Publications

November 1999 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Russell Reynolds Associates, 1999

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Rakesh Khurana

The president and CEO of Russell Reynolds examined the company's expansion strategy, especially in emerging markets. He evalulates how quickly the company should open new offices abroad and in which countries. View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Consulting Industry

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to the sources and expanded upon them in a series of important articles in the Business History Review. That work View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

March 2007
Teaching Note

Lamoiyan Corporation of the Philippines: Challenging Multinational Giants (TN)

By: Peter J. Coughlan, Jordan I. Siegel and John R. Wells

Teaching note to 704405. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Going Public; Product Development; Trade; Consumer Products Industry; Philippines

October 1999
Case

Intel Labs (B): A New Business Model for Commercializing Research in Photolithography

Intel deployed a creative business model to commercialize its EUV technology in photolithography. This model assigned intellectual property and machine priority in an industry consortium. View Details

Keywords: Commercialization; Operations; Research and Development

12 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

side) competing with a lack of an industrial policy (on the US side). Going all the way back to the mid-1980s, the Chinese government has been mapping a pathway for the country to become a modern economy possessing core technological... View Details

Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

bookmakers interact? Will Betfair.com naturally come to dominate the industry, and if so how should the bookmakers react? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709417 Boston Teacher Residency: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

their experience, real estate, and logistics. In exchange, you can expand their product offerings and grow their customer segment. —Cindy Park (PLDA 12, 2013) Here are my quick thoughts based on years of emerging and developed market... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

Initiative serves as an umbrella for a wide range of research projects, course development activities, and related endeavors. Now in its fifth year, the work of the Initiative has coalesced into three distinct yet interdependent areas of... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

Profile

Kine Seck Mercier

studying physics and chemistry, she specialized in telecommunications “because it is one the most dynamic, innovative, and important industries in Senegal.” After graduation, she worked for France Telecom, where she managed strategy and... View Details

Portrait Project

Abbas A. Kanji

I hope my life develops like my squash game. My first attempt at squash, like many situations in life, was uncomfortable and forced me to try something that I had no experience with nor was good at; I had trouble holding the racquet, let... View Details

March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
Case

WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean

In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

Center researcher Namrata Arora uncover a complicated mix of piracy and plagiarism that harm not only Hollywood's efforts at success in the Indian market, but local Bollywood companies as well. Iyer says the case can help students and practitioners understand the best... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
Case

Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market

By: Paul A. Gompers and Ahmed Dahawy

Karim Nour, the founder of Kashat, an Egyptian nano-lending fintech company, is contemplating how to manage the growth of his startup. Over the summer of 2022, Kashat's loan disbursements had grown by nearly 40%, fueled by macroeconomic instability in Egypt. However,... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Capital; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt