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- April 1994 (Revised August 1996)
- Case
American Express (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
In January 1993, the American Express board met to decide who would succeed James D. Robinson, III as chairman and CEO. The board needed to act in the spotlight of intense media and investor scrutiny, and after leaks had revealed that there was a conflict among the...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Corporate Governance;
Resignation and Termination;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Performance Evaluation
Lorsch, Jay W. "American Express (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-093, April 1994. (Revised August 1996.)
- March 2022 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
Perch
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Stacy Straaberg and Julia Kelley
In May 2021, Perch CEO Chris Bell needed to decide whether his e-commerce aggregator company, which bought and scaled Amazon Marketplace brands, should acquire up to three acquisition targets. The prospective acquisitions, Web Deals Direct, HomeCo, and Future Brands,...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Integration;
E-commerce;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry;
Technology Industry;
North America;
United States;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
California;
Asia;
Philippines
- Web
Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms
and company. 6 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Enroll by October 17 $1,850 Certificate AI Essentials for Business Professors Karim Lakhani and Marco Iansiti Compete in the age of AI. 4 weeks, 5-6 hrs/week Enroll by...
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- 05 Feb 2015
- News
Tech Meets Fashion
- 17 May 2016
- News
Here’s What Happens When You Let Your Team Have Fun
- February 1998 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Burma Pipeline, The
By: Debora L. Spar and Lane LaMure
In 1996, Unocal Corp. joined forces with the French Total company to construct an ambitious natural gas pipeline from the Andaman Sea across the southern tip of Burma and into Thailand. At an estimated cost of $1.2 billion, the pipeline was designed to bring sorely...
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Keywords:
Political Risk;
Risk Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Energy Industry;
Asia
Spar, Debora L., and Lane LaMure. "Burma Pipeline, The." Harvard Business School Case 798-078, February 1998. (Revised March 2000.)
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
downside of recruiting for private equity jobs out of HBS is that it all happens during a ‘recruiting cycle’ that takes place early in the fall for ECs. But those cycles don’t necessarily line up with the...
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
experimentation with financial stability. You will return to your company prepared to build change strategies that inspire organizational change and drive corporate success. This program is eligible for the Certificate View Details
- Program
Managing Health Care Delivery
Summary Today's health care organizations need leaders who can respond to the challenge of delivering greater value through a combination of higher quality, lower cost, and...
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F. Warren McFarlan
Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details
- 15 Oct 2012
- News
What business should do to restore competitiveness
- 24 May 2017
- News
When Finance Is a Character in a Novel
- Web
Marketing - Doctoral
Marketing The doctoral program in Marketing draws on a variety of underlying disciplines to research important marketing management problems centered on the immediate and future needs and wants View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
Charles Cooney, taught me that the hardest problems often occur at interfaces between multiple sectors. The 2+2 program offered me a way to learn the language and tools I would need to tackle tough problems at the interface View Details
- May–June 2021
- Article
Case Study: What Role Should a Company Play in a National Crisis?
By: Christopher J. Malloy
The article presents a fictionalized case study asking what type of role should a company play in a national crisis, specifically a tsunami hitting Indonesia, similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Topics include how disasters can impact family-owned companies, the...
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Malloy, Christopher J. "Case Study: What Role Should a Company Play in a National Crisis?" Harvard Business Review 99, no. 3 (May–June 2021): 150–154.
- February 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Arbor Health Care Company
By: Myra M. Hart and Stephanie Dodson
A venture-funded start-up runs into trouble when health care reimbursement policies change radically. With the help of its board, the company develops a new strategy, becomes profitable, and makes a public offering. The second wave of changes introduced by Clinton...
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Keywords:
Industry Structures;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Succession;
Business Startups;
Transformation;
Strategy;
Venture Capital;
Policy;
Initial Public Offering;
Health Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Stephanie Dodson. "Arbor Health Care Company." Harvard Business School Case 897-132, February 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
- 06 Apr 2022
- News
How to Use Correlation to Make Predictions
- 02 Oct 2018
- News
How Companies Can Tap Into Talent Clusters
- 09 May 2013
- News
Will Health-Care Law Beget Entrepreneurs?
- 14 Dec 2010
- News