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- March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Addleshaw-Goddard LLP
By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and James Weber
Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and set of services launched by Dr. Jim...
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Price;
Innovation and Invention;
Service Operations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competitive Advantage;
Diversification;
Legal Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Eccles, Robert G., Amy C. Edmondson, and James Weber. "Addleshaw-Goddard LLP." Harvard Business School Case 409-056, March 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- January 2009 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Altoona State Investment Board: December 2008
By: Josh Lerner
Rod Calhoun, the head of the Altoona State Investment Board's private equity investment program, considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a £ 100...
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Private Equity;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Investment Funds;
Partners and Partnerships
Lerner, Josh. "Altoona State Investment Board: December 2008." Harvard Business School Case 809-095, January 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
- November 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Food Distribution in Russia: The Harris Group and the LUX Store
By: David E. Bell, Walter J. Salmon and Dinny Starr
Discusses the challenges facing businesses entering the Russian business environment, especially focusing on food retailing and distribution in that country. Highlights one small, entrepreneurial company, The Harris Group, which, with the help of both Russian partners...
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Business Ventures;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
Russia
Bell, David E., Walter J. Salmon, and Dinny Starr. "Food Distribution in Russia: The Harris Group and the LUX Store." Harvard Business School Case 594-059, November 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
“It’s making corporations question the boundaries of who and what they are accountable for in their communities.” Barrett presented guidelines for cross-sector partnerships to fight the epidemic at “HIV/AIDS and Business in Africa and...
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- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
developing countries. “At first, I discouraged them. I said, ‘I’m a for-profit guy. I don’t know anything about nonprofit,’” he recalls. But Crane quickly realized that the global nonprofit was making corporate-like decisions—orchestrating loans, setting up View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
WSA Conference Set for January
students. The annual conference provides a forum for women to explore career opportunities in a variety of industries and to understand the challenges facing women in today's business world. This year's conference is being produced in View Details
- Web
Lehman Brothers - Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Brothers, stretching over a century and a half, reflects the role of investment banking in the development and growth of the U.S. economy. Founded in the mid-nineteenth century, the family partnership evolved from a general store to a...
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
senior management is especially necessary, Coote said, in managing the partnerships that now often result from changed business models and corporate restructurings. Senior management should be active participants in the process to ensure...
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Daniel Penrice
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of new technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a scarcity of government...
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- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Firm Survival, Employment Growth, and Innovative Performance Authors:Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2021
- Supplement
A Half-Deal
By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
In June 2020, XP and Itaú faced intensified competition and tension in their partnership, with the latter owning a minority stake at XP. Two years earlier, in May 2017, Itaú had announced it would acquire 49.9% of XP for $1.8 billion, followed by three additional...
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Fintech;
Financing Strategy;
Competition;
Partners and Partnerships;
Financing and Loans;
Strategy;
Latin America;
Brazil
Di Maggio, Marco, Pedro Levindo, and Carla Larangeira. "A Half-Deal." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-058, January 2021.
- 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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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.)
- 17 Mar 2020
- News
A Bid for the Future
When the RFP for Amazon’s HQ2 arrived in September 2017, Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) had been on the job as president and chief executive officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) for only eight months. The commonwealth...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
Karen and Sanjeev (MBA 1986) Mehra Karen and Sanjeev Mehra (MBA 1986) perceive both great opportunities and serious challenges at the nexus of business, science, and engineering. Their endowment of the Mehra Family HBS/SEAS Collaboration Fund was inspired by their...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Student Snapshot
Management class is developing a fund-raising strategy in which we’ve identified a new mission focus. In the past, we were inclined to play up our association with Accenture, but our research indicates that it’s the partnerships we...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
HBS Seeks Deeper Ties with China
programs at the center this year. Krishna Palepu, chair of the Global CEO Program for China (offered in partnership with the China Europe International Business School and IESE Business School), noted, “These programs require that we...
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- January 2015
- Article
Collaboration in Multi-Partner R&D Projects: The Impact of Partnering Scale and Scope
By: Anant Mishra, Aravind Chandrasekaran and Alan MacCormack
How can firms design collaboration structures for effective performance in R&D projects that involve multiple partners? To address this question, we examine the theoretical underpinnings of collaboration structures in multi-partner R&D projects—i.e., the scale and the...
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Multi-Partner R&D Projects;
Empirical Research;
New Development;
Collaboration Structures;
Partnering Scale And Scope;
Partners and Partnerships;
Infrastructure;
Performance Capacity;
Research and Development;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Mishra, Anant, Aravind Chandrasekaran, and Alan MacCormack. "Collaboration in Multi-Partner R&D Projects: The Impact of Partnering Scale and Scope." Journal of Operations Management 33-34 (January 2015): 1–14.
- December 2010 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Logoplaste: Global Growing Challenges
By: Juan Alcacer and Anthony John Morrison Leitao
In 2010, Logoplaste, a top 10 manufacturer of rigid plastic containers, was debating a more dramatic expansion strategy as a means to guarantee the company's continued success. The company, which began with a few plants in Portugal in the 1990s, now had 60 plants...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Expansion
Alcacer, Juan, and Anthony John Morrison Leitao. "Logoplaste: Global Growing Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 711-411, December 2010. (Revised February 2013.)