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2008
Case

Corning Inc.: The Growth and Strategy Council

By: Rebecca Henderson and C. Reavis

Keywords: Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Consumer Products Industry

Article

Foreword: On Financial Innovation and Economic Growth

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Information; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth

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June 2012
Background Note

Note on Financing Growth in Family Firms

By: Belen Villalonga

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Family Business; Private Equity; Joint Ventures; Initial Public Offering

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We examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local nonprofits between 1987 and 2002. We focus on two... View Details

September 2011
Case

Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts

USAP faces extraordinary opportunities to change the way that automobiles are serviced in the US by selling parts at fair prices though online channels. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Machinery and Machining; Cost Management; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States

October 2023 (Revised June 2024)
Case

Catalent: Catalyzing the Next Era of Growth

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Kevin Emancipator

Catalent's newly appointed CEO, Alessandro Maselli, experienced the highs of the pharmaceutical contract development manufacturing (CDMO) space during COVID-19 while helping Moderna and others bring vaccines to market quickly and safely. After rushing to add capacity... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry

December 2020
Case

Darden Restaurants - The Quest for Growth

By: Michael S. Kaufman

September 2019
Teaching Note

Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company

By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani

Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-028. View Details

March 2019
Module Note

Designing Management Systems to Support Multiunit Growth

By: Tatiana Sandino

July 2017
Teaching Note

Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising

By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode

Teaching Note for HBS No. 317-030. View Details

September 2016 (Revised August 2018)
Case

State Street—The Development and Growth of SHE

By: Vikram Gandhi

State Street Global Advisors was the investment arm of State Street Corporation, one of the largest custodians and asset managers in the world with over $2.3 trillion in assets under management. Inspired by demand from a large pension fund client for better gender... View Details

Keywords: ETF; Asset Management; Financial Services Industry