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Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; History; Strategy; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Service Industry; Turkey
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  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2022, over 65 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that... View Details
  • April 2000 (Revised June 2000)
  • Case

E-Loan: The CarFinance.com Acquisition

E-Loan is an online mortgage lender that acquired an auto-lending arm in August of 1999. This case examines E-Loan's purchase of CarFinance.com and highlights E-Loan's strategy-setting process. In addition, the case explores business development as a strategic process... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • 05 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

Ron Johnson's latest undertaking has the makings of a perfect business school case study. As the new CEO of J.C. Penney he's charged with transforming an aging department store chain with lagging market... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Vital Signs

representative of what happens when a patient appears in a doctor’s office. “A patient doesn’t tend to walk into your office and announce that they have TB. Instead they might say, ‘I have View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance
  • 04 Feb 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

making makes many people highly uncomfortable which is why intuition gets a bad rap. (It implies) emotion a lack of discipline and robustness in analysis the lack of control (replicability)." Pallavi... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets from 1968 through 2014. We define... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Mar 2021
  • News

My Favorite Case

get intimidated, which served me well throughout my career in Fortune 500 companies, startups, and now as an entrepreneur. That case was the fork in the road of my career, and I have been in marketing ever since. It gave me confidence to... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services
  • May 2003
  • Module Note

Building Capabilities for Experimentation, Learning, and Prototyping

By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation, learning, and prototyping in the development of products and services. Can also be used as part of a more general course on Managing Technology and Innovation. Shows how... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Product Development; Learning; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Management
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Jana Kierstead | About

Executive Director, Jana leads a team of over 300 full-time professionals who manage the lifelong relationship students have with the School, from admissions and financial aid to student life and career View Details
  • 05 Jul 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

supply of “safety stock” was the order of the day for those using slower forms of transportation. "The result, of course, was what came to be known as 'just-in-time' inventory management, as championed by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
  • August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
  • Case

Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)

By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet and Christine Johnson
In May 2018, Berkshire Hathaway announced an unprecedented loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter of 2018. Warren Buffett blamed this loss on the new accounting rules for equity securities which he criticized. In the case ‘Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire... View Details
Keywords: Equity Securities; FASB; Fair Value Accounting; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry
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  • November 1996 (Revised July 1997)
  • Case

Alexander Plaza

By: Arthur I Segel and William J. Poorvu
In May 1996, Henry Bower, an asset manager for a real estate adviser, Medcem, has to negotiate the details of a lease after signing a letter of intent with a high technology company, Defentek, Inc. Defentek, Inc. is a fast-growing company with limited net worth that is... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Preparation; Agreements and Arrangements; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; District of Columbia
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Faculty & Research - Business History

June 2024 183... 2024 Book Chapter The U.S. Secession Crisis as a Breakdown of Democracy By: Dean Grodzins and David Moss This chapter examines the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 View Details
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

self-control. We focus on children aged between 5 and 15 as the literature suggests that self-control develops within such age range. We ask each child to toss a fair coin in private and to record the... View Details
  • Web

Events - Business History

transcripts and video materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe, India, Latin America, and the United States. Each session included time for discussion and debate, as the conference sought to lay the foundation... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

creating social value. As long as an organization creates significant social value, we don't care how it sustains itself—with internally generated surplus or with donor funds. Americans give roughly $300... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • July 1998 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

Private Communications Corporation (A)

Ann Meceda is a soon-to-be MBA graduate. She has been working as the director of marketing in an Internet start-up, and now the founder wants her to become CEO. She must weigh the personal and business risks and assess her own objectives and tolerance for risks. View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Internet and the Web; Management Succession; Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Service Industry
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    Social Strategies That Work

    Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details