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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
C. Roland Christensen was one of the founders of the field of business strategy and the world’s leading authority on case method teaching. Legacy Harvard Business School Professor C. Roland (Chris) Christensen was one of the founders of...
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- June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Inditex: 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In the 11 years since its public offering, Inditex and its flagship brand, Zara, had expanded into 86 countries, achieved $21.6 billion in revenue, and become the largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. In marked contrast to the general malaise of the Bolsa de...
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Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Inditex: 2012." Harvard Business School Case 713-539, June 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- January 1994 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Problems at InSpeech
By: Lynn S. Paine
InSpeech, Inc., the largest U.S. provider of speech, occupational, and physical therapists to nursing homes and hospitals, is faltering badly. The company is having trouble retaining its frontline employees--the clinicians who deliver its services--and its customers....
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Health Care and Treatment;
Crisis Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Values and Beliefs;
Health Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Problems at InSpeech." Harvard Business School Case 394-109, January 1994. (Revised June 1996.)
- March 2000 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Thomas Weisel Partners (B): Year One
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scott D Landry
After its launch in February 1999, Thomas Weisel Partners experiences rapid growth in its first year. This case details the inaugural year's development and probes what steps the firm should take to continue the momentum.
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Financial Institutions;
Management Teams;
Growth Management;
Financial Services Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scott D Landry. "Thomas Weisel Partners (B): Year One." Harvard Business School Case 800-331, March 2000. (Revised February 2005.)
- May 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Motorola: Institutionalizing Corporate Initiatives
By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
Motorola became a recognized quality leader in large part by becoming a leader in employee education and by encouraging "participative management." Through the Motorola Training and Education Center, later Motorola University, the company invested substantial resources...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Customer Satisfaction;
Training;
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Corporate Strategy;
Education Industry
Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola: Institutionalizing Corporate Initiatives." Harvard Business School Case 494-139, May 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
entrepreneurial venture. The paper, which offers a rare glimpse into an area where little consolidated data is available, is forthcoming in the journal Social Science & Medicine. "This study happens to focus on cadavers, but it...
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Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA
social contract within the HBS community, as defined by the HBS Community Values, and to the MBA Program Honor Code. Based on its review of student performance, the APC may require a student to withdraw from the School. During this time,...
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- September 2013 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) uses an innovative new approach to procuring outside legal counsel: it replaces relationship-based selection and law firms' traditional time-based billing with data-driven decision making and an online reverse auction. In...
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Keywords:
Legal Industry;
Procurement;
Professional Service Firms;
Pricing;
Competition;
Change Management;
Supply Chain Management;
Legal Liability;
Business Processes;
Legal Services Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Gardner, Heidi K., and Silvia Hodges Silverstein. "GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services." Harvard Business School Case 414-003, September 2013. (Revised February 2016.)
- November 2001 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Grupo Elektra
By: David J. Arnold, Gustavo Herrero and Luiz Felipe Monteiro
Grupo Elektra is Latin America's largest consumer finance company based on credit sales in its hard goods retail outlets. It has started to internationalize in Latin America but now must to decide whether to enter the U.S. Hispanic market and which of its two core...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Emerging Markets;
Global Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Retail Industry;
Latin America;
United States;
Mexico
Arnold, David J., Gustavo Herrero, and Luiz Felipe Monteiro. "Grupo Elektra". Harvard Business School Case 502-039, November 2001. (Revised July 2011.)
- August 2011 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Lind Equipment
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Lind Equipment failed to meet its loan covenants with its senior bank lender in the summer of 2008, just six months after it was acquired. While the senior bank debt comprised only 6% of the capital used in the acquisition and was fully secured, it exercised its right...
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Keywords:
Financial Condition;
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital;
Revenue;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Strategy;
Financial Management;
Acquisition;
Financial Crisis;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Lind Equipment." Harvard Business School Case 212-012, August 2011. (Revised November 2018.)
- November 2005
- Case
Inventec Corporation
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
Inventec Corp., with $4.5 billion in annual revenues, was one of Taiwan's leading original design manufacturers (ODMs). Inventec designed and manufactured electronic products such as computers, servers, MP3 players, PDAs, and cellular telephones for client companies...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
China;
India
Palepu, Krishna G., and Ingrid Vargas. "Inventec Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 106-016, November 2005.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the...
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- February 2005
- Case
Nomura Holdings
By: Tarun Khanna, Masako Egawa and Atsuko Nakajima
Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest investment bank, faced with intensifying competition in the global financial markets, was trying to decide how global its operations should be despite its Japan-centered business. Was the question of how global Nomura should be related...
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Keywords:
Global Range;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Corporate Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Japan
Khanna, Tarun, Masako Egawa, and Atsuko Nakajima. "Nomura Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 705-427, February 2005.
- June 2002 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
Delphi Corporation (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
The Delphi Corp.'s board of directors faces a transition as lead director Thomas Wyman approaches mandatory retirement. Chairman and CEO J.T. Battenberg reflects on Delphi's history and its successful reinvention by Wyman and Battenberg when it separated from its...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Management Teams;
Relationships;
Corporate Strategy
Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Delphi Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-033, June 2002. (Revised January 2010.)
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Career Networking - Alumni
Glickman, CEO of Great on the Job, to learn what executive presence is (and isn't), why it has nothing to do with your title or role, and how to show up with presence every day in our new virtual reality. Speaking up on a conference call,...
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- October 2007 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, had placed multiple strategic bets on his company. In September 2007, that strategy was due for a major test. TiVo was a maker of digital video recorder (DVR) products and a distributor of DVR technology. Rogers believed that macro-trends in...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Business Model;
Television Entertainment;
Intellectual Property;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Distribution;
Problems and Challenges;
Partners and Partnerships;
Research;
Internet;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 708-401, October 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
- Research Summary
Overview
My main topics of interest in research all center around Africa. It is my ambition to take HBS more into Africa and to bring Africa more into HBS. I am particularly interested in a) the building of businesses in Africa. I want to focus on those elements that an HBS MBA...
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- November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Proteome Systems Limited: The First Five Years
A Sydney-based biotechnology company is moving from the development of proteomics technology to the commercialization of its first instruments in the worldwide proteomics market. The case study highlights the range of activities engaged in by the 120-person company,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Commercialization;
Entrepreneurship;
Biotechnology Industry;
Sydney
West, Jonathan, and Mona Ashiya. "Proteome Systems Limited: The First Five Years." Harvard Business School Case 604-049, November 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- January 1990 (Revised May 1991)
- Case
Hoechst and the German Chemical Industry
Describes the rise of the German chemical industry and the specific country-based factors that contributed to the rise. Focuses on the German firm Hoechst: its history, its position after World War II, and its subsequent internationalization. Set in 1986 when Hoechst...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Competitive Advantage;
Acquisition;
Chemical Industry;
Germany;
United States
Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Hoechst and the German Chemical Industry." Harvard Business School Case 390-146, January 1990. (Revised May 1991.)
- February 2018
- Case
Redfin
By: Marco Di Maggio and Julia Kelley
Redfin, a technology-powered residential real estate brokerage, was founded in 2002 with the intention of using technology to disrupt the real estate industry. Over the next 15 years, Redfin made several changes to its business model. Initially, the company provided...
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