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    Andreessen Horowitz

    This teaching case profiles Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009 that quickly broke into the VC industry's top ranks. The case recounts the firm's history; describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an... View Details

    • 13 Feb 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    When Gender Changes the Negotiation

    get the job done well. You and your organization will be better off in the long run. When negotiating her own salary, Park failed to do this basic investigative work. Her subordinates, by contrast, compared their salaries with company and... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn
    • February 2001 (Revised February 2002)
    • Case

    Estee Lauder and the Market for Prestige Cosmetics

    By: Nancy F. Koehn
    Opens with a brief history of the U.S. cosmetics market and its rapid development in the 1920s. Also recounts Lauder's initial involvement in the sector, making skin care products and selling them in Manhattan beauty parlors during the Great Depression. Pays particular... View Details
    Keywords: Fluctuation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Luxury; Business Strategy; Society; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
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    What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive

    By: Ashish Nanda and Das Narayandas
    When the going gets tough, professional service firms (PSFs) often get desperate and chase all kinds of business just to keep the lights on. Consultancies, financial services firms, VC/PE firms, and the like offer services and sign up clients they should never have... View Details
    Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Client Mix; Strategic Positioning; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness; Decision Making; Framework
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    Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

    Now Key Concepts Become fluent in disruptive innovation theory Assess new opportunities and potential threats Discover jobs to be done and develop frameworks to better understand customer needs Acquire techniques for executive-level strategy development View Details
    • 2022
    • Case

    Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100% recycling for the batteries in its electric vehicles (EVs) as they reach their end of life. A major challenge in... View Details
    Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Metals and Minerals; Auto Industry
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    • March 2017 (Revised September 2017)
    • Case

    Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

    By: John R. Wells and Carole A. Winkler
    In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump’s victory to... View Details
    Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Social Networking; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Communication; Communication Technology; Forms of Communication; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Crime and Corruption; Voting; Demographics; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Location; Global Range; Local Range; Country; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; Business History; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Information Management; Information Publishing; News; Newspapers; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Human Capital; Law; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Marketing Channels; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Monopoly; Media; Product Development; Service Delivery; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Rank and Position; Opportunities; Behavior; Emotions; Identity; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Trust; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia
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    Howard E. Cox | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    organization was limited. He wanted instead to “build small organizations into larger ones,” so after finishing his service in government, he decided to pursue a career in venture capital. Howard joined... View Details
    • 07 Feb 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: February 7

    once a very secretive industry, to take increasingly public stances on the risk of human-induced climate change and the need to take urgent action to contain it. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52170 November 2016 Management Science... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    to other Fellows. It’s an opportunity unique to HBS – a chance to connect the dots between my aspirations and my need for experience.” Taking it to the street Through Leadership Fellows, Mizuho applied to a few organizations with... View Details
    • 22 Mar 2022
    • Cold Call Podcast

    How Etsy Found Its Purpose and Crafted a Turnaround

    Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati; Technology; Retail
    • 25 Jul 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

    important decisions like selection and admissions," says Gino, an associate professor in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit at HBS. "And you can imagine that one of the consequences is that you end up admitting... View Details
    Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Employment
    • 27 Jun 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Recovering from the Need to Achieve

    and humidity. If high-achievement types want to be as effective as they can be, they have to tune themselves up every day and be aware." DeLong says he didn't write the book to create organizations "that feel good or that are... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard
    • Research Summary

    Social Innovation

    My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details

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    The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative The Essential Porter The Essential Porter Michael... View Details
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    From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

    interested in contributing to, create your target list of organizations and do substantial research on each to understand their strategic initiatives and their competition. Then build connections with board members at those companies and... View Details
    • 11 Jul 2019
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'

    sector. Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes It's possible for organizations to reduce costs while dramatically enhancing customer service. The key? Don't try to be good at everything. Research Papers Mitigating the Negative Effects of... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Service
    • June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
    • Case

    Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)

    By: Debora L. Spar
    In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Chemical Industry; United States; India
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    • 25 Jun 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

    some kind of conspiratorial development that was imposed by manipulative entrepreneurs trying to make women feel a certain way. It was much more organic and part of a huge social transformation." Church And Capital One of the secrets... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics
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    Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Value Measurement for He... Value Measurement for Health Care 5-7 Aug 2019 Executive Education Course Learn More Summary Innovative health care organizations worldwide are moving toward better value measurement models to improve patient... View Details