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- July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Pattern Brands
By: Sunil Gupta, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
In March 2020, direct-to-consumer (DTC) company Pattern Brands needed to decide how to allocate resources across its different brands. Pattern Co-Founders Nick Ling and Emmett Shine hoped to avoid the pitfalls faced by some DTC companies—such as inability to scale and...
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Keywords:
Direct-to-consumer;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Business Strategy;
Diversification;
Competitive Advantage;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
New York (state, US)
Gupta, Sunil, Elie Ofek, and Julia Kelley. "Pattern Brands." Harvard Business School Case 521-009, July 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
- February 2018
- Supplement
Qualtrics (B)
By: Doug J. Chung and James M. Lattin
Qualtrics was an online survey research platform and since the beginning, the company had relied entirely on an inside sales model—sales done remotely without face-to-face contact with clients. The low-cost inside sales model, along with an emphasis on a strong sales...
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Keywords:
Inside Sales Model;
Sales;
Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Chung, Doug J., and James M. Lattin. "Qualtrics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-083, February 2018.
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
Darragh, a director in McKinsey & Company's Boston office, and me, on behalf of the Social Enterprise Initiative here at HBS. Q: Why was it important for the Social Enterprise Initiative to sponsor this research? A: The field of social-purpose investing is View Details
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by Manda Salls
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
issues on the subject at the Cyberposium panel "Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?" Although the forms of their organizations vary in large and small ways, one thing all the participants agreed on was that incubators are...
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by Kenneth Liss
- May 2002
- Case
Aspen Financial
By: Arthur I Segel and Melissa Yin-Yin Lam
Jack and Bruce Aspen must decide how they want to grow their commercial real estate finance company during a time of tremendous change in the industry.
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Keywords:
History;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Growth and Development;
Real Estate Industry
Segel, Arthur I., and Melissa Yin-Yin Lam. "Aspen Financial." Harvard Business School Case 802-145, May 2002.
- 2021
- Article
Helping and Happiness: A Review and Guide for Public Policy
By: Lara B. Aknin and Ashley V. Whillans
Perhaps one of the most reaffirming findings to emerge over the past several decades is that humans not only engage in generous behavior, they also appear to experience pleasure from doing so. Yet not all acts of helping lead to greater happiness. Here, we review the...
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Aknin, Lara B., and Ashley V. Whillans. "Helping and Happiness: A Review and Guide for Public Policy." Social Issues and Policy Review 15 (2021): 3–34.
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, and queer communities. Here, current HBS students share their personal stories through the National Coming Out Day storyboard series organized by the HBS PRIDE Club. We accept everyone in...
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- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
High Commitment High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage explains why and how to align the two. "High commitment, high performance (HCHP) companies are firms designed and led by their founders or by...
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by Martha Lagace
- February 2018
- Supplement
Qualtrics (C)
By: Doug J. Chung and James M. Lattin
Qualtrics was an online survey research platform and since the beginning, the company had relied entirely on an inside sales model—sales done remotely without face-to-face contact with clients. The low-cost inside sales model, along with an emphasis on a strong sales...
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Keywords:
Inside Sales Model;
Sales;
Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Chung, Doug J., and James M. Lattin. "Qualtrics (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-084, February 2018.
- January 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students
Provides an overview for students of the MBA elective course Managing Networked Businesses (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. The first section of the note explains that such businesses comprise a large and growing...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Capital Structure;
Business or Company Management;
Network Effects;
Organizational Design;
Business and Government Relations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competitive Strategy
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-103, January 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- September 2011 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)
By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron
After proposing a fourth business unit to help grow the market for Zensar's innovative technology, to be led by Dilip Ittyera, CEO Natarajan adopted a new organizational structure focused on industry verticals.
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Growth and Development;
Innovation Leadership;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Information Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael, and David Kiron. "Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-037, September 2011. (Revised October 2014.)
- 2022
- Book
Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices
By: Don A. Moore and Max H. Bazerman
When we think of leaders, we often imagine lone, inspirational figures lauded for their behaviors, attributes, and personal decisions, and leadership books often reinforce that view. However, this approach ignores a leader’s mission to empower others. Applying decades...
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Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022.
- January 2015
- Case
Monte-Carlo Weddings
By: Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener
Monte-Carlo Weddings, established by Frank Damgaard in 2005, is the most respectable and exclusive wedding planning business in the South of France. Frank has organized the largest, most expensive and luxurious weddings in Europe, serving celebrities, CEOs, and other...
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Keywords:
Luxury Brand;
Luxury Service;
Luxury Consumers;
Exceeding Consumer Expectations;
Wedding Planner;
Destination Wedding;
Event Planner;
Event Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Strategy;
Monaco;
Monte-Carlo;
Brand Building;
Reputation Management;
Word Of Mouth;
Customer Satisfaction;
Client Acquisition;
Diversification;
Wealth;
Marketing Strategy;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Service Delivery;
Luxury;
Brands and Branding;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Industry;
France
Keinan, Anat, and Sandrine Crener. "Monte-Carlo Weddings." Harvard Business School Case 515-071, January 2015.
- July 2002 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Phase Two: The Pharmaceutical Industry Responds to AIDS
By: Debora L. Spar
Describes how major pharmaceutical firms changed their strategy and pricing policies in the years 2000 to 2002 to respond to the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa.
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Keywords:
International Finance;
Health Pandemics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Africa
Spar, Debora L., and Nick Bartlett. "Phase Two: The Pharmaceutical Industry Responds to AIDS." Harvard Business School Case 703-005, July 2002. (Revised December 2002.)
- March 2023
- Article
Giving-by-proxy Triggers Subsequent Charitable Behavior
By: Samantha Kassirer, Jillian J. Jordan and Maryam Kouchaki
How can we foster habits of charitable giving? Here, we investigate the potential power of giving-by-proxy experiences, drawing inspiration from a growing trend in marketing and corporate social responsibility contexts in which organizations make charitable...
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Kassirer, Samantha, Jillian J. Jordan, and Maryam Kouchaki. "Giving-by-proxy Triggers Subsequent Charitable Behavior." Art. 104438. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 105 (March 2023).
- 18 Feb 2013
- News
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
HBS in San Francisco: West Coast Recruiting Recap
Students are accepting offers on the West Coast at a growing rate. Last year 14% of the class of 2014 accepted full-time offers in the Bay Area, and 18% of the class of 2014 accepted summer internships there. As enthusiasm for West Coast...
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All Industries
- 2024
- Working Paper
Private Regulation, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change: A Business History Perspective
By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Geoffrey Jones
Private regulatory systems, including voluntary efforts by firms to restrain their own behavior are the primary form of global climate change governance. However, when environmental challenges first rose up on the scientific and political agendas during the 1970s, the...
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Keywords:
Certification;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Business History;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, and Geoffrey Jones. "Private Regulation, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change: A Business History Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-041, January 2024.
- July–August 2019
- Article
How to Scandal-Proof Your Company
By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
Despite efforts to crack down on illegal activity, crimes like fraud, bribery, embezzlement, and money laundering are rampant in corporations. What steps can leaders take to fix this growing problem?
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Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim. "How to Scandal-Proof Your Company." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (July–August 2019): 42–50.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism: Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO
By: Brian Trelstad
Video Supplement for HBS Case No. 320-098. In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied...
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Keywords:
Place Making;
Nonprofit;
Hotel;
Economic Development;
Tourism;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Development Economics;
Economic Systems;
Tourism Industry;
Canada
Trelstad, Brian. "Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism: Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 322-701, August 2021.