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  • October 2003
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Merrill Lynch: Supernova

Supernova is the name given to a new way to manage client relationships that originated in the Merrill Lynch Indianapolis offices. During a trial period, Supernova generated very good results among financial advisers and their customers, but challenged the traditional... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; Indianapolis
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Oliva, Rogelio, Roger H. Hallowell, and Gabriel R. Bitran. "Merrill Lynch: Supernova." Harvard Business School Case 604-053, October 2003.
  • 23 Apr 2015
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The unusual and kind of brilliant way Pret A Manger thanks its customers

  • March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
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ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details
Keywords: ASOS; AsSeenOnScreen; Online Fashion; Online Apparel; Nick Beighton; Nick Robertson; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Social Media; Marketplaces; Shipping; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Gender; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "ASOS PLC." Harvard Business School Case 716-449, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
  • Summer 2020
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Tech Clusters

By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Patents
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Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. "Tech Clusters." Journal of Economic Perspectives 34, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 50–76.
  • July 2018
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Verizon 2018

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-114. In 2018, CEO Lowell McAdam led efforts to transform Verizon through digital innovation, media acquisitions and integration, and changes to the company culture. He sought to manage change at the company as growth in traditional areas... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Leadership; Change Management; Innovation; Digital; Management; Leading Change; Innovation and Management; Acquisition; Integration; Organizational Culture; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Verizon 2018." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 319-031, July 2018.
  • 27 Aug 2018
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How to think like a gourmet

  • September 2023
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Amager Bakke: Municipal Waste to Energy

By: Willy Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
This background note describes the Amager Bakke waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Copenhagen, which merges traditional waste incineration with a combined heat and power (CHP) plant and air pollution control (scrubbing) technology, and had plans to add carbon dioxide (CO2)... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Innovation; Innovation Focused Strategy; Environmental Operations; Circular; Waste Heat Recovery; Waste Management; Carbon Regulation; Buildings and Facilities; Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Pollution; Climate Change; Wastes and Waste Processing; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Energy Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; Europe; European Union
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Shih, Willy, Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Amager Bakke: Municipal Waste to Energy." Harvard Business School Background Note 624-040, September 2023.

    Geoffrey G. Jones

    Geoffrey Jones is the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative. He holds degrees of BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He has an honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration... View Details

    Keywords: banking; beauty products; construction; consumer products; energy; entertainment; fashion; financial services; food; food processing; green technology; petroleum; service industry
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    The Economy of Fear: H.P. Lovecraft on Eugenics, Economics and the Great Depression

    By: Sophus A. Reinert
    The early twentieth-century weird writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft is today best remembered for his genre defining style of academic noir pulp fiction. Yet in focusing on certain tropes of his work, such as the many memorable monsters he created to populate his... View Details
    Keywords: H.P. Lovecraft; Society; Economics
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    Reinert, Sophus A. "The Economy of Fear: H.P. Lovecraft on Eugenics, Economics and the Great Depression." Horror Studies 6, no. 2 (October 2015): 255–282.
    • December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
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    Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
    PPL Corp., an electric utility in Pennsylvania, needs to finance $1 billion of peaking plants as part of its new growth strategy. In February 2001, Steve May, director of finance for PPL's Global Division, is responsible for recommending a finance plan. After... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Instruments; Project Finance; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Leasing
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    Esty, Benjamin C., and Carrie Ferman. "Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 202-045, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
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    transformed the who, what, where, and how of negotiation. Today, traditional negotiating tactics, while still effective, need to be tailored to vastly different situations and circumstances. In Negotiation: The Game Has Changed, legendary... View Details
    • July 2017
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    Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor

    By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
    The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management. The case... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity Financing; Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities; CMBS; Secondary Buyouts; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Cost; Cost of Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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    Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor." Harvard Business School Case 818-023, July 2017.
    • Spring 2024
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    Introduction: International Innovation & American Challenges

    By: William C. Kirby
    While the United States remains a leader in higher education, the largest systems of higher education today are in India and China, and new colleges and universities spread across the world have become the leading sites of ambitious experimentation.
    What are... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Trends; Global Range; Education Industry
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    Kirby, William C. "Introduction: International Innovation & American Challenges." Special Issue on Advances & Challenges in International Higher Education edited by Wendy Fischman, Howard Gardner & William C. Kirby. Daedalus 153, no. 2 (Spring 2024): 7–20.
    • June 9, 2023
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    A Radical Treatment for Insulin Pricing

    By: Leemore S. Dafny
    In 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first interchangeable biosimilar for long-acting insulin, which many hoped would be substantially cheaper than the reference branded product. I explain why prices have barely changed, and argue that a... View Details
    Keywords: Biosimilars; Rebates; Pharmaceuticals; Health Care and Treatment; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    Dafny, Leemore S. "A Radical Treatment for Insulin Pricing." New England Journal of Medicine 386, no. 23 (June 9, 2023): 2157–2159.
    • January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
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    Microsoft Server & Tools

    By: Marco Iansiti and Alain Serels
    In 2011, Microsoft's Server & Tools Business (STB) was large, fast growing and highly profitable on the strength of traditional packaged product lines led by the Windows Server operating system. Even as the current packaged business was performing exceptionally well,... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Computing; Enterprise Computing; Servers; Cloud Computing; Microsoft; Technology Evolution; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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    Iansiti, Marco, and Alain Serels. "Microsoft Server & Tools." Harvard Business School Case 613-031, January 2013. (Revised April 2013.)
    • February 2002
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    Market Timing and Capital Structure

    By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
    It is well known that firms tend to raise equity when their market values are high relative to book and past market values. We document that the resulting effects on capital structure are very persistent. As a consequence, current capital structure is strongly related... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Equity; Capital Structure; Theory; Market Timing; Financial Markets
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    Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Market Timing and Capital Structure." Journal of Finance 57, no. 1 (February 2002): 1–32. (Winner of Brattle Prize. First Prize Paper For outstanding papers on corporate finance published in the Journal of Finance presented by Brattle Group, Inc. Reprinted in Recent Developments in Corporate Finance, edited by Jay Ritter. Edward Elgar Publishing: UK, 2005.)
    • 03 Apr 2015
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    How To Run A Business Without Any Bosses

    • 22 Apr 2020
    • News

    The Curious Case of the Coronavirus Commercial

    • 16 Mar 2021
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    Employers Must Ensure the Safety of Home Workspaces

    • December 2012 (Revised April 2013)
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    Olam: On a New Course

    By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Mary Shelman
    From modest beginnings as a cashew trader in Nigeria, Olam, founded by Indian nationals in 1989, has grown into a leading global agricultural trading company, with annual revenues of $14 billion. The company recently has begun investing in farms and in the production... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Leadership; Customer Value and Value Chain; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Competitive Advantage; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
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    Bell, David E., Forest Reinhardt, and Mary Shelman. "Olam: On a New Course." Harvard Business School Case 513-044, December 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
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