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  • April 1995
  • Case

Minnetonka Corporation: From Softsoap to Eternity

Minnetonka Corp. which was founded in 1964, began as a niche player in the gift soap and novelty toiletries markets. In 1980, it entered--and managed to capture a piece of--the mass bar-soap market with pump-dispensed Softsoap liquid soap. In 1984, the company took on... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 08 Dec 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Industry R&D Survey: Patent Database Link Project

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Shihe Fu; Technology

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government

      Robert Simons

      Robert Simons is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. For over 35 years, Simons has taught accounting, management control, and strategy execution courses in both the Harvard MBA and Executive Education Programs. For 2023/24, he is... View Details

      • 05 Mar 2015
      • Video

      EiR Janet Kraus, founder and CEO, Peach

      • February 2010
      • Supplement

      Valuing Visa? Priceless (CW)

      By: Peter Tufano
      Students must determine whether or not Visa, which had an IPO one month prior, is a good investment. The case provides an overview of multisided platform businesses and the payments industry in general. Visa's business model and economics are reviewed. View Details
      Keywords: Credit Cards; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Multi-Sided Platforms; Microeconomics
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      • September 2007 (Revised February 2010)
      • Case

      Compass Box Whisky Company

      Compass Box Whisky Company is facing a changing supply situation and is evaluating switching to a business model with high inventory and long lead times. The company must consider what the change will mean for operations, risk, and measuring profitability. View Details
      Keywords: Financial Statements; Business Model; Profit; Product; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty
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      • September 2003
      • Case

      Growing Up in China: The Financing of BabyCare Ltd.

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
      The CFO of this infant nutritional products company must choose among competing financing offers. The interplay of Chinese legal and customs restrictions and venture capitalists' bargaining techniques challenge the CFO to navigate a tricky negotiation and to devise a... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Working Capital; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; China
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      • 20 Apr 2021
      • Book

      A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

      New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies manages to do both—and dramatically outperform peers. What... View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost
      • 14 Jul 2015
      • News

      Everybody has a slice of genius

      • 05 Oct 2010
      • News

      Banks Pile Into Safer Bets

      • 22 Feb 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

      scientist.” Missed innovation opportunities Koning, an assistant professor of business administration in the Strategy Unit at HBS, teamed up with John-Paul Ferguson of McGill University and Sampsa Samila of... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • April 2000 (Revised March 2002)
      • Case

      Destiny WebSolutions, Inc.

      Describes Destiny's use of "pattern language" concepts to structure its business activities. The innovative approach contrasts with a process approach and helps the company balance its needs for scalability with retained agility. View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Business Processes
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      • 20 Dec 2004
      • Research & Ideas

      The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

      in November 2004 by Princeton University Press. Jaffe is professor of economics and dean of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University. Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. In View Details
      Keywords: by Ann Cullen
      • February 1999
      • Case

      Tektronix, Inc.: Global ERP Implementation

      By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, George Francis Westerman III and Mark J. Cotteleer
      Reviews Tektronix's implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution in all three of its global business divisions. This case tells the story of three implementations, each with its own character and requirements. Tektronix managers needed to... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Transformation; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Management; Management Skills; Management Style; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Electronics Industry
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      • May 2023 (Revised June 2023)
      • Case

      Novartis (A): Reimagining Medicine

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Claudio Feser, Karolin Frankenberger and David Redaschi
      This case unfolds around the first-ever approved personalized cancer treatment, how Novartis wrapped it into a new business model design, and how Novartis scaled it. Novartis — one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world — is, among other ventures,... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Leadership; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland
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      • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
      • Supplement

      Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)

      By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
      Having taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008, Goldman Sachs confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime. View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
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      • April 2024
      • Teaching Plan

      Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab

      By: George Serafeim, Michael Norris and ZeSean Ali
      This Teaching Plan for the case “Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab,” HBS No. 124-017, and its related products, serves to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.... View Details
      Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      • November 2022 (Revised January 2023)
      • Case

      Hugging Face: Serving AI on a Platform

      By: Shane Greenstein, Daniel Yue, Kerry Herman and Sarah Gulick
      It is fall 2022, and open-source AI model company Hugging Face is considering its three areas of priorities: platform development, supporting the open-source community, and pursuing cutting-edge scientific research. As it expands services for enterprise clients, which... View Details
      Keywords: Community; Open-source; AI and Machine Learning; Product Development; Networks; Service Delivery; Research; Governance; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Information Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      • 10 Jun 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: June 10, 2008

      equal to multiples of their own budget through front-lines process innovation and support of staff on-the-floor. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607130 Broadband and Video Games: Playing... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace