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      • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
      • Case

      Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
      In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian, and Brandon Van Buren. "Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs." Harvard Business School Case 215-037, December 2014. (Revised April 2015.)
      • December 2014 (Revised October 2017)
      • Case

      Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges

      By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Annelena Lobb
      Dow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water... View Details
      Keywords: Value Creation; Strategy; Social Issues; Entrepreneurship
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      Porter, Michael E., Mark R. Kramer, and Annelena Lobb. "Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 715-403, December 2014. (Revised October 2017.)
      • October 2014 (Revised June 2016)
      • Case

      MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion

      By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
      MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was investing significant time and attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Financial Services; Financial And Social Return; Financial Inclusion; Strategic Management; South Africa; Nigeria; Ajay Banga; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; South Africa; Nigeria
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      Gupta, Sunil, Rajiv Lal, and Natalie Kindred. "MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion." Harvard Business School Case 515-035, October 2014. (Revised June 2016.)
      • September 2014
      • Case

      Balanced Scorecard at Delta/Signal Corp.

      By: V.G. Narayanan
      This auto parts company has just ousted its longtime CEO and founder, and the new, professional CEO is badly in need of a coherent strategy, clear objectives and metrics, and initiatives that are aligned with the strategy and objectives. Will the balanced scorecard... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Business Strategy; Financial Reporting; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Auto Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G. "Balanced Scorecard at Delta/Signal Corp." Harvard Business School Case 115-016, September 2014.
      • September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
      • Case

      Fast Ion Battery

      By: Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
      John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Real Options; Term Sheets; Clean Technology; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
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      Nanda, Ramana, Robert F. White, and Stephanie Puzio. "Fast Ion Battery." Harvard Business School Case 815-025, September 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
      • August 15, 2014
      • Article

      Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?

      By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
      This article explores the intricate dynamics that often characterize family-owned businesses, shedding light on key archetypes that play prominent roles within these organizations. Using a narrative approach, the article illustrates the challenges faced by leaders... View Details
      Keywords: Family Ownership; Personal Characteristics; Family and Family Relationships; Management Practices and Processes
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      Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?" Harvard Business Review (website) (August 15, 2014).
      • August 2014
      • Case

      Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Greta Friar and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa
      In 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings determined that a... View Details
      Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Prizes; Digitization; Algorithms; Recommendation Software; Disruption; Transformation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Sharing; Applications and Software; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      Lakhani, Karim R., Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Greta Friar, and Stephanie Healy Pokrywa. "Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A)." Harvard Business School Case 615-015, August 2014.
      • August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
      • Case

      Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
      Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
      Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
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      Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
      • July 2014
      • Case

      Thompson Asset Management

      By: William Fruhan and John Banko
      Thompson Asset Management (TAM) is a small investment advisory and asset management firm in Jacksonville, Florida, with about $100 million in assets under management in two different funds. Since starting the firm in 2009, the CEO and founder Allison Thompson has had a... View Details
      Keywords: Small Business; Asset Management; Expansion; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; Florida
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      Fruhan, William, and John Banko. "Thompson Asset Management." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-565, July 2014.
      • June 2014
      • Case

      Harley-Davidson in India (A)

      By: Krishna Palepu and David Lane
      This case examines how Harley-Davidson has worked to globalize its business by focusing on how CEO Matt Levatich and India country manager Anoop Prakash assess and act on the opportunities and challenges posed by entering the Indian market, and where and how the... View Details
      Keywords: India; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Manufacturing
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      Palepu, Krishna, and David Lane. "Harley-Davidson in India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-043, June 2014.
      • June 2014
      • Supplement

      Harley-Davidson in India (B)

      By: Krishna Palepu and David Lane
      This case examines how Harley-Davidson has worked to globalize its business by focusing on how CEO Matt Levatich and India country manager Anoop Prakash assess and act on the opportunities and challenges posed by entering the Indian market, and where and how the... View Details
      Keywords: India; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Manufacturing
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      Palepu, Krishna, and David Lane. "Harley-Davidson in India (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 114-044, June 2014.
      • June 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Via Verde

      By: Arthur I Segel
      Developers Jonathan Rose and Adam Weinstein were trying to determine which of three proposals to submit to the city of New York in response to a RFP to create an affordable housing project in the South Bronx. The site, referred to as Via Verde, was a 1.5-acre... View Details
      Keywords: Affordable Housing; Property; Real Estate Industry; United States
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      Segel, Arthur I. "Via Verde." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-106, June 2014.
      • June 2014 (Revised November 2015)
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      Via Verde

      By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, Philip Berkman, Sean Liu, Jared Katseff and Shawn Tuli
      Developers Jonathan Rose and Adam Weinstein were trying to determine which of three proposals to submit to the city of New York in response to a RFP to create an affordable housing project in the South Bronx. The site, referred to as Via Verde, was a 1.5-acre... View Details
      Keywords: Jonathan Rose Companies; Affordable Housing; Property; Real Estate Industry; United States
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      Segel, Arthur I., Nicolas P. Retsinas, Philip Berkman, Sean Liu, Jared Katseff, and Shawn Tuli. "Via Verde." Harvard Business School Case 214-105, June 2014. (Revised November 2015.)
      • June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
      • Case

      Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014

      By: Luis Viceira and Emily A. Chien
      In the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial's position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial Services Industry
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      Viceira, Luis, and Emily A. Chien. "Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014." Harvard Business School Case 214-103, June 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
      • June 2014
      • Case

      Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal

      By: Nancy F. Koehn, Kelly McNamara, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth Legris

      Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how... View Details

      Keywords: Howard Schultz; Starbucks; Transformation; Turnaround; Change; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Leadership; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia; South America; Middle East; Latin America
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      Koehn, Nancy F., Kelly McNamara, Nora N. Khan, and Elizabeth Legris. "Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal." Harvard Business School Case 314-068, June 2014.
      • March 2014
      • Teaching Note

      The Weather Company

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      New CEO David Kenny transformed The Weather Company in less than two years from a primary identity as a cable television channel to a multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Strategic Change; Technology; Digital; Weather; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Change Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Industry; Service Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "The Weather Company." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 314-125, March 2014.
      • February 2014 (Revised December 2015)
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      Mara Group

      By: Eugene Soltes and Sara Hess
      Mara Group is a rapidly growing Pan-African conglomerate run by its entrepreneurial CEO Ashish Thakkar. The case explores Thakkar's decision on which African markets to expand operations into. View Details
      Keywords: Telecommunications Manufacturing; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Pulp and Paper Industry; Real Estate Industry; Shipping Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Africa
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      Soltes, Eugene, and Sara Hess. "Mara Group." Harvard Business School Case 114-060, February 2014. (Revised December 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
      • February 2014 (Revised December 2015)
      • Supplement

      Mara Group (B)

      By: Eugene Soltes and Sara Hess
      Mara Group is a rapidly growing Pan-African conglomerate run by its entrepreneurial CEO Ashish Thakkar. The case explores Thakkar's decision on which African markets to expand operations into. View Details
      Keywords: Telecommunications Manufacturing; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Pulp and Paper Industry; Real Estate Industry; Shipping Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Africa
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      Soltes, Eugene, and Sara Hess. "Mara Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 114-061, February 2014. (Revised December 2015.)
      • January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
      • Case

      Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers (A)

      By: Srikant M. Datar, Anjali Raina and Namrata Arora
      Set in 2008, the case details Tech Mahindra, an information technology (IT) company within the Mahindra Group, an Indian multi-industry company with a diverse stable of businesses including automotives, farm equipment, and financial services, and its decision to... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Computer Industry; India
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      Datar, Srikant M., Anjali Raina, and Namrata Arora. "Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-049, January 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
      • January 2014
      • Case

      The Weather Company

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
      New CEO David Kenny transformed The Weather Company in less than two years from a primary identity as a cable television channel to a multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation; Strategy; Strategic Change; Change Management; Expansion; Weather; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Weather Company." Harvard Business School Case 314-083, January 2014.
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