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  • 18 Jun 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?

Keywords: Education
  • 10 Feb 2014
  • News

Stressing Safety In South Africa's Platinum Mines

  • 05 Mar 2017
  • News

Sebi needs to be tough but not disruptive: Former chief UK Sinha

  • 07 Sep 2020
  • News

Kominers’s Conundrums: A Puzzle That Spins Until It Sparks

  • 09 Feb 2017

All Hail Partisan Politics

  • 06 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

emphasized his business acumen and entrepreneurial qualities. For example, one analyst argued, “He is the Warren Buffett of our generation, period.” Another noted, “I think there is a reasonable case to be made that Jeff Bezos is the... View Details
Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail
  • April 2020
  • Supplement

Open Innovation at Fujitsu (C)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
This follow-on case study provides a multi-year update on the achievements of the Open Innovation Gateway (OIG). Over time, OIG honed a process that enabled open innovation. It developed three streams of activities, namely co-creation projects with major customers and... View Details
Keywords: Open Innovation; Inter-organizational Relationships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Change Management; Relationships; Leadership Development
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  • October 2017 (Revised September 2018)
  • Supplement

Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Namrata Arora
This follow up case study explores the ramifications of Jumia's decision to move from a retail-led to a markplace business model for its e-commerce platform. The case visits the company's successes as well as its many failures when adopting this vendor-led strategy. ... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Funding; Business Ecosystems; Business Ecosystem; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
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  • Research Summary

Research: Shareholder Value in Europe

Marc L. Bertoneches research involves a series of empirical studies on value creation among Europes leading companies and the role of different models of corporate governance. He is also developing cases on European companies (Jazztel, Allianz, etc.). View Details
  • 17 Jun 2015
  • News

How Maria Sharapova Became the World’s Wealthiest Female Athlete

  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming constant debt levels does not allow addressing one of the puzzles behind using reserves as a means to avoid the negative effects of crisis: why do sovereign countries not reduce their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2011
  • News

London's Olympic ticketing deserves a medal

  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By comparing six longitudinal cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Performance Management Systems in Healthcare

By: Susanna Gallani
Performance management in healthcare provider organizations presents particular challehges, motivate by historical industry practices, market structures and dynamics, and cultural peculiarities. Through her research studies and case studies, Prof. Gallani explores... View Details
Keywords: Performance Management; Compensation; Incentive Systems; Burnout; Health Industry
  • 2003
  • Chapter

Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience

By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification. The... View Details
Keywords: Design; Governance Compliance; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; United States
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  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Why Leaders Need Great Books

discussion and debate among students on the complexities of leadership, in this case specifically on the question of what character really is. "Here's this young guy," says Badaracco of Jerry in the story. "He's smart. He's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

United Kingdom are used as instruments. We find evidence to support each mechanism. Our results suggest that input-output dependencies are the most important factor, followed by labor pooling. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-064.pdf   View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Matthew C. Weinzierl

    Matt Weinzierl is Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program at Harvard Business School, where he is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit, and a Research... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace
    • 12 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

    Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
    • Research Summary

    Evolution of Competitive Advantage

    Anita M. McGahan is studying the evolution of competitive advantage among firms in a cross section of industries. She is particularly interested in the structural conditions that enable firms to develop an enduring competitive advantage in new markets. McGahan has... View Details