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- May 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Breaking the Buck
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
After an incredibly volatile six months since Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, Finbar McCall contemplated his options. As the investment manager of RPG Prime Reserve Fund, Inc. (RPGXX), McCall had just heard the news that the U.S. Treasury was extending the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Management;
Insurance;
Investment Funds;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Financial Services Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Breaking the Buck." Harvard Business School Case 310-135, May 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- August 2001 (Revised July 2008)
- Technical Note
A Technical Note and Discussion on Real Estate Valuation (IBET): Back of the Envelope (BOE) on Bonhomme Place: A Case within a Case
By: Arthur I Segel
Discusses real estate valuation. Reviews "back of the envelope" valuation; real estate appraisal methods, including the income method; market comparables and replacement costs; and more complex computer modeling. Also discusses other variables that could influence...
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Segel, Arthur I. "A Technical Note and Discussion on Real Estate Valuation (IBET): Back of the Envelope (BOE) on Bonhomme Place: A Case within a Case." Harvard Business School Technical Note 802-025, August 2001. (Revised July 2008.)
- 2003
- Case
E-Business Innovation at Cisco
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Philip Anderson, Chris Trimble and Katrina Veerman
As of March 2001, Cisco Systems prides itself as an "end-to-end networking company." The phrase describes not only their product line but the way they run their business. They created many of the e-business practices that later became cornerstones of the software...
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Keywords:
Technology Networks;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Business Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Govindarajan, Vijay, Philip Anderson, Chris Trimble, and Katrina Veerman. "E-Business Innovation at Cisco." 2003. (Case No. 1-0001.)
- October 2014
- Case
Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference
By: Clayton Rose, Jerome Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer
For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond...
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Keywords:
Diversity Management;
Corporate Values;
Competitiveness;
Demographics;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Gender;
Literacy;
Nationality;
Race;
Residency;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Culture;
Economic Growth;
Fairness;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Immigration;
Employee Relationship Management;
Civil Society or Community;
Manufacturing Industry;
Construction Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Europe;
Germany;
Russia;
Turkey
Rose, Clayton, Jerome Lenhardt, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference." Harvard Business School Case 315-016, October 2014.
- July–August 2012
- Article
What Good Are Shareholders?
By: Justin Fox and Jay W. Lorsch
The article looks at the role outside shareholders play in corporate governance in the U.S., and the relationship between companies' shareholders and managers, as of 2012. It recounts the shift beginning in the 1970s toward shareholders claiming an increasing amount of...
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Keywords:
Shareholder Activism;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Investment Activism;
Corporate Governance;
Decision Making;
Managerial Roles;
United States
Fox, Justin, and Jay W. Lorsch. "What Good Are Shareholders?" R1207B. Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2012): 49–57.
- 2001
- Book
The Performing Arts in a New Era
By: Kevin F. McCarthy, Arthur C. Brooks, Julia Lowell and Laura Zakaras
This book examines recent trends in the performing arts and discusses how the arts are likely to evolve in the future. It is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the performing arts, including analysis of opera, theater, dance, and music, in both their...
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McCarthy, Kevin F., Arthur C. Brooks, Julia Lowell, and Laura Zakaras. The Performing Arts in a New Era. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
- January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Mondavi Winery
Examines Mondavi Winery's struggle to communicate its value proposition to the market following an apparently successful IPO. The Mondavi Winery had a strong reputation for innovation in the wine industry and had undertaken an IPO to secure the funding needed to...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Initial Public Offering;
Innovation and Management;
Communication Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Miller, Gregory S., and Thomas Patrick Doyle CSC. "Mondavi Winery." Harvard Business School Case 104-056, January 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
Jo Tango
Jo Tango is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. He helps teach "The Entrepreneurial Manager" (TEM), a required course for all 900 first-year students and of which he... View Details
- July 2020
- Supplement
CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (B)
By: Victoria Ivashina and Yury Kapko
This two-part case series follows CSL Capital’s 2009 investment in the greenfield manufacturing company, Patriot Proppants. CSL, a recently established investment firm, employs a unique investment model, funding new ("greenfield") energy service businesses that serve...
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Yury Kapko. "CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-007, July 2020.
- March 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Cadre
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Scott Duke Kominers and David Lane
Late in 2017, CEO Ryan Williams and his team debated whether Cadre should become not only a technology-enabled investment manager, but also an online trading exchange providing high levels of liquidity for investors in commercial real estate (CRE) equity. Cadre was a...
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- June 2008
- Case
From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
Wang Xing, the founder of Hainei.com, one of the fastest growing social networking service (SNS) providers in China, was preparing to raise funds from venture capitalists. Since late 2003, Wang had established several Internet startups in China. Xiaonei.com, which he...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competition;
Internet;
China
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China." Harvard Business School Case 808-164, June 2008.
- December 2014 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Lisa C. Mazzanti
Codecademy, an open-platform, online community for learning computer programming, launched in 2011. By 2014, the company had raised a total of $12.5 million in funding and was, on many fronts, an overwhelming success. However, there were still no revenues. The founders...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Startup Management;
Technology;
Computer Programming;
Coding;
Online Education;
Monetization;
Online Communities;
Marketplaces;
Internet and the Web;
Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Education Industry
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Lisa C. Mazzanti. "Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?" Harvard Business School Case 815-093, December 2014. (Revised November 2023.)
- January 2007 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
NatuRi Corporation
By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller
NatuRi Corporation was a start up, founded in 2005, aiming to manufacture a cholesterol-lowering drug made from the byproducts of rice bran oil production. With operations split between Chennai, India and Boston, Massachusetts, NatuRi faced several challenges,...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Equity;
Investment Funds;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Chennai;
Boston
Higgins, Robert F., and Virginia Fuller. "NatuRi Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 807-027, January 2007. (Revised August 2008.)
- May 2020
- Case
Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?
By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
Four college friends market a beverage that combines ingredients like those in a drink they consumed in college bars. It includes a caffeinated energy drink, malt liquor, and a soft drink flavoring. They launch the business, Big Boom Beverages (BBB), with their own...
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Keywords:
Alcoholic Beverages;
Energy Drinks;
Regulation;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Marketing Communications;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Reputation;
Communication Strategy;
Decision Making
Greyser, Stephen A., and William Ellet. "Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 920-557, May 2020.
Lindsay N. Hyde
Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Entrepreneurial Management unit. She teaches Avoiding Startup Failure, Launching Technology Ventures, and Startup Bootcamp. Lindsay also serves as the HBS Faculty co-chair of the
- August 2014
- Article
What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Stephen P. Zeldes
We conduct and analyze two large surveys of hypothetical annuitization choices. We find that allowing individuals to annuitize a fraction of their wealth increases annuitization relative to a situation where annuitization is an "all or nothing" decision. Very few...
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Stephen P. Zeldes. "What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?" Special Issue on NBER Pensions. Journal of Public Economics 116 (August 2014): 2–16.
- September 2020
- Case
Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines
By: Willy C. Shih
COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,...
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Keywords:
Vaccines;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Health Pandemics;
Health Testing and Trials;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Business Strategy;
Product Launch;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Shih, Willy C. "Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines." Harvard Business School Case 621-028, September 2020.
- May 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
AES Global Values
By: Lynn S. Paine
Members of the development team for the AES Corp.'s power plant project in India must decide what plant technology to specify in their application for techno-economic clearance from the government of India's Central Electric Authority. Their choice is between more...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Generation;
Technology Adoption;
Energy Industry;
India;
United States
Paine, Lynn S. "AES Global Values." Harvard Business School Case 399-136, May 1999. (Revised November 2000.)
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
for Pentax into a hostile cash tender offer. A surprising sequence of events had caused a friendly merger agreement to fall apart, resulting in a boardroom coup at Pentax and the intervention of the Sparx...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne