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  • September 1995 (Revised December 2018)
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Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc. (A)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Rebecca Voorheis
Nypro is the world's leading injection molder of precision plastic parts, operating a global network of 21 plants. Nypro's strategy is for each plant to offer identical capabilities, because its customers are global companies with worldwide sourcing needs. The case... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Management; Operations; Performance Consistency; Manufacturing Industry
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Christensen, Clayton M., and Rebecca Voorheis. "Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-061, September 1995. (Revised December 2018.)
  • January 1995 (Revised June 1997)
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Walt Disney Company, 1994: A Tumultuous Year

By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Focuses on a six-month period in 1994, during which the company experienced a series of dramatic upheavals. The events described include: 1) the sudden death of company president Frank Wells; 2) a health crisis facing Chairman Michael Eisner; 3) the "departure" of... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Startups; Resignation and Termination; Crisis Management; United States
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Collis, David J., and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson. "Walt Disney Company, 1994: A Tumultuous Year." Harvard Business School Case 395-109, January 1995. (Revised June 1997.)
  • April 1995 (Revised July 1997)
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General Instrument (A)

A manufacturer of cable TV transmission equipment is faced with redesigning its network of international plants that make set-top converters and decoders. One possibility is to have each plant dedicated to manufacturing and engineering support for different product... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Gray, Ann E., and James A. Costantini. "General Instrument (A)." Harvard Business School Case 695-056, April 1995. (Revised July 1997.)
  • March 1992 (Revised September 1996)
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ABB Deutschland (C1)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
ABB Germany faces some newly emerging strategic and organizational challenges resulting from Europe 1992 and German reunification. In terms of organization, ABB Germany has created a holding company and has separated operations and service activities into legally... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Organizations; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Germany
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Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Deutschland (C1)." Harvard Business School Case 392-098, March 1992. (Revised September 1996.)
  • April 2019 (Revised March 2020)
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Handy: The Future of Work? (A)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Kieron Stopforth
Witnessing numerous lawsuits alleging that online platform companies misclassified workers as contractors when they were actually employees, Handy’s founders faced a series of decisions. Handy was an online platform business that enabled customers to book appointments... View Details
Keywords: Employment; Working Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Compensation and Benefits; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Fairness; Service Industry; United States
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Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Kieron Stopforth. "Handy: The Future of Work? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-103, April 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
  • July 2014 (Revised December 2016)
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EcoMotors International

By: John D. Macomber and Hermes Alvarez
Eco-Motors, funded in part by Khosla Ventures, has to decide how to go to market with a new technology for internal combustion engines for automotive and industrial use. The OPOC engine has opposed pistons and is a two-stroke engine, as compared to a more traditional... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Model; Customer Value and Value Chain; Engineering; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry
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Macomber, John D., and Hermes Alvarez. "EcoMotors International." Harvard Business School Case 215-012, July 2014. (Revised December 2016.)
  • December 2012
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Estimating the Value of Connections to Vice-President Cheney

By: Rakesh Khurana, Raymond Fisman, Julia Galef and Yongxiang Wang
We estimate the market valuation of personal ties to Richard Cheney. Our proxies for personal ties are based on corporate board linkages that are prevalent in the network sociology literature. We consider a number of distinct political and personal events that either... View Details
Keywords: Event Analysis; Political Economy; Corruption; Networks; United States
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Khurana, Rakesh, Raymond Fisman, Julia Galef, and Yongxiang Wang. "Estimating the Value of Connections to Vice-President Cheney." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 13, no. 3 (December 2012).
  • March 1993 (Revised May 2009)
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CF MotorFreight in 1992

By: David B. Yoffie
In June 1992, CFMF management finds that despite a number-two ranking nationwide among long-haul carriers, two smaller rivals are far more profitable for the year-ended 1991. Management confronts the issue of encroaching competition from the country's smaller regional... View Details
Keywords: Labor Unions; Business or Company Management; Distribution; Competition; Consolidation; Truck Transportation
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Yoffie, David B. "CF MotorFreight in 1992." Harvard Business School Case 793-100, March 1993. (Revised May 2009.)
  • March 2017 (Revised February 2018)
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VMware and the Public Cloud

By: Raffaella Sadun and Christine Snively
In 2015, VMware, a pioneer in server and network virtualization and a member of parent company EMC’s “federation” of companies, had set its sights on becoming a leading public cloud provider. Two years prior, VMware first entered the public cloud market with its vCloud... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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Sadun, Raffaella, and Christine Snively. "VMware and the Public Cloud." Harvard Business School Case 717-480, March 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
  • August 2018
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BlackBuck (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its operations). It highlights how decisions on the early team impact a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Delivery; Cash Flow; Growth Management; Truck Transportation; Online Technology; India
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "BlackBuck (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-031, August 2018.
  • 10 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

below Ohio’s well-publicized Vax-a-Million lottery campaign, where per-person costs were $68, and it’s lower than the $88 to $380 cost per person for flu vaccination campaigns in the US. Along the way, the team also provided takeaways to Facebook. They helped to... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology
  • November 2019
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Scaling at Chief

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley and Katherine Chen
Chief is a New York-based peer network that provides mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and a sense of community to women executives. Co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan launched the company in January 2019, and just two months later, Chief has... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Expansion; Growth Management; Customer Satisfaction; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
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Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Scaling at Chief." Harvard Business School Case 920-021, November 2019.
  • 2024
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What Do Impact Investors Do Differently?

By: Shawn Cole, Leslie Jeng, Josh Lerner, Natalia Rigol and Benjamin N. Roth
In recent years, impact investors – private investors who seek to generate simultaneously financial and social returns – have attracted intense interest and controversy. We analyze a novel, comprehensive data set of impact and traditional investors to assess how the... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Socially Responsible Investing; Investment Decisions; Public Goods; Impact Investment; Investment; Private Equity; Venture Capital
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Cole, Shawn, Leslie Jeng, Josh Lerner, Natalia Rigol, and Benjamin N. Roth. "What Do Impact Investors Do Differently?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-028, November 2023. (Revise and Resubmit, Review of Financial Studies.)
  • July 2008 (Revised January 2010)
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Affinity Labs, Inc.

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind
In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Elizabeth Kind. "Affinity Labs, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 809-019, July 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
  • October 2000 (Revised November 2005)
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Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Fred Young
This case looks at the issues facing a Hong Kong-based trading company, which links hundreds of factories in India and Asia with major customers like Gap and the Limited in Europe and in the United States. The company has recently launched a dot-com operation to allow... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Multinational Firms and Management; Distribution Channels; Logistics; Networks; Markets; Supply Chain; Retail Industry; Hong Kong; India; Europe; United States
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Fred Young. "Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues." Harvard Business School Case 301-009, October 2000. (Revised November 2005.)
  • 17 Jul 2006
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Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

capability of winner-take-all," says Yoffie. Many dot-com companies assumed strong network effects around their businesses, then lost more than a trillion dollars chasing something that didn't exist.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer; Education
  • January 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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Colbún and Chile’s Energy Transition

By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In May 2023, Colbún, Chile’s second-largest electricity generator, plans capacity expansions using renewable energy and storage. This strategy supports Chile’s commitment to carbon neutrality (also known as net zero emissions) by 2050. The case delves into the... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Infrastructure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
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Reinhardt, Forest, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Colbún and Chile's Energy Transition." Harvard Business School Case 724-026, January 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
  • August 1998 (Revised June 2000)
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FairMarket, Inc.: Where Buyers and Sellers Connect

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jack Wieland and Chad M. M Raube
On February 20, 1997, FairMarket, an Internet-based business-to-business auction site, was launched. CEO, founder Scott Randall, drew on his experience building Internet businesses at NECX Direct, Yahoo, and Internet Shopping Network to build his business. This case,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Debates; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Management Style; Product Launch; Multi-Sided Platforms; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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Applegate, Lynda M., Jack Wieland, and Chad M. M Raube. "FairMarket, Inc.: Where Buyers and Sellers Connect." Harvard Business School Case 399-006, August 1998. (Revised June 2000.)
  • 19 Jun 2017
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Learning to Manage: A Field Experiment in the Indian Startup Ecosystem

Keywords: by Aaron Chatterji, Solene Delecourt, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning; Technology
  • May 2021
  • Case

Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Shikhar Ghosh and Christian Godwin
In 2016, Fiona Mungai became Endeavor Kenya’s first managing director. In this role, she helped the organization build its inaugural board and select its first Endeavor entrepreneur, a fintech company called Cellulant. Throughout this process, Mungai observed the power... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Leading Change; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation; Economy; Markets; Emerging Markets; Network Effects; Relationships; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Shipping Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Kenya
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Applegate, Lynda M., Shikhar Ghosh, and Christian Godwin. "Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 821-038, May 2021.
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