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  • November 2016 (Revised December 2017)
  • Case

Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team Together

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
Cameron (Cam) Barker, founder and CEO of Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear, manufacturers and distributers of sports apparel and accessories, was facing a challenge with his executive team. Their inability to work together on seemingly simple issues was a... View Details
Keywords: Team Dynamics; Team Management; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Executive Leadership; Groups and Teams; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United Kingdom
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Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team Together." Harvard Business School Case 417-048, November 2016. (Revised December 2017.)
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Rescue & Recovery

Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) sits in front of a photo mural on the walls of the Mercy Corps offices in Washington, DC After a full-on morning of Zoom sessions from her home office in Potomac, Maryland, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) climbs into her SUV and plugs... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors might differ from locals in terms of knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors in cross-border... View Details
  • March 1999 (Revised April 2004)
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TelePizza

Describes TelePizza, is Spain's leading chain of pizza restaurants and delivery services. TelePizza has experienced rapid growth to 500 stores since its creation in 1987. The company went public on the Spanish stock market in late 1996. Franchising has played an... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain
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Kuemmerle, Walter, Juan Roure, and Chad S Ellis. "TelePizza." Harvard Business School Case 899-080, March 1999. (Revised April 2004.)
  • June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
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Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jay W. Lorsch and Quinn Pitcher
Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Information Technology; Transportation; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
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Srinivasan, Suraj, Jay W. Lorsch, and Quinn Pitcher. "Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride." Harvard Business School Case 117-070, June 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
  • January 2004 (Revised August 2005)
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Kikkoman Corporation: Consumer Focused Innovation

By: Rohit Deshpande and Hal Hogan
In May 2003, the president and CEO of Kikkoman Corp. sat in his Tokyo office weighing various options for strengthening the company's long-term growth. Kikkoman was the world's largest producer of soy sauce, largely due to its pioneering role since the 1950s as the... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Japan
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Deshpande, Rohit, and Hal Hogan. "Kikkoman Corporation: Consumer Focused Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 504-067, January 2004. (Revised August 2005.)
  • July 2008 (Revised January 2012)
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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)

By: Anette Mikes
An early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Knowledge Sharing; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Situation or Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry
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Mikes, Anette. "Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-001, July 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
  • 04 Jan 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

a board member, I’ve unfortunately had to confront these issues. The McDonald’s board faced these issues in October 2019. The company’s CEO at the time, Steve Easterbrook, was found to have “engaged in a consensual relationship with an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 30 May 2024
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BiGS Voices from Latin America: An Interview with Gaston Bottazzini

  • October 2003
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The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Managerial Roles; Power and Influence
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Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 2 (October 2003): 569–598.
  • December 2005 (Revised May 2007)
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Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Ingrid Vargas
Describes the start up of Viacord, a Boston-based medical services firm founded by Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA) in 1993. Told from Fisher's perspective, the entrepreneur details the conceptualization and launch of the business and the many obstacles and expenses faced in... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Service Industry; Health Industry; Boston
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Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Ingrid Vargas. "Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell." Harvard Business School Case 806-002, December 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
  • 2010
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Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges

By: Robin J. Ely and Deborah L. Rhode
We use the experience of Carly Fiorina as an introduction to the continued challenges faced by women in top leadership roles. Although Fiorina, on becoming CEO of Hewlett Packard in 1999, asserted that "there is not a glass ceiling," her memoir eight years later... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Leadership; Perception; Behavior; Attitudes; Gender
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Ely, Robin J., and Deborah L. Rhode. "Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges." Chap. 14 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
  • 24 Mar 2025
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Climate Rising Episode 6 | Voluntary Carbon Markets Series: A Conversation with Luke Leslie of Key Carbon

  • May 2003
  • Case

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

By: John A. Quelch
Didier Cherpitel, CEO of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is implementing a new strategy that will fundamentally change the role of its International Secretariat. The organization is in the early stages of implementing a best... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Brands and Branding
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Quelch, John A., and Nathalie Laidler. "International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies." Harvard Business School Case 503-059, May 2003.
  • September 2012
  • Supplement

Hiroshi Mikitani Reflects and Provides Early Updates on Englishnization (November, 2011)

By: Tsedal Neeley
CEO of Rakuten, Hiroshi Mikitani, candidly responds to controversial questions about his Englishnization strategy and implementation across 7,100 employees a year and a half later: Did he make an impulsive move when he mandated English as the company language? Why does... View Details
Keywords: Language; Culture; Communication Barriers; Dynamic Global Marketplace; Rapid Change; Change Management; Ethnicity; Communication; Globalization; Management Teams; Japan
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Neeley, Tsedal. "Hiroshi Mikitani Reflects and Provides Early Updates on Englishnization (November, 2011)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 413-703, September 2012.
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

customers, community, and society—not just shareholders. These CEOs operate from deep beliefs and values. Their purpose is to leave a legacy of a great firm. Some were founders but most had arrived in the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • August 2015 (Revised June 2021)
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Amazon.com, 2021

By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth and Galen Danskin
In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit 2), but not all... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Price; Applications and Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
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Wells, John R., Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth, and Galen Danskin. "Amazon.com, 2021." Harvard Business School Case 716-402, August 2015. (Revised June 2021.)
  • June 2017
  • Teaching Note

IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Ginni Rometty, who became IBM CEO in 2012, led efforts to transform the company around cognitive computing and the AI platform Watson. This Teaching Note helps instructors understand and teach the Harvard Business School case “IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Technological Change; Artificial Intelligence; Data; IBM; Watson; Internet Of Things; Innovation and Invention; Management; Sales; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Transformation; AI and Machine Learning
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 317-126, June 2017.
  • October 2014 (Revised July 2015)
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Indus Towers: From Infancy to Maturity

By: Ranjay Gulati, Maxim Sytch and Rachna Tahilyani
Indus Towers, the world's largest telecom tower company, is a joint venture between three telecom rivals in India. These rivals—Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular—combined their telecom towers to provide "shared telecom infrastructure" to wireless telecom... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Judgments; Customer Focus and Relationships; Management; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Infrastructure; Telecommunications Industry; India
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Gulati, Ranjay, Maxim Sytch, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indus Towers: From Infancy to Maturity." Harvard Business School Case 415-005, October 2014. (Revised July 2015.)
  • December 2017 (Revised June 2018)
  • Case

TelePizza (Abridged)

By: Lynda M. Applegate
Describes TelePizza, Spain's leading chain of pizza restaurants and delivery services. TelePizza has experienced rapid growth to 500 stores since its creation in 1987. The company went public on the Spanish stock market in late 1996. Franchising has played an important... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Franchise Ownership; Expansion; Global Range
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Applegate, Lynda M. "TelePizza (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 818-054, December 2017. (Revised June 2018.)
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