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Nearest. It became the fastest growing and most awarded whiskey brand in America, despite the challenges Weaver faced as a Black woman and outsider to the spirits industry, which is capital-intensive, highly regulated, competitive, and male-dominated. In October 2023,...
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- May 2007 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Biocon Limited
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ananth Chepuri
Biocon Limited was facing significant pricing pressure in their cash cow business, that primarily consisted of manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). To combat this commoditization, Biocon's leadership had chosen an innovation-led strategy. This new...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Innovation and Management;
Leading Change;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Risk Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Biotechnology Industry;
India
Palepu, Krishna G., and Ananth Chepuri. "Biocon Limited." Harvard Business School Case 107-083, May 2007. (Revised September 2008.)
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy
Scouts, and Planned Parenthood. In 2023, none of the recipient organizations were affiliates. To determine whether an organization was independent or an affiliate, the research team manually coded organizations as either affiliated or not...
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- January 2020
- Case
Khan Academy 2018 (Abridged)
By: William A. Sahlman and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2008, Khan Academy was a global educational nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere in the world. By 2018, the organization had expanded into numerous content areas, product areas, and geographic markets....
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Keywords:
Entrepreneur;
Sustainability;
Scaling;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Teaching;
Education Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Khan Academy 2018 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 820-086, January 2020.
- October 2009
- Article
Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients
By: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt
We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named the trustee of a 401(k) plan. We find that family trustees...
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Cohen, Lauren, and Breno Schmidt. "Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients." Journal of Finance 64, no. 5 (October 2009): 2125–2151. (Winner of the Barclays Global Investors Best Paper Prize, Asset Allocation Symposium, European Finance Association 2006. Winner of the Society of Quantitative Analysts Award, Best Paper in Quantitative Investments, Western Finance Association 2007.)
Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration
Winner of the annual MIT Sloan Management Review Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, for the most outstanding MIT SMR article on planned change and organizational development. Chosen by MIT Sloan faculty judges Deborah Ancona, John Van Maanen, and Cyrus... View Details
- December 2017
- Case
Clover Food Lab in 2016
By: Lena G. Goldberg, Sonia Smith and Sandra Bahous
Ayr Muir, founder and CEO of Clover Food Lab, has grown his restaurant chain from a single food truck to 11 thriving stores but he has no interest in running a regional chain. His ambition is to change the way America eats and his goal is national expansion. As he...
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Keywords:
Restaurant Industry;
Food;
Growth Management;
Strategic Planning;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
Small Business;
Expansion;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., Sonia Smith, and Sandra Bahous. "Clover Food Lab in 2016." Harvard Business School Case 318-094, December 2017.
- 05 Jul 2023
- HBS Case
What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment
contextual, or relational. The challenge for leaders is to develop a style that blends elements of all three, because “an overreliance on any one orientation can lead to poor action plans that may derail your ability to execute,” the note...
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by Ben Rand
- April 2018
- Case
Hawk Electronics, Inc.
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and John J. Lafkas
Hawk Electronics ("Hawk") presents the problems that a company can encounter when its divisions have distinct strategies, especially when one division has been favored at another's expense. It also highlights how such problems can reflect cognitive biases, which...
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Hamermesh, Richard G., and John J. Lafkas. "Hawk Electronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-521, April 2018.
- December 2023
- Teaching Note
Three Decades of Cluster Policy in Catalonia: What's Next?
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The TN provides conceptual background and a suggested teaching plan for using the HBS case 724-404. It discusses the concepts and issues related to the main teaching objectives of the case, i.e. the nature and effective structuring of cluster-based economic...
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- September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Siba Mtongana: A Pioneering Chef in South Africa
By: Boris Groysberg, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
For Siba Mtongana, South African celebrity chef, the year 2020 was fraught with challenges and unknowns. Her brand was strong and she was certain it would survive. But as she fine-tuned her growth and innovation strategy in a shaky, unpredictable economy in the midst...
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Keywords:
Food;
Crisis Management;
Health Pandemics;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
South Africa
Groysberg, Boris, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Robin Abrahams. "Siba Mtongana: A Pioneering Chef in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 421-026, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- September 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America: The Quest for a Model Workplace
By: Lynn S. Paine and Dale Coxe
This case details the sexual harassment case brought against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America by nearly 300 female employees in April 1996. The recommendations developed for the company by former U.S. Labor Secretary Lynn Marten are presented. In response to...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Groups and Teams;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Behavior;
Attitudes;
Problems and Challenges;
Working Conditions;
Crime and Corruption;
Auto Industry;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Dale Coxe. "Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America: The Quest for a Model Workplace." Harvard Business School Case 398-028, September 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- 01 Nov 2010
- News
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
- 22 Nov 2010
- News
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
RISE Fellow: Jerome Fulton Jr. (MBA 2023)
- 15 May 2020
- News
How To ‘Think Outside The Building’
- May 20, 2024
- Article
Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu
Competitive strategy — the art of crafting and executing plans to achieve an advantageous position in the market — is integral to any business, and especially relevant for platforms because it determines their ability to achieve network effects and scale. But web3...
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Keywords:
Five Forces Framework;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Network Effects;
Digital Transformation
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Liang Wu. "Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3." a16zcrypto.com (May 20, 2024).
- January–February 2014
- Article
Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong?
By: David A. Garvin
The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management innovation, referred to as People Support, involving a group of managers whose role is to listen to and help resolve employees'...
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Garvin, David A. "Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong?" Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2014): 113–117.
- April 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Social Strategy at American Express
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and David Chen
American Express has developed a number of strategic partnerships with Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter to improve their card members experience and lower its customer acquisition cost. The case details the history of these partnerships, examines American Express' own...
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Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and David Chen. "Social Strategy at American Express." Harvard Business School Case 712-447, April 2012. (Revised March 2013.)