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  • 21 Mar 2019
  • HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

“If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.” —Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic That purring engine. The buttery soft leather. Those sleek curves. The essence of a Ferrari transcends any one particular View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

Case 113-025 A small company in the graphic design business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/113025-PDF-ENG TWA Parts (A)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2011
  • Case

ABICI

By: Mukti Khaire, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri
The co-founder of an Italian, design based bicycle manufacturer evaluates if reducing costs by outsourcing would impact its brand. The company was founded in 2005 in Italy by three friends and in its first five years, it had enjoyed steady growth and built a strong... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Entrepreneurship; Profit; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Brands and Branding; Product Design; Product Development; Production; Bicycle Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
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  • 23 Jan 2024
  • Book

More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

a form and scale that has never existed before. You’re not just along for the ride—you’re part of the action. Imagine if you could have a true stake in Star Wars and own a character in that universe. Or play a role in designing the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services
  • January 2018
  • Case

Scaling Swagbucks (A)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
In early 2014, Chuck Davis (HBS '86) has joined Swagbucks as its first professional CEO to scale a successful and profitable brand promotion and consumer research business. Davis came into the job while serving as a venture partner at TCV, a growth stage VC firm,... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

which these issues can be addressed. The course provides students with a framework for analyzing how family ownership, control, and management affect value and whether and how more value can be created for the various stakeholders in family firms. The course is View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design and manage them, rather than anything inherent in their scale. In fact, Creative Construction argues, if used properly, scale can be an asset, rather than... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

this product.” During the video’s 12-plus minutes of step-by-step instructions, Hughes holds up product after product close to the camera so viewers can get a good look at each brand name. Because, after all, Hughes isn’t merely sharing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 08 Aug 2022
  • HBS Case

Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS

since. Some analysts predicted that the band would do more to grow South Korea’s gross domestic product over 10 years than the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Underdogs with a strategy The band’s explosion was the result of a carefully View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta; Media & Broadcasting; Music
  • Web

California - Global

autonomous AI agents designed to transform how businesses operate by taking on tasks traditionally performed by humans. With a mission to deploy one billion AI agents by the end of 2025, Agentforce represented a leap into the digital... View Details
  • Web

Mid-US - Global

the Spirits Industry In an episode of Harvard Business Review's "Cold Call" podcast, Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson discusses the case "Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy." In 2017, Fawn Weaver cofounded Uncle Nearest, a premium American whiskey View Details
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

protection, such as patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. A trademark offers a way to capture the brand equity of a company or a product. BusinessWeek recently calculated that the value of the Coca-Cola View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • Web

Research Services - Faculty & Research

ensure the seamless execution of around 20 research events annually. In addition, the Marketing and Communications group is available for faculty consultations to promote specific research or to answer more general branding questions.... View Details
  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(19) Annual Reports (2) Annuities (1) Arts (2) Asset Management (3) Asset Pricing (4) Assets (11) Attitudes (18) Auctions (4) Balanced Scorecard (11) Banks and Banking (30) Behavioral Finance (7) Behavior (75) Bids and Bidding (1) Bonds (7) Borrowing and Debt (14)... View Details
  • March 2017
  • Case

Swagbucks

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
In early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege’s founder and president, must decide whether to acquire MyPoints, a competitor to Swagbucks, after the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Technology; Online Technology; Internet; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 22 May 2024
  • HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

car is the design and the lines of it,” Ghosh says. “As opposed to ‘I'm a car buff who likes to look at racing.’ And you might like the Ferrari, but you also might like it because you have a sensibility for Italy, or View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
  • 14 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

what extreme adherents of a brand like about a product, designers can identify features to emphasize for all consumers. "A lover of a product can help identify aspects that are providing value, helping... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

practicing policies designed to increase inclusion and diversity, if not always equity, are more creative and productive than those that ignore such policies. Companies in the top quartile of gender and ethnic/racial diversity are 25... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

Credential in Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB), a yearlong, self-paced, asynchronous program comprising seven courses designed to help both new and experienced leaders accelerate their careers. The offering includes... View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Rise of DTC Brands – Implications for Legacy Brands Professor Rajiv Lal This modified case discussion did not require pre-reading. + More Info – Less Info We discuss the forces that have given rise to many... View Details