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  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Got Global?

We didn’t set out to give this issue a global slant, but in our quest for compelling alumni stories, it ended up that way. (One of the fun aspects of this job is the journey of discovery each issue represents for the editorial team.) In early June I had the pleasure of... View Details
Keywords: Management; Management; Management
  • March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

“The Wheels on the Bus” Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Founder Duncan McIntyre developed an innovative service-based business to electrify transportation fleets for school districts and scale through public-private partnerships while contributing to climate change solutions. The case covers the rationale for electric... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Leadership; Growth Management; Supply Chain; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Innovation Leadership; Transportation Industry; United States; Canada
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  • March 1996 (Revised January 1997)
  • Case

Scott Cook and Intuit

By: James L. Heskett
Scott Cook has just learned that Microsoft has withdrawn its $2 billion offer for his company Intuit. Because of his company's prospects, he is elated. But he now must decide the direction in which to take his company while continuing to focus on the formula of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Development
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  • February 2025
  • Supplement

eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya
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  • 02 Oct 2015
  • News

The ‘F’ Word

studio and uplink center. Not bad for a kid who received a “low pass” in Production and Operations Management and thought he could get away with not having to buy a pocket calculator to do the math for... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?

It’s safe to assume that Harvard University alumni collectively have a significant impact in the world, but just how significant is hard to know. That is why Harvard Business School is leading a University-wide effort to quantify the global economic and social impact... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Dance Dance Revelation

the creation, rehearsal, and premiere of a new piece of work with a choreographer—who encourages the executives to observe the process up close, ask questions, and draw parallels to their own professional lives. Designed to help managers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

Tapon (MBA 1997) REISNER: More than email itself, what really had an impact was the loss of first-class mail to electronic bill paying, starting in 2008. But the point is a good one, and 3D printing is likely to cause substantial change to the character of logistics... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • Web

1.6 Degree Requirements | MBA

Control (FRC) Data Science and AI for Leaders (DSAIL) 1.5 credits Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) Marketing (MKT) FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) Strategy (STRAT) Finance 2 (FIN2) Technology and... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Inside Modern HR

(think data analytics) as global competition for skilled workers increases. Matthew Breitfelder’s (MBA 2002) transition to the field came midcareer, after stints as an international economist at the US Department of Commerce, a corporate strategist, and a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan

honors and highlights companies that have maintained superior profitability by implementing unique strategies based on innovation in products, processes, and management techniques. Matsui Securities was chosen for its ability to define... View Details
Keywords: awards
  • 23 Nov 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

well as better bottom-line results. Environmental questions are cause for pessimism. In most arenas, successful managers search for opportunity in adversity and find in complex problems a chance to separate their companies from... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt
  • March 2024 (Revised November 2024)
  • Case

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen

By: Gunnar Trumbull, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), an engineering manufacturer headquartered in Japan, was aiming to scale up its hydrogen production and establish a global hydrogen supply chain. The initiative was in line with Japan's energy strategy, as the country seeks to transition... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Energy Industry
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  • 26 Jul 2011
  • News

An Exercise in Creativity

Keywords: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • September 2017
  • Teaching Note

Dick's Sporting Goods

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
This is the teaching note to accompany Rajiv Lal, Jose B. Alvarez, and Matthew G. Preble, “Dick’s Sporting Goods,” HBS No. 517-007 (Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017). View Details
Keywords: Sporting Goods; Retail; Employees; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Internet and the Web; E-commerce; Retail Industry; United States; Pennsylvania
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  • February 2017
  • Case

Dick's Sporting Goods

By: Rajiv Lal, Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
Edward Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), faced a rapidly changing sporting goods landscape in October 2016. Two large competitors—The Sports Authority and Sport Chalet—had folded earlier that year, and DKS had to contend with increasingly robust... View Details
Keywords: Sporting Goods; Retail; Employees; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Internet and the Web; E-commerce; Retail Industry; United States; Pennsylvania
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  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

How I Got to Google

create the elective course Product Management 101. Update: A former business operations intern at the software company Autodesk, Soheili recently landed a product manager job... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Jeanne Jackson

CEO of Banana Republic, with concurrent responsibility for all of parent company Gap Inc.’s Internet businesses, and, most recently, as president and CEO of Walmart.com. A skilled and forward-looking manager, she has been listed among Business Week’s “Top 25 View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Supporting our Exceptional Faculty

100 endowed professorships that were created thanks to gifts from alumni, friends, and corporations. An endowed chair is the highest honor the School can bestow on a faculty member, and these chairs enhance our ability to attract and retain the world’s top View Details
Keywords: David E. Bell; professorships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

Argentina and Chile over recent decades. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50182 forthcoming Management Science Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne