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  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

What You Know Depends on Where You Go

contextual issues, it's actually a case about how leasing assets enables faster growth, which is an insight that applies worldwide,” he comments. Professor Lynn S. Paine, whose global research helped develop another elective, Managing... View Details
  • November 2010
  • Case

Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
Esquel Group, leading manufacturer of quality shirts, sought to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. Seeking to secure a large supply of specialty cotton in an ethical and... View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

Hybrid Locomotive project. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907048 Leasing Computers at Persistent Learning Harvard Business School Case 108-014 Newly public Persistent Learning is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

New Releases

where they have some special hold over those receiving the money," explains Hayes. There are a number of acceptable financial contracts dating from the Middle Ages that do allow certain investments other than a straight equity investment; View Details
  • 05 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

countries. Construction, finance, and household credit, which is more prominent in wealthier countries. Firms that offer lending but aren’t subject to the same stringent rules as banks, including leasing or finance companies, insurers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog

evolution within a given category, Module 4 looks at evolution of the company’s offering across product categories. Cases include Topgolf as it extends from its golf range/bar/entertainment complexes into related categories, e.g. golf simulators View Details
  • November 2010
  • Supplement

Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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  • 08 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

generally seen at the start of a liquidation event. With the length of a store liquidation event constrained by law and various lease agreements, making the most of the time a store is open and accurately forecasting demand is another... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • May 2017 (Revised September 2018)
  • Supplement

Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
The (B) case tackles the implementation and scaling process of fleet management over the years. Finally, the case explores current challenges facing the BMI. View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; BMI; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Growth Management; Decision Making; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong; France; Italy; Spain
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  • 26 Feb 2021
  • News

Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

“Our market opportunities include leasing the drone technology and proprietary seeders, and selling the seed pods to other organizations worldwide to help them reforest the planet.” Lord of the Trees is raising money and looking for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

rise in leased lines and corporate intranets would lead to a rise in centralized decision-making at the top of the corporate ladder. Enabling Micromanagement In the past, communication often depended on faxes, overnight delivery services,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Michael Depatie

buildings. Are there properties that stand out for you in terms of what they were, and what they’ve become? One of my favorites is the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C. It was the original General Post Office, built in the early 19th century, and it’s a magnificent... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality
  • 27 Jul 2017
  • News

Seeing a Way Forward

patch from her eye in the recovery room, just for a second. “Soledad turned toward me and said, ‘I can see you! Normally I wouldn’t be able to see you. Now I can, with colors and all!” Excited about her new lease on life, Soledad began... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 16 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 16, 2016

of its films in-house, and to market them fan-by-fan. Owner Thomas Tull acquires the big-data-in-sports firm started by Matt Marolda and appoints him to run marketing analytics for Legendary. The methods perform well in the motion picture market. Other Hollywood... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

leased or inventory purchased before outside investors or bankers must be brought into the deal. Of course, the more fully developed your business is when you begin looking for outside investors, the more clearly you can demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart
  • 22 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

always been alternative forms of loan capital available, including credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), merchant cash advances, equipment leasing and factoring products. “Alternative players have the... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

what the company should do to forestall some of the problems plaguing the fast food industry in the West. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511040-PDF-ENG BonneSante S.A. David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-063 IASB and FASB propose... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

do not receive capital allocations for building or leasing facilities, which represent significant start-up and recurring costs. They must either reduce what they spend on teaching and learning or secure private funding to make the rent.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

to service the canceled Delta routes from Love Field. A second possibility was to encourage members of Congress to repeal the Wright Amendment, which limited Southwest's flight offerings from Love Field. An alternative to fighting for the repeal of the Wright Amendment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Sole Mates

special benefits package consisting of a 10-year tax holiday (corporate and personal), a 99-year land lease at concessionary rates, grants of up to $750K, no customs or duty taxes, and more. Macedonia’s economy has been stable since its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government