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- August 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
Beyoncé
By: Anita Elberse and Stacie Smith
In December 2013, music superstar Beyoncé is about to surprise her fans with the release of her self-titled album. The team at her company Parkwood Entertainment, which general manager Lee Anne Callahan-Longo described as "a management, music, and production company... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Beyoncé; Internet and the Web; Music Entertainment; Distribution Channels; Product Launch; Music Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Stacie Smith. "Beyoncé." Harvard Business School Case 515-036, August 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Discover the Case Method
Pioneered by HBS faculty and one of the highlights of the HBS experience, the case method is a profound educational innovation that presents the greatest challenges confronting leading companies, nonprofits, and government organizations—complete with the constraints... View Details
- April 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Restaurant Brands International: Version 2.0
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2010, 3G Capital acquired Burger King, the second largest burger chain globally. 3G expanded Burger King’s operations via acquisitions into a multi-brand business, renamed Restaurant Brands International. The acquisition had been a financial success story for 3G.... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Growth and Development; Performance Evaluation; Private Equity; Franchise Ownership; Culture; Change Management; Strategy; Human Resources; Information Technology; Competition; Retail Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Restaurant Brands International: Version 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 422-047, April 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- June 1998 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Browser Wars, 1994-1998, The
By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
Analyzes the competition between Netscape and Microsoft in the market for Web browsers and related products. Despite its first mover advantage, Netscape sees its market share fall once Microsoft becomes "hard-core" about the Internet. By the spring of 1998, the future... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Competition; Supply and Industry; Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Mary Kwak. "Browser Wars, 1994-1998, The." Harvard Business School Case 798-094, June 1998. (Revised January 2001.)
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
“That is really the crux of why I went to HBS, and why I chose to get an MBA. I knew that I wanted to build something that would make an impact on people’s lives. “ Rachel spent her two years at HBS immersed in learning and soaking up as much View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
transparency in its company practices. Buffer openly shared its business strategies and fundraising decks, among lots of other information. Even when they were hacked, the company live-blogged updates to keep their users View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Marketing in the Age of Web 2.0
By: Jill Avery
Web 2.0 technologies empower consumers to create their own personalized experiences on the web, and to share them with others. Hence, web content is democratized and consumers' experiences online are largely social rather than individualistic. View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Internet; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Internet and the Web; Social Media; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
Avery, Jill. "Marketing in the Age of Web 2.0." Simmons Magazine, SOM Edition 90, no. 3 (Fall 2008): 21.
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
industry, the creative passion, is being subsumed by data, analytics, and ROI. Kapur is bullish on digital but sees a big shakeout coming. I suspect you share that vision. A: Absolutely. A lot of things have changed in the advertising... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
matter expert there whether formally through a paid role, or informally through volunteering and research. I find that the functional strategy is often the most transferable and leaves open the most options. But if you are passionate... View Details
Christopher T. Stanton
Christopher Stanton is Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Professor Stanton's research streams focus on personnel economics, organizational economics, labor markets, and entrepreneurship. His MBA... View Details
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Faculty & Research
share spending information after the policy. We further show that states where the new regulation was implemented experienced heightened privacy awareness, evidenced by an increase in privacy-related Google... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
relative to one-sided markets. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-011.pdf Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search? (revised) Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract We analyze the incentives to divert search for an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Exercise
Bringing AMP Home: Personal Case Study
This exercise helps AMP participants build their own personal case study. They develop a gap statement, do formal root cause analysis, and action planning. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues. View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Mar 2019
- Webinars: Career
Starting a New Position? How to Ensure You're Successful
About to begin a new role at a new company or one within your existing organization? Inflection Point Partners' Matt Spielman (MBA 1999) shares the five-step process that he has put into practice with executives across the globe to help ensure success in those first... View Details
- April 2000 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Infosys: Financing an Indian Software Start-Up
Describes the financing and growth of Infosys, an Indian software start-up. Infosys defies a number of stereotypes about barriers to entrepreneurship in India. The company was founded by a small group of entrepreneurs with little equity and without backing from a large... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; India
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Infosys: Financing an Indian Software Start-Up." Harvard Business School Case 800-103, April 2000. (Revised April 2004.)
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
insiders strategically sell shares prior to the disclosure of goodwill impairment losses. We provide evidence that insiders of goodwill impairment firms engage in abnormal selling of their shares quarters... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2015
- Article
Global Teams That Work
By: Tsedal Neeley
Many companies today rely on employees around the world, leveraging their diversity and local expertise to gain a competitive edge. However, geographically dispersed teams face a big challenge: physical separation and cultural differences can create social distance, or... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Performance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Neeley, Tsedal. "Global Teams That Work." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 10 (October 2015): 74–81.
- May 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)
By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Ultra is one of a small group of competing Brazilian petrochemical companies, each of which buys raw material and is a minority owner of Copene, a "cracking" company that provides ethylene and other materials. Because of an industry restructuring, an auction of shares... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Capital Budgeting; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Industry Structures; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Bids and Bidding; Economy; Ownership Stake; Chemical Industry; Brazil
Crane, Dwight B., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-146, May 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
in limited ways. Where they superimposed information on top of what you were already seeing, Pokémon Go superimposes geospacial information in an integrated way, allowing the game creators to put these... View Details