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  • October 2001 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

America Online, Inc.: Disclosure Strategy

By: Amy P. Hutton and David Lane
Since going public, AOL had disclosed on a quarterly basis supplemental metrics meant to give analysts and investors a way of tracking growth in its subscriber base and the value created through its marketing efforts. These metrics gave management's conversations with... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Internet and the Web; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Digital Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • April 1999 (Revised March 2002)
  • Case

Gerald Weiss

By: Brian J. Hall and Carleen Madigan
Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Resignation and Termination; Executive Compensation; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Stock Options; Conflict and Resolution; New York (city, NY)
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    Hyunjin Kim

    Hyunjin Kim is a doctoral candidate in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School. Her research explores how the increased availability of... View Details

    Keywords: information technology industry; internet; energy; retailing
    • June 2004 (Revised September 2005)
    • Case

    Cox Communications, Inc.

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jonathan Gibbons
    Cox Communications, the third largest U.S. cable television system operator, is confronting strategy decisions in mid-2004. Cox managers must decide whether to speed its deployment of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which offers capital and operating costs savings... View Details
    Keywords: Customers; Information Technology; Competition; Product Development; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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      Stuart C. Gilson

      Professor Stuart Gilson is the Steven R. Fenster Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and former chairman of the Finance Unit.  His research, teaching, and consulting focuses on the financial, business, and legal strategies that companies... View Details

      Keywords: investment banking industry; legal services

        Ryan W. Buell

        Ryan W. Buell is a Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches View Details

        Keywords: banking; e-commerce industry; fast food; financial services; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; insurance industry; restaurant; retailing; service industry; transportation
        • January 2014
        • Supplement

        J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (C): Back to the Future

        By: Elie Ofek, Jill Avery and Jose B. Alvarez
        Rehired in April 2013, Myron E. "Mike" Ullman III was brought back to stabilize the retailer's business. Under Ron Johnson's "Fair and Square" program, sales had declined rapidly and quarterly losses and expensive capital investments had put severe pressure on cash... View Details
        Keywords: Decisions; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry
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        • May – June 2011
        • Article

        Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness

        By: Boris Groysberg, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
        Can groups become effective simply by assembling high status individual performers? Though an affirmative answer may seem straightforward on the surface, this answer becomes more complicated when group members benefit from collaborating on interdependent tasks.... View Details
        Keywords: Groups and Teams; Equity; Theory; Human Resources; Integration; Body of Literature; Performance Effectiveness; Status and Position; Experience and Expertise
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          Eugene F. Soltes

          Eugene Soltes is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where his work focuses on corporate integrity and risk management. His research utilizes data analytics to identify organizational cultures and compliance systems that can effectively... View Details

          • March 2015 (Revised May 2018)
          • Case

          JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool

          By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
          By the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women coming back to the workforce after a period of time away. Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of Asset Management, and her team had to evaluate whether or not... View Details
          Keywords: Women; Training; Leadership; Motherhood; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Diversity; Gender; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Programs; Financial Services Industry; United States
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            Frank V. Cespedes

            Frank Cespedes is Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He received his B.A. from the City College of New York, M.S. from M.I.T. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.

            At Harvard, he has developed and taught a variety of MBA and executive... View Details

            • January 2023
            • Case

            Gerald Weiss (2023)

            By: Brian J. Hall, Carleen Madigan, Andrew Wasynczuk and Caroline Witten
            Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after... View Details
            Keywords: Management Teams; Resignation and Termination; Executive Compensation; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Stock Options; Conflict and Resolution; New York (city, NY)
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              Ryan L. Raffaelli

              Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details

              Keywords: publishing industry; advertising; consulting; information technology industry; grocery; nonprofit industry; retailing; consumer products; federal government
              • March 2015
              • Case

              Statoil: Transparency on Payments to Governments

              By: George Serafeim
              The Statoil case describes the challenge of increasing transparency, in extractive industries, around host county government payments. The case describes Statoil's reasoning behind voluntarily disclosing host country government payments, and the events that led to this... View Details
              Keywords: Corruption; Disclosure; Disclosure Strategy; Regulation; Industry Self-regulation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Bribery; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Government Legislation; Cost vs Benefits; Corporate Disclosure; Mining; Mining Industry; United States
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              • December 2017 (Revised June 2021)
              • Case

              Tesla's Bid for SolarCity

              By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Raaj Zutshi
              In October 2016, Tesla asked its shareholders to ratify their $2.4 billion bid for SolarCity. Tesla had announced a series of large projects in the preceding months including the unveiling of the Model 3, the new Solar Roof, and pushing forward the opening of the... View Details
              Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Shareholder Relations; Project Finance
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                Lauren H. Cohen

                Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

                Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government

                  Karim R. Lakhani

                  Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

                  Keywords: biotechnology; communications; computer; health care; high technology; information technology industry; internet; pharmaceuticals; software; video games
                  • 21 Jul 2010
                  • Research & Ideas

                  HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

                  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act slated to be signed this week by U.S. President Barack Obama has been called the most sweeping set of rules for banks and View Details
                  Keywords: by Staff
                  • October 2021 (Revised September 2022)
                  • Case

                  GoPro: Becoming a Subscription Hero

                  By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini and Nicole Tempest Keller
                  In 2021, Nick Woodman, founder and CEO of GoPro, was reviewing the company’s subscription offering, considering whether to extend it beyond benefits that were directly related to the company’s iconic camera. Founded in 2002, GoPro had gained renown for its innovative... View Details
                  Keywords: Subscription Model; Pricing; Lifestyle Brands; Value Proposition; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; California
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                    Tatiana Sandino

                    Tatiana Sandino is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, most recently teaching and undertaking the role of course head for the required first-year MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. She has... View Details

                    Keywords: retailing; service industry