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  • March 2011 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd.

By: Robert G. Eccles, Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng and Penelope Rossano
This case is about the establishment, growth, and direction of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park ("Zhangjiang Park"), which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Considered to be one of the most competitive hi-tech industry clusters in China, the combined... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Information Technology; Capital Markets; Urban Development; Buildings and Facilities; Competition; Business Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai
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    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
    • Case

    Bertelsmann AG

    By: Bharat N. Anand, Michael G. Rukstad and Christoph Kostring
    On July 28, 2002, Bertelsmann announced the firing of its CEO, Thomas Middelhoff, in a move that surprised industry observers, analysts, and many employees. Bertelsmann, a privately held company headquartered in Germany, was one of the largest global media... View Details
    Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy; Entertainment; Media; Change Management; Integration; Resignation and Termination; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Business Units; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Music Industry; Germany
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    • February 2004
    • Case

    New HP, The: The Clean Room and Beyond

    By: Leslie A. Perlow and Elizabeth Kind
    When the $19 billion merger of Silicon Valley legend Hewlett-Packard and Houston-based PC giant Compaq Computer Corp. legally closed on May 3, 2002, both companies had already devoted an immense amount of time preparing for the challenges that lay ahead. Chief among... View Details
    Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Management Teams; Management Style; Problems and Challenges; Employees; Organizational Culture; Computer Industry; San Francisco
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    • 15 Nov 2010
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

    plan within their organization. A: There are many issues inherent in this question. But I would point to three issues that typically are front and center when companies get serious about developing and executing an integrated View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
    • 15 Sep 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    High Ambition Leadership

    of their people with marketplace opportunity. These CEOs spent a great deal of time crystallizing their values and purpose and how strategy could be defined in a way that integrated View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • December 2011 (Revised May 2015)
    • Case

    Aviva Investors

    By: George Serafeim
    The Aviva Investors case describes the challenge of integrating sustainability considerations into the strategy and business practices of companies and into the decision making process of the investment community. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at... View Details
    Keywords: Investing; Investment Management; Shareholder Activism; Disclosure; Stock Exchanges; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Sustainability Reporting; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Social Impact; Activism; Investment; Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; United Kingdom
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    • September 2006 (Revised February 2007)
    • Case

    Friendster (A)

    By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    In January 2006, the president of Friendster needs to choose between two strategic options to revive the company. Friendster started the social networking industry in 2003, but has been overtaken by MySpace and Facebook. The two options are: 1) offer new features to... View Details
    Keywords: Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social and Collaborative Networks; Brands and Branding; Service Industry
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    • Article

    How Long Can a Company Thrive Doing Just One Thing?

    By: Andy Wu and Scott Duke Kominers
    The news that the chat app Slack was being sold to veteran customer relationship management company Salesforce for $27.7 billion raised a lot of eyebrows. Why sell after a year of explosive growth? The deal, however, epitomizes a question facing so-called best-of-breed... View Details
    Keywords: Best-of-breed Companies; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy
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    • December 1996 (Revised June 2003)
    • Case

    Cynthia Hogan and the Birth of Novartis

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    An American woman heads an integration office for merger transition activities between two giant Swiss pharmaceutical companies. She needed to develop an implementation plan to shape the new global powerhouse. View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Strategic Planning; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland; United States
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    • 2024
    • Report

    Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond

    By: James K. Sebenius
    As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; War; International Relations; Israel; Middle East
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    • 22 Mar 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

    represents what actually gets done. Strategic integrity is when emergent and directed strategies are one and the same thing: when the strategy executes with the full, aligned... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
    • November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
    • Case

    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... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care; Startup; Brand Equity; Brand Valuation; Brand Value; Brand Storytelling; Brand Management; Brands and Branding; Valuation; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Japan
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    • September 1995 (Revised February 1996)
    • Case

    Apollo Hospitals of India (A)

    Dr. Prathap Reddy has created India's first corporate hospital, Apollo Hospitals of Madras. The hospital is managed according to an integrated philosophy of customer service and support to employees. A new hospital, in the city of Hyderabad, has not performed as well,... View Details
    Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Franchise Ownership; Health Care and Treatment; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Health Industry; India
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    • 2008
    • Article

    Warmth and Competence As Universal Dimensions of Social Perception: The Stereotype Content Model and the BIAS Map

    By: A. J.C. Cuddy, S. T. Fiske and P. Glick
    The stereotype content model (SCM) defines two fundamental dimensions of social perception, warmth and competence, predicted respectively by perceived competition and status. Combinations of warmth and competence generate distinct emotions of admiration, contempt,... View Details
    Keywords: Perception; Competency and Skills; Prejudice and Bias; Emotions; Business Model; Behavior; Research; Competition; Status and Position; Cognition and Thinking; Groups and Teams
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    • October 2022 (Revised December 2022)
    • Case

    SMART: AI and Machine Learning for Wildlife Conservation

    By: Brian Trelstad and Bonnie Yining Cao
    Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART), a set of software and analytical tools designed for the purpose of wildlife conservation, had demonstrated significant improvements in patrol coverage, with some observed reductions in poaching and contributing to wildlife... View Details
    Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Technology Adoption; Strategy; Management; Ethics; Social Enterprise; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Natural Environment; Technology Industry; Cambodia; United States; Africa
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    • September 1988 (Revised January 1989)
    • Case

    Unisys: The Merger of Burroughs and Sperry

    Mike Blumenthal, CEO of Burroughs, successfully executes the merger of Burroughs and Sperry in 1986. The case discusses the putting together of the two firms in a fast time period in order to achieve cost savings, high earnings, and an integrated culture. Blumenthal... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation
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    • July 2010 (Revised September 2012)
    • Case

    Public Architecture

    By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
    Public Architecture is a non-profit architecture company dedicated to creating social and professional change through design for the public good. Public has focused on three strategies to create change: 1) promoting the design community's commitment to pro bono work,... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy; Integration
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    • 30 Aug 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

    and shareholder expectations, and is investing well in its people and information resources. To help companies ensure that the board receives the right information about company strategy and performance, as well as feedback about the... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
    • June 2016
    • Supplement

    Duff & Phelps: Scaling an Entrepreneurial Venture (B)

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and David Lane
    In September 2005, Duff & Phelps closed on a deal to acquire a much larger firm that quadrupled its size to 500 employees. Almost immediately, the company faced challenging integration issues. Gottdiener and Silverman realize that they must now turn away from the... View Details
    Keywords: Duff ＆ Phelps; Entrepreneurial Management; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Entrepreneurial Financing; Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Business Model; Organizational Structure; Management
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