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- November 2008
- Supplement
NEC Electronics (CW)
By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with...
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- December 2007 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Queensland Sugar Limited
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Until industry deregulation in 2006, Queensland Sugar ran Australia's single desk marketing system for raw sugar exports. Since deregulation, eight of the ten Queensland sugar millers have elected to continue collective marketing through QSL. However, several millers...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Goods and Commodities;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Network Effects;
Supply and Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Australia
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Queensland Sugar Limited." Harvard Business School Case 508-038, December 2007. (Revised March 2013.)
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Reputation When Threats and Transfers Are Available
By: Ernesto Dal Bo, Pedro Dal Bo and Rafael Di Tella
We present a model where a long-run player is allowed to use both money transfers and threats to influence the decisions of a sequence of short-run players. We show that threats might be used credibly (even in arbitrarily short repeated games) by a long-lived player...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Game Theory;
Mathematical Methods;
Interests;
Power and Influence;
Reputation
Dal Bo, Ernesto, Pedro Dal Bo, and Rafael Di Tella. "Reputation When Threats and Transfers Are Available." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 16, no. 3 (Fall 2007).
- December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services
By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
Cityside Financial Services, a disguised consumer bank, serves both a largely African-American urban community and a more affluent, predominantly white clientele. To match the gender and racial makeup of its staff to that of its customers, Cityside's sales division...
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Keywords:
Selection and Staffing;
Situation or Environment;
Race;
Employees;
Gender;
Customer Satisfaction;
Diversity;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry
Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services." Harvard Business School Case 405-047, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Collabrys, Inc. (A)-The Evolution of a Startup
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
The CEO of a two-year-old start-up must now decide whether to become a technology provider or a service agency. In a time of enormous uncertainty about the viability of various business models for Internet-delivered services and products, Collabrys has survived the...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Cost vs Benefits;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Corporate Finance;
United States
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Collabrys, Inc. (A)-The Evolution of a Startup." Harvard Business School Case 603-064, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- April 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
Offshore Drilling Industry, The
After booming in 1997 and early 1998, the offshore drilling industry slumps in late 1998 and early 1999. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid...
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Corts, Kenneth S. "Offshore Drilling Industry, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-111, April 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
De Passe Entertainment and Creative Partners
By: Linda A. Hill
After 24 years at Motown Industries, Hollywood executive Suzanne de Passe has decided to go out on her own to start two new businesses. The case describes de Passe's career from her beginning as Berry Gordy's assistant at Motown Records to her presidency of Gordy/de...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business or Company Management;
Entertainment;
Personal Development and Career;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Music Industry;
California
Hill, Linda A. "De Passe Entertainment and Creative Partners." Harvard Business School Case 494-013, January 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- 15 Dec 2021
- News
Pandemic Sweetens Lure of Smaller Cities’ Relocation Incentives
- 28 Apr 2016
- News
Health Care Dominates HBS Startup Comp
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How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID...
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- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
capital. Purchase this working paper from SSRN: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12592 Cases & Course MaterialsFriendster (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-409 In January 2006, the president of...
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Sean Silverthorne
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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV in Practice Creating Shared Value in Practice Not all profit is equal—an idea that has been lost in the narrow,...
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Beth Clark | About
classroom model that enabled faculty to deliver the interactive case method while maintaining the high standards HBS students expect. Prior to HBS, Beth dedicated a decade at Boston College, building the University's academic technology...
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- January–February 2023
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Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions
By: Michael Lingzhi Li, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis and Dimitris Bertsimas
We developed DELPHI, a novel epidemiological model for predicting detected cases and deaths in the prevaccination era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The model allows for underdetection of infections and effects of government interventions. We have applied DELPHI across more...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Epidemics;
Analytics and Data Science;
Health Pandemics;
AI and Machine Learning;
Forecasting and Prediction
Li, Michael Lingzhi, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis, and Dimitris Bertsimas. "Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions." Operations Research 71, no. 1 (January–February 2023): 184–201.
- July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Property Finder's Strategy for Online Classifieds in the MENA Region
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2020 as Michael Lahyani, founder and CEO of Property Finder, Dubai’s leading online real estate classifieds portal, contemplates the company’s five-year growth strategy.
Since its founding in 2005 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Property...
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Keywords:
General Business;
Real Estate;
Entrepreneurship;
Property;
Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Growth Management;
Online Technology;
Real Estate Industry;
Technology Industry;
United Arab Emirates;
Saudi Arabia;
Egypt;
Turkey
Palepu, Krishna G., Gamze Yucaoglu, and Fares Khrais. "Property Finder's Strategy for Online Classifieds in the MENA Region." Harvard Business School Case 321-009, July 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- November 2015 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
Allianz Turkey: Focus on the Customer (B)
By: W. Earl Sasser and Gamze Yucaoglu
At the age of 39, Solmaz Altın took over the helm at Allianz Turkey. Solmaz quickly realized that, although the insurance market was thinly penetrated in Turkey, the company was operating in a very competitive environment with pressure on prices and, hence, cost...
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Keywords:
Service Excellence;
Customer Experience;
Customer Service;
Emerging Market;
Customer Focus;
Net Promoter Score;
Customer Relationship Management;
Competition;
Leading Change;
Service Operations;
Emerging Markets;
Customer Satisfaction;
Insurance Industry;
Turkey
Sasser, W. Earl, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Allianz Turkey: Focus on the Customer (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-094, November 2015. (Revised February 2016.)
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Peter Gumulia
navigate the gray areas, there’s something to be said about the case method, in which you sit in a classroom of ninety-four people and hear perspectives that represent a multitude of industries, countries, and experiences. It’s a lot like...
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- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
world's collective conscience. “Not even the senior managers could explain the behavior of these employees.” A new multimedia case by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé offers a flip side to the nightmarish scenes that unfolded in real time on...
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Prineeta Kulkarni
better. How do you think about risk versus return? How do you value opportunities or identify shortcomings? I was missing business intuition and rigor. I wanted to apply depth to the job I had." Through the case method and the...
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