed.
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Keywords:
Employee Relationship Management;
Job Design and Levels;
Management Practices and Processes;
Production;
Quality;
Mathematical Methods
Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (B)." Harvard Business School Case 693-048, November 1992.
- May 2017
- Case
Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund
By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley
Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Public Sector;
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Governance;
Government Administration;
Employee Relationship Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Selection and Staffing;
Leading Change;
Mission and Purpose;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Experience and Expertise;
Asset Management;
Financial Strategy;
Financial Management;
Investment Funds;
Recruitment;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Improvement;
Attitudes;
Trust;
Financial Services Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
New York (state, US);
New York (city, NY)
Rogers, Steven, and Valerie Mosley. "Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 317-044, May 2017.
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A More Accommodating Approach
her career in new directions and add greater value to the company, she wanted to broaden her insights, skills, and network, which prompted her to enroll in HBS’s General Management Program (GMP) in 2021, a decision made more feasible...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance
Do relationships between colleagues raise the bar? A new analysis of how physicians who know each other provide better patient care could impart wide-ranging lessons for the business world. Specialists who received referrals from primary...
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About - Global
administering academic programming in their regions, providing advice to MBA students interested in careers abroad, and developing corporate relationships with potential FIELD Global Immersion partners. A Global History Explore key dates...
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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) - MBA
facilities, and a dedicated team of faculty. Section faculty teach and manage the learning environment, using their own research and real-world experience to introduce innovative ideas and approaches to learning. In turn, students...
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- November 2005 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
From a single, modest club in 1962, Bally Total Fitness had grown to become—in management’s words—the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States in 2004. Bally had faced its share of challenges, but the last couple of...
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Keywords:
Bally Total Fitness;
Fitness;
Gyms;
Health Clubs;
Chain;
Securities And Exchange Commission;
Paul Toback;
Weight Loss;
Exercise;
Contracts;
Personal Training;
Retention;
Accounting;
Accounting Audits;
Accrual Accounting;
Finance;
Advertising;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customers;
Customer Satisfaction;
Public Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Revenue;
Revenue Recognition;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Health;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Operations;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Trends;
Cost Management;
Profit;
Growth and Development;
Leadership Style;
Five Forces Framework;
Private Ownership;
Opportunities;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competitive Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States;
Illinois;
Chicago
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-450, November 2005. (Revised December 2016.)
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
identify their defining elements, such as size, risk, and liquidity Develop the confidence and ability to assess potential investment opportunities and maximize the value of investment portfolios Gain the skills and strategies to choose...
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