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- March 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), an engineering manufacturer headquartered in Japan, was aiming to scale up its hydrogen production and establish a global hydrogen supply chain. The initiative was in line with Japan's energy strategy, as the country seeks to transition... View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen." Harvard Business School Case 724-035, March 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY
Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation—reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United States advances American interests. This paper examines the interaction of a strong fences policy with the increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
mortgage should continue as the backbone of the new system. It helps keep monthly payments low, and protects consumers from interest-rate volatility. Given the recent extreme economic stress, Uncle Sam must stand behind these mortgages in the secondary View Details
- 2012
- Teaching Note
UFIDA (F) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Guo Jia
As an extension of UFIDA (A-E), UFIDA (F), using early 2012 as the time node, looks at UFIDA's major steps taken during 2010-2011, accomplishments, and major future opportunities and challenges. The case focuses on the new market development of Cloud Computing and... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Guo Jia. "UFIDA (F) (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2012.
- March 2018 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine
By: Steven Rogers and Jacqueline Adams
Essence, the first magazine aimed at African-American women, was created by four, young, Black entrepreneurs in the aftermath of massive racial and political upheaval in the United States in 1968. The venture was a financial, branding and cultural success. By 2005, the... View Details
Keywords: Female; Decisions; African-Americans; Contemporary History; Social History; Culture; Selling; Acquisition; Joint Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Asset Pricing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Brands and Branding; Media; Organizational Culture; Valuation; Journals and Magazines; Business History; Fairness; Adaptation; Consolidation; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)
Rogers, Steven, and Jacqueline Adams. "Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine." Harvard Business School Case 318-115, March 2018. (Revised December 2019.)
- November 2010 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
The Indego Africa Project
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Rachel Gordon
Two young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives to the international retail market for handmade artisan products, helps the cooperatives build their business... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance; Non-Governmental Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Rwanda
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Rachel Gordon. "The Indego Africa Project." Harvard Business School Case 911-011, November 2010. (Revised August 2012.)
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Publications - Faculty & Research
multimedia case should be assigned to students in advance of class. Instructors should consider the timing of making the B and C video available to students, as they may reveal key case details. Abstract: This case, featuring Ajit Pai,... View Details
- 2012
- Case
UFIDA (F)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Guo Jia
As an extension of UFIDA (A-E), UFIDA (F) using early 2012 as the time node, looks at UFIDA's major steps taken during 2010-2011, accomplishments, and major future opportunities and challenges. The case focuses on the new market development of Cloud Computing and the... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Guo Jia. "UFIDA (F)." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
- May 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
The Crisis at Tyco - A Director's Perspective
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
In 2002, Wendy Lane had been a member of the board of directors at Tyco International a little more than a year when the company's CEO Dennis Kozlowski and other top executives were accused of fraud, which ultimately led to resignations, imprisonments, lawsuits, and... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Reputation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crisis Management; Accounting Audits; Problems and Challenges; Risk Management; Finance; Managerial Roles; Lawsuits and Litigation; Service Industry; United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Aldo Sesia. "The Crisis at Tyco - A Director's Perspective." Harvard Business School Case 111-035, May 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- April 2020 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
SpaceX, Economies of Scale, and a Revolution in Space Access
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl, Kylie Lucas and Mehak Sarang
From the time he transformed the world of online banking, Elon Musk established himself as a bold innovator. After selling X.com to PayPal in 2002, he founded a series of revolutionary start-ups, starting with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). Hoping to "make... View Details
Keywords: Space Tech; Space Access; Vision; Economies Of Scale; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Commercialization; Finance; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew C., Kylie Lucas, and Mehak Sarang. "SpaceX, Economies of Scale, and a Revolution in Space Access." Harvard Business School Case 720-027, April 2020. (Revised October 2021.)
- November 17, 2009
- Article
The Dark Underbelly of Online Advertising
By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet is sold to advertisers as a highly measurable medium that is the most efficient way to target exactly the right customers. But online advertising is also easily subverted—letting fraudsters claim advertising fees for work they did not actually do. The... View Details
Edelman, Benjamin. "The Dark Underbelly of Online Advertising." HBR Now (November 17, 2009).
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
in the world. But now the end seemed close. Was there a way to save eDonkey? Was it time for Yagan to get out? He had little time to figure out his next move. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- June 2020
- Article
Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model
By: Rory McDonald and Kathleen Eisenhardt
Prior research advances several explanations for entrepreneurial success in nascent markets but leaves a key imperative unexplored: the business model. By studying five ventures in the same nascent market, we develop a novel theoretical framework for understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Search; Legitimacy; Organizational Innovation; Organizational Learning; Mechanisms And Processes; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Qualitative Methods; Business Model Design; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Adaptation; Competition; Strategy
McDonald, Rory, and Kathleen Eisenhardt. "Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model." Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 2 (June 2020): 483–523.
- 03 Feb 2017
- News
Is greed slowing the NFL's growth?
- 2019
- Article
Go-Shops Revisited
By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
A go-shop process turns the traditional M&A deal process on its head: rather than a pre-signing market canvass followed by a post-signing “no shop” period, a go-shop deal involves a limited pre-signing market check, followed by a post-signing “go shop” process to find... View Details
Keywords: Go-shop Process; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Deal; Performance Effectiveness; Technological Innovation
Subramanian, Guhan, and Annie Zhao. "Go-Shops Revisited." Harvard Law Review 133, no. 4 (February 2020): 1216–1279.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Reinventing Savings Bonds
- January 2002 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
General Electric Medical Systems 2002
By: Tarun Khanna and James Weber
Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity to examine a multinational confronting massive technological and demographic changes around the world. Genomics has... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Model; Change Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Genetics; Customer Value and Value Chain; Age; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; China; United States
Khanna, Tarun, and James Weber. "General Electric Medical Systems 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-428, January 2002. (Revised October 2005.)
- 10 Jan 2020
- News