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- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Shiseido Acquires Drunk Elephant
By: Jill Avery
On October 7, 2019, the Shiseido Group announced that it would acquire clean skincare brand Drunk Elephant for $845 million, a valuation of 8.5 times sales. Did Shiseido pay too much or too little for this brand asset? How much was the Drunk Elephant brand worth and...
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Keywords:
Brand Management;
Brand Valuation;
Brand Equity;
Brand Value;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Startup;
DTC;
Brand Portfolio Strategy;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
Japan;
Asia;
North America
- 2007
- Working Paper
New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability
By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of...
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Gray, Dale F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13607, November 2007.
- 1982
- Manual
Teacher's Manual for Managing Business-Government Relations
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. Teacher's Manual for Managing Business-Government Relations. Richard D. Irwin, 1982.
- February 2017
- Teaching Note
The Tate's Digital Transformation
By: Jill Avery
John Stack was the visionary Head of Digital Transformation at the Tate, a collection of four major art galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the most visited gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the world. Stack was the architect of the Tate’s...
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Keywords:
Digital;
Ecommerce;
Experience;
Customer Experience;
Customer Relationship Management;
Channel Management;
Museums;
Arts Marketing;
Nonprofit;
Marketing;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Digital Marketing;
Digital Strategy;
Social Media;
E-commerce;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Fine Arts Industry;
England;
United Kingdom;
Europe
- 2010
- Chapter
Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability: A New Framework
By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of...
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- fall 1987
- Article
Managing through Networks in Investment Banking
By: D. B. Crane and R. G. Eccles
Crane, D. B., and R. G. Eccles. "Managing through Networks in Investment Banking." California Management Review 30, no. 1 (fall 1987).
- January 2010 (Revised February 2010)
- Supplement
IBM Retail Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion (CW)
IBM consultants are convinced that there is a positive relationship with staffing levels and conversion rate. How should Dillard's, a large department store chain, use this insight to manage their staffing levels?
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Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and Bjarne Rugelsjoen
The article addresses failures in strategic alliances and illustrates, via a detailed description of the successful strategic alliance between Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Quintiles company how the creation of a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard helps align the...
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Keywords:
Alliances;
Balanced Scorecard;
Employees;
Alignment;
Corporate Governance;
Interests;
Management Practices and Processes;
Goals and Objectives;
Partners and Partnerships
Kaplan, Robert S., David P. Norton, and Bjarne Rugelsjoen. "Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 114–120.
- 13 Oct 2020
- News
The Post-Pandemic Rules of Talent Management
- December 2022
- Article
Social Skills Improve Business Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Entrepreneurs in Togo
By: Stefan Dimitriadis and Rembrand Koning
Recent field experiments demonstrate that advice, mentorship, and feedback from randomly assigned peers improve entrepreneurial performance. These results raise a natural question: what is preventing entrepreneurs and managers from forming these peer connections...
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Keywords:
Social Skills;
Business Performance;
Entrepreneurs;
Peer Relationships;
Field Experiment;
Entrepreneurship;
Performance;
Relationships;
Interpersonal Communication;
Togo
Dimitriadis, Stefan, and Rembrand Koning. "Social Skills Improve Business Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Entrepreneurs in Togo." Management Science 68, no. 12 (December 2022): 8635–8657.
- 01 Mar 2022
- News
Effective Employee Development Starts with Managers
- August 2016 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
InsideSales.com (A)
This case focuses on growth requirements for a company moving from its base in SMB customers (Small and Mid-Sized businesses) to Enterprise customers (companies with more than 500 employees). It examines the differences in buying processes, product requirements,...
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Keywords:
Business Organization;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Talent;
Talent Management;
Organizations;
Growth Management;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Technology Industry;
United States
Cespedes, Frank V. "InsideSales.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-018, August 2016. (Revised June 2017.)
- March 2006
- Module Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity
Describes the fourth module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Projects;
Opportunities;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Perspective;
Value Creation;
Networks;
Alignment
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity." Harvard Business School Module Note 606-104, March 2006.
- April 2016 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
The Walt Disney Studios
By: Anita Elberse
In December 2015, Alan Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, celebrates the world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens—only the latest in a string of big bets that he has overseen. Disney pursues a “tentpole strategy” that revolves around at least eight...
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Movie Industry;
Film;
Creative Industries;
Product Portfolio Management;
Innovation;
Branding;
Talent;
Blockbuster;
Superstar;
Film Entertainment;
Media;
Strategy;
Talent and Talent Management;
Creativity;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Marketing;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Elberse, Anita. "The Walt Disney Studios." Harvard Business School Case 516-105, April 2016. (Revised June 2019.)
- April 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Christina Lubinski
This case examines the management of home and host country risk by Beiersdorf during the interwar years. It can be used both in business history courses and more generally to teach political risk management by multinational corporations. Beiersdorf, a German personal...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
War;
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Global Strategy;
Ownership;
Government and Politics;
Business and Government Relations;
Consumer Products Industry;
Germany
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Christina Lubinski. "Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism." Harvard Business School Case 811-060, April 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- August 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Formalizing Business Relationships: Note on Contract Formation for Managers
Equips managers with a basic understanding of how to use contracts to define, formalize, and strengthen business relationships. Explains how managers can use properly structured contracts to increase predictability; to create or preserve valuable legal, financial, and...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Formalizing Business Relationships: Note on Contract Formation for Managers." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-004, August 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- April 1998 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Supply Management
By: Francis Aguilar, Paul Clark and Xin Xi He
This case depicts the supply-management practices--including planning, production, and distribution--at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, the world's leader in the genetically engineered hybrid crop-seed industry. Set in the context of a supply-management planning...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Production;
Distribution;
Marketing Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Logistics;
Planning;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Aguilar, Francis, Paul Clark, and Xin Xi He. "Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Supply Management." Harvard Business School Case 898-238, April 1998. (Revised January 2000.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990
By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
This working paper examines corporate strategies of political risk management during the twentieth century. It focuses especially on Beiersdorf, a German-based pharmaceutical and skin care company. During World War I the expropriation of its brands and trademarks...
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Keywords:
History;
Risk Management;
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Intellectual Property;
Cooperation;
Business and Government Relations;
Germany
Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-003, July 2011.
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
Relationships across these lines, unless managers make an active effort otherwise, are less likely to be developmental. People on both sides are hesitant if not afraid to take risks for fear of inviting...
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by Martha Lagace
- 2019
- Working Paper
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design
By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill
Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance, but it is unclear whether these formal organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on...
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Keywords:
Monitoring;
Supplier Relationship;
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainable Operations;
Sustainable Supply Chains;
NGO;
Globalization;
Corporate Accountability;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Labor;
Working Conditions;
Business Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Evaluation;
Safety;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Electronics Industry;
China;
Indonesia;
India;
Bangladesh
Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill. "Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-001, July 2016. (Revised September 2019. Formerly titled "Code Contingencies: Designing Monitoring Regimes to Promote Improvement in Supply Chain Working Conditions" and "Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics.")