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  • 25 Mar 2015
  • HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

"Shake Me," the pink triangle reads, hovering in the middle of the Magic Tate Ball—a smartphone app mimicking the popular Magic 8 Ball novelty. When shaken, the virtual prognosticator reads... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 29 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Whence IT Value?

big difference now? After all, IT has been inside most organizations, especially big ones, for well over a generation. And while it is true that IT investments have been skyrocketing recently, they've been growing steadily since the mid-1970s. Did they suddenly cross... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
  • 05 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

Ron Johnson's latest undertaking has the makings of a perfect business school case study. As the new CEO of J.C. Penney he's charged with transforming an aging department store chain with lagging market share. The sweeping plan begun February 1 to put cool back in... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail
  • Profile

Eric D'Arbeloff

ones are works of art," says d'Arbeloff, who compares his role to that of a curator. "Our job is to communicate a film's magic to filmgoers, ideally to convince them to see it in a theater. And I get to decide what's worth... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
  • 28 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

It's a pittance in the West. A loan of only $500 to $1,200, however, can make all the difference for a man or woman eking out a living in the developing world. Just that much—the typical range of microfinance loans, according to Michael Chu, a poverty expert and HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2012
  • News

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

  • 04 May 2021
  • News

Radio: Hubert Joly, Former CEO and Chair, Best Buy

  • 10 Jan 2022
  • Video

Professor Kash Rangan: Enlightening

  • 05 May 2009
  • News

Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Milton Brown Dies at 90

  • 21 Jan 2022
  • News

Professor Kash Rangan: Enlightening

  • 23 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

Josephine (Jo) Tan (MBA 2021) always starts with a pencil sketch, a light grey roadmap of where things are going. Then bold black ink makes it permanent and watercolor paint gives it life. Recently she has added a step—bringing the almost finished product into... View Details
  • 16 Nov 2018
  • News

PayPal and Square quietly grow small business lending using data as their edge over banks

  • 24 Sep 2020
  • News

Love in the time of Zoom: Why we’re in the midst of a dating revolution

  • 30 Jul 2013
  • News

You Found Your Product-Market Fit. Now What?

  • 09 Sep 2011
  • News

Steve Jobs' real legacy: Apple Inc.

  • 05 May 2021
  • News

Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: 'Business Must Lead In New Ways'

  • December 2007 (Revised August 2014)
  • Case

Xanadu on Broadway

By: Anita Elberse
Can one of Hollywood's biggest flops magically turn into a Broadway hit? Xanadu, an adaptation of a 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller-disco film described by one critic as "the epic failure to end all epic failures," opened on Broadway in July 2007. Producer Rob Ahrens,... View Details
Keywords: Theater Entertainment; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Risk and Uncertainty; Creativity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • April 6, 2022
  • Article

5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership

By: Hubert Joly
The traditional model of the leader-hero who saves the day, knows it all, is the smartest person in the room, and is too often driven by power, fame, glory, or money is not appropriate in today’s environment. People today expect a different kind of leader. While each... View Details
Keywords: Leadership, Personal Strategy ＆ Style; Purpose; Roles; Authenticity; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Leadership Style
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  • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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  • March 2020 (Revised March 2022)
  • Case

Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence

By: Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross
For years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz—a small, New York City law firm—has consistently boasted the highest profits per partner and one of the highest “prestige” ratings among U.S.-based law firms. The firm has remained loyal to a distinctive strategy ever since its... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Legal Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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