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  • May 2013
  • Case

Altius Golf and the Fighter Brand

By: Robert J. Dolan and Sunru Yong
Altius Golf is the clear leader in the golf ball market despite a long-term decline in the number of golfers and a drop in sales following the financial crisis. The firm has maintained its position by introducing generations of advanced, super-premium golf balls that... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Competitive Advantage; Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution Channels; Sports; Financial Crisis; Brands and Branding; Segmentation; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 27 Mar 2015
  • News

What Silicon Valley Learned From the Kleiner Perkins Case

  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

By: Eric D. Werker
This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Liberia
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  • February 2013
  • Case

Diamond Foods, Inc.

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray
The Diamonds Foods, Inc. case describes the major accounting blow up at the company in late 2011 that was triggered by a report by Off Wall Street, a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a walnut farmers'... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Short Selling; Revenue Recognition; Board Of Directors; Audit Committees; Auditing; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Agribusiness; Accrual Accounting; Earnings Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Revenue; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California; Cambridge
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  • Program

Succeeding as a Strategic CFO

as capital budgeting and managing risk, in an effective manner Gain confidence in situations outside of your areas of expertise Strengthen your communication skills Improve how you describe your plans and performance results to... View Details
  • 2011
  • Chapter

Developing an Effective Organization: Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory

By: Michael Beer
The field of organization development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a platform... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Corporate Governance; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Research; Alignment; Theory; Value
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  • September 2009 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Novasys Medical

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
Novasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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  • March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
  • Case

Frederick Douglass Charter School: The Renewal Decision

Five years after the launch of the Frederick Douglass Charter School, the school's performance is under review by the state board of education as part of a decision about whether to renew the school's charter for a school as well as the implications of a... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Urban Development; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry; United States
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  • Web

Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at Harvard Kennedy... View Details

    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • 2020
    • Case

    Building Transparency within the Sustainable Apparel Coalition: The Road to Successful Pre-Competitive Collaboration

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) was founded in 2010 to develop a common set of sustainability standards for the apparel, footwear, and home textile industries. The organization was an example of pre-competitive collaboration, a strategy in which companies... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Cooperation; Social Issues; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • September 2003
    • Case

    Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc

    By: V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu and Lisa Brem
    Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members charged with adequately rewarding executives were forced to compete with rising packages of salaries and stock... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Stock Options; Investment Activism; Corporate Accountability; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Netherlands; United States
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    • March 18, 2014
    • Article

    Family Businesses Must Set the Agenda (Without Micromanaging)

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    This article discusses the role of owners in family businesses, using the story of Charles, who transformed his family's shipping business by taking ownership decisions. The article highlights that owners have the power to set goals, define performance metrics, hire... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Family Ownership; Governing and Advisory Boards; Goals and Objectives
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances

    By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar
    By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    • August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
    • Case

    Korean Development and Western Economics

    By: George C. Lodge and Courtenay Sprague
    Provides a summary of Korea's economic performance during the past 40 years. Korea's economic strategy is discussed with regard to context--both the domestic (historic) and the international factors that have informed Korea's development. Simultaneously, Korea also... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Development Economics; Decision Making; Policy; North Korea; South Korea
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    • Web

    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    alliance, and the uncertain legal status of some of the groups. Video Recording Driving Climate Performance through Accountability and Governance Faculty Moderator: George Serafeim (DBA 2010) , Charles M.... View Details
    • February 2016
    • Article

    Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy, and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions

    By: Benjamin B. Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
    Calculating the welfare implications of changes to economic policy or shocks to the economy requires economists to decide on a normative criterion. One way to make that decision is to elicit the relevant moral criteria from real-world policy choices, converting a... View Details
    Keywords: Judgments; Taxation
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    • 07 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: February 7

    minimizes a convex approximation of this metric. We further develop an exponential penalty approach and show that its computational performance is far superior and its trade-off between delay and fairness compares favorably. In our... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • July 2016
    • Case

    The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (A)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg
    Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun was on a fast track until the EC's antitrust concerns about open-source MySQL ignited a transatlantic war of words delaying the deal. Sun's performance suffered and its customers were approached by competitors while regulatory... View Details
    Keywords: Law; Antitrust; EC Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations
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    • 28 May 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: May 28

    opportunities for mutual learning. A step-change in the availability of data on clusters and cluster policies has enabled new research approaches. Clusters are shown to have a close association with regional economic performance and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne