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    Christina R. Wing

    Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Her research focuses primarily on topics surrounding families in business, and the course she created, titled Demystifying the Family... View Details

    • March 2019 (Revised October 2020)
    • Case

    GENTERA: Facing the Digital Age

    By: Michael Chu and Carla Larangeira
    After long dominating Mexican microfinance, Compartamos Banco faces the emergence of fintech, just as for the first time its loan portfolio and clients have declined. Enrique Majós, CEO of GENTERA, the bank´s parent company, is keenly aware of the profound changes... View Details
    Keywords: Micro Finance; Base Of The Pyramid; Fintech; Microfinance; Disruption; Innovation and Management; Competitive Strategy; North America; Mexico
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    • April 2006 (Revised April 2007)
    • Case

    Endeca Technologies: New Growth Opportunities

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Kristin Perry
    Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide whether to expand into a new market with a new application of his company's technology. Endeca has experienced significant success with its information access software in the online retail industry, and in September... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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    • February 2003 (Revised March 2003)
    • Case

    The Nature Conservancy

    By: Allen S. Grossman and Jane Wei-Skillern
    Almost immediately upon being appointed CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Steve McCormick undertakes a radical reorganization of this global institution. TNC is the largest and, by most measures, the most successful environment organization in the world, with... View Details
    Keywords: Globalization; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Natural Environment; Nonprofit Organizations; United States
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    • February 1991 (Revised March 1995)
    • Case

    Alantar, Inc.

    By: Jay W. Lorsch
    The CEO and chairman of Alantar, Inc. is confronted with the problem of how to create a more effective board of directors and also how to provide for his own successor. View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador
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    • 25 Aug 2017
    • Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

    the most powerful and successful CEOs and companies, potentially resulting in extraordinary opportunities that might otherwise be entirely inaccessible or, worse, go to competitors. Pressing on the other... View Details
    Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
    • August 2023
    • Teaching Note

    Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War

    By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-089. By 2020, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, had transformed the small telephone switch manufacturer he founded in 1987 into a $120 billion telecommunications company poised to lead the lucrative rollout of fifth-generation (5G)... View Details
    Keywords: Geopolitical Units; Business and Government Relations; International Relations; Communication Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; China
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    • December 2015 (Revised May 2016)
    • Case

    Jibo: A Social Robot for the Home

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively
    In January 2015, Jibo Inc. had completed a raise of $25.3 million in Series A financing after a successful 2014 crowdfunding campaign for preorders of Jibo, the first social robot for the home. Over 4,800 Jibo units were preordered, generating $2.6 million in sales. On... View Details
    Keywords: Business Development; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Technology Industry
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    • March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
    • Case

    Fujifilm: A Second Foundation

    Fujifilm was the second largest manufacturer of photographic film in the world when digital imaging began to substitute for its core business. In contrast to some photography incumbents, such as Polaroid, Fuji had a relatively successful transition to digital imaging.... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Transition; Mission and Purpose; Globalized Markets and Industries; Opportunities; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry
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      Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy Drive Shareholder Value

      This case analyzes the creation, loss, and attempted re-creation of competitive advantage. At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States-it's growth and profit margins far exceeded rates at peer... View Details
      • 12 Apr 2004
      • Research & Ideas

      Waking Up a Sleeping Company

      existing culture and adopt your predecessor's style can be irresistible. But as Jack Welch recognized when he became CEO of GE, it is often necessary to evolve a successful company's culture to prepare for a... View Details
      Keywords: by Bill George
      • June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
      • Case

      Inditex: 2012

      By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
      In the 11 years since its public offering, Inditex and its flagship brand, Zara, had expanded into 86 countries, achieved $21.6 billion in revenue, and become the largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. In marked contrast to the general malaise of the Bolsa de... View Details
      Keywords: Fashion; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Fashion Industry; Spain
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      • September 2008 (Revised February 2009)
      • Case

      Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property

      By: Peter A. Coles, Andrei Hagiu and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      Ocean Tomo's management team sought to turn the company into the leading intermediary for intellectual property. Despite its increasingly important role in the global marketplace, IP remained a notoriously illiquid asset—difficult to value, harder to trade, and often... View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Intellectual Property; Resource Allocation; Auctions; Market Design; Service Operations
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      • February 2000
      • Case

      E2M Health Services

      By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins
      Outlines the growth of an innovative diabetes disease management organization from 1994-99. Having demonstrated the success of their model in managing diabetes populations in Texas and New York State, the CEO and president must decide the future strategy of the company... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Markets; Revenue; Innovation and Invention; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Internet; Health Industry
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      • 01 Nov 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

      bear. Written by Harvard Business School Visiting Professor Thomas H. Davenport and independent consultant Brook Manville, the book shares the tales of organizations that made successful choices through team-led decisions. This excerpt... View Details
      Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products
      • 16 Jul 2014
      • HBS Case

      Marketing Obamacare

      Massachusetts' successful health connector (which predated Obamacare) to run it. "When you have a CEO who is an ex-CMO, that is going to put the marketing tool kit front and center," says Quelch,... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

        Joseph L. Bower

        JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

        Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
        • 08 Aug 2016
        • Lessons from the Classroom

        Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

        rejiggering to compete in our ever-more-mobile, Internet-dependent society. Recovering from crisis requires more than a push-button response. Source: Olivier Le Moal Margolis, who co-wrote a Harvard Business Review article called How to Bounce Back from Adversity with... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
        • March 2008
        • Case

        Novartis AG: Science-Based Business

        By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
        Novartis is a science-based drug company, which has important implications for its business strategy. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over $38B in sales in 2007. Pharmaceuticals account for slightly over $24B of that total. In 2007,... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Pharmaceutical Industry
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        • September 2024
        • Case

        Nvidia, Inc. in 2024 and the Future of AI

        By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen
        Nvidia was one of the most successful companies in the world, reaching $3.4 trillion in valuation on June 18th, 2024. While Microsoft and Apple quickly recaptured the value crown, some analysts forecasted that Nvidia was so strongly positioned that it might become the... View Details
        Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Price; Technological Innovation; Competition; Vertical Integration; Valuation; Technology Industry
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