Publications

April 2009
Teaching Note

Satelite Distribuidora de Petroleo (TN)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Andrea Minardi

Teaching Note for [808062]. View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Opportunities; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Business Model; Energy Industry; Brazil

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Amul and India's National Dairy Development Board

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder

Amul Dairy has been a successful change maker in India's dairy system. How does it move from this success to the new challenges facing the Indian food system--is it an appropriate model? View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Leading Change; Success; Cooperative Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Food and Beverage Industry; India

March 2025
Supplement

Intuition Robotics: An AI Companion for Older Adults (B)

By: Amit Goldenberg, Elie Ofek and Orna Dan

Two years after Intuition Robotics opted to pursue a business-to-government contract with the New York State Office of the Aging, and put direct-to-consumer efforts on the back burner, it was at a crossroads. The partnership had been successful, and the company had... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; AI and Machine Learning; Resource Allocation; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; New York (state, US); United States

October 2009
Case

A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis Rising

On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it was simultaneously acquiring two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all-cash deals. The total price was about $24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market cap at the time.... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Transformation; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Alignment; Valuation; Energy Industry; United States

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

way it’s been for more than 100 years. Cars today, he says, are essentially produced the same way Ford made the Model T. “But what if we made cars differently?” Rogers gathers speed. What if we assumed that people didn’t care about steel?... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

February 2014 (Revised August 2014)
Case

The Michelin Restaurant Guide: Charting a New Course

By: Mukti Khaire, Elena Corsi and Jerome Lenhardt

Created in 1900 by the tire manufacturer Michelin, the Michelin Restaurant Guide was widely considered the international benchmark of food rating, and, by 2013, boasted paper editions in 23 countries, and had recently expanded to the United States and Asia. Paper sales... View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

Case Study: The Speed of Light

sure everyone understands that the business exists to deliver solutions using this “hands-on, engineering- heavy” approach. Repeat it over and over and over. (4) Get the model right in New Jersey—number of... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

December 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Rise and Fall of Iridium, The

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Examines the history of Iridium Communications, a provider of mobile satellite services. Discusses the genesis of Iridium's technical design, then follows the venture through various stages of development. Describes Iridium's attempts to build a subscriber base after... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Business Model; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Structure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry

01 Dec 2018
News

Collaborative Cures

scientific and technological foundations of medical invention are already straining our existing institutions. By thoughtfully approaching business model innovation, we will be more successful in navigating... View Details

Web

Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

the course of economic theory and financial practice. With the option pricing model firmly in place, Merton's research as a member of the Harvard Business School faculty continues to evolve as he turns his... View Details

March 2009
Teaching Note

Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation (TN)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

Teaching Note for [309085]. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Problems and Challenges; Globalization; Expansion; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Advertising Industry

March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
Case

Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market

By: Paul A. Gompers and Ahmed Dahawy

Karim Nour, the founder of Kashat, an Egyptian nano-lending fintech company, is contemplating how to manage the growth of his startup. Over the summer of 2022, Kashat's loan disbursements had grown by nearly 40%, fueled by macroeconomic instability in Egypt. However,... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Capital; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt

01 Jun 2002
News

Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse

and an espoused belief system that stressed respect, integrity, and communication end up in such a situation? How could an innovative business model that showed so much promise have gone wrong so suddenly?... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Enron; faculty; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Dulcie Madden (C)—A Final Chance?

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Cash Flow; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Technology

January 2011 (Revised November 2014)
Case

Mochi Media

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Amit Jain

In late 2009, the management of Mochi Media, a venture-backed startup, must decide how to invest scarce resources to achieve continued growth. Mochi has developed a three-sided platform, connecting Flash game developers, sites that aggregate these games, and... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Multi-Sided Platforms; Partners and Partnerships; Competition

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

01 Sep 2006
News

Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

invest in a data science artificial intelligence across your enterprise to take advantage of the large volume of data being produced. And finally, to actually deliver new value to your customers, you need to design new business View Details

Keywords: April White

September 2020
Teaching Note

Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters

By: Alexander J. MacKay

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 719-451. View Details

Keywords: Cold Brew Coffee; Specialty Coffee; On-premise Coffee Market; Retail Expansion Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Brands and Branding; Expansion; Strategy; Decision Making; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Management; Competition

January 2011 (Revised April 2011)
Case

TripAdvisor

By: Sunil Gupta and Kerry Herman

By 2010, TripAdvisor was the largest travel site in the world operating in 24 countries and 16 languages, with listings for 455,000 hotels, 92,000 attractions and 564,000 restaurants in over 71,000 destinations worldwide. It had over 40 million reviews from 35 million... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Growth and Development Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet; Service Industry; Travel Industry