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- 2016
- Article
The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool
By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Gregory Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein
We argue that the Federal Reserve should use its balance sheet to help reduce a key threat to financial stability: the tendency for private-sector financial intermediaries to engage in excessive amounts of maturity transformation—i.e., to finance risky assets using...
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Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein. "The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool." Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Conference Proceedings (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) (2016): 335–397.
- June 2008
- Case
System on a Chip 2008: Global Unichip Corp.
By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Chen-Fu Chien and Yuan-Chieh Chang
Though much of the semiconductor industry has shifted to a horizontal model, complexity driven by technological evolution is driving a shift in the perceived boundaries in the value chain. Global Unichip sees itself as a "virtual integrated device manufacturer," a...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration;
Boundaries;
Semiconductor Industry
Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, Chen-Fu Chien, and Yuan-Chieh Chang. "System on a Chip 2008: Global Unichip Corp." Harvard Business School Case 608-159, June 2008.
- August 2015
- Supplement
Sustainability at IKEA Group: Video Supplement
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Michael W. Toffel
This video contains Q&A with IKEA Group's Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard and IKEA Group's Industrial Strategy Manager Per Berggren, the two primary case protagonists. They respond to student questions after the case was taught at an executive education class...
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Michael W. Toffel. "Sustainability at IKEA Group: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 616-703, August 2015. (Q&A with IKEA Group's Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard and Industrial Strategy Manager Per Berggren.)
- 21 May 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
If the Key to Business Success Is Focus, Why Does Amazon Work?
- June 2024
- Supplement
Pal's Sudden Service (B)
By: Gary P. Pisano, Francesca Gino and Ruth Page
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the quick service... View Details
Abstract: Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the quick service... View Details
Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Motivation and Incentives;
Service Operations;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Pisano, Gary P., Francesca Gino, and Ruth Page. "Pal's Sudden Service (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 917-701, June 2024.
- May 2007 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
Dollar General (A)
By: Willy Shih, Stephen P. Kaufman and Rebecca McKillican
Dollar General Corporation (DG) operates one of the leading chains of extreme value retailers in the United States. 2006 revenues reached $9.2 billion, making DG the 6th largest mass retailer in the country. With revenues growing at 9% annually over the five-year...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Family Business;
Disruptive Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Retail Industry;
United States
Shih, Willy, Stephen P. Kaufman, and Rebecca McKillican. "Dollar General (A)." Harvard Business School Case 607-140, May 2007. (Revised November 2019.)
- February 2010
- Case
Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise
By: Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the franchisees. In mid-2009, the Phirbol franchise was comprised of some 150 franchisees that had converted their small...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Innovation and Management;
Brands and Branding;
Service Operations;
Franchise Ownership;
Value Creation;
Telecommunications Industry;
Delhi
Lal, Rajiv, and Natalie Kindred. "Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise." Harvard Business School Case 510-020, February 2010.
- August 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Harassment at Work?
By: Lynn S. Paine and Dale Coxe
Presents three scenarios involving behavior that could arguably be called sexual harassment. The first scenario is set in a medical supply company in an unnamed emerging market region. The second is set in a New York-based securities firm. The third is set in a U.S....
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Keywords:
Working Conditions;
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Groups and Teams;
Crime and Corruption;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Labor and Management Relations;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
New York (city, NY);
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Dale Coxe. "Harassment at Work?" Harvard Business School Case 398-001, August 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
- October 2021
- Case
Financial Reporting at Mattel
By: Aiyesha Dey, Trung Nguyen, Marshal Herrmann and Julia Kelley
In September 2020, Diana Ferguson was nearing her first Audit Committee meeting as the newly appointed Audit Committee chair of Mattel, Inc. Mattel was just recovering from an accounting scandal which had revealed the company’s poor internal controls and weak board...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Accounting Audits;
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Disclosure;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governance Controls;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
California
Dey, Aiyesha, Trung Nguyen, Marshal Herrmann, and Julia Kelley. "Financial Reporting at Mattel." Harvard Business School Case 122-006, October 2021.
Robert J. Dolan
Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce
Resource Link is an in-house temporary firm, supplying managers and technical workers to the 26 business units of AT&T on a contract basis. The challenge facing Resource Link is how to grow, since an increasing number of managers are eager to use variable workers to...
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Keywords:
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Design;
Personal Development and Career;
Employment Industry;
Employment Industry
Bradach, Jeffrey L., and Nicole Sackley. "AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 497-004, October 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- July 2009
- Supplement
Who Killed Bhavani Manjula?--A Story of Microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
The (B) case updates the readers on the outcome of the situation described in the (A) case. It provides data on the growth of microfinance in the region. It introduces the possibility of tighter regulation on the industry through the passage of a "microfinance" bill.
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Industry Growth;
Microfinance;
Government Legislation;
Financial Services Industry;
Andhra Pradesh
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Katharine Lee. "Who Killed Bhavani Manjula?--A Story of Microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 510-027, July 2009.
- April 2022
- Teaching Note
CVS Health: Prescription for Transformation
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Catarina Martinez
In 2021, new CEO Karen Lynch (named the most powerful woman in business) considered the next transformation phase for CVS Health (a Fortune 5 corporate giant). The 2018 acquisition of Aetna insurance brought her to the company as part of its long evolution from a...
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- April 2008 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)
By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and James Weber
Two activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge-fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business or Company Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Conflict of Interests;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Ferri, Fabrizio, V.G. Narayanan, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)." Harvard Business School Case 108-024, April 2008. (Revised September 2008.)
- September 2019
- Case
Clean Energy for the Future
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Howaida Kamel
This is an industry note on renewable energy – wind, solar, governmental incentives and storage. It covers the recent history of both the wind and solar industries, an extensive look at governmental policies in the United States, including the Green New Deal, and...
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Keywords:
Green New Deal;
Renewable Energy;
Energy Policy;
Industry Growth;
Supply and Industry;
Price;
Motivation and Incentives;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Howaida Kamel. "Clean Energy for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 720-003, September 2019.
- Research Summary
Managing Workplace Reforms and Organization-Wide Transformations
Richard E. Walton is studying (with doctoral candidate Scott
Hamlin and research associate Kathleen Scharf) the development and
diffusion of new forms of union-management partnership together with
other new practices in the steel industry. To test and elaborate...
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- October 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Friona Industries: Delivering Better Beef
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mary L. Shelman
CEO James Herring of Friona Industries, a leading U.S. cattle feedlot operator, has a history of leadership in the highly fragmented and often contentious U.S. beef industry. Friona has established relationships up and down the beef production chain to provide...
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Keywords:
Production;
Quality;
Leadership;
Price;
Partners and Partnerships;
Sales;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Texas;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Mary L. Shelman. "Friona Industries: Delivering Better Beef." Harvard Business School Case 906-405, October 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
Robert S. Kaplan
Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details
- 10 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?
Nov. 1, 2019 until May 1, 2021, which Cavallo notes was before supply chain issues intensified even further last summer in some areas, including the US, Canada, China, Japan, and sections of Europe. The...
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by Rachel Layne
- Research Summary
Institutional influences on the firm: cross-country comparisons
A third stream of work examines the influence of country institutions on firms in a cross-country comparative context. In a paper co-authored with Jordan Siegel (published in Management Science in 2009), we employed a quasi-natural experiment: a...
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