Publications

September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
Technical Note

Real Estate in China: A Technical Note for SOHO China

By: Charles F. Wu

A technical note on the state of Chinese commercial real estate and the effects of China's slowing growth. This note was written in conjunction with the case study "SOHO China: Transformation in Progress." View Details

Keywords: China; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Beijing; Shanghai; REIT; Gdp; Economic Growth; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai; Beijing

December 2011 (Revised March 2013)
Background Note

The Business Development Manager

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Sarah Dillard, Katharine Nevins and Puja Ramani

Describes the role of business development (BD) managers in technology companies, detailing: 1) BD managers' key responsibilities at each step in the process of creating a partnership agreement; 2) how the nature of the BD function evolves as a technology startup... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Partnerships; High Technology Products; Information Technology; Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Management Skills; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry

August 1993 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Filene's Basement

By: David E. Bell and Dinny Starr

Filene's Basement is in the process of deciding where, and if, to locate two new stores in its new Chicago area of operations. The existing Chicago area stores have been performing well, however, management is concerned with over saturation of the market. At the time... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Business Processes

18 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language

map of New York to drive in Los Angeles. As examples, the authors cite the ongoing movement for a U.S. balanced budget amendment; the IMF's use of the deficit to assess fiscal prudence; the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to limit U.S. deficits; View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

title is SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth and Social Good (Crown Business). Sean Silverthorne: What is a vanguard company? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Vanguard means ahead of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

to better pair employees on teams to improve idea quality, according to Koning. Consider team composition. Whether or not they actually administer a personality test, supervisors generally have an idea of where team members fall on scales... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 28

across the schools and regions. The case gives students the opportunity to assess the benefits and challenges of Uncommon’s strategy so far, determine the best way to address the inconsistency in academic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business

growing up in a family business influence your desire to attend business school? I always knew there were ways to grow the business that we hadn’t thought of yet, or hadn’t created a plan for yet. I felt business school would inspire ideas for View Details

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

to their reliable software and responsive customer service. The company had achieved this growth without the help of any outside financing. The five co-founders of eCW, who treated each other like an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2022
News

Open Market

cumulative, funded accounts. The steep growth slope has been up and to the right for many years and, on top of that, we’ve had incredible transactional volume with little lead time. It has definitely been... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

significant in the 2000s, due to slow growth in Japan, massive tax cuts in the USA, and expensive social programs in Europe. This now adds to the financing problem. By 2011, these deficits have become almost... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

that resulted from their well-honed capital budgeting process and was consistent with their assumption that tires was a growth industry. Because none of the four Akron tire companies had closed a factory... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

November 1994
Case

Citibank European Strategy & Organization

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight

Examines strategic and organizational issues facing Citibank as it pursues a highly focused strategy in Europe in the face of increasing competition. Central in this consideration is the role of the European regional organization. View Details

Keywords: Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Banking Industry; Europe

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25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

involve the mutual processing of another's experience, built around discourse and analysis, and I argue that they lead to not only linear growth in individuals' knowledge, but... View Details

April 2000 (Revised June 2000)
Case

E-Loan: The CarFinance.com Acquisition

E-Loan is an online mortgage lender that acquired an auto-lending arm in August of 1999. This case examines E-Loan's purchase of CarFinance.com and highlights E-Loan's strategy-setting process. In addition, the case explores business development as a strategic process... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry

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16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

co-founders were committed to the company’s success, and as the business grew it was time to hire. They brought on strong talent, like their head of strategy, who has helped the company to grow and View Details

02 Aug 2016
Blog Post

The Making of An Internship: What Drives Students’ Interests

in New York City, talked to the importance of an intellectual challenge, mentorship, and growth as she sought an opportunity for the summer. Ahmed Eldemerdash explains how his background in engineering was a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

March 2011 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Inequality in Brazil

By: Aldo Musacchio

This case examines the evolution of inequality in Brazil in the last few years and generates two debates. First, the case discusses inequality and whether it is a problem or not for capitalist societies, in this case Brazil. Second, the case discusses some of the... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Brazil