Publications

June 1999 (Revised November 1999)
Background Note

Processes of Strategy Definition and Implementation, The

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Jeremy Dann

Strategy definition is not a short, discrete process. Rather, outside influences (market, political, technological, etc.) and the company's own resource allocation process continually reshape an organization's strategy. View Details

Keywords: Disruption; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Situation or Environment; Strategy

01 Jun 2011
News

New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste

2011 host clubs Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship winner Student Business Plan winners Business Plan competition turns 15 In the throwaway graveyard where once trendy TVs, smartphones, and laptops go to... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

January 1996
Case

Transportation Displays Incorporated (C): The Case for a Preemptive Restructuring

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Joel T. Schwartz, Steve Silver and David Stemerman

A company nears the end of a long multiyear turnaround and now must consider how to "cash out" so its management can realize a financial return on investment. The privately held company has several options, including a leveraged ESOP and a leveraged recapitalization. View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Capital; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Private Ownership

March 2002 (Revised December 2002)
Background Note

A Note on Corporate Venturing and New Business Creation

By: David A. Garvin

Presents an introduction and overview of corporate venturing. Describes the need for companies to create new businesses, the stages in the process, predictable problems and challenges, the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches such as internal venture... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Venture Capital; Problems and Challenges

January 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Silverado (A)

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Charles J. Woodard

Silverado has raised $50 million and launched its first product: an Internet-based trivia game with innovative software. In a highly uncertain environment, the young management team must decide whether to continue developing the product and whether to branch out into... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Product Launch; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

01 Dec 2014
News

In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)

As CEO of the London-based telecom Vodafone Group, Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) has led a series of headline-grabbing acquisitions and divestitures, from the company’s $1.7 billion purchase of British multinational telecom Cable & Wireless to its sale of a $130 billion... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; technology; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 1999 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Steady Earner, Inc.

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard

An employee is permitted to choose any one of three stock option plans. The first involves options that are in the money and must be exercised within 10 years. The second involves options that are at the money and must be exercised within 10 years. The third involves... View Details

Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Taxation; Stock Options

01 Mar 2009
News

Inciting Wonder

ROGERS: State dinners and Easter eggs. Stephen J. Serio/Crain’s Chicago Business As the social secretary for the new administration in Washington, Desirée Rogers (MBA ’85) will have a discreet hand in shaping the personal image that the Obama White House presents to... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

17 Mar 2015
News

The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)

What’s the story behind the Flatiron School, and how did you come up with the name? “The Flatiron School was born when I met my cofounder, Avi Flombaum, while researching innovations in higher education at Charles River Ventures. I had always been interested in... View Details

Keywords: Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

Web

Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

Care contains the analytic framework for students who want to innovate the sector. It is entirely taught through current field-based case studies of health care innovations. Innovating in Health Care (Q1) is the prerequisite for the next two field courses, Field... View Details

November 2019
Case

DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles

By: Shane Greenstein and Nicole Tempest Keller

Founded in 2016, DeepMap developed high definition (HD) mapping software and localization services for Level 4+ autonomous vehicles. Traditional navigational maps were accurate to a few meters, which was sufficient for drivers but not for machine-driven vehicles that... View Details

Keywords: Mapping Software; Autonomous Vehicles; Business Startups; Applications and Software; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Service Delivery; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Technology Industry; Auto Industry

01 Mar 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

While the External Relations team is working to develop a lifelong learning program for alumni, efforts are under way elsewhere at the School to help prepare MBA students for their lives beyond HBS. Professor Leslie Perlow, with 17 second-year MBA students, is creating... View Details

2009
Casebook

Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies

By: Arnold M. Howitt and Herman B. Leonard

This casebook provides an organized treatment of the major challenges associated with managing large scale disaster events, including discussion of systematic methods of organizing disaster response, preparing in advance for disaster situations, and distinguishing... View Details

Keywords: Crisis Management; Planning; Natural Disasters

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March 1985 (Revised July 1986)
Case

Springs Industries: Textile Manufacturing--1983 (B)

By: Kim B. Clark

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Planning; Human Resources; Management