Publications

January 2015
Case

Burberry in 2014

By: Anita Elberse

In February 2014, Burberry's chief executive officer Angela Ahrendts is preparing to hand the reins of the English luxury fashion company to chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. Under their partnership, in place since 2006, Burberry's revenues have tripled to... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Luxury; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Fashion Industry; Great Britain

February 2020
Case

Highfields Capital and McDonald's

By: Mark Egan and Robin Greenwood

McDonald’s reported its fifth consecutive quarter of declining same-store sales growth in early 2015. Despite McDonald’s recent poor performance, Jonathon S. Jacobson, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Boston-based Highfields Capital Management, had initiated... View Details

Keywords: McDonald's; Stocks; Performance Improvement; Operations; Finance; Restructuring; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry

06 May 2013
News

Debate on Dimon's Role a Symbolic Fight

January 2022 (Revised February 2022)
Case

Envision Group

By: Gunnar Trumbull, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau

Based in China, Envision was one of the world’s leading Greentech companies. Chief Executive Officer Lei Zhang had set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality across the company’s global operations and supply chain by 2022 and 2028 respectively. As part of its... View Details

Keywords: Green Technology; Climate Change; Emerging Markets; Information Technology; Strategy; Management; Renewable Energy; Energy Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Green Technology Industry; Battery Industry; China; United States; Japan; United Kingdom; France

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Top 5 Myths About HBS

Chad Losee, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, recently sat down with Cyril Straughn-Turner, second-year MBA student and Chief Admissions Ambassador, for a “Busting HBS Myths” event aimed... View Details

23 Feb 2011
News

George Is Confident in Apple Board's Succession Planning

Video

Madhav Chavan & Rukmini Banerji

Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer of Pratham Education Foundation, traces how the organization’s objectives have changed over time, and expresses her views on the need to consider different ways that children aged 11-16 should be learning in India. View Details

Video

Adenike Ogunlesi

Adenike Ogunlesi, Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of Ruff 'n' Tumble, outlines how she started her children's clothing line, crafting unique cotton pajamas for her kids after noticing a lack of affordable options in the Nigerian market. View Details

30 Oct 2013
News

What Obamacare Ignores: Cutting Health Care Costs

05 Jun 2015
News

Soccer-FIFA crisis worse than anything in Olympics scandal

26 Apr 2018
Video

2018 G&WS: Addie Perkins Williamson Presents "Getting to the Top and Staying There: Career Acceleration for Black Executives in The Digital-Technical Workplace"

Video

Adenike Ogunlesi

Adenike Ogunlesi, Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of Ruff 'n' Tumble, discusses her support for female entrepreneurs in Nigeria, emphasizing the importance of mindset, belief in oneself and the possibility to seek business advice in a safe space. View Details

Rob Kaplan on JP Morgan Trading Loss

Robert Kaplan talks about JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s $2 billion trading loss and the ability of Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon to manage the firm. Kaplan speaks with Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg... View Details

August 2024
Case

Quickmart: Sustaining Growth in a Challenging Economic Environment

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Kuria Kamau

In July 2023, Peter Kang’iri, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quickmart, Kenya’s second-largest retail chain, sat in his Nairobi office reviewing the company’s first half financial results before the weekly executive committee (EXCO) meeting. The company was in... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Supply Chain; Logistics; Business Strategy; Expansion; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa; Kenya; Nairobi

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

that are needed to electrify fleets. What is your role at Highland? I'm the Chief Operating Officer at Highland. I have an amazing job that spans how we choose and procure the technology for projects to how... View Details

February 2019
Case

Miroglio Fashion (A)

By: Sunil Gupta and David Lane

Francesco Cavarero, chief information officer of Miroglio Fashion, Italy’s third-largest retailer of women’s apparel, was trying to bring analytical rigor to the company’s forecasting and inventory management decisions. But fashion is inherently hard to predict. Can... View Details

Keywords: Inventory Management; Demand Forecasting; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction; Operations; Management; Decision Making; AI and Machine Learning; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry

14 Aug 2024
Video

Wired for change: Southwire's vision for sustainable infrastructure

August 2019 (Revised November 2019)
Case

Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Private Bank

By: Sara Fleiss and Luis Viceira

This case features Monica Issar, then Global Head of J.P. Morgan Endowments & Foundations Group in the Private Bank. In just five years, she and J.P. Morgan have grown the Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) business from $5 billion in AUM from primarily family... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Investment; Management; Strategy; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Banking Industry