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  • January 2018 (Revised April 2021)
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Capital Allocation at HCA

By: W. Carl Kester and Emily R. McComb
In early 2017, HCA Holdings, an investor-owned hospital management company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit of its private equity sponsors in 2016, HCA had to determine how best to allocate its substantial annual free cash... View Details
Keywords: Capital Allocation; Cash Distribution Policy; Dividends; Share Repurchases; Growth Strategy And Execution; Growth Investing; Capital Expenditures; Debt Management; Debt Reduction; Debt Policy; Hospital Management; Investor-owned Hospital Chains; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Industry; United States
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Kester, W. Carl, and Emily R. McComb. "Capital Allocation at HCA." Harvard Business School Case 218-039, January 2018. (Revised April 2021.)
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Leading in the Digital Era

Summary New digital technologies, data analytics, and new applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly changing the expectations of customers, employees, and other stakeholders. Though many of today's executives are neither technology experts nor digital... View Details
  • 19 Nov 2015
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Why We Recruit: Education Pioneers

to know each individual. We also leverage HBS alumni who are also EP alumni to build these connections. Give us your elevator pitch – what is the one thing students should know about working for you? Education Pioneers is on a mission to... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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Strategic Financial Analysis

By: Suraj Srinivasan

In a competitive climate, how do some companies outperform others? Managers, consultants, analysts, and investors must understand financial analysis to answer that question and make strategic decisions that drive business profitability and... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Change; Restructuring; Strategy
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By: Boris Groysberg

Professor Groysberg's research focuses on the challenges of managing professional service firms. In particular, his work investigates how a firm can be systematic in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage by leveraging its employees. In a number of related... View Details

  • 06 May 2012
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Businesses brace for Greek exit

  • 09 Jul 2024
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Preparing for Your Finance Job Search with Wall Street Prep (CPD)

  • 02 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in the fight against racism. By retooling traditional philanthropic models in distinctive ways, the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and... View Details
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HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

Avery Forman 29 FEB 2024 | HBS Case Reach soccer's pinnacle. Become a global brand. Buy a team. Sign Lionel Messi. David Beckham makes success look as easy as his epic free kicks. But leveraging world-class talent takes discipline and... View Details

    Ranjay Gulati

    Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational and unleashing... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; computer; financial services; industrial goods; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; retailing
    • March 27, 2025
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    How One Company Used AI to Broaden Its Customer Base

    By: Sunil Gupta and Frank V. Cespedes
    The software company SAP successfully leveraged AI tools to begin selling to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) market, which had previously been uneconomical for its in-person sales approach. By mapping the customer journey and deploying over 40 AI tools, SAP... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Sales; Business Strategy; Market Entry and Exit
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    Gupta, Sunil, and Frank V. Cespedes. "How One Company Used AI to Broaden Its Customer Base." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 27, 2025).
    • March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
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    State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development

    By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
    Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Finance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Banking Industry
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    Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-087, March 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
    • March 2016
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    IC Group A/S

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on... View Details
    Keywords: IC Group; IC Companys; Carli Gry; InWear; Mads Ryder; Niels Martinsen; Premium Fashion; Fast Fashion; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Profit; Revenue; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Business or Company Management; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Distribution Channels; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Product Positioning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Web Sites; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Scandinavia; Denmark; Sweden; Norway
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    Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "IC Group A/S." Harvard Business School Case 716-446, March 2016.
    • March 2014
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    Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform

    By: Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth J. Altman
    This case focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by a successful incumbent organization attempting to transform a large portion of its business from a traditionally product-centric operating mode to a platform-based one that leverages network effects to... View Details
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    Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman. "Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 714-477, March 2014.
    • March 2014 (Revised October 2014)
    • Teaching Note

    ISS A/S: The Buyout

    By: Lucy White and Carsten Bienz
    Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buyout; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details
    Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe
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    White, Lucy, and Carsten Bienz. "ISS A/S: The Buyout." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-066, March 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
    • February 2014 (Revised October 2014)
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    ISS A/S: The Buyout

    By: Clayton Rose, Carsten Bienz and Lucy White
    Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buy-out; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details
    Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe
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    Rose, Clayton, Carsten Bienz, and Lucy White. "ISS A/S: The Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 214-027, February 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
    • November 2008 (Revised October 2009)
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    American Cancer Society: Access to Care

    By: Robert L. Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
    CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer Society. The new Access to Care strategy relies on advocacy to change public policy and increase the number of Americans eligible for cancer prevention and treatment. The new strategy... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Governance Controls; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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    Simons, Robert L., and Kathryn Rosenberg. "American Cancer Society: Access to Care." Harvard Business School Case 109-015, November 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
    • 06 Apr 2021
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    Disrupting the Waste Management Industry with Technology

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    MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences | MBA

    ethical implications of new therapeutics, and the importance of equitable access to these discoveries. It leverages the entire resources of Harvard University and works closely with the Greater Boston area, one of the largest biotech... View Details
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    The Value of Open Source Software

    By: Manuel Hoffmann, Frank Nagle and Yanuo Zhou
    The value of a non-pecuniary (free) product is inherently difficult to assess. A pervasive example is open source software (OSS), a global public good that plays a vital role in the economy and is foundational for most technology we use today. However, it is... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software
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    Hoffmann, Manuel, Frank Nagle, and Yanuo Zhou. "The Value of Open Source Software." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-038, January 2024.
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