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- November 2003 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (A)
By: Boris Groysberg and Laura Morgan Roberts
Reviews Josie Esquivel's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, and organizational practices she has developed into a star analyst. Should Esquivel accept an offer to leave Lehman Brothers for Morgan Stanley? To make this... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Job Offer; Franchise Ownership; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage
Groysberg, Boris, and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-054, November 2003. (Revised October 2005.)
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
California, leading scholars in economics, psychology, statistics, and decision theory grapple with strategic uncertainty and the question of how... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
stakeholders. The specific design decision is to make a choice between thatch roofs, which are environmentally friendly, versus reinforced cement concrete roofs that the villagers desire for their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- June 2024
- Case
SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com'
By: Reza Satchu and Tom Quinn
This case explores SnapTravel, a travel startup offering discounted hotel rooms, and its founders’ desire to pivot to a “super app” that saved customers money across many different purchase types. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hussein Fazal and Henry Shi saw SnapTravel... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Business Startups; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Income; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Pandemics; Surveys; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Risk Management; Consumer Behavior; Game Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; System Shocks; Accommodations Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States; Las Vegas
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
platform. The core insight here is to create incentives for many entrants to generate lots of variety of products and services on the platform. The firm plays a very light gatekeeper role. Q: Who inside a firm should be involved in making... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
increasing or decreasing, depending on the magnitude of a manager's career incentives. Altruistic Utility Functions for Joint Decisions Authors:David E. Bell and Ralph L. Keeney Publication:In The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
is that fiscal risk and social risk interact in complex ways. When considering many potential projects, government cost-benefit analysis thus acquires the flavor of a portfolio choice problem. We use the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 2010
- Teaching Note
Cresud S.A., Farmer or Real Estate Developer? (TN)
By: Arthur I Segel and Andrew Pierson Terris
Teaching Note for 211-011. View Details
- March 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
Medtronic Vision 2010 (CW)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Zeitler
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
volitional (experiments 2A and 2B) and are driven by decreases in trustworthiness engendered by decisions to hide (experiments 3A and 3B).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
I joined the company. The company's long history of success had led to a soft underbelly that manifested itself in a lack of discipline. The company was extremely values-centered, but its internal norms of consensus decision making,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 19 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Retail as an Intern at Walmart
on-campus recruiting. After going through the joy that is HBS Dedicated Interview Period for 1st year students, where over 100 organizations interview students over a three day period in Boston, I ended up with the choice between a... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
choices for a procedure—a new technology or a default technology,” says Luo. “They will make that decision based on how useful it is, but also how much it exposes him or her to liability.” While most doctors... View Details
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
It's an unhappy yet unavoidable fact: Sometimes, retail chains go out of business. Moreover, even healthy chains periodically must close down some existing stores. When stores have to be liquidated—when "everything must go"—a series of View Details
- April 2007
- Article
Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle
By: Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar and Wan Wong
Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, and Wan Wong. "Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle." Journal of Finance 62, no. 2 (April 2007): 731–764. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11136.)
- March 2024
- Case
Nomad: A License to Bank
By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Leadership; Law; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; North America; Latin America
Gompers, Paul A., and Pedro Levindo. "Nomad: A License to Bank." Harvard Business School Case 824-144, March 2024.
- 2000
- Chapter
Is a Career in Finance (and which one?) Right for You?
By: James Waldroop and Timothy Butler
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
financial and society demands intensify." Rather than ignoring them or pretending that they do not exist, managers need to directly confront these trade-offs and be clear on the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- October 2000 (Revised June 2002)
- Supplement
Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (B)
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Strategic Planning; Decision Choices and Conditions
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 601-063, October 2000. (Revised June 2002.)
- August 2008
- Supplement
Iceland (B): Redefining Aaa-Rated Sovereigns
By: Aldo Musacchio
In May of 2008, a team of sovereign debt analysts at Moody's had to decide whether to downgrade the country's sovereign long-term debt from Aaa to Aa1 or lower. Investor sentiment toward Iceland had changed radically in March, and the Moody's team was fearful that the... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Financial Condition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Iceland; European Union
Musacchio, Aldo. "Iceland (B): Redefining Aaa-Rated Sovereigns." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-012, August 2008.