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- April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Tata Nano The People's Car
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Bharat N. Anand and Rachna Tahilyani
The case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing...
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Keywords:
Price;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Disruptive Innovation;
Emerging Markets;
Business Processes;
Quality;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
India
Palepu, Krishna G., Bharat N. Anand, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Tata Nano The People's Car." Harvard Business School Case 710-420, April 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- 29 Jun 2017
- News
HBX Launches New Certificate Program, Becoming a Better Manager
- January 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Deutsche Allgemeinversicherung
Describes the application of statistical process control in a service industry. In this case, Annette Kluck must decide how to adopt manufacturing-based principles to a service process ranging from customer account setup to legal services.
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Upton, David M. "Deutsche Allgemeinversicherung." Harvard Business School Case 696-084, January 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy
When facing a cross-border negotiation, the standard preparatory assessments—of the parties, their interests, their no-deal options, opportunities for and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.—should be... View Details
Keywords:
Decision Making;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Corporate Governance;
Negotiation Process;
Organizational Culture;
Business and Government Relations
Sebenius, James K. "Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-050, December 2009.
- June 2016 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity
By: Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever and Efosa Ojomo
In 2013, a team led by Gopalan Sunderraman, vice president of corporate development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.—one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate—was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly...
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Keywords:
Disruptive Innovation;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
India
McDonald, Rory, Derek van Bever, and Efosa Ojomo. "chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 616-020, June 2016. (Revised November 2021.)
- 14 Mar 2023
- Video
Admissions Information Session for College Students
- November 2013 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
'These People are Fiduciaries...'
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Amy W. Schulman
The fiduciary duties of loyalty and care, the corporate opportunity doctrine and the business judgment rule are introduced in the context of three vignettes drawn from decided cases that explore: a classic test of loyalty when one partner elects to take advantage of an...
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Keywords:
Fiduciaries;
Fiduciary Duties;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Business Processes
Goldberg, Lena G., and Amy W. Schulman. "'These People are Fiduciaries...'." Harvard Business School Case 314-067, November 2013. (Revised August 2023.)
- October 2016
- Case
Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery
By: Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the...
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Keywords:
Digital Health Interventions;
Substance Use Disorder;
Addiction Treatment;
Addiction Recovery;
Scale;
Innovation;
Health;
Health Disorders;
Health Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Huckman, Robert S., and Sarah Mehta. "Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery." Harvard Business School Case 617-018, October 2016.
- February 2003 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Safe to Say at Prudential Financial
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
The CEO initiated a cultural change process at Prudential Financial to support a major business reorientation. Prudential, historically a privately held ("mutual") insurance company, went public in 2001. The cultural change was intended to prepare the organization to...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Private Ownership;
Going Public;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture
Edmondson, Amy C., and Corey B. Hajim. "Safe to Say at Prudential Financial." Harvard Business School Case 603-093, February 2003. (Revised March 2007.)
- December 1996 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Midnight Networks, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Midnight Networks, Inc., is a small computer network validation company. This case describes how the five founders built their business from operations earnings and how they established "best practices" operational processes to run their firm successfully. Operational...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Information Technology Industry;
Massachusetts
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Midnight Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-019, December 1996. (Revised June 1998.)
- June 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Siemens AG: A Private Equity Approach within an Industrial Corporation?
By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
In July 2022, Horst Kayser, Chairman of Siemens AG Portfolio Companies (POC), was reflecting on the advice he could offer Roland Busch, Chief Executive Officer of the parent company Siemens AG, about whether and how to operate a private equity-like approach inside the...
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Collis, David J., and Haisley Wert. "Siemens AG: A Private Equity Approach within an Industrial Corporation?" Harvard Business School Case 723-420, June 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- March 2003 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Sustainable Development at Shell (B)
The case describes the complex and challenging process by which social and environmental concerns are integrated into the existing strategy of a large, multinational firm. This case focuses on a specific business within Shell Chemicals, the Close Looped Cleaning...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Energy Industry
Wei-Skillern, Jane. "Sustainable Development at Shell (B)." Harvard Business School Case 303-072, March 2003. (Revised July 2004.)
- March 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Transforming Mitsubishi Corporation, 2004
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Haruki Umezawa
A leading Japanese general trading company with an extensive global presence is in the process of transformation. For some time, in response to the rapidly changing business environment, the company has made serious efforts to transform itself from an organization...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Transformation;
Change Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Diversification;
Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Globalized Firms and Management
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Haruki Umezawa. "Transforming Mitsubishi Corporation, 2004." Harvard Business School Case 904-419, March 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- December 2015
- Article
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Raynor and Rory McDonald
For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which industry entrants will succeed. Unfortunately, the theory has also been widely misunderstood, and the "disruptive"...
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Christensen, Clayton M., Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald. "What Is Disruptive Innovation?" Harvard Business Review 93, no. 12 (December 2015): 44–53.
- 17 Oct 2016
- News
Book review: Managing in the Gray by Joseph Badaracco
- 31 Mar 2015
- News
Get More from Your Event Spending
- 13 May 2022
- News
Four Shades of Deglobalization
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
How Minnesota companies can make ‘hybrid’ workplaces work
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets
By: Brian S. Chen, Samuel G. Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein
Small business lending by the four largest banks fell sharply relative to others in 2008 and remained depressed through 2014. We explore the dynamic adjustment process following this credit supply shock. In counties where the largest banks had a high market share, the...
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Keywords:
Small Business;
Financing and Loans;
Banks and Banking;
System Shocks;
Credit;
Labor;
United States
Chen, Brian S., Samuel G. Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein. "The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 23843, September 2017.
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
What is it really like to be the subject of a case study? According to top executives of four Latin American enterprises that have been held under the magnifying glass, the case study process can hasten a valuable journey of reflection...
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by Martha Lagace