Publications

Educators

February 2005 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Rx Depot: Importing Drugs from Canada

By: Debora L. Spar

In 2002, a handful of entrepreneurs began to ship drugs from Canada into the United States, taking advantage of regulatory and price differentials across the neighboring countries. Using the Internet and a low-cost network of Canadian pharmacies, firms like Rx Depot... View Details

Keywords: Courts and Trials; Entrepreneurship; Intellectual Property; Laws and Statutes; Pharmaceutical Industry; Canada; United States

March 1986 (Revised June 1986)
Case

Canada Under New Management--1984

05 Oct 2021

MBA Tour: Eastern Canada

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students, and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to meeting you to discuss our MBA... View Details

05 Apr 2017

Canada Prospective Student Webinar

This webinar will include a presentation from MBA Admissions targeted to Canadian prospective students. The webinar will include Q&A with the Canada Club. View Details

31 Mar 2015

Canada Prospective Student Webinar

This webinar will include a brief presentation from MBA Admissions and the Career & Professional Development Office targeted to Canadian prospective students. It will also feature a Q&A with current students from Canada. View Details

09 Apr 2014
HBS Seminar

Hanna Halaburda, Bank of Canada

November 1974 (Revised December 1991)
Case

Foreign Investment in Canada (A)

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Investment; Development Economics; Business and Government Relations; Canada

July 2010 (Revised October 2010)
Teaching Note

Fidelity Retires in Canada (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Edward Warren Scott

Teaching Note for 311023. View Details

Keywords: Canada

01 May 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Canada

The Geographic Regions Webinar Series aims to highlight different cultures at HBS. Each webinar will feature student panelists from the region featured as they reflect on their MBA experience and future plans. View Details

23 Feb 2022

HBS College Programs Series: Canada

Come learn about the ways you can get involved with HBS as a college student. This includes our deferred admission process for college seniors, 2+2, and our MBA preview experiences Peek, Virtual Venture into Management, and Summer Venture in Management. You will get to... View Details

April 2008 (Revised October 2008)
Case

TD Canada Trust (A): The Green and the Red

By: Dennis Campbell and Brent Kazan

The case series illustrates the role of performance measurement and analytics in translating TD-Canada Trust's service model of "comfortable banking" into operational terms. In 2000, in a banking market where consumers and regulators were typically hostile to mergers... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Commercial Banking; Profit; Balanced Scorecard; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Banking Industry; Canada

Educators

August 2017
Supplement

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Organization Behavior; Government; Performance; Leadership; Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Nonprofit Organizations; Government Administration; Restructuring; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Canada

June 2021
Case

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021

By: Josh Lerner, Reza Satchu and Alys Ferragamo

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest pools of investment capital in the world and follows a rigorous “Total Portfolio Framework” in its approach to investment management. In April of 2021, John Graham was just two months into his role... View Details

Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Strategy; Capital Markets; Financial Strategy; Investment; Asset Management; Financial Institutions; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Assets; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Canada

Educators

April 1995
Supplement

CANADA 1995: Big Debt, Slow Growth

By: George C. Lodge and Marie Bell

Keywords: Financial Condition; Canada