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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners
months of classroom preparation, teams of MBAs arrived January 8 in 12 cities in 10 developing countries, where they worked to complete new product or service projects for 140 partner organizations. (A small number of students who could... View Details
- September 2000 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Amazon.com: 1994-2000
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura
Enables a thorough analysis of Amazon.com and the company's value proposition, in terms of its business concept, digital business capabilities, and community and shareholder value. Examines the company's complex set of business models and web of business relationships,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Asset Pricing; Capital; Financial Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Meredith Collura. "Amazon.com: 1994-2000." Harvard Business School Case 801-194, September 2000. (Revised November 2002.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Understanding the global economy from a new perspective
principal global challenges can be addressed more effectively if our two countries work in complementary ways.” The Paulson Institute takes a “think-and-do” approach to its work on US-China relations, through publications and programs... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
In this three-part series, we start with an overview of why retail experts Rajiv Lal, José B. Alvarez, and Dan Greenberg believe retail is at an inflection point. In Part Two, coming next week, they identify effective strategies for... View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
target of success in their new book Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life (Wiley, 2004). After conducting hundreds of interviews with high achievers, they developed a framework for thinking about integrating four... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- May 2024
- Case
Mission Veterinary Partners
By: Boris Groysberg, Zeeshan Ali and Annelena Lobb
After five successful years, Mission Veterinary Partners (MVP) had to decide on the best way to scale. MVP owned 300 animal hospitals and competed with other consolidators to buy more small veterinary practices. MVP had to distinguish itself as the buyer of choice but... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy
Groysberg, Boris, Zeeshan Ali, and Annelena Lobb. "Mission Veterinary Partners." Harvard Business School Case 424-056, May 2024.
- September 2009 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
VIZIO, Inc.
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Elizabeth A. Kind
William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen TVs. Since its founding in 2002, VIZIO had grown to over $2 billion in revenue and was one of the top three flat panel TV brands, along with Samsung and Sony. Faced... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., and Elizabeth A. Kind. "VIZIO, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 110-024, September 2009. (Revised April 2020.)
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
beneficiary was European banks that had big operations here. The globalization of the top end of the financial services industry means that the Fed is everyone's central banker. The reactions we've seen in developing markets recently to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
with his friend to define his role and establish an objective for his summer, ten-week term. In addition to participating in the overall marketing plan for the Mexican Tim Hortons, Felipe is responsible for creating a practical, repeatable View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Crowdfunding capital for small business
Callaghan (MBA 1984). iCrowd connects entrepreneurs, mentors, peers, and experts for advice and support, and also provides investors with social networking tools that are key to investment crowd funding. “iCrowd makes it possible for entrepreneurs to View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
For a long time, the United States was striving to become energy self-sufficient; now the country is self-sufficient and is becoming a net exporter of energy. That has pretty profound global economic and political implications, and we’ve... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
among the first to develop comprehensive historical data on the incidence and length of financial and banking crises. KEY THEMES Greenwood conducted research into financial bubbles, called “Bubbles for Fama,” with colleagues Andrei... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
attend HBS. Earning her MBA, she says, will enable her “to look at myself and my home country from a very different perspective.” In the first-year Required Curriculum, she found Business, Government, and the International Economy to be... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
of BlackBerry’s problems were sown well before Heins took on the CEO role. BlackBerry’s system had its roots in a mobile data architecture that came out of paging networks. By developing complimentary software that connected to email... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
social and financial cost of inaction is so high that standing by is not an option, particularly for multinational corporations doing business in countries with high infection rates. “AIDS places a dramatic spotlight on the question of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
higher skill levels than are currently available. More jobs are being defined as requiring a college degree because, yes, they are getting more complicated, but it’s also because employers have been relying on what we call the “spot market” for labor rather than... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Charting the Year Ahead
succession, competing for volunteers’ and members’ scarce time, and maintaining their distinctive connection to the School. Fifty club leaders convened at HBS in June at the annual Clubs Officers Leadership Conference and offered insightful input to focus the board’s... View Details
- 05 May 2017
- News
Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO
ambitious push into physical retail, with six new stores around the country and six more scheduled to open this year. James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester, said Barnes & Noble needed to innovate to survive, and quickly. “You’re never... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
energy to population centers across the country by expanding the US electric-transmission grid. “If you look at the wind-power equation, you quickly see that transmitting energy from rural wind farms across long distances to large cities... View Details
- December 2018
- Supplement
Formula E Championship Racing (B)
By: Robert F. Higgins, Susie Ma and James Weber
Formula E's season three is nearly complete. CEO Alejandro Agag needs to examine his business model to ensure the racing series is positioned to grow sustainably in the years to come. View Details
Higgins, Robert F., Susie Ma, and James Weber. "Formula E Championship Racing (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 819-012, December 2018.