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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • November 2010
    • Case

    Morgan Asset Management

    By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah Abbott
    It is 2010 and Guillermo Araoz, the equity research director at Morgan Asset Management (MAM), is considering his research budget for the year. Due to recent declines in the equity markets and MAM's sale of its mutual funds business, MAM has seen a decline in its... View Details
    Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Resource Allocation; Research and Development; Financial Services Industry
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    • 25 Oct 2010
    • HBS Case

    Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

    its US management ranks mostly with British expats instead of hiring locally. How did that strategy work for them? What can we all learn? A: Tesco established Fresh & Easy as a greenfield investment... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
    • January 2007
    • Article

    Introducing the First Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Retail Sector

    By: Tatiana Sandino
    Focusing on a sample of US retailers, I study the management control systems (MCS) that firms introduce when they first invest in controls, and identify four categories of initial MCS, which are defined in terms of the purposes these MCS fulfill. The first category,... View Details
    Keywords: Management Control Systems; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Firm Growth; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Management Systems; Growth and Development Strategy
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    • March 1992 (Revised March 1998)
    • Case

    Adam Opel AG (B)

    By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
    Should General Motors make a strategic manufacturing investment in East Germany after becoming number one in this market through an aggressive marketing strategy? The proposal, dependent on government assistance and based on a number of uncertain economic assumptions,... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Investment; Government and Politics; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Production; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Germany
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    • October 1992 (Revised December 1993)
    • Case

    Vanguard Group, Inc. (A)

    By: Jay O. Light
    Deals with the general mission and strategy of a large mutual fund complex. View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Business Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Financial Services Industry
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    • June 2007
    • Article

    Merchant or Two-Sided Platform?

    By: Andrei Hagiu
    This paper provides a first pass at clarifying the economic tradeoffs between two polar strategies for market intermediation: the "merchant" mode, in which the intermediary buys from sellers and resells to buyers; and the "two-sided platform" mode, under which the... View Details
    Keywords: Merchants; Two-sided Platforms; Intermediaries; Two-Sided Markets; Digital Platforms
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    • March 2015 (Revised September 2016)
    • Technical Note

    Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent: The Three Kingdoms of the Chinese Internet

    By: Feng Zhu and Aaron Smith
    This note provides an overview of the Chinese Internet by describing its leading three companies: Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT). While BAT had previously focused their respective businesses on distinct sectors of the online economy—Baidu for search, Alibaba for... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Internet; Information Technology Industry; China
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    • November 2001 (Revised February 2010)
    • Case

    Intel Corporation: 1997-2000

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Michael G. Rukstad
    Describes Intel's diversification strategy initiated in 1998 by CEO Craig Barrett. Initially, Barrett's strategy worked well, as market value reached $510 billion in September 2000. Just three months later, however, investor pessimism over a slowing economy and recent... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Investment; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Valuation; Technology Industry
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    • December 2022 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution

    By: Juan Alcácer and Emer Moloney
    At the end of 2019, Ignacio Galán, the Chairman and CEO of the world's third largest utility, Iberdrola, reflected on his almost 20 years at the company. He managed a portfolio of three very different businesses, each with their own specific opportunities and... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Mission and Purpose; Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; Brazil; Mexico
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    • September 2019 (Revised November 2019)
    • Case

    Pinduoduo

    By: Feng Zhu, Krishna G. Palepu, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau
    Founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur, Colin Huang, Pinduoduo Inc. (PDD) had become China’s fastest-growing e-commerce platform in history. PDD pioneered a new approach to online shopping that allowed shoppers to share products, invite friends to form shopping teams,... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Platforms; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Strategy; E-commerce
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    • 15 Nov 2016
    • First Look

    November 15, 2016

    hiring (in this study, by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or decentralized hiring (by store managers) leads to higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • August 2019 (Revised August 2024)
    • Case

    The Walt Disney Company: Theme Parks

    By: Rory McDonald, Allison Mnookin and Iuliana Mogosanu
    As he seeks to place the division he leads on a firm footing for the future, Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, is considering a range of investments designed either to upgrade the guest experience in the company’s existing parks or to expand access... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment; Investment; Expansion; Decision Making; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 09 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 9

      PublicationsOne Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Michael Krzus Publication:John Wiley and Sons, Inc., forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book Abstract: View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Teaching Interest

    IFC Asia: China's Belt & Road Initiative

    By: Willy C. Shih

    The course objective is to provide students perspectives and insight into one of the major political and economic development programs of China – its Belt and Road Initiative, a strategy that involves infrastructure development and investments in countries spanning... View Details

    Keywords: China; Globalization; Trade; Infrastructure; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia; Central Asia
    • August 2022
    • Case

    Atlanta Ransomware Attack (A)

    By: Amit Goldenberg and Julian Zlatev
    This case describes the March 2018 Ransomware attack on the information technology (IT) systems of the city of Atlanta and the response by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and her administration. The case includes a brief background on Bottoms and her young administration at... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Information Technology; Cybersecurity; Information Management; Leadership; Management; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Negotiation; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Psychology; Perception; Personal Characteristics; Perspective; Power and Influence; Society; Public Administration Industry; United States; Georgia (state, US); Atlanta
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    • January 2024
    • Case

    Vibrant Health

    By: Henry McGee and Sarah Mehta
    This case is about nutritional supplements company Vibrant Health, among the 100 largest Black-owned businesses in the U.S. After acquiring the company from its white founder in 2007, co-owners Ted and Paige Parker significantly grew its sales. Set in September 2023,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Race; Entrepreneurship; Nutrition; Ownership; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Eastern United States
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    • December 2015 (Revised February 2016)
    • Case

    Ocado

    By: José Alvarez, David E. Bell and Damien McLoughlin
    In 2015, U.K.-based Ocado was the world's largest pure player in the online home-delivery grocery business and was gaining a growing share of the highly competitive U.K. grocery market. Ocado had made heavy investments in technology, including a highly automated... View Details
    Keywords: Ocado; Grocery; Retail; Online Grocery; Supermarket; Delivery Models; Service Models; United Kingdom; Technology; Operations Management; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Marketing; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
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    • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
    • Case

    Apax Partners and Duck Creek Technologies

    By: Josh Lerner, Terrence Shu and Alys Ferragamo
    This case follows Jason Wright and Umang Kajaria at Apax Partners as they consider an investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent... View Details
    Keywords: Carve-out; Private Equity; Insurance; Investment; Operations; Valuation; Financial Strategy; New York (city, NY)
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Private Regulation, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change: A Business History Perspective

    By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Geoffrey Jones
    Private regulatory systems, including voluntary efforts by firms to restrain their own behavior are the primary form of global climate change governance. However, when environmental challenges first rose up on the scientific and political agendas during the 1970s, the... View Details
    Keywords: Certification; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Business History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy
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