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- 05 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast
colleagues looked at data on 3 million employees who began working at Fortune 250 companies between 2017 and 2021, as well as the job requirements of more than 40 million online job postings. They focused on roles like office manager or customer View Details
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 04 Apr 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?
measures.” Nick C. suggested several proxies through which the relationship might be measured. These included “market and customer reactions employee and service provider experiences of ‘lived purpose’ (and) stakeholder and community...
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by James Heskett
- March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star
By: Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
Wirecard was a German fintech company, member of the DAX30, that provided payment processing and related services. Wirecard had enjoyed large growth rates over the years and most investors and analysts were enthusiastic about the company's prospects. Wirecard's...
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Accounting Fraud;
Scandal;
Accounting Audits;
Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Markets;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Corporate Accountability;
Governance Controls;
Financial Services Industry;
Germany;
Singapore;
Dubai
Heese, Jonas, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Tonia Labruyere. "Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star." Harvard Business School Case 121-058, March 2021. (Revised April 2021.)
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
business sense? A: PNC [a financial services organization based in Pittsburgh] is an excellent example of how a business has focused on a cause that the company, its employees, and its customers deeply care about: early childhood...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
R.G. Dun & Co. / Dun & Bradstreet Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
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Joy Chen
which I could learn from the best and potentially have more independent agency as a young person.” Exploring opportunities, seeking inspiration Joy’s business career took her from nonprofits to financial services (Fidelity Investments),...
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Frost & Sullivan | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
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- November 2022
- Case
Arcos Dorados’ Quest for the Digitalization of Last-Mile Delivery in Colombia
By: Jorge Tamayo, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In 2018, Francisco Staton, Managing Director of Arcos Dorados in Colombia had to decide on the company’s strategy to expand its food ordering and delivery business in the country. Arcos Dorados stood as McDonald’s largest independent franchisee, and Colombia was one of...
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Digital Transformation;
Delivery;
McDonald's;
Latin America;
Quick Serve Restaurants;
QSR;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Global Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Negotiation Tactics;
Logistics;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Improvement;
Partners and Partnerships;
Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Arcos Dorados’ Quest for the Digitalization of Last-Mile Delivery in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 723-395, November 2022.
- 03 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Lingo 101
learned in START, LEAD, and Inclusion and culminates with student teams going into global markets around the world to help develop a new product or service concept for global partner organizations. FOMO: With so many things to participate...
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- June 2005 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
By: Tarun Khanna, V. Kasturi Rangan and Merlina Manocaran
Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore, India. The purpose of the hospital was to offer health care for the masses. This tertiary care hospital performed...
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Social Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Goals and Objectives;
Social Marketing;
Mission and Purpose;
Strategic Planning;
Social Enterprise;
Welfare;
Service Industry;
Service Industry;
Bangalore
Khanna, Tarun, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Merlina Manocaran. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-078, June 2005. (Revised August 2011.)
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
The bank run that led to the stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank late last week continues to send shivers through the American financial system. SVB, the Santa Clara, California-based bank that catered to the tech industry, was the biggest US lender to fail since...
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- November 2019
- Case
DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles
By: Shane Greenstein and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2016, DeepMap developed high definition (HD) mapping software and localization services for Level 4+ autonomous vehicles. Traditional navigational maps were accurate to a few meters, which was sufficient for drivers but not for machine-driven vehicles that...
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Mapping Software;
Autonomous Vehicles;
Business Startups;
Applications and Software;
Technological Innovation;
Technology Adoption;
Service Delivery;
Global Range;
Resource Allocation;
Strategic Planning;
Technology Industry;
Auto Industry
Greenstein, Shane, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles." Harvard Business School Case 620-047, November 2019.
- September 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Twiddy & Company: Trust in a Chaotic Environment
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Shalene Gupta and Tom Quinn
Twiddy & Company, known for Southern hospitality rooted in personal interactions, needed to adjust to contactless remote customer service as fear of the contagious virus prevented person-to-person contact. Local elected officials, in a bid to stop tourists from...
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Trust;
Health Pandemics;
Organizational Culture;
Disruption;
Government Legislation;
Transportation;
Tourism Industry;
North Carolina;
United States
Sucher, Sandra J., Shalene Gupta, and Tom Quinn. "Twiddy & Company: Trust in a Chaotic Environment." Harvard Business School Case 324-021, September 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
- June 2018
- Case
Verona Group
By: Robert L. Simons and Sarah Abbott
Are a salesperson's struggles her own fault or the result of a problematic job design? Anna George works as a salesperson at Verona Group, a company that designs and wholesales high-end women's apparel. She had spent nearly 20 years in sales with another fashion label...
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Jobs and Positions;
Design;
Analysis;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Salesforce Management;
Organizational Design
Simons, Robert L., and Sarah Abbott. "Verona Group." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-531, June 2018.
- January 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Metapath Software: September 1997
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Bill Wasik
In September 1997, John Hansen called together his board to debate an interesting choice that his company had to make. Hansen--the CEO of Metapath Software, a provider of software and services to wireless carriers--had two offers to describe. The first was an offer to...
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Private Ownership;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Stocks;
Public Ownership;
Negotiation Deal;
Telecommunications Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Bill Wasik. "Metapath Software: September 1997." Harvard Business School Case 899-160, January 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- February 2019
- Teaching Note
Talent@Tencent
By: Tarun Khanna
Late in 2016, two senior human resources (HR) executives at Tencent Holdings (Tencent), China’s leading Internet services firm, are assessing the effectiveness of the company’s talent management practices in responding to Tencent’s sustained hypergrowth. Over the...
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- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
French youth services organization Unis-Cité, which was modeled after the American nonprofit City Year. Credit: Unis-Cité “If you do not innovate and have a solution to the problem you’ve identified, the movement will die,” she says. “I...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
processing, and marketing of commodities. By 1980 manufacturing FDI was larger than the natural resource and service sectors combined. In services, while transport and utility investments were no longer important, from the 1960s...
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by Geoffrey Jones
- Web
Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA
assistance or guidance, whether academic or personal, to consult any of the support services at HBS. Seeking assistance at HBS is regarded as a demonstration of maturity, not an admission of personal deficit or failure. The three types of...
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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship
service-based for-profit ventures, both digital and physical. Products may include software, hardware, consumer goods, commercialized technology, etc. The program does not support professional services (e.g. consulting, advisory...
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