Publications

November 1997 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Martin Smith: January 2002

By: Josh Lerner

An MBA student must choose between offers from three private equity organizations. Each organization has distinct strengths and weaknesses, and different implications for the student's career development. The case presents compensation and employment data about the... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Compensation and Benefits; Analytics and Data Science; Job Offer; Personal Development and Career

01 Mar 2011
News

Two Kinds of Green

goals — and how it continues to do so even after Burt’s is acquired for $913 million by Clorox in 2007. The case, produced with assistance from HBS’s Educational Technology Group, takes full advantage of its medium, painting a colorful,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; natural products company; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

November 1998 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Explo Leisure Products

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely on their due diligence, writing a business and financial plan, and developing the investment memorandum. Six... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Plan; Performance; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Financial Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry

Web

Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 - Course Catalog

will have a series of shorter written analysis exercises instead of a full research paper. Career Focus Leaders who aspire to run successful enterprises need to connect the dots tightly around their business model, their core technology... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Turning Point: Dream Weaver

little over six years later, I was hired as founding head of CAA’s corporate practice and had the opportunity to work with Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Danny DeVito, Kevin Costner, and director Michael Mann—all true storytellers and translators of the View Details

Keywords: career; life experience; Hollywood; movies; film

25 Feb 2020
News

The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

written down. “Knowledge can often be ‘locked’ within a geography and may only be transferred across borders when the individual possessing the knowledge moves,” he says. “You need the human beings who possess the knowledge to mentor... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

questions do candidates consistently bring to your recruiters? How successful are your new hires?Answers to these questions will help reveal where you can implement technology and/or an optimized process to achieve improved results in... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2024
News

The Exchange: Chance Encounters

physical proximity and virtual connection, and the increasing human tendency to isolate oneself. You write that this moment represents a rare opportunity to reimagine the workplace. What does the landscape look like now, and how strategic... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

December 2021 (Revised May 2022)
Case

Troverie (A)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Olivia Graham

Six months after the August 2018 launch of Troverie, a U.S.-based online retailer of luxury watches, the average cost of acquiring a customer is much higher than originally projected, and the startup is incurring a substantial loss on each sales transaction. Could... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Luxury Goods; Customer Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Luxury; Failure; Internet and the Web; Revenue; Fashion Industry; United States