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  • November 2002 (Revised October 2003)
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Circles: Series D Financing

By: Paul W. Marshall and Kristin Lieb
Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Financing and Loans; Management Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation Process; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
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Marshall, Paul W., and Kristin Lieb. "Circles: Series D Financing." Harvard Business School Case 803-062, November 2002. (Revised October 2003.)
  • April 1991 (Revised April 1993)
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Strategic Response to Uncertainty

Managers often ignore uncertainty and plan as if the world were certain. Frequently, strategy is formulated based on an extrapolation of current trends into the future, or the best guess scenario of the manager involved. This note discusses four approaches to shaping... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management
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Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Strategic Response to Uncertainty." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-192, April 1991. (Revised April 1993.)
  • 12 Feb 2025
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Fawn Weaver’s Use of Storytelling to Build Her Brand in the Spirits Industry

  • 12 Aug 2021
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Work-from-Home Whiplash

  • 10 Jun 2021
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Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

  • 23 Jul 2020
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The Paradox Of Layoffs: Engagement Drops When You Need It Most

    Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

    The Covid-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details

      Adjusting to Remote Work During the Coronavirus Crisis

      Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, says that there are simple ways leaders can help their employees stay productive, focused, and psychologically healthy as they work from home during the current global global pandemic. The right... View Details
      • 12 Mar 2019
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

      Reorientation in New Ventures By: McDonald, Rory, and Cheng Gao Abstract—New ventures often experience deviations from their plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and their target... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 03 Oct 2023
      • HBS Case

      Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

      countries even require approvals from local governments. Labor law differences also exist between states, and even those sometimes conflict with federal law. A management team that fails to factor these differences into planned layoffs,... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing
      • February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
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      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide

      By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
      Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Projects; Chemical Industry
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      Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
      • October 2017 (Revised April 2024)
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      Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)

      By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
      Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap’s IPO filing with the U.S. Securities... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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      Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Will Hurwitz. "Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-042, October 2017. (Revised April 2024.)
      • 05 Dec 2017
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      First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

      describes the strategic decision-making process regarding the introduction of fleet management in its early planning stages. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717427-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-465... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2014
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      Lobbying Behavior of Governmental Entities: Evidence from Public Pension Accounting Rules

      By: Abigail Allen and Reining Petacchi
      We examine the lobbying behavior of state governments in the development of recently issued public pension accounting standards GASB 67 and 68. Consistent with opportunistic motivations, we find that states' opposition to the liability increasing provisions embedded in... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Accounting Industry; United States
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      Allen, Abigail, and Reining Petacchi. "Lobbying Behavior of Governmental Entities: Evidence from Public Pension Accounting Rules." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-043, December 2014.
      • June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
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      An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      An Tai Bao is the world's largest open-pit coal mine and is located in China's Shanxi province. After eight years of planning and negotiating, Occidental Petroleum, the foreign partner in the deal, is about to sign an ownership and financing agreement for $475 million... View Details
      Keywords: Planning; Agreements and Arrangements; Non-Renewable Energy; Equity; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation Deal; Joint Ventures; Mining Industry; China
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project." Harvard Business School Case 288-041, June 1988. (Revised December 1991.)
      • July 1997 (Revised April 1998)
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      Chase Manhattan Corporation: The Making of America's Largest Bank

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Cedric Escalle
      Chase Bank and Chemical Bank intend to merge, producing the largest commercial bank in the United States, the fourth largest in the world. Projected financial benefits under the merger reflect significant planned reduction in operating costs, including 17,000 employee... View Details
      Keywords: Commercial Banking; Profit; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Restructuring; Negotiation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty; Resignation and Termination; Revenue; Banking Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Cedric Escalle. "Chase Manhattan Corporation: The Making of America's Largest Bank." Harvard Business School Case 298-016, July 1997. (Revised April 1998.)
      • February 2020
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      Drift: The First Sales Hire

      By: Mark Roberge
      David Cancel and Elias Torres, the co-founders of Drift, scaled their business to thousands of users and hundreds of thousands in revenue. However, they were falling short of the annual revenue target they communicated to the board of directors. Having scaled the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Salesforce Management; Selection and Staffing
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      Roberge, Mark. "Drift: The First Sales Hire." Harvard Business School Case 820-103, February 2020.
      • April 2018
      • Supplement

      Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market

      By: Sunil Gupta, Das Narayandas and Rachna Tahilyani
      In 2017, both Flipkart and Amazon claimed leadership position in India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Competition; Retail Industry; India
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      Gupta, Sunil, Das Narayandas, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Flipkart (B): The Ongoing Battle for India's E-Commerce Market." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-097, April 2018.
      • October 2015
      • Case

      Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance

      By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah L. Abbott
      Mark Verbiest, Chairman of Transpower New Zealand, initiated a performance review of Transpower's board of directors. The review, which took four months to complete, provided board members with individualized feedback on their performance, as well as information on how... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Performance Evaluation; Governance; Leadership; Performance; Organizations; Human Resources; Decision Making; New Zealand
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      Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance." Harvard Business School Case 416-024, October 2015.
      • July 2010
      • Case

      Fidelity Retires in Canada

      By: Robert C. Pozen and Edward Warren Scott
      The head of Fidelity Canada was faced with a decision about what to do with its retirement business there. Although Fidelity as a fund manager has made some headway in Canada, the competition has been very tough for the administration of retirement plans—a separate... View Details
      Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment Funds; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Retirement; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Canada; United States
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      Pozen, Robert C., and Edward Warren Scott. "Fidelity Retires in Canada." Harvard Business School Case 311-023, July 2010.
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