Publications

March 1993
Case

McKinsey & Co. (B):1966

Covers the firm's growth from 1956 to 1966. May be used with McKinsey & Co. (A)--1956. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

meaningful, not idiosyncratic, differences while not going so long that we ended up capturing noise from other changes in the working environment; we were careful to compare apples-to-apples by ensuring, for example, that interactions were measured at the same time in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

June 1990 (Revised August 1995)
Case

RJR Nabisco--1990

By: Andre F. Perold

Describes the situation facing RJR Nabisco one year after the leveraged buyout by Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts. A vehicle for analyzing the financial restructuring of a highly leveraged, but operationally healthy, company. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Financial Strategy; Problems and Challenges

February 2015 (Revised June 2016)
Case

AltSchool: School Reimagined

By: John J-H Kim, Kyla Wilkes and Christine S. An

Max Ventilla and his team launches in 2013 AltSchool, a new network of tech-savvy independent K-8 "micro-schools." AltSchool is born out of Ventilla's frustration with the education options available for his young daughter. During his search, Ventilla comes to the... View Details

Keywords: Education Technology; School Models; Product Development; Entrepreneurship; Talent Development And Retention; Social Impact Investment; Information Technology; Business Model; Education; Business Startups; Customization and Personalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; United States

2013
Working Paper

What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda

By: Markus Menz, Sven Kunisch and David J. Collis

During the past five decades, scholars have studied the corporate headquarters (CHQ)—the multidivisional firm's central organizational unit. The purpose of this article is to review the diverse and fragmented literature on the CHQ and to identify the variables of... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Headquarters; Corporate Parent; Corporate Center; Multidivisional Firm; Multibusiness Firm; Multinational Corporation; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Business Headquarters

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02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Photo credits: Aaron Sabin; Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. This is the first episode of "Clearing the Air", a three-part series focused on the business of carbon... View Details

April 1987
Case

Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. (C)

Describes the implementation of the "organization effectiveness" process which was designed to make major changes in two major divisions at Motorola. The reactions and actions of each division are described in some detail, as well as the initial results. View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Processes; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry

May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
Case

Vermeer Technologies (F): FrontPage 97

By: Ashish Nanda

Vermeer engineers work at the breakneck pace of "Internet time" to develop the next version of their software product, winning accolades from Microsoft management. Even before this version ships, however, they are faced with another punishing development schedule for... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Product Development; Information Technology Industry

2003
Chapter

Zai zhanzheng he zhengzhi kunjing zhong zhengqu jiating he gongsi liyi (Negotiating Family and Corporate Interests during War and Occupation)

By: Elisabeth Koll

Keywords: Negotiation; Business Ventures; Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; War

2006
Other Unpublished Work

Structural Closure and Exposure: Market Reactions to Announcements of Acquisitions and Divestitures

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Market Entry and Exit

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01 Jun 2012
News

Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big

ignores life’s vicissitudes and a venture’s changing business requirements. Imposing vesting terms on themselves and their cofounders can offer some protection for founders and the venture. “Rich vs. King” is a concept that you’ve... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

usually required in a venture capital presentation. “A lot of companies that probably shouldn't get funding will get it” As enticing as crowdfunding is as a concept, it may ultimately have little power to shake up the investing world,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

July 2021
Teaching Note

Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital

By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 221-006 and 221-070. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Cost of Capital; Corporate Finance; Value; Valuation; Industrial Products Industry; United States; Denmark; Republic of Ireland

25 Jun 2014
News

An International Perspective

“I’ve been involved in international business ventures my entire career,” says Andrew L. Waite (MBA 1993), a generous supporter of global research at HBS. After majoring in civil engineering at England’s... View Details

December 2018 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Bulb 2015: Foundation

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In late August 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb, Ltd (Bulb), were ready to offer affordable renewable energy to the United Kingdom’s 27 million households. They hoped to capitalize on the hundreds of thousands of customers switching their energy... View Details