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- 29 Sep 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property
percent over the 2002-2007 period. Since 2000, the annual release of new albums has more than doubled, and worldwide feature film production since 2003 is up by more than 30 percent. How markets for...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 25 Sep 2018
- News
Esquel Group Looks to a Robotic Future
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
sure that the conversation is informational, not an interview. Key Takeaways Not every event is right for every company. Therefore, we offer multiple options to help organizations optimize their time with students and set themselves up...
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All Industries
- 9 Dec 2011 - 10 Dec 2011
- Conference Presentation
Taste Contested: The Construction of American Wine Culture, 1967-1976
By: Ai Hisano
This paper examines the role of taste in American consumer society by analyzing how wine came to symbolize sophistication during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Hisano, Ai. "Taste Contested: The Construction of American Wine Culture, 1967-1976." Paper presented at the International Conference on Food Studies, Food Studies Knowledge Community, Las Vegas, NV, December 9–10, 2011.
- Career Coach
Robert Kimmel
outside of work. Robert has been a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group and has worked with private-equity-backed companies as part of the Portfolio Improvement Group at Audax Private Equity. His direct operations management...
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- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Wars" case studies. It outlines the global positions of Pepsi and Coca-Cola as of 2008 in the soft drink market, and then provides an overview of their competitive...
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Martha Lagace
- October 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
A week after becoming country manager of eBay's recently acquired German auction site, Philipp Justus must steer the company through a massive technical integration with eBay's Web site. Throughout the seven-month project, Justus and his team must master the challenge...
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Organizational Design;
Leadership;
Internet and the Web;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Managerial Roles;
Management Teams;
Management Practices and Processes;
Auctions;
Retail Industry;
Retail Industry;
Germany
Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. "Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-007, October 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Loewen Group Inc., The
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jose Camacho
A publiclytraded funeral home and cemetery consolidator faces imminent financial distress. The company has aggressively grown through use of debt. Restructuring the debt is potentially very costly to creditors, shareholders, suppliers, and other corporate stakeholders....
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International Accounting;
Restructuring;
Capital Structure;
Cost of Capital;
Debt Securities;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Crisis Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Service Industry
Gilson, Stuart C., and Jose Camacho. "Loewen Group Inc., The." Harvard Business School Case 201-062, November 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- September 1999 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
eBay, Inc.
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
eBay was the world's largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the Internet. In early 1999, the company was doing very well and seemed to have solved many of its early problems. However, on March 30, 1999, Amazon.com announced that it was entering...
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Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Planning;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Retail Industry;
Retail Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kelley Porter. "eBay, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 700-007, September 1999. (Revised June 2001.)
- January 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
kate spade
Kate Spade's founders try to finance and grow their luxury handbag and accessories business. As the case ends, the founding team must decide among four potential strategic partners offering to purchase different shares of Kate Spade at various valuations. Includes...
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Growth Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Brands and Branding;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Cyr, Linda A., and Sarah S. Khetani. "kate spade." Harvard Business School Case 800-002, January 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
What Building a “Jeopardy!” Robot Taught IBM About Innovation
- March 2012
- Case
Angry Birds
By: Sunil Gupta and Dharmishta Rood
Within months of its launch in December 2009, Angry Birds, a mobile game created by a small Finnish company, Rovio Entertainment Ltd., became an international hit. By late 2011, Rovio was not only making Angry Birds games for the iPhone, Android and other mobile...
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Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Video Game Industry;
Finland
Gupta, Sunil, and Dharmishta Rood. "Angry Birds." Harvard Business School Case 512-033, March 2012.
- 24 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on the Public Sector
before and during the MBA program. Leah Azeze (MBA 2023) Where is your hometown? Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? International Development /...
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- January 2011
- Supplement
Vodafone in Japan (C)
By: Juan Alcacer, Mary Furey and Mayuka Yamazaki
An update to Vodafone cases A and B, describing Softbank's acquisition of Vodafone and its performance in Japan.
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Acquisition;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Performance;
Motivation and Incentives;
Adaptation;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Telecommunications Industry;
Japan
Alcacer, Juan, Mary Furey, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Vodafone in Japan (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-470, January 2011.
- 14 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation
tours, and interactive remote experiences. An important piece of the conversation around innovative recruiting is ensuring that recruiting events support diversity, inclusion, and belonging. When moving an...
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All Industries
- 12 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
his wallet and saw he only had seven dollars left. That stuck with him, and it has fueled him ever since. “The power in the entertainment industry is shifting to the...
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- November 2005 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Trolltech (Norway) - Will Cenapio Steal Christmas?
Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States that lands a strategic OEM deal with a leading Japanese manufacturer of embedded devices (PDAs in this instance). Details the evolution of the two companies'...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Conflict and Resolution;
Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Open Source Distribution;
Information Infrastructure;
Entrepreneurship;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Information Technology Industry;
Australia;
Japan;
Norway;
United States
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Trolltech (Norway) - Will Cenapio Steal Christmas?" Harvard Business School Case 806-090, November 2005. (Revised July 2009.)
- August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Disney's "The Lion King" (A): The $2 Billion Movie
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In 1994, just 10 years after its filmed entertainment division lost $33 million, Disney's animated creation "The Lion King" became the second highest grossing film ever. In addition to drawing $740 million in worldwide box office sales, its merchandise sales exceeded...
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Value Creation;
Marketing Strategy;
Expansion;
Creativity;
Film Entertainment;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Product Development;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. Disney's "The Lion King" (A): The $2 Billion Movie. Harvard Business School Case 899-041, August 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- April 2013 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
Transitions Asia: Managing Across Cultures
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Dawn H. Lau
The director of an interim executive search firm, Chee Lung Tham, faced a clash of culture and management styles when his mainland Chinese client threatened to fire the American interim manager that Tham had assigned. The client, Wong Lung, ran a family-owned garment...
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China;
Cross-cultural Management;
Management Style;
Conflict Management;
Family Business;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Service Industry;
China
Chua, Roy Y.J., and Dawn H. Lau. "Transitions Asia: Managing Across Cultures." Harvard Business School Case 413-099, April 2013. (Revised April 2014.)