Publications

26 Aug 2015
News

The Company We Keep

September 2021
Case

Brown Capital Management

By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Sarah Mehta

Set in July 2021, this case looks at several growth strategies under consideration at Brown Capital, the second-oldest Black-owned asset management firm in the U.S. Since its 1983 founding, Baltimore-based Brown Capital has specialized in small company growth... View Details

16 Jan 2020
News

Is Boston Title Town Or Cheater Town?

Teaching Interest

Advanced Management Program

By: Michael L. Tushman

Market volatility and disruptive innovation are changing the way companies compete in every industry—and increasing the demand for business leaders who can manage globally in the age of digital transformation. Whether you are looking to move up to the executive... View Details

August 2000 (Revised September 2005)
Case

Callaway Golf Company

By: Rajiv Lal and Edie Prescott

Describes a situation faced by Mr. Ely Callaway, the 80-year-old founder, chairman, and CEO of Callaway Golf Co., in the fall of 1999. After a decade of stunning success with the marketing concept, Callaway suffered a significant loss and witnessed a steep decline in... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Crisis Management; Communication Strategy; Product; Business Strategy; Change Management; Competitive Advantage

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

difficult when it is between two roughly equally good or bad alternatives, which is often the case that managers confront. The rapidly growing number of alternatives in our lives is a particular challenge... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

March 2011 (Revised March 2017)
Case

Red Hen Baking Company

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

In 2007, the Red Hen Baking Company was deciding whether to move from its cramped and inefficient facility to a new facility. It had been in business about 8 years, and 2006 was the first year RHB realized a profit that was over $50,000. The added annual cost of the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Capital; Risk Management; Expansion

19 Oct 2012
News

CEOs Dress Their Companies to Impress

April 1964 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Empire Glass Company (A)

By: David F. Hawkins

Concerns management control at the divisional level, and the use of budgets. View Details

Keywords: Management; Business Divisions; Budgets and Budgeting

September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber

Icahn Enterprises, a publicly traded limited partnership founded and operated by famed activist investor Carl Icahn, had earned above market returns for over a decade. Between 2018 and early 2023, it had a compound annual return of 31%. Icahn invested in undervalued... View Details

Keywords: Stock Shares; Investment Return; Business Model; Valuation; Financial Services Industry

2014
Other Teaching and Training Material

Marketing Reading: Customer Management

By: Sunil Gupta

This Reading on customer management sheds light on how companies should evaluate and manage their customers in order to grow profitably. Customer management allows marketing managers to inform investment decisions by drilling down into each customer's profitability or... View Details

Keywords: Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Profitability Analysis; Customer Retention; Firm Value; Organizational Structure

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

that didn't take any time at all," says William J. Bruns Jr., Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School and a visiting professor at Northeastern... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

February 2020
Supplement

Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal

The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details

Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

storage racks from collapsing and other major accidents; or perhaps by a particularly dramatic decline in smaller injuries prevented by workers more regularly wearing personal protective gear," says Toffel, who worked as an environment,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Apr 2013
News

Conversations Can Save Companies

April 2010
Course Overview Note

Managing Human Capital

By: Boris Groysberg

Managing Human Capital, a second-year elective course at Harvard Business School, seeks to create business leaders who understand human resources practices essential to firm performance and who think strategically about managing their own careers. This Managing Human... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Management; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career