Publications

September 1997
Case

Radiology Management Sciences

Radiology Management Sciences (RMS) analyzes diagnostic imaging claims to help HMOs and insurers control utilization. As industry changes threaten RMS's profitability, the company's founders contemplate two alternative business models. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Industry Growth; Service Industry; Health Industry

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03 Mar 2022
Video

Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, discusses the importance of women's economic participation in society despite the lack of laws protecting their labor. View Details

April 2007 (Revised July 2011)
Case

The Tale of the Lynx (A)

By: Noam Wasserman

The founders of Lynx Solutions have survived major challenges within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying on its users. Now that the company is... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Computer Industry

September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
Case

Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur

By: Ashish Nanda

Profiles the career of a Emmet Stephenson, the founder of over a dozen successful companies, as a model of entrepreneurship and management. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career

24 Apr 2014
Video

Gerald Chertavian - Making A Difference

28 May 2025
Video

Welcome to Foundry

10 Oct 2018
Video

Pedro Tarak CEM Full Interview

March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
Case

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta

By January 2020, sustainable investment firm Generation Investment Management (Generation), founded in London in 2004, had grown from a shared vision among seven founders to a 90-person firm managing $27 billion in public and private equity. Throughout its history,... View Details

Feb 2014
Case

A Long, Bumpy and Unfinished Road: Education Reform in Memphis, Tennessee

Pitt Hyde, a Memphis business leader and the founder of the Hyde Family Foundation, works to ensure the success of the merger between the Memphis City School district and the Shelby County School system. View Details

27 Feb 2014
News

Best Buy Doing Well Considering Their Cards

01 Mar 2017
News

Uber CEO Apologizes Over Video Of Dispute With Driver

December 2014 (Revised July 2021)
Case

Discovery Limited

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Aldo Sesia

Discovery Ltd. is a South Africa-based insurance company. Started in the early 1990s, Discovery used behavioral economics and data collection to innovate in the health care insurance industry. Its founder Adrian Gore believed that the company's products needed to not... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Health Care; Financial Services; Strategy; Value Creation; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; South Africa

January 2023
Case

Kavnia Coffee

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Kumba Sennaar, Sarah Mehta and Jiyoon Han

Case on a coffee hardware startup where a series of experiments and pivots led founder to conclude that the venture was no longer viable. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Startups; Failure; Business Exit or Shutdown; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States