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- June 2010
- Background Note
A Note on Corporate Entrepreneurship: Challenge or Opportunity?
This note provides an overview of the rationale and the challenges associated with building new businesses within established companies. It provides a framework for understanding why corporations pursue entrepreneurial ventures and the various levers that they employ.... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities
Chakravorti, Bhaskar. "A Note on Corporate Entrepreneurship: Challenge or Opportunity?" Harvard Business School Background Note 810-145, June 2010.
- December 1991 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
U.S. Bank of Washington
A vice president of the U.S. Bank of Washington, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, is asked to review a $6.5 million loan request from the Redhook Ale Brewery, a Seattle-based microbrewery. The case provides an understanding of the U.S. commercial banking industry and the... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Financing and Loans; Financial Statements; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; Seattle
Mason, Scott P. "U.S. Bank of Washington." Harvard Business School Case 292-057, December 1991. (Revised November 1993.)
- May 2005 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Hans Wilsdorf and Rolex
By: Geoffrey Jones and Alexander Atzberger
Explores the creation of the Rolex watch by Hans Wilsdorf. Provides a case study of how one of the world's leading luxury brands was created and, more generally, provides a vehicle for exploring the competitive advantage of Switzerland in watchmaking (and other... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
Jones, Geoffrey, and Alexander Atzberger. "Hans Wilsdorf and Rolex." Harvard Business School Case 805-138, May 2005. (Revised September 2015.)
- March 1989 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Management Support Systems
Provides a technical overview of executive information systems. View Details
Keywords: Management Systems
Applegate, Lynda M. "Management Support Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 189-159, March 1989. (Revised September 1995.)
- October 1999 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
A Note on the Initial Public Offering Process
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the going public process. View Details
Lerner, Josh. "A Note on the Initial Public Offering Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-018, October 1999. (Revised July 2007.)
- May 1997 (Revised January 2000)
- Supplement
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement 1997
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Eilene Zimmerman
Provides an update. Designed as a class handout. View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Eilene Zimmerman. "Japan Confronts an Interdependent World, Supplement 1997." Harvard Business School Supplement 797-144, May 1997. (Revised January 2000.)
- September 1994
- Supplement
Time Life, Inc. (B)
By: David A. Garvin and Jonathan West
Provides a brief update to the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industry
Garvin, David A., and Jonathan West. "Time Life, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-013, September 1994.
- December 2023
- Article
Discerning Saints: Moralization of Intrinsic Motivation and Selective Prosociality at Work
By: Mijeong Kwon, Julia Lee Cunningham and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Intrinsic motivation has received widespread attention as a predictor of positive work outcomes, including employees’ prosocial behavior. In the current research, we offer a more nuanced view by proposing that intrinsic motivation does not uniformly increase prosocial... View Details
Kwon, Mijeong, Julia Lee Cunningham, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Discerning Saints: Moralization of Intrinsic Motivation and Selective Prosociality at Work." Academy of Management Journal 66, no. 6 (December 2023): 1625–1650.
- November 2010
- Supplement
Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (B)
By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
This (B) case provides the 2009 reflections of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt on CFTC Chairman Brooksley Born's 1998 efforts to consider regulating the OTC derivative market. It also provides a summary of the aspects of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that regulate these... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; District of Columbia
Rose, Clayton S., and David Lane. "Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-070, November 2010.
- November 2004
- Case
Deere & Company
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
John Deere & Co. wants to improve shareholder value and provide incentives to do so. The task is difficult in a volatile agriculture and construction industry. It also wants to be more global and provide machinery that traces commodities from the field to the consumer. View Details
- July 2008 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)
By: Anette Mikes
An early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Knowledge Sharing; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Situation or Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry
Mikes, Anette. "Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-001, July 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
- May 2019
- Case
Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019
By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
This short case provides an update to Elon Musk's strategy and tactical moves with Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX from 2016-2019. View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Execution; Space Flight; Tesla; SolarCity; SpaceX; Elon Musk; Information Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Renewable Energy; Strategy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 719-512, May 2019.
- January 2002
- Case
Lycos (A): The Tripod Decision
By: Giovanni M. Gavetti, Jan W. Rivkin and Elizabeth Johnson
The Internet portal Lycos has acquired Tripod, a provider of home-page-building tools, and now must decide how to integrate the acquisition. View Details
Keywords: Integration; Organizational Structure; Situation or Environment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Web Services Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Jan W. Rivkin, and Elizabeth Johnson. "Lycos (A): The Tripod Decision." Harvard Business School Case 702-435, January 2002.
- December 1994 (Revised September 2007)
- Supplement
Hans-Hugo Miebach
Provides private information for students assuming the role of Hans-Hugo Miebach in a simulated negotiation of the sale of Cementownia Odra. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation
Wu, George, and Arnold Holle. "Hans-Hugo Miebach." Harvard Business School Supplement 895-007, December 1994. (Revised September 2007.)
- September 1993 (Revised October 1993)
- Supplement
First National City Bank Operating Group (C)
By: John P. Kotter and Andrew P. Burtis
Provides a short summary of John Reed's succession at City Bank from Executive Vice President in 1976 to CEO in 1984. View Details
Kotter, John P., and Andrew P. Burtis. "First National City Bank Operating Group (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-035, September 1993. (Revised October 1993.)
- July 1994 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Cougars
By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai
Provides an introduction to zero coupon bonds and stripping coupon bonds. Concerns the relationship between the spot curve, the strip curve, and the coupon curve. View Details
Mason, Scott P., and Mihir A. Desai. "Cougars." Harvard Business School Case 295-006, July 1994. (Revised September 1995.)
- December 2022 (Revised November 2024)
- Module Note
LCA Module Overview: Investors
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
This Note provides an overview of cases, key concepts, and overall arc for the module on responsibilities to investors in Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA). View Details
Keywords: Business Education
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "LCA Module Overview: Investors." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-052, December 2022. (Revised November 2024.)
- April 2002
- Background Note
Rise of Cause-Related Marketing, The
Provides an overview of cause-related marketing (CRM), including recent trends. Uses various examples to discuss the potential benefits of CRM as well as potential pitfalls. View Details
Keywords: Marketing
Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "Rise of Cause-Related Marketing, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 302-105, April 2002.
- October 1986
- Supplement
Timken Co., Video
Provides interviews with four top executives of the Timken Co., including the president, Joe Toot, Jr., discussing the company's employee communications and employee relations strategy. View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management
Hattersley, Michael E. "Timken Co., Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-511, October 1986.
- December 2006 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
By: Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, founders of Microsoft and Apple respectively, have revolutionized the relationship between the individual and computer technology. Once the exclusive domain of academia and research facilities, computers can now be found in every area of... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Industry
Mayo, Anthony, and Mark Benson. "Bill Gates and Steve Jobs." Harvard Business School Case 407-028, December 2006. (Revised March 2010.)