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- October 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Teaching Note
La-Z-Boy (A)
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Julia Kelley
Kurt Darrow, CEO of La-Z-Boy furniture, must decide whether to continue an overhaul of the company's strategy in the face of a collapse in demand during the great recession. Having pared back La-Z-Boy's portfolio of brands and manufacturing network, he intends to... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Manufacturing; Organizational Transformations; Reorganization; Furniture Industry; Corporate Strategy; Home Fashion; Turnaround; Portfolio Rationalization; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Brand Repositioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Transformation; Retail Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
- June 2007 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Marie Trellu-Kane at Unis-Cite
By: Michel Anteby, Julie Battilana and Anne-Claire Pache
Marie Trellu-Kane is trying to decide how Unis-Cite should respond to French President Jacques Chirac's announcement in 2005 of a new national voluntary civil service program. Since 1994, Trellu-Kane and her co-founders had been creating and overseeing a civil service... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Paris
Anteby, Michel, Julie Battilana, and Anne-Claire Pache. "Marie Trellu-Kane at Unis-Cite." Harvard Business School Case 407-106, June 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
- 28 May 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Education, each of you has experienced both moments of growth and times of great challenge as you have navigated your career and life. The question we hope to answer with the findings of this survey is whether and how HBS can be a valued... View Details
- December 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Celtel International B.V.
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Mo Ibrahim, chairman of Celtel International, the largest provider of cellular services in sub-Saharan Africa, must decide on his company's future. After an amazing six years that took it from minority positions in three countries to nearly $1 billion in revenues and... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Africa
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Celtel International B.V." Harvard Business School Case 805-061, December 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
D. Wayne Calloway
non-core businesses and encouraging risk-taking throughout the organization, Calloway posted phenomenal growth figures. He generated a fourfold increase in revenues from $8 billion to $32 billion and grew... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 22 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: 3M
3M’s Business Development, Sales and Marketing functions. Members of this leadership development program lead individual internal consulting projects across the company’s 27 divisions to drive growth and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
requirement to know where you are on the playing field. Different firms can come at the business in very different ways. For Accel, historically we have specialized. Over time, those specializations continue to become more granular. At... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Think globally, crowdfund locally
access community capital to fund growth and improvement projects. "Local Lift is a supplement or replacement to a small business loan," says Sonnier. "We are changing the way small View Details
- February 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
IMAX: Scaling Personalized Learning in India
By: John Jong-Hyun Kim, Michael Chu and Rachna Tahilyani
IMAX is a provider of comprehensive testing and personalized content across mid-range and low-cost private K-10 schools in India. It aims to improve learning outcomes by providing schools with an integrated product suite including textbooks, workbooks, assessments,... View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Acquisition; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; India
Kim, John Jong-Hyun, Michael Chu, and Rachna Tahilyani. "IMAX: Scaling Personalized Learning in India." Harvard Business School Case 316-108, February 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- March 1991 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Marks and Spencer Ltd. (B)
Describes the firm's 1988 expansion into the United States through the acquisition of Brooks Brothers, a specialty up-market men's clothing chain and Kings Super Markets, a high quality New Jersey grocer. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Business Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Retail Industry; United States
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Marks and Spencer Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 391-090, March 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “John Paulson’s extraordinary gift will enable the growth and ensure the strength of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard for the benefit of generations to come,” said Harvard President... View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 27 Jun 2016
- News
Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
Nestlé’s growth plans: Health products, including medical foods for patients with conditions such as Alzheimers’ and gastrointestinal problems, have become an increasing focus for Nestlé in recent years, with a string of acquisitions and... View Details
- November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (B)
By: John A. Davis, Louis B. Barnes and Peter K. Botticelli
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Equity; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry
Davis, John A., Louis B. Barnes, and Peter K. Botticelli. "Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-111, November 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (A)
By: John A. Davis, Louis B. Barnes and Peter K. Botticelli
After establishing a small but profitable skiwear business, an entrepreneur decides to sell a minority stake in the firm to outside investors. His goal is to acquire the capital needed to grow the business, even though this will entail a substantial transformation of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Equity; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry
Davis, John A., Louis B. Barnes, and Peter K. Botticelli. "Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-084, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
program started by teaching sailing skills to children with spinal cord injuries, it now serves children and adults with a variety of physical and emotional challenges as well as cancer patients and veterans. “I thought the best path to effective View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
William H. Nichols
Nichols was instrumental in the building of the chemical supply business in the United States and was one of the original founders of the American Chemical Society. Under his leadership of General Chemical, its asset base and earnings... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- May 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Progressive Corporation
By: Michael E. Porter and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Progressive is a leader in providing nonstandard (high-risk) automobile insurance to drivers across America, with a long record of extraordinary profitability. Progressive is facing a challenge in its segment from Allstate, the industry leader, and must decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Planning; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Auto Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Porter, Michael E., and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Progressive Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 797-109, May 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- June 2011
- Case
Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1
By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Sam Palmisano explains the moves he made to transform IBM into a faster-growing, more profitable company focused on IT solutions to the problems of companies, cities, and nations. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 311-701, June 2011.
- August 1996
- Case
ThermoLase
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
John Hansen, CEO of ThermoLase, must develop a plan of action to exploit the company's new development-stage revolutionary hair removal technology with negligible revenues and a $500 million market capitalization. This nascent public Thermo Electron spin out company... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Plan; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "ThermoLase." Harvard Business School Case 897-002, August 1996.
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
business partner. The other was her microwave. Day was in the habit of cooking all her meals just as her mom had done when she was a child, but she had to believe in her own product—which meant that every plate of kale ricotta ravioli or... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos