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Philipp Schäelli

you need to visit and live in countries yourself in order to understand them. Having interacted with Start-ups and VCs as president of the Entrepreneurship club I knew that I wanted to be investing at a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services
  • Jul 2012
  • Article

A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses

The U.S. corporate tax code is broken. High rates and perverse incentives drive capital away from the corporate sector and toward other uses and countries. This is bad news for... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2017
  • Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus

side of the business, working closely with each department across the entire company including sales, customer success, engineering and marketing. I lead a team of product managers View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 13 May 2013
  • Blog Post

Learning about the science in beauty

classes at Sephora University, I jumped at the chance. Over the course of 4 days, I learned about topics like why skin ages and how chemicals like retinoids and peptides can help undo damage as well as speed... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 26 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

example, the fragmentation of production around the world, distribution outlets worldwide, and research and development facilities that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

the Cemex Way, a set of "best practice" principles and processes developed over the years to help people succeed in the Cemex family, the company disseminated its... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 18 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

have developed an integrated framework for understanding, describing, and pre¬scribing how leaders build organizations capable of consistent innovation by focusing on these essential abilities. Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

years. One of his students, Simon Kuznets, developed [a standard way to measure] Gross National Product there in the 1930s. In all these ways, the growth of the forecasting industry spurred efforts to make... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 1992
  • Chapter

Manufacturing for Design: Beyond the Product/R & D Dichotomy

By: W. B. Chew, K. B. Clark and F. Fujimoto
Keywords: Product Design; Research and Development
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  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

and value-creation problems arise when such products are developed and sold by separate firms. Although the firms tend to price higher for given... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Apr 2018
  • Webinars: Career

Rethinking Retirement

Baby Boomers are reshaping retirement to create a life stage of possibilities and growth. But a step back from work requires a great deal of thought and consideration, and it's natural to feel uncertain. This program will provide a framework to plan and address each... View Details
  • February 2008 (Revised September 2008)
  • Case

Indesit Company: Does Global Matter?

By: Joseph L. Bower
In 2007, the leadership of the Indesit Company is focused on long-term corporate strategy. After 3 decades, the company has emerged as the number 2 home appliance producer in Europe. Should they invest further to be number 1, or should they focus on the global market,... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
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  • November 2017
  • Teaching Note

Tencent

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426. Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details
Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Value Creation; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Segmentation; Business Units; Communication; Profit; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
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  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

commercialized it. Since then, Magagnini and Strugatz had worked tirelessly to bring the product to market, and yet they still discarded more than they successfully... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
  • 19 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

Santosh Iyer is originally from Toronto, Canada, and pursued his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering from the University of... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

people, rotating them, developing them, putting them in challenging assignments. Those are things you can actually do something about. What I am saying is that companies should clone the processes in View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT, 30 Apr 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Scaling Ventures

Scaling Ventures is for startup founders and senior leaders who have achieved product-market fit and now need to successfully guide their company through cycles of rapid growth and organizational change. Program Dates: April 30, 2019 - June 18, 2019 (Every Tuesday from... View Details
  • April 2024
  • Case

Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud
When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Identity; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Value Creation; Mission and Purpose; Valuation; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; France
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  • November 2018
  • Teaching Note

reMarkable: e-Writing the Future

By: Elie Ofek
Teaching Note for HBS No. 517-018. View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Product Development; Product Launch; Entrepreneurship; Computer Industry; Europe; United States
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  • 13 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

technologies for drug discovery.) And patients with previously unmet medical needs can now get treatments that were not available before. That should be inspiring, he reminded the audience. Economic frustrations remain, however. Pisano... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology