Publications

01 Feb 2001
News

Porter Appointed to University Professorship

is particularly important to me since the scope of my work has broadened considerably over the years." Porter's first area of interest examines how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage. The next focuses on locations... View Details

Keywords: Doug Gavel; University Professorship; C. Roland Christensen; Sumner H. Slichter

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

step-by-step, room-by-room guidance on how to create a welcoming and functioning space that expresses your unique individuality. Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms by Mike Cleland and Barry Asin... View Details

02 Jun 2015
News

Pointing the Way to a Better World

being’s life. Then the authors go much deeper—analyzing the roles of both nonprofits and for-profit companies in making significant impacts, and offering conclusive data-supported proof of the approaches that are working. “We’re simply... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

Ayala: With solar lantern in hand, kicking off a campaign to light the rural Philippines. Photo courtesy Jim Ayala After a successful corporate career that included two decades as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and, most recently, five years as chief executive... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

threats that Brazil faces?" Nonprofit/for-profit Collaboration Professor Diana Barrett teaches Entrepreneurial Management and the course on Leadership, Values and Decision Making. She conducts research on the relationship between culture and performance, and also... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

September 2010
Case

Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid

By: Michael Chu and Charles Augustus Smithgall IV

With $2.5 billion system-wide revenues, Aaron's, a major rent-to-own supplier to the U.S. base of the pyramid, continues to grow in the recession, but CEO R.C. Loudermilk, Jr. wonders how long the company can sustain the fast growth rate of its past. Founded in 1955,... View Details

Keywords: Fairness; For-Profit Firms; Renting or Rental; Financial Crisis; Demand and Consumers; Social Enterprise; Income; Goods and Commodities; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; United States

March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Laura Winig

In 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the U.S., was considering expansion options. The company's largest customers, federal and state governments, were under economic pressure to reduce the incarceration rate and... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Profit; Law Enforcement; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; United States

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

15% at some of the largest advisory firms. Roughly one-third of advisers with misconduct are repeat offenders. Prior offenders are five times as likely to engage in new misconduct as the average financial adviser. Firms discipline... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

Buckley (Profile Books) Beginning in the mid-1990s, Sabis, a private, for-profit education provider, transformed the Alfred Glickman School from a failing school in one of America’s most violent cities into a silver medalist in U.S. News... View Details

February 2018 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Governance Journey

By: Lynn Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens with Said Darwazah, chairman and CEO of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the multinational generics company, anticipating the company’s 2017 AGM and reflecting on changes made over the previous year to address concerns expressed by proxy advisors and some... View Details

Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Pharmaceuticals; Remuneration; Shareholder Engagement; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Executive Compensation; Business Growth and Maturation; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan

01 Dec 2002
News

Straddling Two Worlds

succeeded in business. “I've really had two careers,” he observes, “one as a for-profit financial entrepreneur and one as a crusader for economic development.” As a managing partner in his own investment firm, Tierney has the freedom to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

March 2019
Supplement

KITEA (C): A Surprise Delay

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu

This case describes the delay of IKEA’s store opening in Morocco in 2015. After Sweden ordered an internal review of its position on the independence of Western Sahara, a territory Morocco regarded as part of its own, the Moroccan government declared that IKEA did not... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Retail Industry; Africa; North Africa; Morocco

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

enhance the emotional payoff of charitable initiatives. 2013 pub Learning by Supplying By: Alcácer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley Abstract—Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

for-profit companies that have met "rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency." At present, there are only 1,281 B corps in the world, spread across 41 countries and 121... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

leadership experience in their respective industries. Most are founders or the current leaders of family businesses, and their enterprises, whether for-profit or non-profit, are pre-eminent companies in their country, region and in some... View Details

February 2018
Case

EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Gamze Yucaoglu

EmQuest, Emirates Group’s travel distribution company, must decide what to do with its contract with the global distribution system it uses, Sabre. Since its founding in 1988, EmQuest was servicing travel agents in the MENA region by providing a connection to over 400... View Details

Keywords: UAE; Decision; Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Change Management; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Competitive Advantage; Travel Industry; United Arab Emirates

September 2000
Background Note

Professional Services Module Two: External Strategy for Sustained Competitive Advantage

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry

Concerns itself with the strategic dynamics which influence organizations externally. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Plan; Service Operations; For-Profit Firms; Power and Influence; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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November 2017
Teaching Note

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 717-473. In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and... View Details

Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networking; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia

November 2018
Case

Yatooq: Longing for Arabic Coffee

By: Mark Roberge, Gamze Yucaoglu and Samer Al-Rachedy

As one of the few female entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, Lateefa Alwaalan had been trying to produce the perfect cup of Arabic coffee for over a decade. In 2007, she began testing various coffee blends, which she later branded Yatooq, the Arabic word for “craving” or... View Details