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- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
algorithm can change the nature of price competition in its market and change the focal set of rivals. In addition, adopting a pricing algorithm may change the direction of a firm, requiring additional investments in IT, modified...
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by Danielle Kost
- October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing
By: George Serafeim, Siko Sikochi and Namrata Arora
The problem was massive: two million hectares of African forests were lost annually to charcoal production for cooking, an area equivalent to 13 times Greater London, resulting in one billion tons of carbon emissions yearly. At the same time, an estimated 700,000...
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Clean Tech;
Digital;
Carbon Credits;
Carbon Offsetting;
Climate Change;
Entrepreneurship;
Energy Sources;
Environmental Sustainability;
Health;
Market Design;
Business Startups;
Transition;
Environmental Regulation;
Policy;
Energy Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Africa;
Kenya;
Rwanda
Serafeim, George, Siko Sikochi, and Namrata Arora. "KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing." Harvard Business School Case 124-022, October 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- April 2012 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Capitalizing for the Future: HSBC in 2010
By: Anette Mikes and Dominique Hamel
Following the financial crisis of 2007/2008, HSBC CEO Michael Geoghegan saw a fundamental change in global opportunities and risks. With increasing regulation and fierce competition between banks, the Western hemisphere was going to be a tougher place to do business....
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Accounting;
Competitive Strategy;
Control Systems;
Finance;
Financial Crisis;
Banks and Banking;
Emerging Markets;
Risk Management;
Business Strategy;
Banking Industry
Mikes, Anette, and Dominique Hamel. "Capitalizing for the Future: HSBC in 2010." Harvard Business School Case 112-097, April 2012. (Revised June 2014.)
- April 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Computer Power Group: Designing Brand Architecture
Computer Power Group (CPG), an Australian-based consulting, education, and staffing placement firm in the IT industry, is contemplating a brand architecture capable of structuring its eight branded business units. CEO Peter James is particularly curious about whether a...
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Brands and Branding;
Employment Industry;
Employment Industry;
Employment Industry;
Australia
Fournier, Susan M., and Andrea Carol Wojnicki. "Computer Power Group: Designing Brand Architecture." Harvard Business School Case 500-060, April 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Crashes and Collateralized Lending
By: Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
This paper develops a parsimonious static model for characterizing financing terms in collateralized lending markets. We characterize the systematic risk exposures for a variety of securities and develop a simple indifference-pricing framework to value the systematic...
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Financial Crisis;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cost of Capital;
Credit;
Financing and Loans;
Interest Rates;
Investment;
Framework;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry
Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford. "Crashes and Collateralized Lending." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-025, September 2010.
- January–February 2014
- Article
Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy
By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Robert J. Thomas
When most of the world's financial services giants were stumbling and retrenching in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, the asset management firm BlackRock was busy charting a course for growth. Its revenues, profits, and stock price all performed consistently...
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Talent and Talent Management;
Success;
Business Strategy;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Services Industry
Ready, Douglas A., Linda A. Hill, and Robert J. Thomas. "Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2014): 62–68.
- June 2005 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Samsung Electronics
By: Jordan I. Siegel and James Jinho Chang
When is it possible to create a dual advantage of being both low cost and differentiated? In this case, students assess whether Samsung Electronics has been able to achieve such a dual advantage, and if so, how this was possible. Moreover, Samsung Electronics'...
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Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Electronics Industry;
China;
South Korea
Siegel, Jordan I., and James Jinho Chang. "Samsung Electronics." Harvard Business School Case 705-508, June 2005. (Revised February 2009.)
- March 2020
- Article
Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent...
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Vertical Integration;
Volatility;
Capital Investment;
Capacity Management;
Renewable Energy;
Green Hydrogen;
Decarbonization;
Carbon Emissions;
Environment;
Energy;
Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment;
Decision Making;
Operations;
Technological Innovation;
Green Technology;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Europe;
North America;
South America;
Africa;
Asia
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems." Production and Operations Management 29, no. 3 (March 2020): 526–546.
- September–October 2021
- Article
Internalization of Advertising Services: Testing a Theory of the Firm
By: Alvin J. Silk, Birger Wernerfelt and Shuyi Yu
In 1956, a group of trade associations representing publishers and independent advertising agencies signed a consent decree aimed at ending a set of trade practices that for half a century effectively precluded advertisers from owning and operating in-house agencies....
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Keywords:
Internationalization;
Specialization;
Theory Of The Firm;
Advertising Agencies;
Advertising;
Organizational Structure;
Theory
Silk, Alvin J., Birger Wernerfelt, and Shuyi Yu. "Internalization of Advertising Services: Testing a Theory of the Firm." Marketing Science 40, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 946–963.
- August 2019
- Case
Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'
By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho and Paul Green
Simón Cohen—Founder of Henco Logistics—transformed a small Mexican logistics company into a major player within the industry. Cohen credits the firm’s focus on employee happiness as the key ingredient to its success, an approach he developed following a personal...
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Work/life Balance;
Growth Strategy;
Corporate Culture;
Motivation;
Values;
Authentic Leadership Development;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Motivation and Incentives;
Values and Beliefs;
Service Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Industry
Gino, Francesca, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho, and Paul Green. "Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'." Harvard Business School Case 920-005, August 2019.
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
the mechanism of industry migration proposed in models like Duranton (2007). Shaping Online Consumer Choice by Partitioning the Web Authors:Jolie M. Martin and Michael I. Norton Publication:Psychology and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- August 2017 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
By: Ethan Bernstein, Paul McKinnon and Paul Yarabe
Over 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup IGS, to recruit for a job. This case puts participants in the shoes of IGS founder and CEO Masahiro...
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Keywords:
Big Data;
Artificial Intelligence;
Talent and Talent Management;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Resources;
Information Technology;
AI and Machine Learning;
Analytics and Data Science;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Japan
Bernstein, Ethan, Paul McKinnon, and Paul Yarabe. "GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 418-020, August 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
- April 2010
- Case
Metabical: Pricing, Packaging, and Demand Forecasting Recommendations for a New Weight Loss Drug
By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
Metabical is a new weight loss drug from Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals intended for moderately overweight individuals. In anticipation of final FDA approval, the senior director of marketing, Barbara Printup, prepares for the product launch and must make several...
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Keywords:
Return On Investment;
Forecasting;
Pricing Policies;
Demand Planning;
Marketing Strategy;
Price;
Consumer Behavior;
Investment Return;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Product Launch;
Planning;
Brands and Branding;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Quelch, John A., and Heather Beckham. "Metabical: Pricing, Packaging, and Demand Forecasting Recommendations for a New Weight Loss Drug." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-183, April 2010.
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
control specialists. A lot of people think of this as disruption, like the taxi industry is being disrupted by Uber. It’s not disruption. Rather, it’s a completely different kind of firm. This hasn’t happened in more than 100 years. Firms...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged...
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- 10 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations
- Web
Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
markets to create both economic and social value. Publications CSR under the pressure of financial shocks By: Monica Kabutey, Syrena Shirley and Anywhere Sikochi 2024 | Faculty Research This study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic...
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- September 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Supplement
Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
Through stalled joint venture talks between Pennsylvania-based Wyoff Corp. and Jinan-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been...
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Joint Ventures;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Tactics;
Chemical Industry;
China;
Pennsylvania
Sebenius, James K., and Cheng (Jason) Qian. "Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 909-014, September 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- February 2024
- Teaching Note
TimeCredit
By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Raymond Kluender and Shai Benjamin Bernstein
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 824-139. TimeCredit is an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that is developing large language models (LLMs) to generate accounting memos. The case follows Ndonga Sagnia, a Gambian Harvard Business School MBA student with an accounting...
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