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- March 2010 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
American Well: The Doctor Will E-See You Now
By: Elie Ofek and Ron Laufer
What is next for healthcare IT provider American Well, whose innovative Online Care technology allows physicians to deliver care to patients online in real time? Using American Well's platform, patients with non-emergency health concerns can communicate with physicians...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Service Delivery;
Online Technology;
Health Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Ron Laufer. "American Well: The Doctor Will E-See You Now." Harvard Business School Case 510-061, March 2010. (Revised April 2014.)
- December 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
MINI USA: Finding a New Advertising Agency (A)
Selling an intangible like advertising services is a difficult task. The first step is to understand how brands buy these services. What are they looking for? What do they need to learn? How do they go about assessing things like creativity, trust, and loyalty? This...
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Godes, David B. "MINI USA: Finding a New Advertising Agency (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-041, December 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance
By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook based on the idea that connecting people was a fundamentally good thing—and a way to turn a handsome profit. But from the beginning, Facebook received criticism both for how it handled user privacy and how it curated user-generated...
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Keywords:
Platform;
Governance;
Privacy;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Governance;
Ethics;
Business and Government Relations;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Web Services Industry
Yoffie, David, and Daniel Fisher. "Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance." Harvard Business School Case 720-400, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- January 2018 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Giving Birth to Ovia Health
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Julia Kelley
In late 2016, Paris Wallace, the CEO of Ovia Health, and the rest of the company’s co-founders faced a difficult decision about the best way to grow Ovia Health’s revenue. Founded in 2012, Ovia Health specialized in mobile and web applications in the women’s health...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Julia Kelley. "Giving Birth to Ovia Health." Harvard Business School Case 818-004, January 2018. (Revised September 2023.)
How the Best Chief Data Officers Create Value
Despite the rapidly increasing prominence of data and analytics functions, the majority of chief data officers (CDOs) fail to value and price the business outcomes created by their data and analytics capabilities. It comes as no surprise then that many CDOs fall...
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- March 2022 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022
By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
2021 was a banner year for Elon Musk. CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, and a few smaller startups, Musk became the richest person on Earth after Tesla reached a market capitalization of $1 trillion and SpaceX a private...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Transportation;
Strategic Planning;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Goals and Objectives;
Aerospace Industry;
Auto Industry;
Battery Industry;
United States;
Europe;
China
Yoffie, David, and Daniel Fisher. "Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022." Harvard Business School Case 722-439, March 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
- August 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
NextView Ventures
By: Jo Tango and Nori Gerardo Lietz
David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and...
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Tango, Jo, and Nori Gerardo Lietz. "NextView Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 821-031, August 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- June 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Doing Business in Lima, Peru
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Max Hancock
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Peru. It highlights Peru's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Corporate Strategy;
Mining Industry;
Peru;
Latin America
Polzer, Jeffrey T., Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Max Hancock. "Doing Business in Lima, Peru." Harvard Business School Case 323-050, June 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
midst of a deep crisis, having lost a third of its market share over the previous three years. Bill Kozek, the new president of Navistar North America Truck and Sales division needs to develop his division’s View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- November 2023 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
'Care in Every Drop': Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A)
By: Debora L. Spar, Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta and Julia M. Comeau
Since 1834, eight generations of the Ayala family have used their conglomerate to fund nation-building projects in the Philippines, including investments in tramcars, telecommunications, hospitals, and schools. In 1997, Ayala’s subsidiary, Manila Water, took control of...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Economic Growth;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Climate Change;
Natural Resources;
Crisis Management;
Failure;
Privatization;
Social Issues;
Urban Development;
Adaptation;
Public Opinion;
Mission and Purpose;
Utilities Industry;
Asia;
Philippines
Spar, Debora L., Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta, and Julia M. Comeau. "'Care in Every Drop': Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A)." Harvard Business School Case 324-038, November 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
- August 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Paradigm Capital Value Fund
By: Luis M. Viceira and Elena Corsi
Karl Jan Erick Hummel had founded Paradigm Capital Value Fund in 2007 together with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Greenwald, an expert in value investing and now chairman of the fund. The fund followed the principles of value investing to their target...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism;
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment Funds;
Financial Services Industry
Viceira, Luis M., and Elena Corsi. "Paradigm Capital Value Fund." Harvard Business School Case 220-014, August 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- Web
Lifelong Learning - Alumni
Professor of Management Practice) 07 Feb 2024 HBR Podcast Best Buy’s Hubert Joly on Redefining Your Company’s Purpose The nuts and bolts of turn-around strategy, from the HBR on Strategy podcast Re: Hubert Joly (Senior Lecturer of...
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- January 2009 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT'
By: Willy Shih
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is executing a strategy that leverages the desires of municipalities in China to build clusters of high technology companies. By partnering with those cities to build new semiconductor fabs that SMIC would...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Clusters;
Infrastructure;
State Ownership;
Business and Community Relations;
Semiconductor Industry;
China
Shih, Willy. "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT'." Harvard Business School Case 609-062, January 2009. (Revised October 2012.)
- Web
Business & Environment
What is the Business & Environment Initiative? What is the Business & Environment Initiative? Inspiring innovation and action at the intersection of business and environment Climate Rising Podcast Telling Climate Stories at Scale: Netflix's View Details
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Finance for Senior Executives
compensation incentives, and play a bigger role in helping your company optimize its financial resources and strengthen its bottom line. Details Apply strategic financial insight Make informed strategic...
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- March 2016
- Case
N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business
By: David A. Garvin and Aldo Sesia
N12 Technologies was a startup founded in 2010 that employed nanotechnology to manufacture a patented material to improve the performance of carbon fiber composites, which were used in a wide variety of products, ranging from bicycles to automobiles to aircraft parts....
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Keywords:
Startup;
Organizational Structure;
Nanotechnology;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Management Systems;
Commercialization;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Bicycle Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States
Garvin, David A., and Aldo Sesia. "N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business." Harvard Business School Case 316-002, March 2016.
- January 2014 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble
GenapSys, a California-based startup, was soon to release a new DNA sequencer that the company's founder, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, believed was truly revolutionary. The sequencer would be substantially less expensive—potentially costing just a few thousand dollars—and... View Details
Keywords:
DNA Sequencing;
Life Sciences;
Business Model;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Genetics;
Business Strategy;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Technology Industry;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., Joseph B. Fuller, and Matthew Preble. "GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome." Harvard Business School Case 814-050, January 2014. (Revised December 2014.)
- 18 Sep 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms: A Synthesis
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by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- March 2022
- Article
Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy
By: Jonas Meckling and Jonas Nahm
When can states implement policies against the opposition from powerful interest groups? Research on state capacity has examined bureaucratic sources of capacity, leaving unexplained why countries with similar levels of bureaucratic capacity vary in goal attainment. We...
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Meckling, Jonas, and Jonas Nahm. "Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy." Comparative Political Studies 55, no. 3 (March 2022): 493–523.