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July 2023
Supplement

Biogen and the Aduhelm Melee

By: Amitabh Chandra and Lauren Gunasti

This spreadsheet supplement corresponds to Exhibit 17 (Change in Biogen Valuation from Aducanumab Approval) from Case 623-046 "Biogen and the Aduhelm Melee." View Details

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July 2023 (Revised January 2025)
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Geopolitics of Deep-Sea Mining

By: Jeremy Friedman and Jillian Noel

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July 2023
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Moderna: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

By: Satish Tadikonda, Shikhar Ghosh and William Marks

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moderna was riding the successes of developing a vaccine in record time and helping stem the tide of the crisis. However, the company had grown at an incredible rate, more than doubled its number of employees, and had to put on hold... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Growth Management; Management Succession; Retirement; Technological Innovation; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

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July 2023
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Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress (A)

By: Michael Tushman and Kerry Herman

This case describes the transformation of Enel from a traditional “brown” or fossil fuel energy firm to a sustainable and green firm focused on renewables, and finally to an energy supplier and integrated energy services firm. It describes a set of capabilities... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation and Invention; Transformation; Green Technology; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry

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July 2023
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Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress (B)(C)

By: Michael Tushman and Kerry Herman

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July 2023
Teaching Note

Saham Group: It's In the Genes

By: Christina R. Wing and Esel Çekin

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-069. View Details

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July 2023
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Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Daniela Beyersdorfer

The founders of Dutch professional services firm Schuberg Philis, and the new leadership team entrusted with the day-to-day management, must set the path forward in 2019. The company has grown into a €70 million revenue strong IT provider with top ranks in the... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Growth Management; Change Management; Transformation; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Leading Change; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands

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July 2023
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Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance (B)

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Three years into their “Ambition” growth plan, in 2022, the management team of Dutch professional service firm Schuberg Philis is taking stock. The global COVID-19 pandemic and other headwinds required adjustments to their growth targets, but they believe that their... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Growth Management; Change Management; Transformation; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Leading Change; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands

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July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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Equity Restructuring at Dell Technologies: Buy Out, Buy Up, Buy In (A)

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

In November 2018, Dell Technologies was poised to re-enter the public markets by means of a complex recapitalization that would replace an entire class of publicly-traded “tracking stock,” with new shares that would trade publicly without the need of a formal IPO. The... View Details

Keywords: Technology; M＆A; Recapitalization; MBO; Equity Issues; Private Equity Buyouts; Public Ownership; Stock Shares; Mergers and Acquisitions; Equity; Technology Industry; United States

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July 2023 (Revised November 2023)
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Equity Restructuring at Dell Technologies: Buy Out, Buy Up, Buy In (B)

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

Following Dell’s return to the public market in 2018, the company’s stock underperformed. In June 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported that Dell was exploring various options with respect to its majority stake in the virtualization software company VMware. View Details

Keywords: Recapitalization; Reverse Merger; Spin Off; Public Ownership; Restructuring; Technology Industry; United States

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July 2023
Teaching Note

Best Buy: Renew Blue

By: Sunil Gupta, Amram Migdal and Dave Habeeb

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 523-711. View Details

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July 2023 (Revised February 2025)
Case

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Conflict on the Nile

By: Mattias Fibiger, Jeremy Friedman, Leah Azeze and Temi Ojuade

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2023
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Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World

By: Mattias Fibiger

After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a... View Details

Keywords: Indonesia; Cold War; Political Economy; Foreign Aid; International Investment; International Relations; International Finance; History; War; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Indonesia; Southeast Asia

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July 2023 (Revised April 2025)
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'Bugs' Burger Bug Killers

By: Ryan W. Buell and William Fulmer

In the height of its success, Bugs Burger Bug Killers (BBBK; Burger has a soft 'g' - it rhymes with merger) was the largest independent extermination company in America, growing at more than 20% per year. BBBK built its business on the promise of pest eradication,... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Service Industry

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2023
Conference Presentation

Defending White Hegemonic Masculinity: A Test of the Projective Identification Hypothesis

By: R. Ely, Sanaz Mobasseri and C. Chu

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July 6, 2023
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How to Build a Life: Google Isn’t Grad School

July 2023
Article

Negative Expressions Are Shared More on Twitter for Public Figures Than for Ordinary Users

By: Jonas P. Schöne, David Garcia, Brian Parkinson and Amit Goldenberg

Social media users tend to produce content that contains more positive than negative emotional language. However, negative emotional language is more likely to be shared. To understand why, research has thus far focused on psychological processes associated with... View Details

Keywords: Social Media; Emotions

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