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gWorks (B)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Small Business;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Business Education;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Talent and Talent Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Technology Adoption;
Information Infrastructure;
Digital Platforms;
Growth Management;
Applications and Software;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technology Industry;
United States
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "gWorks (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-722, May 2024.
- May 2024
- Supplement
Miami’s Climate Tech Potential (B): The 2024 Tech Hub Proposal
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Miami-Dade County led the work to get South Florida designated a national climate resilience tech hub, the only one of 31 focused on climate change, an urgent major issue for the region in light of global warming and sea level rise. Venture capitalists saw the...
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Keywords:
Climate Change;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Entrepreneurship;
Green Technology;
Government Administration;
City
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jacob A. Small. "Miami’s Climate Tech Potential (B): The 2024 Tech Hub Proposal." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-135, May 2024.
- May 2024
- Case
Naked Wines: The Profit vs. Growth Decision
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
Nick Devlin faced a difficult strategic decision in October 2022. As the CEO of a UK-based subscription business connecting wine drinkers in the US, UK, and Australia with winemakers from around the world (which one journalist called the “Netflix of Wine”), he had to...
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Keywords:
Profit Vs. Growth;
Platform Business;
Economies Of Scale;
Subscription Business;
Wine;
Scaling;
Racing;
Value Creation;
Network Effects;
Business Startups;
Small Business;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Growth Management;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Expansion;
Profit;
E-commerce;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States;
Australia;
United Kingdom
- May 2024
- Case
SofMedica Group: Managing Growth
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
SofMedica Group had expanded from its origins as a medical equipment distributor in Romania to a holding company with four business lines operating in six countries. This expansion had been driven by SofMedica’s mission: to make cutting edge medical technology...
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Keywords:
Growth;
Healthcare Access;
Healthcare;
Medical Devices;
Medical Equipment & Devices;
Medical Care;
Developing Countries;
Eastern Europe;
Quality Management System;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth Management;
Education;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Quality;
Leadership;
Mission and Purpose;
Expansion;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Europe;
Romania
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "SofMedica Group: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 424-027, May 2024.
- May 2024
- Case
LinkedIn Corporation, 2024
By: David B. Yoffie, George Gonzalez and Emily Grandjean
By 2024, the LinkedIn profile was well established as the professional identity of record on the Internet. Following a multi-year effort to expand the platform’s user base, as well as a period of rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn’s membership had...
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- May 2024
- Case
Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Alexis Lefort
Brooke Boyarsky Pratt (HBS ’13) enjoyed considerable success in her early career, quickly climbing the ranks to associate partner at McKinsey, and later becoming an executive vice president at Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company. Throughout these years,...
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Keywords:
Passion;
Career;
Career Planning;
Purpose;
Personal Development and Career;
Mission and Purpose;
Identity;
Business Startups;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Health Industry;
United States
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Alexis Lefort. "Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell." Harvard Business School Case 424-040, May 2024.
- May 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene
"Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Talent and Talent Management;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Corporate Finance;
Equity;
Stock Shares;
Corporate Governance;
Business History;
Compensation and Benefits;
Recruitment;
Leadership Style;
Growth Management;
Management Succession;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Consulting Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
England;
London
Fuller, Joseph B., and Lena Duchene. "Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors." Harvard Business School Case 824-200, May 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- May 2024
- Supplement
HubSpot and Motion AI (B): Generative AI Opportunities
By: Jill Avery
The technologies driving artificial intelligence (AI) had progressed significantly since HubSpot’s acquisition of Motion AI in 2017. Generative AI was the newest major development. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies such as HubSpot were analyzing how generative AI...
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Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence;
CRM;
Chatbots;
Sales Management;
Generative Ai;
SaaS;
Marketing;
Sales;
AI and Machine Learning;
Customer Relationship Management;
Applications and Software;
Technological Innovation;
Competitive Advantage;
Technology Industry;
United States
Avery, Jill. "HubSpot and Motion AI (B): Generative AI Opportunities." Harvard Business School Supplement 524-088, May 2024.
- May 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Together for Sustainability
This case documents the origin and development of Together for Sustainability (TfS), a chemical industry initiative dedicated to raising sustainability standards throughout the industry’s supply chains. In 2011, six Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) from some of the...
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Keywords:
Environmental Sustainability;
Standards;
Supply Chain Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Partners and Partnerships;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Chemical Industry
Gulati, Ranjay, David Shin, and Emily Tedards. "Together for Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 424-062, May 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- May 2, 2024
- Article
Require Hospitals to Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard J. Boxer and Ben Creo
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that U.S. hospital and health care systems were ill-prepared for the surge of patients who overwhelmed available health care resources. An overlooked resource deserves more attention: the availability of intensive care unit (ICU)...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Crisis Management;
Knowledge Sharing;
Governance Compliance;
Planning;
Health Industry;
United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., Richard J. Boxer, and Ben Creo. "Require Hospitals to Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now." Health Affairs Forefront (May 2, 2024).
- May 2024
- Case
HarvEast
By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred
In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000...
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Keywords:
Goods and Commodities;
Natural Resources;
Food;
Problems and Challenges;
Adaptation;
Innovation and Management;
Crisis Management;
Logistics;
Supply Chain;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Loss;
Trust;
Human Needs;
War;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chile;
South America;
Latin America;
Ukraine
- May 2024
- Article
The Health Risks of Generative AI-Based Wellness Apps
By: Julian De Freitas and G. Cohen
Artifcial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots are increasingly being used to
help people manage their mental health. Chatbots for mental health and
particularly ‘wellness’ applications currently exist in a regulatory ‘gray area’.
Indeed, most generative AI-powered...
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Keywords:
AI and Machine Learning;
Well-being;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Applications and Software
De Freitas, Julian, and G. Cohen. "The Health Risks of Generative AI-Based Wellness Apps." Nature Medicine 30, no. 5 (May 2024): 1269–1275.
- 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...
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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
Joly, Hubert, Nitin Nohria, and Emilie Billaud. "Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work." Harvard Business School Case 324-127, April 2024.
- April 2024
- Case
Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In December 2022, Dr. Tomislav (“Tom”) Mihaljevic, CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic, was reflecting on the last few years at the hospital, marked both by unprecedented challenges and remarkable achievements. Cleveland Clinic had recently been ranked the world’s...
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Keywords:
Recruitment;
Retention;
Analytics and Data Science;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Platforms;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Human Capital;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Mission and Purpose;
Outcome or Result;
Performance Evaluation;
Health Pandemics;
Goals and Objectives;
Health Industry;
Cleveland;
London;
Abu Dhabi;
Florida;
Ohio
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic." Harvard Business School Case 424-031, April 2024.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Human-Computer Interactions in Demand Forecasting and Labor Scheduling Decisions
By: Caleb Kwon, Ananth Raman and Jorge Tamayo
We investigate whether corporate officers should grant managers discretion to override AI-driven demand forecasts and labor scheduling tools. Analyzing five years of administrative data from a large grocery retailer using such an AI tool, encompassing over 500 stores,...
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Keywords:
AI and Machine Learning;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Working Conditions;
Performance Productivity
Kwon, Caleb, Ananth Raman, and Jorge Tamayo. "Human-Computer Interactions in Demand Forecasting and Labor Scheduling Decisions." Working Paper, April 2024.
- April 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
The Engine
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray and Nicholas Christman
The Engine, a venture capital firm founded by MIT to fill a gap in the technology funding landscape by commercializing breakthrough science and technology. Led by managing partner and CEO Katie Rae, the Engine's unique approach involved an unusually longer fund life,...
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Krieger, Joshua Lev, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray, and Nicholas Christman. "The Engine." Harvard Business School Case 824-147, April 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Transition;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Communication Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Health Care and Treatment;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Strategy;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Labor;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Failure;
Success;
Personal Development and Career;
Strategic Planning;
Adaptation;
Competition;
Alignment;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Minneapolis;
Minnesota;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Sunil Gupta, and Amram Migdal. "Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 524-072, April 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- April 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
New Belgium Brewing and Climate Change
By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Michael Norris
In 2023, Colorado-based craft brewery New Belgium Brewing was considering how best to meet its emissions reduction targets. After decades of growth, the beermaker had grown to become one of the largest craft brewers in the U.S., and was purchased in 2019 by Japanese...
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- April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Joseph L. Badaracco, Tom Quinn and John Schultz
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk was owned by a charitable foundation, and since its founding in the 1920s had focused on producing insulin to treat diabetes. In 2017, however, it released Ozempic, a diabetes treatment with the revolutionary side effect of...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Judgments;
Values and Beliefs;
Global Strategy;
Health Care and Treatment;
Patents;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Product Positioning;
Supply and Industry;
Supply Chain;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Opportunities;
Social Issues;
Equality and Inequality;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Health Industry;
Denmark;
United States;
Europe;
China;
India;
Middle East;
North Africa
Badaracco, Joseph L., Tom Quinn, and John Schultz. "Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 324-114, April 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- April 2024
- Article
A Machine Learning Algorithm Predicting Risk of Dilating VUR among Infants with Hydronephrosis Using UTD Classification
By: Hsin-Hsiao Scott Wang, Michael Lingzhi Li, Dylan Cahill, John Panagides, Tanya Logvinenko, Jeanne Chow and Caleb Nelson
Backgrounds: Urinary Tract Dilation (UTD) classification has been designed to be a more objective grading system to evaluate antenatal and post-natal UTD. Due to unclear association between UTD classifications to specific anomalies such as vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR),...
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Wang, Hsin-Hsiao Scott, Michael Lingzhi Li, Dylan Cahill, John Panagides, Tanya Logvinenko, Jeanne Chow, and Caleb Nelson. "A Machine Learning Algorithm Predicting Risk of Dilating VUR among Infants with Hydronephrosis Using UTD Classification." Journal of Pediatric Urology 20, no. 2 (April 2024): 271–278.