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- 28 Feb 2019
- News
The Future of Leadership Development
- April 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
AvantGo
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Richard Owen, CEO of AvantGo, is preparing for a meeting in which he will set the human resource policy for the firm going forward. It has been three months since the company's IPO, and given the tremendous cramp in hiring over the six months prior to the IPO, he knows...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Management Teams;
Selection and Staffing;
Retention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance Evaluation;
Information Technology;
Decisions;
Information Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
United States
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "AvantGo." Harvard Business School Case 601-095, April 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- January 1991 (Revised January 1992)
- Supplement
IBM-Fujitsu Settlement
Describes the decision by the arbitrators chosen to resolve the intellectual property dispute between IBM and Fujitsu.
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Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "IBM-Fujitsu Settlement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-149, January 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
Innovating for Sustainability
Every major company is grappling with the meaning and application of sustainability in relation to its geographic location, industry and business model. Similarly, more and more institutional investors are incorporating sustainability into their... View Details
- January 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Airbus versus Boeing (A)
Looks at the development of the competitive actions between Airbus and Boeing from 1992 to 2006. Begins with the question of whether Airbus and Boeing should collaborate on the development of a VLCT (Very Large Commercial Transport) or whether Airbus should develop...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competition;
Cooperation;
Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Airbus versus Boeing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-436, January 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- July 2018
- Case
Financing Anghami's Growth
By: Ramana Nanda and Eren Kuzucu
In December 2012, less than two years into the founding of their music-streaming platform Anghami, cofounders Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun found themselves evaluating an unorthodox term sheet. Habib and Maroun needed to make a decision vis-à-vis the proposal put forth by...
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Keywords:
Growth;
Startups;
Copyright;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Music Entertainment;
Decisions;
Technological Innovation;
Venture Capital;
Internet and the Web;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Expansion;
Digital Platforms;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Valuation;
Decision Making;
Middle East;
Lebanon
Nanda, Ramana, and Eren Kuzucu. "Financing Anghami's Growth." Harvard Business School Case 819-033, July 2018.
- August 2011 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings—A Corporate Governance Drama
By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
Despite widespread news of the incarceration of Gome Electronics' CEO, Huang Guangyu, Bain Capital felt they carefully undertook due diligence before making a significant investment in the company. The venture capital firm was confident that it and the current...
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Keywords:
China;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Corruption;
Risk;
Corporate Governance;
Crime and Corruption;
Power and Influence;
Risk Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Venture Capital;
Ethics;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Values and Beliefs;
Private Equity;
China
Kirby, William C., and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings—A Corporate Governance Drama." Harvard Business School Case 312-025, August 2011. (Revised October 2015.)
- March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Eliot Spitzer: Pushing Wall Street to Reform
By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer faced a decision about how to stop wrongdoing committed by major Wall Street firms during the Internet boom. The equities analysts of Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street firms were charged with objectively advising retail...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Decisions;
Financial Institutions;
Stocks;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Laws and Statutes;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Conflict of Interests;
Internet;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Eliot Spitzer: Pushing Wall Street to Reform." Harvard Business School Case 708-019, March 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 12 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Allocating Marketing Resources
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by Sunil Gupta & Thomas J. Steenburgh
- October 2023
- Case
Driving Sustainability at AB InBev
By: Ethan Rouen and Antonio Manuel Oftelie
It was the height of the summer in 2022, and Michel Doukeris, the CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), and Peter Kraemer, the company’s Chief Supply Officer, gazed across the vast desert surrounding Zacatecas, Mexico. They were visiting their Grupo Modelo Brewery,...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Transformation;
Decisions;
Environmental Sustainability;
Leading Change;
Growth Management;
Business Model;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mexico
Rouen, Ethan, and Antonio Manuel Oftelie. "Driving Sustainability at AB InBev." Harvard Business School Case 124-037, October 2023.
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
environment is much less rich than in other countries/sectors and in which managers are concerned about measuring the effectiveness of their commercial actions. Among the most immediate decisions they need...
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Martha Lagace
- February 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989
By: Peter Tufano
Japanese financial institutions' willingness to sell put options on the Nikkei Stock Average provides investment banks with the raw material from which to create a security that would allow U.S. investors to bet on falls in the Japanese Stock Market. The investment...
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Keywords:
Debt Securities;
Investment Banking;
Product Design;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Japan;
United States
Tufano, Peter. "Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989." Harvard Business School Case 292-113, February 1992. (Revised September 1995.)
- Research Summary
Top Management Teams
Michael Roberto is studying how senior management teams function, and how chief executives lead these teams effectively. Many chief executives can identify their top management team, but this set of executives does not necessarily perform critical tasks and make...
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- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
self-confidence to make an irrational or intuitive decision that goes against the logic of the organization? AG: I've made the point about pretending confidence and building...
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- 02 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip
At the NFL I was responsible for the holistic wellness of active and retired football players as well as coaches and staff. Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? 2+2 made many of...
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- August 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Choosing a GAAP for Canada
By: Karthik Ramanna and Beiting Cheng
Explores Canadian regulators' decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Canadian decision in 2005 to adopt IFRS is particularly interesting because Canada had well-developed domestic accounting standards and because a significant...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Cost vs Benefits;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Standards;
Accounting Industry;
Canada
Ramanna, Karthik, and Beiting Cheng. "Choosing a GAAP for Canada." Harvard Business School Case 110-023, August 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
Teresa M. Amabile
Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. Originally educated and employed as a chemist, Teresa received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. Her current research investigates how people approach and... View Details
- January 1994 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (B)
By: Josh Lerner
Reports EMC's decision concerning the second shareholder class-action suit and its implications. Legislative efforts to reform securities litigation are also discussed.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Going Public;
Policy;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Technology Industry;
United States
Lerner, Josh. "EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 294-071, January 1994. (Revised April 1994.)
- July 1987 (Revised October 2009)
- Background Note
A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method"
By: William A. Sahlman and Daniel R Scherlis
Describes a method for valuing high-risk, long-term investments such as those confronting venture capitalists. The method entails forecasting a future value (e.g., five years from the present) and discounting that terminal value back to the present by applying a high...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Risk Management;
Valuation
Sahlman, William A., and Daniel R Scherlis. A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method". Harvard Business School Background Note 288-006, July 1987. (Revised October 2009.)
- Article
Towards a Single European Sky
By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Bert De Reyck
We describe an integrated decision-making framework and model that we developed to aid EUROCONTROL, the European air traffic management organization, in its vital role of constructing a single unified European sky. Combining multicriteria decision analysis with...
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Grushka-Cockayne, Yael, and Bert De Reyck. "Towards a Single European Sky." Interfaces 39, no. 5 (September–October 2009): 400–414.