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- May 2010
- Case
Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC industry (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict and Resolution;
Sales;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Manufacturing Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Wisconsin;
Italy;
United Kingdom
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Benjamin H. Barlow. "Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-199, May 2010.
- April 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain
Demonstrates how organizations can move toward creation of processes and information technology infrastructures for effective knowledge management in order to enhance performance and productivity. More specifically, describes the knowledge management strategy of KPMG...
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Keywords:
Internet;
Information Technology;
Knowledge Management;
Service Industry;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Alavi, Maryam. "KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain." Harvard Business School Case 397-108, April 1997. (Revised July 1997.)
- Web
1.7 Grading - MBA
FIELD Global Capstone 1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) 1.20 Joint Degree Programs 1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials 1.22 Disability Access 1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School 1.24 Commencement 2. Integrity &...
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
Turkey, North Africa, and Central Asia. Support for faculty research, student programming, Executive Education, and Harvard Business Publishing are enabled by these HBS locations. Locations Middle East and North Africa Research Center:...
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- 21 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?
Camp. That same year, the US Federal Trade Commission said it would investigate loot boxes, which critics liken to a slot machine or a scratch ticket that's more accessible to children. The video game industry pushed back hard, arguing that loot boxes are an integral...
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Accounting & Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Doctoral Programs Faculty from the Accounting and Management unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can...
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- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
users to reconsider whether they will continue using the platform. Critics say all these radical moves are akin to lighting Twitter investors’ money on fire. But is there a method to Musk’s madness? Andy Wu is an assistant professor of View Details
- February 2009 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Exeter Group, Inc. (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
Jonathan Kutchins and Mark Cullen, managing partners of IT consulting firm Exeter Group, Inc., are considering four potential client engagements. Three of them involve prominent universities, an area of market strength for the firm, and one involves a top-tier strategy...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Resource Allocation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Service Operations;
Performance Capacity;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology;
Consulting Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Das Narayandas, and Kerry Herman. "Exeter Group, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-001, February 2009. (Revised February 2012.)
- January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth
By: William W. George, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Amram Migdal
Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s...
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Keywords:
Organic Growth;
Organizational Change;
M&A;
Mergers And Acquisitions;
Divestment;
Business Ventures;
Business Divisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Restructuring;
Change;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Transition;
Engineering;
Chemicals;
Mining;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Finance;
Capital Markets;
Financial Markets;
Food;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Health;
Nutrition;
History;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Ownership;
Public Ownership;
Performance;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Value;
Value Creation;
Biotechnology Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mining Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Europe;
Netherlands
George, William W., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Amram Migdal. "Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth." Harvard Business School Case 317-063, January 2017. (Revised March 2017.)
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Latin America - Global
greatly increased the volume of in-depth research and course materials that focus on business management issues specific to Latin American companies. This has also enabled HBS to strengthen its relationships with important companies and...
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- November 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Marcus by Goldman Sachs
By: Rory McDonald, Samir Junnarkar and David Lane
Five years on from the 2008 financial crisis, Goldman Sachs remained wounded. Revenues at the global investment bank had stagnated below pre-crisis levels, and the firm had yet to rebound from a substantial decline in securities-trading revenues. Marcus by Goldman...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Banks and Banking;
Innovation Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Organizational Culture;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom
McDonald, Rory, Samir Junnarkar, and David Lane. "Marcus by Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 620-005, November 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
"ideas started popping up," he recalls. "The eye tracker measures attention, and due to its scarcity, attention has become more and more important to understand." No one feels that need more urgently, however, than View Details
- October 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Lovepop
By: Robert F. White, Ramana Nanda and Olivia Hull
As they prepare to graduate from Harvard Business School, the co-founders of greeting card company startup Lovepop need capital to cover the company’s operating costs and must choose between two seed financing offers. One offer is from an angel group and the other from...
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Keywords:
Accelerator;
Incubator;
Seed Financing;
Convertible Debt;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Valuation;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
United States
White, Robert F., Ramana Nanda, and Olivia Hull. "Lovepop." Harvard Business School Case 818-015, October 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- June 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Jeffrey Hu and Runjiao Xu
In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main business segments—property development, property investment/management, and other real estate related businesses. From...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Diversification;
Property;
Policy;
State Ownership;
Business Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Real Estate Industry;
Beijing
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Jeffrey Hu, and Runjiao Xu. "Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change." Harvard Business School Case 211-107, June 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
The UCLA Medical Center: Kidney Transplantation
By: Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F Baron, Jacob Mathew Chacko and Robin Jian Tang
In 2010, organ transplantation remained among the few sets of medical conditions in the U.S. for which bundled payments were a dominant reimbursement model, and for which patient health outcomes were universally measured and reported. In 1986, UCLA Medical Center was...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Measurement and Metrics;
Outcome or Result;
Competitive Strategy;
Integration;
Health Industry;
California
Porter, Michael E., Jennifer F Baron, Jacob Mathew Chacko, and Robin Jian Tang. "The UCLA Medical Center: Kidney Transplantation." Harvard Business School Case 711-410, August 2010. (Revised March 2012.)
- July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Kanthal (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system...
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Earnings Management;
Cost Management;
Financial Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business or Company Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Sales;
Business Strategy;
Profit;
Electronics Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-002, July 1989. (Revised April 2001.)
- October 26, 2022
- Article
Climate Risk Is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?
By: John D. Macomber
Most people don’t have a strategy for how to handle the worsening perils of flooding, wildfires and extreme heat. They should adopt a four-step process for protecting their property, whether it be a home or a business. First, they should prioritize how important...
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Macomber, John D. "Climate Risk Is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 26, 2022).
- November 2002 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Calvin Klein, Inc. v. Warnaco Group, Inc.
On May 30, 2000, Calvin Klein, Inc. (CKI) filed suit against Warnaco Group, Inc. and Linda Wachner, its CEO, for breaching its jeanswear licensing and distribution contract and, in so doing, diluting the equity of its brand. On June 26, 2000, Warnaco countered with its...
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Keywords:
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Distribution Channels;
Brands and Branding;
Manufacturing Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Fournier, Susan M., and Jessica Boer. "Calvin Klein, Inc. v. Warnaco Group, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 503-011, November 2002. (Revised December 2002.)
- July 2004 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Man Group plc
By: Andre F. Perold and Herve Duteil
In 2004, Man Group was the world's largest packager and distributor of investment vehicles tied to hedge funds. The firm had an equity market capitalization of $10 billion and funds under management of $38 billion. Man's offerings spanned a wide range of risk/reward...
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Keywords:
Capital Markets;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Investment Funds;
Global Strategy;
Distribution;
Product Development;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Herve Duteil. "Man Group plc." Harvard Business School Case 205-007, July 2004. (Revised July 2004.)
- March 2008 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Transparent Value LLC
By: Sharon P. Katz, Krishna G. Palepu and Aldo Sesia, Jr.
Leading index company Dow Jones recently signed a license and joint marketing agreement with Transparent Value LLC, the creator of a new fundamentals-based valuation methodology. The agreement allowed Dow Jones to offer a family of indexes based on the Transparent...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Stocks;
Price;
Performance Expectations;
Mathematical Methods;
Valuation
Katz, Sharon P., Krishna G. Palepu, and Aldo Sesia, Jr. "Transparent Value LLC." Harvard Business School Case 108-069, March 2008. (Revised February 2009.)