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14 Nov 2017
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October 2017 Negotiation Journal Prescriptions Based on a Realistic View of Human Behavior By: Bazerman, Max Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53096 November–December 2017 Harvard View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
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Brightening the Future

in the Philippines, Jaime “Jim” Ayala (MBA ’88) decided to put his considerable business experience to work improving the lives of some of his native country’s poorest citizens. Explaining his 2009 decision to leave Ayala Land, which had... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Oct 2000
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Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

1969), and their six children and spouses. "Beverly and Rod are a wonderful model for us all," Clark noted. "They have had an outstanding career and life together, raised a fine family, and never lost sight of the importance of helping... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

new to the firm: A majority of the team are computer programmers and developers, employing sophisticated algorithms to manage more than $275 million in assets. This active model would pit Alpha Architect against big banks, but with an... View Details

Winter 2021
Article

How Would-Be Category Kings Become Commoners

By: Rory McDonald and Keith Krach

Category creation is the holy grail in business, but more often than not, the very companies that establish lucrative new markets don’t end up being the category kings. Why? Many executives undermine their own ventures’ standing by misinterpreting and misfiring on... View Details

Keywords: New Markets; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Business Model

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Building the Professional Firm: McKinsey & Co.: 1939-1968

By: Amar Bhidé

This case history analyzes how the founders of McKinsey & Co. built one of the world's leading management consulting firms by developing a “system” of professional norms, approach to serving clients, personnel policies, organization, governance, and ownership. The... View Details

Keywords: McKinsey ＆ Co.; Company History; Professional Norms; Vision; Organizations; Business History; Business Model; Strategy; Consulting Industry

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01 Jun 2010
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Alumni Books

numbers one never thinks about, even though they play a crucial role in most aspects of life. Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal by Mark W. Johnson (MBA ’96) (Harvard... View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

affordable, changing the way we consumers pay for the services doesn't fix anything. What we need is a system of new value networks that will disrupt the old business models in this industry. We need a new... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

01 Sep 2005
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Ideas: Books

emerging technologies, new business models resulting from broadband deployment, security concerns, regulatory obstacles, and other subjects. In Their Time The Greatest Business... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

April 2001
Teaching Note

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By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steven Silverman and William A. Sahlman

Teaching Note for (9-898-105). For book only. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Business Model; Web Services Industry

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May 2017
Supplement

Betfair (D)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, John Heilbron and Neil Campbell

Betfair reconsiders its approach to international gambling markets amid regulatory uncertainty. View Details

Keywords: Betfair; Exchange; Betting; Leisure Industry; Laws and Statutes; Business Model; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe

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April 2017
Case

China Hospitals Inc.: The Growth of Private Hospitals in China

By: Kevin Schulman, Xiao Yu and Ariel Hwang

This case examines the privatization of hospitals in China. China Hospitals, Inc. has become the largest for-profit hospital company in China, purchasing government owned hospitals in Tier 2 cities. The case profiles CEO Frank Hu. To build his company, he has to... View Details

Keywords: Privatization; For-Profit Firms; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Health Industry; China

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01 Jun 2001
News

Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

month, the results are nearly disastrous, but the concerns are human and strategic, not just technological: “How do we get people to change? Do we adapt our business process to the technology or the technology to our process?” I find... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Dec 2009
News

Faculty Books

Leadership by Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Mark Rennella (Palgrave Macmillan) This book examines the evolution of leadership through the story of the American airline industry. Early airline entrepreneurs searched for a viable View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

March 2011 (Revised March 2013)
Supplement

mixi (B)

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Mayuka Yamazaki

Supplements case 709-413. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Social and Collaborative Networks

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01 Dec 2015
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Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?

Sachdev (MBA 2013) found that the companies that thrived shared five common traits. In a recent working paper, Lal and Sachdev lay out these best practices, which include an open and flexible regulatory structure, business View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

supporting gay and lesbian rights, and saving the rainforest. I'd like to see more companies copy our business model and become advocates for social change." Working Assets' charitable-donation model,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

November 2014
Teaching Note

Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet?

By: Willy Shih

Keywords: Free-form; Business Model; Disruption

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January 2008 (Revised December 2008)
Case

Codman Academy: Beyond the Start-up Phase

By: Stacey Childress and Tiffany K. Cheng

As it entered its seventh academic year, Codman Academy, an expeditionary learning charter school located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was reflecting on its successes and challenges. The school had succeeded in placing every member of its most recent graduating class... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Education Industry; Boston

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