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  • June 1995 (Revised June 1996)
  • Case

White Nights and Polar Lights: Investing in the Russian Oil Industry

By: Debora L. Spar
In the latter half of the 1980s, the collapse of the Soviet empire created an unprecedented opportunity for Western businesses. Among those most attracted were the oil firms, who rushed to investigate Russia's vast petroleum reserves. But, as they soon discovered,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Market Entry and Exit; Foreign Direct Investment; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Russia
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Spar, Debora L., William W. Jarosz, and Julia Kou. "White Nights and Polar Lights: Investing in the Russian Oil Industry." Harvard Business School Case 795-022, June 1995. (Revised June 1996.)
  • February 2009 (Revised February 2012)
  • Case

Exeter Group, Inc. (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
Jonathan Kutchins and Mark Cullen, managing partners of IT consulting firm Exeter Group, Inc., are considering four potential client engagements. Three of them involve prominent universities, an area of market strength for the firm, and one involves a top-tier strategy... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Service Operations; Performance Capacity; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Consulting Industry
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Eccles, Robert G., Das Narayandas, and Kerry Herman. "Exeter Group, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-001, February 2009. (Revised February 2012.)
  • 20 Apr 2021
  • Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

dozens of proposals for projects. Value-based strategy teaches how to select among these ideas and projects. The most successful firms are very strict: Unless an idea creates value for customers, employees, or suppliers, they do not touch... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • September 2014
  • Case

FormPrint Ortho500

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alisa Zalosh
The Senior Vice President of FormPrint's Medical Products business unit is considering issues raised by the upcoming introduction of a new 3D printing system, the Ortho500, which could print custom exoskeletal orthopedic splints, braces, and casts that conformed to a... View Details
Keywords: B2B Marketing; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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Cespedes, Frank V., and Alisa Zalosh. "FormPrint Ortho500." Harvard Business School Brief Case 915-535, September 2014.
  • August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz
This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut
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Viceira, Luis M., and Brent Schwarz. "Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing." Harvard Business School Case 225-023, August 2024. (Revised October 2024.)
  • August 2017
  • Case

RoboTech: Storming into the U.S. Market

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Rachel Gordon and John J. Lafkas
This case describes the challenges facing the CEO of a small, Singapore-based industrial robotics company that decides to diversify away from its core industrial robot business by leveraging its expertise into the medical-devices industry. It launches an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Product Launch; Competitive Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; Singapore; United States
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Bartlett, Christopher A., Rachel Gordon, and John J. Lafkas. "RoboTech: Storming into the U.S. Market." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-501, August 2017.
  • February 2009 (Revised October 2012)
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Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora
In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Rights; Emerging Markets; Property; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; West Bengal
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Alfaro, Laura, Lakshmi Iyer, and Namrata Arora. "Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)." Harvard Business School Case 709-029, February 2009. (Revised October 2012.)
  • October 2024
  • Case

Allurion: Competing in the Age of GLP-1

By: Satish Tadikonda, Rajiv Lal, David Lane and Sarah Sasso
Shantanu Gaur had built Allurion into a formidable business internationally, providing obesity patients with a less invasive option long before GLP-1 drugs became the latest craze. Selling Allurion's medical device across 60+ countries, he awaited FDA approval to bring... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Global Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; United States; United Kingdom; France; India; Brazil; Middle East
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Tadikonda, Satish, Rajiv Lal, David Lane, and Sarah Sasso. "Allurion: Competing in the Age of GLP-1." Harvard Business School Case 525-011, October 2024.
  • 21 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

SolStock In late 2016 drug maker Eli Lilly announced it would stop research on the Alzheimer's drug solanezumab after results proved disappointing over three trials. For competitors such as Biogen, Merck, and Roche, this decision presented an interesting dilemma.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • August 2008
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The Chubb Corporation in China

By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Aldo Sesia
The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese government, as part of its "reform and open" policy invited a delegation of Chubb... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; China; United States
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Jin, Li, Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Aldo Sesia. "The Chubb Corporation in China." Harvard Business School Case 209-021, August 2008.
  • 20 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

2016 Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House Win-Win Corporations: The Indian Way of Shaping Successful Strategies By: Shah, Shashank Abstract—Why did Ratan Tata decide to pay for all the victims of 26/11 whether injured in the Taj or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2022
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Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro Pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!" Harvard Business School Case 722-399, May 2022.
  • 02 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 2

of morality, ethics, and legality. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1552009 Deep Dive: What Leaders Do When Only They Can Drive Authors:Howard H. Yu and Joseph L. Bower Abstract The actions of top management are seldom the unit of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

FatCamera In an interview with Harvard Business School Professor Teresa Amabile for a study on retirement, one man on the cusp of exiting his career spoke openly about how the transition was making him question his identity. “After I... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • January 1995 (Revised September 1997)
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TV Guide (B)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
TV Guide, the nation's most profitable and largest magazine, attempts entry into the world of electronic publishing. The crux of TV Guide's strategy is to transform the magazine's content into a centralized database that can be accessed by new businesses, like... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Service Delivery; Information Technology; Marketing; Information Publishing; Service Industry; Publishing Industry
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Steven M. Salzinger. "TV Guide (B)." Harvard Business School Case 395-032, January 1995. (Revised September 1997.)
  • October 1990 (Revised November 1992)
  • Case

Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)

By: Clayton M. Christensen
A small ceramics company started by a group of MIT professors struggles with some basic technology strategy issues. A plan to take "one commercializable step" at a time in order to get a foothold in the market goes awry because of incompatibility between the company's... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Technology; Problems and Challenges; Market Entry and Exit; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Cambridge
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Christensen, Clayton M. "Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 691-028, October 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

question the status quo and consider alternative ways of doing business. This sense of "organizational unease" was encouraged by Humana's CEO-founder, who twice before had shifted the company's course to a brand-new industry. As the company's integrated... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • December 2007 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?

GI has developed a revolutionary video pill for imaging the small bowel in the gastro-intestinal tract. The development has required the integration of wide variety of technologies. GI founder and CEO Gabriel Meron must determine GI's marketing strategy and prioritize... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Globalized Markets and Industries; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States; Europe
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Isenberg, Daniel J. "Given Imaging Ltd. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin?" Harvard Business School Case 808-033, December 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

the operations expertise that PE firms bring to bear. CEO selection may soon become even more critical for PE funds, which have been grappling with inflation and rising interest rates that dampened fundraising, investments, and exits last... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • July 2005 (Revised July 2006)
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Icebreaker: The US Entry Decision

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Dan Heath
Jeremy Moon, CEO of Icebreaker, merino wool, outdoor apparel manufacturer, believed the company could be a big hit in the United States, despite the presence of entrenched rivals. But Icebreaker clearly needed a new distribution approach. One option was to position... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Distribution Channels; Product Launch; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; New Zealand; United States
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Dan Heath. "Icebreaker: The US Entry Decision." Harvard Business School Case 806-006, July 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
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