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Driving Corporate Performance
Read More Answering Your Questions Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via... View Details
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Leading Global Businesses
Adapt strategies and operations to the rapidly changing global business context Integrate global and local strengths while improving collaboration across cultures Create competitive advantage by integrating the best of your organization's global capabilities Be an... View Details
- February 2007
- Case
Orientation for Viewing "Startup.com"
By: Noam T. Wasserman
Introduces founders Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman as they start and grow govWorks.com. The movie "Startup.com" documents the challenges that these founders face in building their company while dealing with tensions within the founding team and managing a demanding... View Details
- March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Angel City Football Club: Scoring a New Model
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Jennifer Fonstad and Nicole Tempest Keller
In January 2024, Kara Nortman, Julie Uhrman, and Natalie Portman, the founders of Angel City Football Club (ACFC) were developing the club’s first three-year strategic plan. Founded in 2020, ACFC had a star-studded investor group, including Portman and celebrities such... View Details
Keywords: Sports; Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Venture Capital; Business Model; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Jennifer Fonstad, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Angel City Football Club: Scoring a New Model." Harvard Business School Case 824-192, March 2024. (Revised April 2024.)
- June 2025
- Teaching Note
To Found or to Cofound? That Is the Question
By: Christina Wallace and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 824-034. Entrepreneurs often struggle with the question of whether to found solo or alongside one or more cofounders. This case is comprised of three vignettes detailing common founding scenarios: the first-time technical founder; the... View Details
- June 2010 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Piramal e-Swasthya (A): Attempting Big Changes for Small Places - in India and Beyond
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Anand Piramal and his team sought to "democratize healthcare" in India through the development of a new service delivery model. If Henry Ford could build and deliver cars to everyone in the United States, Piramal thought, then why can't India deliver healthcare to the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Social Entrepreneurship; Change Management; Emerging Markets; Health Industry; India
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Matthew Bird. "Piramal e-Swasthya (A): Attempting Big Changes for Small Places - in India and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 310-134, June 2010. (Revised December 2019.)
- August 2008 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Nantero
By: William A. Sahlman, Dan Heath and Caroline Perkins
This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional venture capital. Potential investors have competing visions for the company, and its business model. Some... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Product Development; Production; Technology; Semiconductor Industry
Sahlman, William A., Dan Heath, and Caroline Perkins. "Nantero." Harvard Business School Case 809-031, August 2008. (Revised December 2009.)
- April 2006 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Inverness Medical Innovations - Born Global (A)
Ron Zwanziger has just started his third company, having just sold the last one for $1.3 billion to Johnson & Johnson. As part of the deal with J&J, certain assets were transferred to the new company, Inverness Medical Innovations, which, at the time of its creation,... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Waltham
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Inverness Medical Innovations - Born Global (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-177, April 2006. (Revised May 2009.)
- December 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Mount Auburn Hospital: Physician Order Entry
Mount Auburn Hospital is preparing to introduce a physician order entry (POE) system throughout the hospital, starting with the labor and delivery ward. POE systems replace paper-based and oral medication ordering processes with an information system; the physician... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Service Delivery; Information Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., Sarah MacGregor, and Michael Benari. "Mount Auburn Hospital: Physician Order Entry." Harvard Business School Case 603-060, December 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- 05 Sep 2020
- News
Piercing the Fog of Zoom
- 16 May 2021
- News
Kominers’s Conundrums: Take a Crypto Break with Ancient Traders
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions
gaps.” You Might Also Like: It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’ Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue? Feedback or ideas to share? Email... View Details
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- April 2025
- Case
Setting a CEO Agenda: Ole Rosgaard at Greif
By: Krishna Palepu and Kerry Herman
Since taking over as CEO of industrial packaging giant Greif, Ole Rosgaard has focused on growing the company and improving the perception of its value by the capital markets. He and his senior leadership team have made inroads to this end, including adjusting the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Valuation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Industrial Products Industry; North America; Europe
Palepu, Krishna, and Kerry Herman. "Setting a CEO Agenda: Ole Rosgaard at Greif." Harvard Business School Case 125-099, April 2025.
- May 2022 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Third Point in 2020: Growth Is Where the Value Is?
By: Robin Greenwood, James Williams and Denise Han
In early May 2020, Daniel Loeb’s team at Third Point was evaluating a potential growth opportunity in the Walt Disney Company and whether investor activism might play a role. Battered by the effects of COVID-19, the company’s stock had initially tumbled to $86 and then... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Equity; Disney; Value; COVID-19 Pandemic; Economics; Strategy; Growth and Development; Investment Return; Opportunities; Business and Stakeholder Relations; North America
Greenwood, Robin, James Williams, and Denise Han. "Third Point in 2020: Growth Is Where the Value Is?" Harvard Business School Case 222-029, May 2022. (Revised April 2024.)
- September 2016
- Supplement
ZenRecruit: Sales Coaching and Performance Reviews
By: Mark N. Roberge
Amara Kaggwa leads the small but rapidly expanding sales team at ZenRecruit, a recruiting software application used by small businesses. Armed with six months of sales performance metrics, Kaggwa is preparing for her monthly performance conversations with two... View Details
- September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
ZenRecruit: Sales Coaching and Performance Reviews
By: Mark Roberge
Amara Kaggwa leads the small but rapidly expanding sales team at ZenRecruit, a recruiting software application used by small businesses. Armed with six months of sales performance metrics, Kaggwa is preparing for her monthly performance conversations with two... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Marketing; Entrepreneurial Sales; Entrepreneurial Sales And Marketing; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Sales
Roberge, Mark. "ZenRecruit: Sales Coaching and Performance Reviews." Harvard Business School Case 817-041, September 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- September 2011 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
ScoreBig
By: William A. Sahlman, Jeffrey Glass and Evan W. Richardson
The founding team at ScoreBig, an event ticketing company, is on the verge of a public launch of their product. The company has made great progress in negotiating access to tickets, designing its interface, and building a proprietary architecture. For consumers,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Sahlman, William A., Jeffrey Glass, and Evan W. Richardson. "ScoreBig." Harvard Business School Case 812-043, September 2011. (Revised August 2015.)
- October 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (A)
By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Yannis Katsarakis
Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style and how she and her team won the bid. After substantial planning problems threatened to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Bids and Bidding; Planning; Social Enterprise; Sports; Public Administration Industry
Marquis, Christopher, Doug Guthrie, and Yannis Katsarakis. "Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-050, October 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
6 lessons in teamwork leaders can learn from competitive sailing
- 13 Feb 2019
- News