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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators

Illustration by Istvan Banyai Since 2006, Gazelle has offered consumers an answer to the question of what to do with their old electronic devices when they upgrade: Sell them to us. Customers can go to Gazelle's website; get a price for... View Details
Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Retail Trade
  • November 2005
  • Supplement

Nestle's Milk Districts: Case Supplement

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry Herman
Nestle as the largest milk company in the world, has a history of economic development, nutrition, health, and food safety in all the major countries of the world. Each milk model is tailor-made to the needs of each country's political, social, and economic priorities. View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Nutrition; Health; Food; Government and Politics; Social Psychology; Economics; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • June 1990 (Revised October 1991)
  • Supplement

Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (B)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
Describes how the attorney resolved the dilemma he faced, the reasons for his decision, and the consequences he suffered. Displays vividly the personal toll that moral conflicts can create for professionals with role obligations. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Moral Sensibility; Managerial Roles; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges
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  • Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

Courses & Case Studies Case Studies Middlebury College: Energy2028 (320029) by Brian Trelstad , Michael Norris and John McKinley APRIL 2020 (REVISED MAY 2021) Not all social change happens with new... View Details

    Tackling Diversity in Case Discussions

    Recognizing the importance of teaching managers to lead across lines of difference, this article presents a set of interrelated strategies for business educators to navigate topics of diversity and inclusion in the classroom. The authors advocate embedding principles... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

    November 2013, and launched its first official new market expansion into Washington, DC, in February—a city close in culinary and cultural equivalence to Brussels. The Question: Bookalokal's cofounder and CEO Evelyne White (MBA 2010)... View Details
    • November 2022
    • Article

    A Language-Based Method for Assessing Symbolic Boundary Maintenance between Social Groups

    By: Anjali M. Bhatt, Amir Goldberg and Sameer B. Srivastava
    When the social boundaries between groups are breached, the tendency for people to erect and maintain symbolic boundaries intensifies. Drawing on extant perspectives on boundary maintenance, we distinguish between two strategies that people pursue in maintaining... View Details
    Keywords: Culture; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; Symbolic Boundaries; Organizations; Boundaries; Social Psychology; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture
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    • 08 Dec 2023
    • Video

    Case Studies: Untold Stories of Entrepreneurs in the Middle East

    • December 2010
    • Article

    Building Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations

    By: Julie Battilana and Silvia Dorado
    We explore how new types of hybrid organizations (organizations that combine institutional logics in unprecedented ways) can develop and maintain their hybrid nature in the absence of a "ready-to-wear" model for handling the tensions between the logics they combine.... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Structure; Microfinance; Growth and Development Strategy; Identity; Commercialization; Balance and Stability; Policy; Recruitment; Business Model
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    • 22 Oct 2019
    • News

    Alexander Hamilton's Case For Impeachment

    • September 2002
    • Background Note

    Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases

    By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
    Summarizes five major trade disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO): (1) the Brazil-Canada aircraft dispute, (2) the European Union/United States foreign sales corporation dispute, (3) the Asian/United States shrimp and sea turtle dispute, (4) the United... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Conflict Management; Negotiation; Brazil; Canada; European Union; Asia; United States
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    • Web

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    HBS Cases About the Case Method Harvard Business School pioneered the case View Details
    • January 1996
    • Case

    Transportation Displays Incorporated (C): The Case for a Preemptive Restructuring

    By: Stuart C. Gilson, Joel T. Schwartz, Steve Silver and David Stemerman
    A company nears the end of a long multiyear turnaround and now must consider how to "cash out" so its management can realize a financial return on investment. The privately held company has several options, including a leveraged ESOP and a leveraged recapitalization. View Details
    Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Capital; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Private Ownership
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    • March 2002
    • Teaching Note

    Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra TN

    By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck
    Teaching Note for (9-702-025). View Details
    Keywords: Utilities Industry; Chile
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    • February 1991 (Revised December 1992)
    • Teaching Note

    Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry, Teaching Note

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan
    Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    • Article

    Interactive Case Study: The Analysis: Babson College Meets the Corporate Gender Challenge

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
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    • May 1992
    • Teaching Note

    Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry, Teaching Note

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
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    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the Accommodation Market: The Case of Airbnb

    By: Chiara Farronato and Andrey Fradkin
    We study the effects of enabling peer supply through Airbnb in the accommodation industry. We present a model of competition between flexible and dedicated sellers - peer hosts and hotels - who provide differentiated products. We estimate this model using data from... View Details
    Keywords: Peer To Peer; Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Accommodations Industry
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    • June 2016 (Revised February 2017)
    • Case

    The Role of Real Estate in Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church, Oxford

    By: David Chambers, Elroy Dimson, Arthur I Segel and Eva Steiner
    The case centers on Christ Church's Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College's endowment in real estate. Approximately 1/3 of the total $690 million endowment was allocated towards real estate, much higher than... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate; Endowment Management; Endowments; United Kingdom; Oxford; Portfolio Allocation; Higher Education; Investment Portfolio; Property; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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    • 01 Dec 2019
    • News

    Case Study: Farming It Out

    photo courtesy of Charlie Andersen Charlie Andersen (MBA 2014) grew up on a 200-acre organic family farm west of Philadelphia that produced everything from apples and blueberries to sweet corn. Andersen absolutely loved it—for the most... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture