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  • November 2018
  • Case

Sportradar (A): From Data to Storytelling

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Oliver Gassmann
In 2013, the Swiss sports data company Sportradar debated whether to expand from its core business of data provision to bookmakers into sports media products. Sports data was becoming a commodity, and in the future, sports leagues might reduce their dependence on... View Details
Keywords: Sports Data; Data; Sport; Sportradar; Football; Soccer; Gambling; Betting; Betting Markets; Statistics; Odds; Live Data; Bookmakers; Betradar; Visualization; Integrity; Monitoring; Gaming; Streaming; 2013; St.Gallen; Algorithm; Mathematical Modeling; Carsten Koerl; Betandwin; Bwin; Wagering; Probability; Sports; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Transition; Strategy; Media; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Asia; Austria; Germany; England
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  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

fixation of broken bones had been produced in Switzerland by a separate manufacturing company and distributed in the United States. Wyss undertook a vigorous change of direction, first building a manufacturing plant in Colorado to... View Details
  • December 1996 (Revised June 2003)
  • Case

Cynthia Hogan and the Birth of Novartis

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
An American woman heads an integration office for merger transition activities between two giant Swiss pharmaceutical companies. She needed to develop an implementation plan to shape the new global powerhouse. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Strategic Planning; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland; United States
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  • June 1998
  • Teaching Note

Orthoteks USA Series TN

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh
Teaching Note for (9-384-057), (9-384-058), (9-384-059), (9-384-060), (9-384-061), and (9-384-062). View Details
Keywords: Health Industry; United States; Switzerland
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  • April 1985 (Revised September 1993)
  • Background Note

Hattori-Seiko and the World Watch Industry in 1980

By: Michael E. Porter and Edward J. Hoff
Focuses on the industry's development and evolution in three principal watch producing countries: Switzerland, the United States, and Japan. Based in part on two earlier cases by F.T. Knickerbocker and H.E.R. Uyterhoeven. View Details
Keywords: Industry Growth; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; Switzerland; United States
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  • May 2021
  • Case

André Hoffmann: Beyond Philanthropy

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Spencer C.N. Hagist
André Hoffmann is a leader of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. His exceptional tenure in philanthropy over the past several decades, including being president of the WWF and the vice-president of the MAVA Foundation, has allowed him access to a far... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Restructuring; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Cash Flow; Macroeconomics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Switzerland; United States; Japan
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  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the dilemma facing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance
  • December 2013
  • Supplement

Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-Era Asset Restitution (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
This case carefully traces the process by which Stuart Eizenstat handled the negotiation challenges outlined in "Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-Era Asset Restitution (A)". It describes the outcome of the Swiss negotiations and briefly sketches... View Details
Keywords: Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Disputes; Mediation; Dispute Resolution; Governance; History; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Switzerland; Germany; Austria; France; Israel
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  • May 2008
  • Supplement

Finansbank 2006 (CW)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
How do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Financing and Loans; Policy; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Russia; Turkey; Romania; Switzerland; Ukraine
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  • 22 May 2013
  • News

Hansjorg Wyss doubles his gift

Keywords: MBA 1965; Wyss Institute; Health, Social Assistance
  • June 1993 (Revised April 1998)
  • Case

COMCO Holding AG (B): COMCO Martech

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
COMCO Martech was a new breed of joint venture for COMCO Holding, a mid-sized Swiss-German company that had grown over a five-year period through tie-ups with small, start-up companies. Whereas a typical COMCO venture provided services to a large German retailer, was... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Business Startups; Trade; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Switzerland; United States; Europe
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  • April 1990
  • Case

Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin
The new vice president of infant and dietetic products of Nestle Alimentana S.A. has to make recommendations on the company's marketing programs for its infant formulas in developing countries. The U.S. subsidiary is currently the target of a consumer boycott because... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Emerging Markets; Developing Countries and Economies; Distribution Channels; Marketing Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Food; Business Subsidiaries; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Switzerland
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  • 11 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

entered into a romantic relationship with a high-ranking German intelligence officer. Subsequently, Chanel herself became an intelligence operative for the Nazis. The case ends with Chanel in Switzerland in 1945 after she departed France... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 18

in order to enforce the accountability of corporate entities and governments for past injustices in Switzerland forms the basis of this study. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913037-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-018... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • August 1974 (Revised June 1975)
  • Background Note

Note on the Watch Industries in Switzerland, Japan, and the U.S. (Abridged)

By: Francis Aguilar
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland; Japan; United States
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  • 1993
  • Book

The Rise of Multinationals in Continental Europe

By: G. Jones and Harm Schroter
This book examines the historical growth of Continental European multinationals over the previous 100 years. It includes new research on the evolution of multinational firms in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and oter countries, and the book... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Books; Research; France; Germany; Netherlands; Sweden; Switzerland
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  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

Rival Visions

After its war of liberation from England, America was bankrupt, disjointed, and devoid of experience in governance. "The new country could have broken apart because of its financial problems," HBS professor emeritus Thomas McCraw writes in his new book, The Founders... View Details
  • March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-era Asset Restitution (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
Beginning in 1994, a series of articles and public disclosures indicated that Swiss banks may have retained assets belonging to victims of the Holocaust, and also may have engaged in long term attempts to block survivors' ability to recover those assets after World War... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Banking And Insurance; U.s. History; Germany; Europe; Governance; History; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Germany; United States; Switzerland
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  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation

Wyss: Thanks the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association for presenting him with the Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award. Related Links 2007 Alumni Achievement profile Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University For... View Details
Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • February 2006 (Revised December 2009)
  • Case

Pixamo-Inc., AG, or OOO?

Andrew Prihodko is forming a new venture, Pixamo, the next generation of online photo management and sharing sites. Pixamo's alpha site has generated over 1,000 users and a lot of information about registration and usage patterns. Prihodko must address a number of... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Globalized Firms and Management; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Web Services Industry; Delaware; Switzerland; Ukraine
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