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18 Apr 2023
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How to Turn around a Toxic Workplace Culture

05 Jun 2020
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Leaders: Is it all about you? Check yourself with these warning signs

14 Apr 2020
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Doriot founded the first and one of the most successful publicly traded venture capital corporations in the United States. While American R&D funded numerous business entities, Doriot’s big success came in 1957 when he provided the $70,000 seed money (80% of the... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Jean Riboud

Riboud is credited with building the world’s leading oilfield testing company. During his tenure, he produced a 19-fold increase in revenue (to $6.4 billion) and a 44-fold increase in earnings (to $1.2 billion), often producing results that were the best in the world.... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

August 2016
Case

Building Smart Neighborhoods at Bouygues

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bertrand Moingeon, Guo Bai and Jean-François Harvey

Can a consortium of 16 organizations, including multinational corporations, local government agencies, and startups, turn a rundown Paris suburb into a “smart” (ecologically viable, high-tech, livable) neighborhood? This case explores how Bouygues Immobilier led such a... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Teaming; Cross-industry Collaboration; Interorganizatonal Relationships; Innovation; Nascent Industries; Smart Cities; Governance; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Construction Industry; Paris; France

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01 Sep 2003
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Going Down Easy

Duda Photo courtesy A&E/THE WELL-SEASONED TRAVELER The Well-Seasoned Traveler, a food series on the A&E network, goes to the source for enlightenment: Italy for pasta, France for truffle hunting, Tokyo for sushi, Switzerland for... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Mar 2014
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Book Review: The Old West

Pinto says Western business leaders have shown "extraordinary complacency in the face of upheavals." The numbers don't look good for the West. The United States, Great Britain, and France have each seen their average GDP growth hover... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Sep 2012
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Doriot Papers Arrive at HBS

founding fathers of the venture capital industry. Georges F. Doriot was born in France in 1899 and came to America in 1921. He attended HBS for one year, headed to Wall Street, then returned to the School in 1926 as an assistant dean,... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

February 2017
Supplement

JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated by Clear Channel from the number-one spot that it had held for decades, and it was fighting for second place... View Details

Keywords: JCDecaux; Clear Channel Outdoor; OUTFRONT Media; Lamar Advertising Company; Jean-François Decaux; Jean-Charles Decaux; Outdoor Advertising; Street Furniture; Airports; Billboards; Bicycles; Digital Devices; Digital Marketing; Bidding; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Design; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Business History; Human Resources; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Operations; Distribution; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product; Product Design; Production; Organizational Structure; Property; Public Ownership; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Sales; Situation or Environment; Luxury; Strategy; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Air Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Advertising Industry; France; Paris

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12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

interests to gain more public influence. The keys to success lie in the coalitions that can form between industry and activists, industry and the government, and social activists and the government, Trumbull says. Proving The Strength Of Diffuse Groups Take View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

21 Jan 2024
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Critics of DEI Forget That It Works

01 Mar 2008
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Join in the Centennial

provides a schedule for the event, a list of speakers, and an online registration form. Global Outreach Events April 3, 2008 HBS Club of France Professor Robert S. Kaplan April 5, 2008 HBS Association of Boston Dean Jay Light April 9,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
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Reunions Offer Job Search, Career Assistance

emotional components. “This pep talk portion of the presentation can be particularly useful for those in a time of transition,” says Gardella. “Bob gave us a chance to share personal experiences,” notes 5th Reunion attendee Thierry R. Foucaut (MBA 1994), who left View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Professional Services

22 Apr 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness

Keywords: by Frank Nagle

28 Sep 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Rankings Matter Even When They Shouldn't: Bandwagon Effects in Two-Round Elections

Keywords: by Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

May 1999
Teaching Note

Genset: 1989 TN

By: Paul A. Gompers

Teaching Note for (9-298-070). View Details

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry; France

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October 1994 (Revised March 1997)
Case

Privatization of Rhone-Poulenc 1993, The

In mid-1993, representatives of Rhone-Poulenc, a leading nationalized French firm, worked with the French government to plan the imminent privatization of the firm. One aspect of the privatization was to create incentives for employees to buy and hold shares in the... View Details

Keywords: Privatization; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; France

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October 2023
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Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates

By: Riako Granzier, Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

Candidates’ placements in polls or past elections can be powerful coordination devices for both parties and voters. Using a regression discontinuity design in French elections, we show that candidates who place first by only a small margin in the first round are more... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Voting; Coordination; Bandwagon Effect; Regression Discontinuity Design; French Elections; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; France

January 2018 (Revised October 2021)
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Château Margaux: Launching the Third Wine (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek

Château Margaux, one of only five prestigious estates in the Bordeaux Medoc wine region to have been classified as a "first-growth", is facing a host of strategic decisions in early 2013. Up until this point the estate had been selling two red wines, a first wine whose... View Details