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  • April 1994 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

China (C): Energy and the Environment

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local and... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Pollutants; Climate Change; Business and Government Relations; Globalization; Energy Industry; China
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    Brian J. Hall

    Brian J. Hall is the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He served as the Unit Head for the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) Unit for 14 years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics in the... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; consulting; consumer products; executive search; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; private equity (LBO funds); restaurant; sports; venture capital industry

      Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

      Best-Selling (MOST POPULAR) Cases:  

        1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

      • February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
      • Case

      Lincoln Financial Group (A)

      Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Training; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Corporate Strategy
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      • 18 Jun 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

      Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
      Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing
      • July 2008 (Revised January 2010)
      • Case

      PCCW now

      By: Andrei Hagiu and Waishun Lo
      In 2007, PCCW had to formulate a strategy for growth of its successful NOW TV platform and its quadruple play implementation outside of Hong Kong. Launched in September 2003 by PCCW (Hong Kong's largest telecommunications operator), NOW TV had swiftly become the... View Details
      Keywords: Television Entertainment; Growth and Development Strategy; Multi-Sided Platforms; Technology Platform; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Hong Kong
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        Boris Groysberg

        Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school's MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous... View Details
        Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; information technology industry; investment banking industry; professional services

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          Keywords: health care
          • March 2021
          • Case

          Humana (A)

          By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ashley Ifeadike
          To implement a bold new strategy, Humana needed to decide how to prioritize the pillars; where to own and where to partner; how much risk is acceptable; and how to continue to deliver strong operational performance while implementing a new strategy. Had the firm made... View Details
          Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Health Care Industry; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Health Insurance Marketplaces; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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            Robert S. Kaplan

            Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details

            Keywords: health care; nonprofit industry
            • May 2021
            • Article

            Value-Based Healthcare in Urology: A Collaborative Review

            By: Chanan Reitblat, Paul A. Bain, Michael E. Porter, David N. Bernstein, Thomas W. Feeley, Markus Graefen, Santosh Iyer, Matthew J. Resnick, C.J. Stimson, Quoc-Dien Trinh and Boris Gershman
            Context:
            In response to growing concerns over rising costs and major variation in quality, improving value for patients has been proposed as a fundamentally new strategy for how healthcare should be delivered, measured, and... View Details
            Keywords: Value-based Healthcare; Integrated Practice Units; Outcome Measurement; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Cost Management; Strategy; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics
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            • 11 Jul 2001
            • News

            Hitotsubashi University to Present 'Porter Prize' to Companies

            • January 2022
            • Case

            Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (A)

            By: Ariel D. Stern, Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
            When Dr. Ikenna Okezie founded Somatus, a value-based kidney care provider, his goal had been nothing short of transforming kidney care delivery in the United States. Rather than relying on dialysis, a costly and intensive treatment for late-stage kidney disease, the... View Details
            Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Management; Strategy; Business Strategy; Value; Value Creation; Health Industry; United States; Virginia
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            • December 2010
            • Case

            Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon

            By: Michael Tushman, Ruth Page and Tom Ryder
            The case examines leadership and organizational change within a strong culture context through a multimedia study of lululemon, a specialty retailer of high-end athletic apparel. Video segments trace the company's history from its founding in 1998 as a single retail... View Details
            Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Transition; Growth Management; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Vancouver; United States
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              Frank V. Cespedes

              Frank Cespedes is Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He received his B.A. from the City College of New York, M.S. from M.I.T. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.

              At Harvard, he has developed and taught a variety of MBA and executive... View Details

              • September 2001 (Revised April 2002)
              • Case

              Documentum, Inc

              By: Rajiv Lal and Sean Lanagan
              Describes Jeff Miller's attempt to implement Geoffrey Moore's crossing the chasm ideas at enterprise software vendor, Documentum. View Details
              Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Segmentation; Software
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              • April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
              • Case

              Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)

              By: Lynda M. Applegate
              Describes the actions taken by the new CEO 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. Ends with senior... View Details
              Keywords: Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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              • 27 Oct 2008
              • Lessons from the Classroom

              Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

              if they have different organizational forms: nonprofit, for-profit, governmental) in the managerial challenges they face and in the kinds of strategies they need to pursue in creating social value, and that they are more similar to one... View Details
              Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
              • September 1984
              • Case

              Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)

              By: Robert J. Dolan
              Describes the outcome of implementation of the standardized plan described in Henkel (A). View Details
              Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Expansion; Profit; Conflict Management; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; Construction Industry; Europe; West Germany
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              • October 2015 (Revised May 2016)
              • Background Note

              Leading and Managing Change (ABRIDGED)

              By: Ryan Raffaelli
              Managing change is consistently ranked as one of the most critical and difficult tasks that leaders face. This note outlines the key choices that leaders must make when engineering change. It is organized into four sections, offering guidance on how to 1) diagnose the... View Details
              Keywords: Change Management
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