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    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine
    • October 2014 (Revised January 2015)
    • Background Note

    Advanced Leadership in Public Education: Tools for Tackling Change from Outside the Building In

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Pamela Yatsko
    If you want to create change in public education but are not a school principal or other traditional public education leader, what do you need to do? This long, integrated background note examines the inspiring models and stories of individuals who are improving... View Details
    Keywords: Education Reform; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Social Issues; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Leadership; Education Industry; United States
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    • April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
    • Case

    Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
    This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Biography; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Brands and Branding; Ethics; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • November 2015
    • Exercise

    GenapSys Exercise - Introduction to Free Cash Flow Curves

    By: Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
    Exercise to accompany "GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome" View Details
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    • 24 Oct 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    How the United States Air Force Accelerated AI Adoption

    Keywords: Re: Maria P. Roche
    • July 2002 (Revised April 2003)
    • Case

    Computer Associates International, Inc.: Governance and Investor Communication Challenge

    By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu
    Sanjay Kumar, the CEO of Computer Associates, faces investor communication challenges following the company's implementation of a new business model and the accompanying change method used to recognize revenue. Despite management's confidence that the new business... View Details
    Keywords: Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Stock Shares; Problems and Challenges; Communication Strategy; Accrual Accounting; Business Model; Budgets and Budgeting; Corporate Governance; Revenue; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
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    • May 1990 (Revised July 1996)
    • Case

    Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
    Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Management Succession; Distribution; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Value; Retail Industry
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    • 23 Jun 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: June 23

    High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships Harvard Business School Case 709-411 The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 28 Jul 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)

    customer-facing operating environment affects organizational design choices such as control systems, incentives, performance measurement, and ownership structures," explains Campbell. "Even firms that have very standardized business View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
    • 08 Dec 2020
    • News

    Uber’s Strategy for Global Success

    • 29 Aug 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: August 29, 2006

    Business School Case 706-496 Apple has reaped the benefits of its innovative music player, the iPod. However, its PC and server business continue to hold small market share... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • September–October 2020
    • Article

    Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value

    By: George Serafeim
    Until the mid-2010s few investors paid attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data—information about companies’ carbon footprints, labor policies, board makeup, and so forth. Today the data is widely used by investors. How can organizations create... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Disclosure; ESG Disclosure Metrics; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; Social Impact; Impact Measurement; Social Innovation; Purpose; Corporate Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Society; Accounting; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Corporate Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; Chemical Industry; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North America; Europe; Japan; Australia
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    • 08 Nov 2021
    • Blog Post

    4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

    such an intuitive fit, one where I could leverage my previous experiences and improve my fluency in both the languages of business and science, to ultimately drive innovation in a sustainable and impactful... View Details
    • September 2003 (Revised March 2007)
    • Case

    Direvo Biotech AG

    Describes the financing and growth decisions facing Direvo, a young German biotech firm with a customer/partner that wants to become an investor. Also discusses the business model for Direvo's directed evolution technology, with applications in both industrial enzymes... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Decisions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Value; Business Startups; Biotechnology Industry; Germany
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    • July 2015 (Revised March 2016)
    • Teaching Note

    Uber and Stakeholders: Managing a New Way of Riding

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox
    This case provides a vehicle to analyze stakeholder relations as a company grows, particularly in the context of new business models that challenge established industries. It introduces the dilemmas posed by rapid growth, new technologies, regulatory uncertainty, and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry
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    • 2009
    • Book

    The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

    By: Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.D. and Jason Hwang M.D.
    A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform—from a legendary leader in innovation. Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Disruptive Innovation; Health Industry; United States
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    • 11 Aug 2014
    • News

    Politics and Dirty Data

      Gunnar Trumbull

      Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

      Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

      Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing
      • 2019
      • Chapter

      Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
      Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a financial measure of the profitability of a firm or business unit. If it is greater than the business's cost of capital, then reinvestment of earnings increases shareholder VALUE. The ROIC also determines a maximum self-sustaining... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Efficiency; Dupont Analysis; Financial Metrics; Schumpeterian Competition; Sustainable Growth; Competitive Advantage; Financial Strategy; Resource Allocation; Valuation; Value Creation
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      • January 2001
      • Background Note

      Application Service Providers

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Sanjay Pothen
      Examines the Application Service Provider (ASP) business model. First, defines the ASP model and describes different ways to categorize ASPs. Next, summarizes the various ways that ASPs create value for their clients. Then, analyzes the economic model for ASPs,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Web Services Industry
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