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  • March 2015
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Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

By: Michael Chu, Vincent Dessain and Kristina Maslauskaite
An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investment; Low Cost Private Schools; Investment Fund; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Transition; Investment; Development Economics; Business Growth and Maturation; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; Education; Education Industry; Asia; Africa
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Chu, Michael, Vincent Dessain, and Kristina Maslauskaite. "Pearson Affordable Learning Fund." Harvard Business School Case 315-109, March 2015.
  • April 2011
  • Article

The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization

By: Tom Nicholas
Explanations of Japanese technological modernization from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century have increasingly focused on domestic capabilities as opposed to the traditional emphasis on knowledge transfers from the West. Yet, the literature is mostly... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Patents; Measurement and Metrics; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Japan; Germany; Great Britain; United States
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Nicholas, Tom. "The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization." Explorations in Economic History 48, no. 2 (April 2011): 272–291.
  • March 2008 (Revised November 2008)
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Databank in Africa

By: Jordan Siegel and Yi Kwan Chu
This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic institutional arbitrage. Databank is a financial services firm designing its regional strategy for Africa and seeking to benefit from institutional arbitrage. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Local Range; Emerging Markets; Service Operations; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Africa
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Siegel, Jordan, and Yi Kwan Chu. "Databank in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-478, March 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
  • February 2008 (Revised March 2011)
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Sandhar Technologies Group, Ltd.

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Jayant Davar, CEO and founder of Sandhar Technologies Group, a privately held auto components maker in India, is trying to decide how best to grow the company. He recently took a $22 million investment from Actis Capital, a major emerging markets private equity firm,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Advantage; Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions; Emerging Markets; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; India
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Sandhar Technologies Group, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 808-011, February 2008. (Revised March 2011.)
  • October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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La Roche-Posay: Growing L'Oreal's Active Cosmetics Brand

By: Jill Avery, Vincent Dessain and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
As 2018 neared its end, Laetitia Toupet, international general manager of L’Oréal’s La Roche-Posay brand reflected on the brand’s achievements over the past year. At €1 billion in revenue, La Roche-Posay had recently become the number one dermocosmetics brand in the... View Details
Keywords: Branding; Brand Management; Consumer Products; Brand Positioning; Target Market; Global Brands; Global Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Globalized Firms and Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; France; Europe; Brazil; China; Asia; South America; United States; North America
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Avery, Jill, Vincent Dessain, and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. "La Roche-Posay: Growing L'Oreal's Active Cosmetics Brand." Harvard Business School Case 520-035, October 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
  • 2022
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Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
The Competitiveness Roadmap for India lays out policy principles to guide India's efforts to move towards middle-income and beyond over the next 25 years. It covers a discussion of appropriate outcome ambitions, the underlying development approach, specific policy... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Strategy; Competition; Policy; Government Administration; India
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Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100." Report, Institute for Competitiveness, India, September 2022.
  • August 2007 (Revised April 2008)
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Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Lauren Barley
Describes Texas Pacific Group's purchase and operation of J. Crew, the catalog and specialty clothing retailer. Highlights the issues involved in financing such a transaction, and then focuses on the operational challenges of turning around the business, and of TPG's... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment; Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Lauren Barley. "Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew." Harvard Business School Case 808-017, August 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
  • July 2015 (Revised October 2016)
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China Lodging Group (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino, Shelley Xin Li and Nancy Hua Dai
This case study explores the challenges of aligning middle management interests with company goals as a company navigates rapid growth in a dynamic industry. China Lodging Group, a Chinese hotel chain that opened about 2,000 hotels during its first decade in business,... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Business or Company Management; Growth Management; Balanced Scorecard; Accommodations Industry; China
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Sandino, Tatiana, Shelley Xin Li, and Nancy Hua Dai. "China Lodging Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-004, July 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
  • July 2016
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Mahindra Tool: Project Economics

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
The case describes Mahindra Lifespace Developers’ (MLDL), a unit of Indian conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra, foray into the affordable housing segment. MLDL sees a huge opportunity in selling apartments to the burgeoning population of urban workers, which is badly... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Housing; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Human Needs; Social Issues; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; India
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Fuller, Joseph B., and Christopher Payton. "Mahindra Tool: Project Economics." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 317-701, July 2016.
  • 09 Oct 2018
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How This Executive Spearheaded The Largest M&A In Williams-Sonoma's History

  • 2020
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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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Bhidé, Amar. "Building the Professional Firm: McKinsey & Co.: 1939-1968." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 95-010, January 1995. (Revised July 2020.)
  • August 2020 (Revised August 2023)
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Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services

By: Michael Chu, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide whether to expand to Mexico. The company was founded in São Paulo in 2013 by Colombian-born David Vélez to seize what... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Financial Inclusion; Digital Banking; Credit Cards; Banks and Banking; Disruption; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; South America; Brazil; North America; Mexico
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Chu, Michael, Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services." Harvard Business School Case 321-068, August 2020. (Revised August 2023.)
  • June 2000 (Revised October 2017)
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IDEO

By: Stefan Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Describes IDEO, the world's leading product design firm, and its innovation culture and process. Emphasis is placed on the important role of prototyping and experimentation in general, and in the design of the very successful Palm V handheld computer in particular. A... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Product Design; Product Development; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Creativity; Hardware
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Thomke, Stefan, and Ashok Nimgade. "IDEO." Harvard Business School Case 600-143, June 2000. (Revised October 2017.)
  • December 2018
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Kodak: The Rebirth of an Iconic Brand

By: Anat Keinan, Giana M. Eckhart and Michael B. Beverland
Following its re-emergence from bankruptcy protection in 2014, the marketing team at Kodak has been charged with tripling brand value with consumers, with little marketing budget. The case focuses on the strategies used by senior Kodak marketers Steven Overman and Dany... View Details
Keywords: Branding; Brand & Product Management; Brand Heritage; Cultural Branding; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Demographics
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Keinan, Anat, Giana M. Eckhart, and Michael B. Beverland. "Kodak: The Rebirth of an Iconic Brand." Harvard Business School Case 519-051, December 2018.
  • April 1995 (Revised September 1997)
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Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition, 1987-1992 (Abridged)

By: Lynda M. Applegate
A new CEO must take action to return the company to profitability, to clarify the vision, and then to build the infrastructure (human, capital, and information) needed to support the long-term change in strategy and organization. The case provides a rich description of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Leading Change; Information Technology; Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition, 1987-1992 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 195-238, April 1995. (Revised September 1997.)
  • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
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DigiPlex: Ante-Up or Cash Out

By: Josh Lerner and James Mason
In November 2020, the co-founders of DigiPlex study the future growth trajectory of their Nordic data center venture. A critical question was on the agenda: was now finally the right time to sell DigiPlex? Originally a $2.75 million investment in one small data center... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Decision Making
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Lerner, Josh, and James Mason. "DigiPlex: Ante-Up or Cash Out." Harvard Business School Case 821-080, March 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
  • July 2023
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Moderna: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

By: Satish Tadikonda, Shikhar Ghosh and William Marks
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moderna was riding the successes of developing a vaccine in record time and helping stem the tide of the crisis. However, the company had grown at an incredible rate, more than doubled its number of employees, and had to put on hold... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Growth Management; Management Succession; Retirement; Technological Innovation; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
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Tadikonda, Satish, Shikhar Ghosh, and William Marks. "Moderna: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once." Harvard Business School Case 824-021, July 2023.
  • September 2006 (Revised September 2007)
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VMware, Inc. (A)

By: David B. Yoffie, Ward Bullard, Nikhil Raj and Suja Vaidyanathan
VMware, Inc., the first company to crack the software virtualization market, faces new challenges from competitors' plans to bundle free virtualization solutions in operating systems. VMware, acquired by data storage giant EMC Corp. in 2003, has delivered top-line... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Open Source Distribution; Competition
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Yoffie, David B., Ward Bullard, Nikhil Raj, and Suja Vaidyanathan. "VMware, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 707-013, September 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
  • March 1990
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Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (Abridged)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Describes the growth of a construction management company and the operating problems it now encounters. Designed to introduce students to the value of competition in the construction industry, to show how the techniques of value analysis can be used to strategic... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Operations; Construction; Growth Management; Quality; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Performance Productivity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Construction Industry
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Wheelwright, Steven C. "Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 690-074, March 1990.
  • February 2024
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SundaySky: Changing Customer Experiences through Personalized Video

By: David C. Edelman and James Barnett
In June 2023, SundaySky CEO Jim Dicso considers growth strategies. The software-as-a-service company provided software to create advertising videos, customer service videos, and other videos, like employee training modules, and had begun to pilot a new generative... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Strategy; Technology Adoption; AI and Machine Learning; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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Edelman, David C., and James Barnett. "SundaySky: Changing Customer Experiences through Personalized Video." Harvard Business School Case 524-013, February 2024.
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