Publications

November 2009
Journal Article

A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Aggregate and Firm Level

By: Diego A. Comin and Sunil Mulani

This paper presents an endogenous growth model that explains the evolution of the first and second moments of productivity growth at the aggregate and firm level during the post-war period. Growth is driven by the development of both (i) idiosyncratic R&D innovations... View Details

Keywords: Volatility; Microeconomics; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods; Research and Development

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June 2025
Supplement

Naked Wines: The Profit vs. Growth Decision (C)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer

Supplement to the (A) case, HBS No. 724-462. View Details

March 2018
Teaching Note

Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A) and (B)

By: Raffaella Sadun

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 717-419 and 717-504. View Details

May 2012 (Revised November 2015)
Case

General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management

By: Arthur I. Segel, Stuart C. Gilson, Thomas Edward Follett Langer, Zubin Gopal Malkani and John Anthony Mascari

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate Industry

April 2012
Teaching Note

The Clorox Company: Leveraging Green for Growth (TN)

By: Elie Ofek

03 Jun 2019
News

Collaborations, not tax breaks, are better for growth

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

09 Mar 2010
News

Increased access to broadband vital to growth

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Virtual Programming

AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth

Join top AI experts including HBS faculty, business leaders, researchers, and government officials for AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth, a one-day conference organized by the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and the Harvard Business School Club... View Details

January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Vietnam: Sustaining the Growth of an Asian Tiger

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

The case tracks Vietnam's economic policy choices and performance from the end of the Vietnam war to the Doi Moi economic reforms and the economic transformation that followed. Throughout this period, the country had become a darling of the international aid community.... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Leadership; Policy; Transformation; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Viet Nam

September 2023
Supplement

Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)

By: Mark Egan

As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. Their task at hand? To predict the demand for their product in the coming season, determine the appropriate investments in working... View Details

Keywords: Working Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Expansion; Production; Apparel and Accessories Industry