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- March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Reclaiming the Land of Purple: Purpl’s Mission to Unlock Finance in Lebanon
By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
Karl Naim, Co-Founder and CEO of Purpl, embarked on a venture to lower remittance costs for his native Lebanon. Since October 2019, the Lebanese economy had entered a free fall as its banking sector collapsed and large swathes of its population were plunged into... View Details
Keywords: Business Startup; Fintech; Inflation; Deflation; Cross-border Frictions; Remittances; Business Startups; Diasporas; Financial Crisis; Money; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Poverty; Financial Institutions; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Lebanon
Cohen, Lauren, and Grace Headinger. "Reclaiming the Land of Purple: Purpl’s Mission to Unlock Finance in Lebanon." Harvard Business School Case 222-078, March 2022. (Revised May 2022.)
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T. J. Dermot Dunphy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell Boston Concessions Robert Reiss R&R... View Details
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William H. Draper, III | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell Boston Concessions Robert Reiss R&R... View Details
- 1983
- Book
The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Politics. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
- Web
Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
leadership and entrepreneurship; working with investors and consultants; and research and development of new products–represented, in Doriot's view, the core opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders and View Details
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Cisco Business Councils (2007): Unifying a Functional Enterprise with an Internal Governance System (TN)
By: Ranjay Gulati and Marlo Goetting
Teaching Note for 409062. View Details
- 2005
- Book
Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business
By: Bruce L. Hay, Robert Stavins and Richard Vietor
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Ventures
Hay, Bruce L., Robert Stavins, and Richard Vietor, eds. Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2005.
- July 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Teaching Note
Hilti (A): Fleet Management?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jan Rivkin
This Teaching Note accompanies the case HBS No. 718-419, “Hilti (A): Fleet Management.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan and transcripts of the associated videos, Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements.
The associated case... View Details
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Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Total Customer Value; Innovation; Inventions; Business Models; Value Chains; Transformations; Focusing On Customers; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Liechtenstein; Switzerland; Europe
- April 2018
- Exercise
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Katrina Stoyanovic
By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Ownership Stake; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Katrina Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-045, April 2018.
- December 2014 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Group Functions at the Maersk Group
By: David Collis and Matthew Shaffer
In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details
Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
Collis, David, and Matthew Shaffer. "Group Functions at the Maersk Group." Harvard Business School Case 715-432, December 2014. (Revised February 2016.)
- September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
STARZPLAY: Shooting for the Stars
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini and Alpana Thapar
In mid-2021, Maaz Sheikh, cofounder and CEO of STARZPLAY, a Dubai-based subscription video on demand (SVOD) provider that catered to the Middle East and North Africa region, was wrestling with how to find the right balance between continued subscriber growth and... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Growth; Profitability; Subscription Business; Business Model Innovation; Fintech; Subscription; Performance Measurement; Promotions; International Marketing; Streaming; Competition; Marketing; Price; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Business Model; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Middle East; North Africa
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, and Alpana Thapar. "STARZPLAY: Shooting for the Stars." Harvard Business School Case 522-005, September 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- February 2019 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
MoviePass
By: Willy Shih
Mitch Lowe, the CEO of MoviePass, was having trouble convincing people of the viability of the company's business model. The company was building a multi-sided platform and was planning to extract value from increasing traffic to movie theaters through a number of... View Details
Keywords: Start-up; Start-up Growth; Start-ups; Business Model Innovation; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Multi-Sided Platforms; Business Startups; Planning; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "MoviePass." Harvard Business School Case 619-052, February 2019. (Revised November 2021.)
- November 2020 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Holaluz: Taking on the Spanish Energy Market
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg, Elena Corsi and Emer Moloney
In 2020, the three cofounders of Holaluz, a newcomer to Spain’s electricity retail market, are preparing to launch a new offering: installing and managing solar panels on households' roofs at no extra cost for the consumer, who would still benefit from the energy... View Details
Keywords: Electricity; Solar Power; Subscription Business; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Service Delivery; Business Model; Product Launch; Marketing; Energy Industry; Spain
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg, Elena Corsi, and Emer Moloney. "Holaluz: Taking on the Spanish Energy Market." Harvard Business School Case 521-045, November 2020. (Revised May 2023.)
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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details
- August 1988 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jon Skofic
Norton, a once famous motorcycle manufacturer, soundly beaten by Japanese competition, turns its attention to developing rotary engines. The company is acquired by Norton Group PLC, which is headed by a dashing entrepreneur. The new management must decide what... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Production; Competition; Auto Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Japan; United Kingdom
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jon Skofic. "Norton Group PLC: To Be or Not to Be in the Motorcycle Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-013, August 1988. (Revised February 1992.)
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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details
- May 2009
- Supplement
Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)
By: John H. McArthur and Joel L. Heilprin
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products (Brief Case)
By: John H. McArthur and Sunru Yong
Teaching Note to 4017. View Details
- April 2018
- Exercise
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic
By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-044, April 2018.
- April 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Tessa Natanay Hamilton
Following a successful career as the first female Vice President of Goldman Sachs in Asia, Junko Yoda became a 2010 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During her fellowship, she set out to promote awareness, and prevent and alleviate the effects of human... View Details