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- August 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Modern Family Planning: The Business of Circle Surrogacy
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Blake Landro
The business of surrogacy, a boutique practice with client costs upwards of $100,000, allowed couples and individuals from a variety of backgrounds, ages, and sexual orientations to build families. This case examines Circle Surrogacy (CS), one of the premier surrogacy...
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Keywords:
Family Planning;
Platform;
Competitive Advantage;
Law;
Globalization;
Competitive Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
United States;
Ukraine
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Blake Landro. "Modern Family Planning: The Business of Circle Surrogacy." Harvard Business School Case 714-418, August 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- 2015
- Article
International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance
By: C. Fritz Foley and Kalina Manova
An emerging new literature brings unique ideas from corporate finance to the study of international trade and investment. Insights about differences in the development of financial institutions across countries, the role of financial constraints, and the use of...
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Kalina Manova. "International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance." Annual Review of Economics 7 (2015): 119–146.
- Research Summary
Financial reporting quality and its consequences
Does reporting quality have real economic consequences? Professor Yu addresses this question in her research, which examines the channels through which reporting quality affects the behavior of economic agents, namely managers and investors. Her particular focus is... View Details
- March 2024
- Case
Biomanufacturing Decentralization by Stämm
By: Paul A. Gompers, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, cousins Llamazares and D’Alvia founded Stämm, a startup based on the idea of decentralizing biomanufacturing processes and downsizing biotech facilities. After raising its seed and series A rounds, and while finalizing its series B round in...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Selection and Staffing;
Technological Innovation;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Launch;
Research and Development;
Biotechnology Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Argentina;
Buenos Aires
- February 2021
- Case
Emma Dench: Leadership and Ancient Rome
By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei
In this multimedia case, classics scholar Emma Dench guides us in understanding leadership insights that can be captured from historical figures and works dating back to Ancient Rome. We learn the language, ideas, and patterns of behavior that are relevant to...
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Gino, Francesca, and Frances X. Frei. "Emma Dench: Leadership and Ancient Rome." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 921-702, February 2021.
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Education: Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation–Virtual For nonprofit leaders, this live, online Executive Education program explores how to align mission and strategy through performance measurement. 2025 Jul 27 Jul-02 Aug View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
Back in 2009 David Ulrey became a West Point graduate – five years later he made the move to Boston and joined the Class of 2016 at HBS. In the years before coming to business school, David was commissioned as a Financial Management...
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Strong Brands, Strong Relationships
From the editor team of the ground-breaking Consumer-Brand Relationships: Theory and Practice comes this new volume. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships is a collection of innovative research and management insights that... View Details
- May 2013
- Supplement
Transport Corporation of India (D): Business Development across Divisions
By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi
Transport Corporation of India was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a 'one man, one truck, one office' set-up to a company with revenues of $400 million in half a century. TCI's...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Business Divisions;
Sales;
Transportation Industry;
India
Narayanan, V.G., and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Transport Corporation of India (D): Business Development across Divisions ." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-134, May 2013.
- February 1998
- Case
Lyondell Petrochemical Company
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson
In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Design;
Business or Company Management;
Management Teams;
Mining Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Daniel P. Erikson. "Lyondell Petrochemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 498-028, February 1998.
- May 2018
- Article
Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder
By: Max Bazerman, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles and George Loewenstein
In this tribute to the 2007 recipient of the Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory‐To‐Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), we celebrate Linda Babcock's contributions to diverse lines of research, her tireless and effective efforts to put...
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Bazerman, Max, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and George Loewenstein. "Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 11, no. 2 (May 2018): 130–145.
- May 2013
- Supplement
Transport Corporation of India (B): Choosing the Right Candidate
By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi
Transport Corporation of India was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a 'one man, one truck, one office' set-up to a company with revenues of $400 million in half a century. TCI's...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Business Divisions;
Performance;
Sales;
Transportation Industry;
India
Narayanan, V.G., and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Transport Corporation of India (B): Choosing the Right Candidate." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-131, May 2013.
- May 2013
- Case
Transport Corporation of India (A): The Cross-selling Conundrum
By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi
Transport Corporation of India was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a 'one man, one truck, one office' set-up to a company with revenues of $400 million in half a century. TCI's...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Business Divisions;
Performance;
Sales;
Transportation Industry;
India
Narayanan, V.G., and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Transport Corporation of India (A): The Cross-selling Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 113-003, May 2013.
- April 2011 (Revised January 2013)
- Supplement
Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (C)
By: J. Bruce Harreld and David Lane
This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their team focused on framing, analyzing, and ultimately acting upon complex decisions. The A case provides an inside look as President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, works with his cabinet ministers to decide how to...
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Keywords:
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Cases;
Leadership Style;
Crime and Corruption;
State Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Economics;
Finance;
Performance;
Management Teams;
Energy Industry;
Mexico City
Harreld, J. Bruce, and David Lane. "Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 811-094, April 2011. (Revised January 2013.)
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries. The financial sector could promote the health and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 1998
- Case
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Massimo Russo and Steven J. Spear
Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC), a 50-year-old spring manufacturing and metal stamping firm, is experiencing slow sales growth and feeling the impact of global competition. The company has over 800 customers but little understanding of those customers'...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Competency and Skills;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Production;
Customer Relationship Management;
Quality;
Training;
Performance Efficiency;
Cost Management;
Sales;
System
Bowen, H. Kent, Massimo Russo, and Steven J. Spear. "Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-038, January 1998.
- 2015
- Article
Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24
We analyze balanced scorecard data from a convenience store chain, Store24, during the implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful, strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to...
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Campbell, Dennis, Srikant M. Datar, Susan L. Kulp, and V.G. Narayanan. "Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24." Journal of Management Accounting Research 27, no. 2 (2015): 39–65.
- January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Runa
By: Paul Gompers and Carla Larangeira
In early 2022, Courtney McColgan, founder and CEO of Runa, a human resources and payroll Software-as-a-Service platform, faced an unexpected tech market downturn. Founded in 2018, Runa catered to small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico, offering an affordable and...
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- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
transcripts with 26,430 executives from 42 countries, we find that managers from ethnic groups that have a more individualistic culture (i) use a more optimistic tone, (ii) exhibit greater self-reference,...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne