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  • July 2021
  • Teaching Plan

Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp

By: Rebecca Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-099. In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how... View Details
Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Going Public; Investment Return; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Arkansas
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    Meg Rithmire

    Meg Rithmire is the James E. Robison Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. Professor Rithmire holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, and her primary expertise is in the comparative political economy of development with a... View Details

    Keywords: real estate
    • June 2013 (Revised September 2016)
    • Supplement

    Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-he Hsieh and Lara Adamsons
    Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social... View Details
    Keywords: Nike; Hannah Jones; Mark Parker; Phil Knight; Philip Knight; Eric Sprunk; Jill Ker Conway; Phyllis Wise; Don Blair; Sustainable Business And Innovation; SB＆I; Flyknit; DyeCoo; Footwear; Athletic Footwear; Apparel; Athletic Apparel; Sustainability; Greenpeace; Detox Campaign; Dirty Laundry; Water; Water Use; Water Pollution; Water Resources; Corporate Responsibility Committee; Judgment; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Footwear Industry; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Ethics; Fairness; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Alignment; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Judgments; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia; China; United States; Oregon; Portland
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    • August 2006
    • Case

    Dreyer's Slow Churned(TM) Ice Cream

    By: Noel H. Watson, Steven C. Wheelwright and Brian DeLacey
    Examines capacity forecasting and planning in a complex new product introduction scenario. The introduction at Dreyer's, a large dairy snack manufacturer, involves not only a new product but a new manufacturing process and product package, thus implying a significant... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Forecasting and Prediction; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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      George Serafeim

      George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, and serves on the faculty steering committee of Harvard University's Salata Institute. He... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology
      • 08 Jan 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: January 8, 2008

      comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • December 2014 (Revised March 2018)
      • Case

      John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World

      By: Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka
      By the late nineteenth century scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the precise mechanisms often varied, this process mainly involved horizontal integration, some form of legal or administrative... View Details
      Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Wealth; Business History; Vertical Integration; Consolidation; Personal Development and Career; Energy Industry; United States
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      • 01 Jul 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: July 1, 2008

      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 and... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 21 Dec 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: December 21

      his doctors and staff? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610100-PDF-ENG The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime, and Punishment in the 'American Dream' Rafael Di Tella and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 710-042 In 2010, Corrections... View Details
      • 06 Aug 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

      Civil wars have been the dominant form of conflict around the world since World War II, resulting in approximately 20 million deaths. But it's not just sociologists who are diving into the roots of conflict.... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace

        Nitin Nohria

        Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

        As Dean, building on... View Details

        Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
        • January 2015
        • Teaching Plan

        Residencial Los Andes

        By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope
        In 2011, Mauricio Levitin and Josef Preschel, Managing Directors of Peninsula Investments Group (Peninsula) are deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in Residencial Los Andes, a residential development project in Santiago, Chile, or exit and take... View Details
        Keywords: Real Estate; Property; Real Estate Industry; Chile
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        • 20 Oct 2009
        • First Look

        First Look: October 20

        compared to just two decades ago. This explosive growth, especially in emerging markets, has been fueled both by changes in world politics (e.g., the end of the Cold War, collapse of the Soviet Union,... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 19 Apr 2022
        • Cold Call Podcast

        What Role Do Individual Leaders Play in Corporate Governance?

        Keywords: Re: Aiyesha Dey
        • March 2012
        • Article

        Enriching the Ecosystem

        By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
        To remain a leader in innovation, the United States needs the support of foundational institutions that help seed, grow, and renew enterprises. Historically, these institutions-such as universities, venture creators, labor markets, and job-training programs-have tended... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
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        • 22 Feb 2021
        • Blog Post

        I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too

        community’s lifeblood sat dormant along the banks of the Ohio River. Consumed by poverty, the soft bigotry of low expectations had crept into the social construct, sentencing... View Details
        • February 2013 (Revised June 2013)
        • Case

        BTG Pactual: Preserving a Partnership Culture

        By: Paul Healy
        Keywords: Stock Market; IPO; Corporate Lending; Initial Public Offering; Investment Banking; Banking Industry; Brazil
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        • November 2019
        • Case

        Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

        By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
        In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
        Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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        • 12 Oct 2006
        • First Look

        First Look: October 12, 2006

        learning officer (CLO) of Shinsei Bank in Japan, pondered how he could facilitate development of an integrated culture and transformation of the... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 25 Apr 2023
        • Op-Ed

        How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

        Two China-based retail platforms, SHEIN and Temu, are getting a huge amount of attention in the fashion industry these days. I believe that the significance of these platforms goes way beyond the ability to... View Details
        Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products