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  • 17 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

so far, but focused on ‘financing reduced emissions.’” Girish Nadkarni, recently retired CEO of Total Energy Ventures and senior advisor to OGCI Climate Investments, called for corporations to increase their... View Details
  • Profile

Dana Hoffmann

Before she applied to HBS, Dana Hoffmann seemed to be on a dream career trajectory. With a master’s degree in applied mathematics, she had worked as a financial analyst at Symantec, the Silicon Valley security software giant, and was recruited by Apple to a fast-track... View Details
  • 24 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details
  • December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
  • Case

Nestle and Alcon--The Value of a Listing

By: Mihir A. Desai, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
In response to a perceived undervaluation by the capital markets, Nestle is considering divesting a part of its ophthalmology subsidiary, Alcon, and must decide on a listing location. In the process, students are challenged to wrestle with the valuation of a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; International Finance; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Markets; Taxation; Business Subsidiaries; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Europe; United States
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  • 23 May 2019
  • News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

International, a pioneer in microfinance investing. “I was completely taken with everything he said,” says Rodríguez of the origins of their friendship, which has evolved from mentor, to collaborator, to business partner. In 2007, the pair launched IGNIA, a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • August 1999 (Revised October 1999)
  • Case

RCA Records: The Digital Revolution

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In 1995, Bertelsmann-owned RCA Records was considered a "tired and old" record label. By 1999, the company represented a number of the "hottest" acts in the music industry. Nevertheless, the company's position (as well as that of the entire music industry) was under... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Business Model; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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  • March 1996 (Revised February 1997)
  • Case

Change Agent Program at Siemens Nixdorf, The

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, John F. McGuire and Afroze A Mohammed
To change its culture, the German computer giant Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems launched a program to train 21 "change agents" who would lead entrepreneurial projects designed to get results and to serve as models of a new style. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Culture; Training; Leadership Development; Programs; Human Resources; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Computer Industry; Germany
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  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

Komatsu and Dresser created a fifty-fifty joint venture (Komatsu Dresser Corporation, or KDC), merging manufacturing, engineering, and finance operations. The joint venture maintained equal management... View Details
Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
  • Profile

David A. Frankel

important realization. “Three years into it, it became clear to me that I wasn’t made to be a corporate guy and work for a boss,” he said. With his sudden wealth, Frankel had begun investing in South African startups as an angel investor.... View Details
  • November 2000 (Revised December 2001)
  • Case

iSteelAsia (A)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
The chairman of a Hong Kong-based steel distributor starts an online Asian steel trading portal and contemplates different paths to profitability and growth. Barriers include industrial culture, weakened markets in the spring of 2000, and vulnerability to takeover by... View Details
Keywords: Commercialization; Distribution Channels; Business Growth and Maturation; Horizontal Integration; Transformation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Steel Industry; Hong Kong
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  • April 2024
  • Teaching Note

eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Product Marketing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya
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  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-002.pdf Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity Author:Eric Van den Steen Abstract This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

large-corporate innovation in Germany. It also shows the tight link between investor incentives and a startup's product market strategy, including differences between "pure-play" VCs and corporate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details
  • February 2018 (Revised October 2019)
  • Case

Steinhoff International and the Stock Exchange

By: Siko Sikochi and Austin Lim
Nicky Newton-King, the Chief Executive Officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), was put in a difficult position. A scandal had broken out at Steinhoff, a JSE-listed company, under her watch and there were calls to suspend listing of the company securities from... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Financial Reporting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Retail Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Distribution Industry; Africa; South Africa
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  • March 1992 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Lada do Brasil

By: James E. Austin and Helen Shapiro
In an effort to capitalize on the entrepreneurial opportunity presented by the Brazilian government's trade liberalization, a Panamanian automobile trading company launched a business of importing the Russian made Lada cars into Brazil. The company confronts a complex... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Transformation; Economics; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Capital; Policy; Competition; Auto Industry; Brazil
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  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410079-PDF-ENG Microsoft's IP Ventures Josh Lerner and Ann LeamonHarvard Business School Case 810-096 Microsoft's IP Ventures program, through which Microsoft spun... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

decided to pursue my MBA as a senior in college after attending HBS’s Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP). Throughout college I interned in both nonprofits and tech, sectors in which attending business school was not as common or... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy

The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the Team Phillip... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

changes in financing constraints. Cases & Course Materials Avid Radiopharmaceuticals and Lighthouse Capital Partners Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann LeamonHarvard Business School Case 810-054 In fall 2008, a venture lender must decide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace