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- August 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
MedImmune Ventures
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Lane
Ron Laufer is the new Senior Managing Director of MedImmune Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceuticals firm. Laufer has to decide whether to pursue a high-potential, but very risky, early-stage investment. The decision Laufer... View Details
Keywords: MedImmune; MedImmune Ventures; AstraZeneca; NeuProtect; Corporate Venturing; Biotechnology; Venture Investing; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Australia; Europe; London
Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Lane. "MedImmune Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 814-023, August 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- February 2009 (Revised November 2016)
- Exercise
Congo River Basin Project: Role for Dr. Campos
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Anne Starks Acosta, Deborah M. Kolb and Cailin B. Hammer
The director of a research coalition and the founder/coordinator of an NGO consortium meet to discuss the possibility of jointly drafting a proposal for an integrated research and development project in the Congo River basin. Approved projects will receive an annual... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Process; Projects; Research and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Cooperation; Congo Basin
McGinn, Kathleen L., Anne Starks Acosta, Deborah M. Kolb, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Congo River Basin Project: Role for Dr. Campos." Harvard Business School Exercise 909-040, February 2009. (Revised November 2016.)
- 01 Oct 2013
- News
Bill George on Medical Device Tax, U.S. Shutdown
- 07 Dec 2012
- News
Demand, prices rise for Bay State homes
- 04 Nov 2022
- News
MBA Program Leadership: Q+A with Matt Weinzierl and Jana Kierstead
- 01 Feb 2021
- News
How to Become an Astronaut and What to Study for This Career
- 4 PM – 5 PM EST, 10 Mar 2021
- Virtual Programming
Meet the i-labs Unicorns: Celebrating Venture Success Stories
How did two Harvard Innovation Lab alumni teams achieve valuations of more than $1 billion. In a discussion moderated by i-lab executive director Matt Segneri (AB 2004, MBA 2010), Will Ahmed (AB 2012), founder and CEO of WHOOP, and Lissy Hu (MD/MBA 2014), founder and... View Details
- October 2018
- Supplement
African Bank Investments Limited (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Africa; South Africa
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-053, October 2018.
- December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES
By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America
Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
Teresa M. Amabile
Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. Originally educated and employed as a chemist, Teresa received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. Her current research investigates how people approach and... View Details
- March 1981 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance
By: Frank S. Leonard and W. Earl Sasser
Designed to introduce the systemic nature of product quality and the complexity of quality problems. Uses a new director, quality assurance, and the discovery of a quality problem. The new director has to decide if it is a real problem, what to do about it, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Product; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Attitudes; Complexity
Leonard, Frank S., and W. Earl Sasser. "Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance." Harvard Business School Case 681-083, March 1981. (Revised February 1993.)
- June 1995
- Case
Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (A1): Getting to Know Each Other
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
In its second year of operation, the joint venture between Northern Telecom (Nortel) of Canada and Tong Guang Electronics of China to manufacture telecommunications equipment in China has hit a crisis. The Chinese partner has asked Northern Telecom to replace its... View Details
Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Joint Ventures; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Leadership; Telecommunications Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Canada; China
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Pamela A. Yatsko. "Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (A1): Getting to Know Each Other." Harvard Business School Case 395-081, June 1995.
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“This comprehensive layman's guide is a must-read for senior management, boards, committees, and their advisors. Writing in largely non-technical language, the expert authors provide the most concise and complete road map to understanding, preventing,... View Details
David J. Collis
For the past thirty years David J. Collis has been a professor at the Harvard Business School, where he was only the second ever full-time Adjunct Professor appointed. Previously, he was the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Adjunct Professor, the MBA Class... View Details
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty & Advisors Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. MS/MBA Program Faculty Co-Chair for MBA Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy and View Details
Carliss Y. Baldwin
Carliss Y. Baldwin is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She studies the process of design and its impact of design architecture on firm strategy, platforms, and business ecosystems. With Kim Clark, she authored... View Details
- 06 Sep 2024
- News