Publications

December 1998 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and John M. Turner

Examines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; France

November 1989 (Revised January 1990)
Case

Paul Revere Insurance Co. (C): Competing For the Baldrige Award--The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Exercise

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award requires firms to submit applications that conform to a rigorous quality-assessment system. This case consists of several parts of a service company's 1988 Baldrige application together with material from the Malcolm Baldrige... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Performance Improvement; Performance Evaluation

03 Nov 2012
News

Q&A with Robert C. Pozen, author of ‘Extreme Productivity’

28 Nov 2010
News

Low-profile portfolio

30 Dec 2010
News

Shrink It, Cure It

06 Oct 2021
News

Robots Are Hiding 27 Million Workers from Employers Who Need Them

09 Aug 2019
News

What innovative marketers can teach us about the power of A/B testing

02 Aug 2017
News

The Conglomerate That Troubles China

21 Apr 2017
News

Can a French Political Upstart Ride Obama's Strategy to Victory?

21 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20press.pdf Working PapersThe Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can

many took advantage of economies of scale and other more efficient production processes. Yet, firms increasingly held on to the savings they gained from these reduced costs, rather than passing them on to customers in the form of lower... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

to a rite of passage like a wedding. Group rituals abound in the world of sports; for example, Notre Dame’s football team always walks the same route to the stadium. Many group activities involve food, from community potlucks to global design View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Aug 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Multi-Product Duopoly with Cross-Product Cost Interdependencies

Research Summary

Institutions and Human Capital Development in the Indian IT Services Industry

Una's dissertation research examines how institutional contexts shape human resource practices and human capital development in knowledge intensive industries and their implications for long-term industry development and competitiveness.

Una uses field,... View Details

February 1994
Case

Fremont Financial Corporation

Fremont Financial is an asset-based lender to middle-market companies. The firm has three options to raise capital to finance its loan portfolio. Fremont can (1) extend its existing bank line of credit, (2) issue commercial paper through a special purpose-conduit, or... View Details

Keywords: Financial Markets; Capital; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry

October 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Case

MDH Partners: Evolving a Family Legacy

By: Christina R. Wing and Sarah Mehta

This case is about succession planning for MDH Partners, an Atlanta-based industrial real estate investment firm founded in 2005. When Jeffrey Small, Jr. cofounded MDH Partners, he named the company in honor of his grandfather, Mark Durward (MD) Hodges, an early... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Ventures; Ownership; Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; Georgia (state, US); Atlanta

April 2020
Supplement

Luvo (B)

By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

This case, a follow on to HBS No. 517-049 "Luvo," provides a brief look at changes that have occurred at Luvo, now called Performance Kitchen, since the timing of the first case (mid-2016). Set in January 2020, “Luvo (B)” touches on developments such as the company's... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Nutrition; Food; Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Canada