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March 1992 (Revised April 1995)
Teaching Note

BMW: The 7-Series Project (A), Teaching Note

By: Gary P. Pisano

Teaching Note for (9-692-083). View Details

Keywords: Projects; Competency and Skills; Production; Quality; Product Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Management Practices and Processes; Luxury; Auto Industry

March 2020
Case

Voi Technology

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Olivia Hull

Voi Technology, a fast-growing start-up out of Sweden, is competing in the highly contested European e-scooter sharing market. With a presence in nearly 40 cities in Europe by February 2020, the firm is working hard to improve its unit economics to reach profitability.... View Details

February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
Case

Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital

By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan

Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details

July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
Case

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko

For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States

June 2024 (Revised December 2024)
Case

Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ahmed Dahawy

Lana Ghanem, managing director of Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture arm of larger pharmaceutical group Hikma, is considering how to grow the venture arm as well as progress her own career. Over the past few years Hikma's executive team had been pressuring the... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

position as market leader would deteriorate. Additionally, if Emirates NBD held back Tanfeeth's growth ambitions, some of the world-class talent Tanfeeth had been able to attract might leave. What was the best course of action for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

investment or standing in the way? The results of the study have already drawn the attention of pension funds and other asset managers. Some observers have questioned whether oil producers are really using the technologies they’re patenting, or if the patents are part... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

to help them understand and overcome the barriers women face is seeking governance roles. “It was painful to hear their stories. I hate any inequality,” Groysberg says. “I said, ‘If it bothers me so much, I should teach and make a difference.’” Jeanette Gorgas... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

opportunity — and a strategy for growth — in creating clean and sustainable industrial technologies and systems. “We’ve been stunned by the impact not just on our bottom line but in terms of what it means... View Details

September 2010 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Sherritt Goes to Cuba (A): Political Risk in Unchartered Territory

By: Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan Schlefer

Ian Delaney, CEO of Sherritt, a primarily a mining company, visited Cuba in the early 1990s to negotiate a deal to export nickel for their Canadian refineries. The case describes the difficulties of doing business in Cuba and the challenges Delaney overcame to turn... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Joint Ventures; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; Canada; Cuba; United States

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

retiring from the active faculty in 1998. Uyterhoeven authored or coauthored numerous cases, teaching notes, articles, and books, including Business Policy: Managing Strategic Processes, whose eighth edition was published in 1995; View Details

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth and our increasing... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

December 2023 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad

In 2005, Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone was a sensation. After its launch in 1999, the groundbreaking BlackBerry had captured the hearts and minds of corporate America through its secure wireless email service. The device was so addictive and... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Management Style; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; United States; Canada

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

Explicating the 'Dynamics' in the Dynamic Capabilities Framework By: Jones, Geoffrey, and R. Daniel Wadhwani Abstract—This working paper aims to deepen the scholarly dialogue between strategy and history. It does so by examining how... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

some implications for the future growth of the industry. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=804176 Blue River Capital Harvard Business School Case 708-448 Examines the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2025
Case

Constitutional Fiction: John Miller & the Legitimacy of Family Constitutions

By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan

John Miller sat reviewing his family’s Constitution, grappling with how best to implement and enforce its provisions. Designed to prevent ambiguity in governance, the Family Constitution set out core values and guidelines to promote harmony and cohesion among family... View Details