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June 1997 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Genset Initial Public Offering (B)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States

06 Dec 2021
News

HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Digital Initiative, was how to develop the skills and insight to become a leader in the digital age. Today’s MBA Program has multiple electives designed to help students conceive, lead, and execute digital innovation initiatives and develop new View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Apr 2002
News

Back on Course

the fact that those models produced 70 percent of the firm's revenue. "They were practical, but ugly," noted Heese, who expressed distaste for the "fiberglass bathtubs" that are all too common these days. Chris- Craft plans to launch a... View Details

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

business: Investing in employees keeps churn rates down and distinguishes Hello Alfred in a moment when quantity of transactions often wins out over quality of service. “If we serve our employees well, then the users will be happy,” Sapone says. “We built a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

21 Jan 2022
News

Real Talk

Henderson brought more than 30 years of experience in executive-leadership diversity training at places like Nike and Citigroup, and across business and organizations in Asia, Africa, and post-apartheid South Africa. And they brought... View Details

May 2021 (Revised August 2021)
Supplement

Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations

By: Antonio Moreno and Anibha Singh

As Migros, one of Turkey’s largest grocery chains, forays into online groceries, the company faces operational challenges related to inventory management, fulfillment and last mile delivery and strategics questions related to growing in an ecosystem with rapidly... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Management; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey

01 Mar 2008
News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

though there is more complexity around managing an international venture capital firm, there are great benefits to understanding what’s happening in other geographies. A simple example is how much there is to be learned from emerging Internet View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Web

Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

uncertainty. Global ventures, or “born globals”, are enterprises that become distributed across multiple countries very early in their life cycle. For these businesses, globalization is a core component of their business View Details

February 2024
Case

More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company

By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert

In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation’s recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to becoming a leading global medical technology (MedTech) company. Over the past dozen years, Takeuchi and prior... View Details

Keywords: Global Human Resource Management; Medical Technology; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Globalization; Business Model; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States

01 Mar 2016
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

easy; finding a business model that was going to be sustainable was the hardest. There was a lot of competition, people weren’t purchasing things online yet, funding started drying up, then the Nasdaq... View Details

Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

March 2009 (Revised June 2011)
Case

The Guardian: Transition to the Online World

By: David J. Collis, Peter W. Olson and Mary Furey

The Guardian had been an early innovator in online newspapers and had not only become the leading U.K. newspaper web site, but was making strides with audiences outside of the U.K. However, The Guardian had been losing money since 2000, and, in spite of the relative... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Revenue; Newspapers; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Online Technology; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; United Kingdom

March 2020
Teaching Note

onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy

By: Jill Avery and Anat Keinan

onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Internet Tsunami

service. As for customers, in addition to making purchases, they use Rakuten for online auctions and chats about the site's vendors. According to Business Week (July 7, 2000), Rakuten, founded in 1997, has 3,100 vendors, attracts some 70... View Details

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

between the regions and the headquarters in London, the types of funds the firm will raise, and the skills required of employees. One of the final challenges is whether Actis, which has produced a very good track record, even needs to change its View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2009
News

The Ascent of Money

legislation to revive the ailing middle class as business groups dig in for a fight on Capitol Hill. Model Patient The Massachusetts approach to health-care reform, enacted under former governor Mitt Romney... View Details

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

with a dominant platform that earns more than under compatibility. We also find that incompatibility generates larger total welfare than compatibility when horizontal differences between platforms are small. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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