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  • February 2016 (Revised August 2016)
  • Case

Chilli Beans: Peace, Love, and Sunglasses

By: José B. Alvarez, Robert Mackalski and Andrew Otazo
This case illustrates how Chilli Beans became the most popular sunglasses retailer in Brazil and the issues it faced when expanding into the United States. View Details
Keywords: Sunglasses; Brazil; Sao Paulo; Chilli Beans; Watches; Fast Fashion; Supply Chain; Retail; Franchise; International Expansion; Culture; Middle Class; Fashion; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Design; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Goods and Commodities; Leadership; Marketing; Operations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Brazil; China
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Beyond Agency Theory: The Hidden and Heretofore Inaccessible Power of Integrity (PDF file of Keynote Slides)

By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard

There is far too much concern today about the conflicts of interest between people; for example, conflicts of interest between agents and owners—historically a favorite topic of Jensen—and not enough attention paid to the damage caused by an individual's conflict of... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Lawfulness; Production; Organizations; Performance Improvement; Agency Theory; Conflict of Interests; Trust; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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  • January 1993 (Revised July 2003)
  • Case

Texas High-Speed Rail Corporation

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
The finance director of the Texas High-Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) is considering modifications to the financing program designed to support the development, construction, and operations of THSRC's planned high-speed rail system. The current plan achieves many objectives,... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Taxation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Rail Industry; Texas
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  • June 2025
  • Case

Accounting for OpenAI at Microsoft

By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli, Nicole Zelazko and Michael Norris
In early 2025, Microsoft was evaluating the impact of its $14 billion investment in OpenAI. As OpenAI’s computing needs expanded, Microsoft positioned Azure as the exclusive provider for training and inference of their large language models. Despite the scale of the... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Financial Reporting; Revenue Recognition; Corporate Finance; Capital; Investment; Revenue; AI and Machine Learning; Valuation; Governance; Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • September 2009
  • Supplement

One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (B)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The B case provides the reader with due diligence observations, which reveal numerous potential problems with the investment.... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Private Equity; Investment; Foreign Direct Investment; Markets; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Chennai; United States
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  • 17 May 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

beliefs (confirmation bias), to give ourselves too much credit or not enough blame (self-serving bias), or to place more value on losing $100 than making $100 (loss aversion). In business, a bias-clouded decision can have disastrous... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

experience is that I have been encouraged to focus on personal growth. In understanding who you are, what your values are, and what you are passionate about, it becomes easier to identify a career path that you want to pursue. For me,... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government
  • Profile

Justine Lelchuk

each day has in store for me. Finally, I was looking for a company that valued training and would support my decision to go to grad school." Deloitte Consulting met the criteria, placing her in a rotational program that exposed... View Details
  • Profile

Evan Rachlin

New therapies, especially those in biotechnology, are very exciting to Evan Rachlin. In his first business-related internship, Evan examined the economic side of life science at Pfizer in New York City. There, he cooperated with the portfolio and decision analysis... View Details
  • Profile

Chao Zeng

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? As the Leadership & Values representative for my section, I have many opportunities not just to participate in activities, but to organize and lead classroom discussions... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Financial Services
  • Profile

Ann Chao

uncovered a different story: strong interest in the product but confusion about price and lack of awareness due to poor distribution. “We recommended a re-launch that bypassed the distribution network and took the packets to the streets, to the local markets that View Details
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Faculty Books

stakeholders detailed results and improve the level of dialogue and engagement with them. Senior Lecturer Eccles and his coauthor show how integrated reporting adds value to a company and contributes to a sustainable society. New... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
  • May 1997
  • Case

Donna Karan International Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
Designer Donna Karan takes her firm public. After eager anticipation from Wall Street, the stock loses 60% of its value. This case addresses the questions: Is Karan's company ready to undertake responsibilities of being public? Is the company's strategy sustainable?... View Details
Keywords: Public Equity; Stock Shares; Financial Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Going Public; Business Strategy; Valuation; Fashion Industry
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  • September 1992 (Revised March 1997)
  • Case

Summit Distributors (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Amy P. Hutton
Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing the inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO would avoid default but would require higher future income... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Cost Accounting; Cash Flow; Interest Rates; Economic Systems; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Statements; Valuation; Accounting Audits; Financing and Loans; Accounting Industry; Legal Services Industry
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  • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
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  • Portrait Project

Michael Nkansah

century. Africa's economic rise has set the stage for a transportation revolution—one I intend to help shape. I will build an airline that links the remotest parts of the continent, connecting its people and markets. I learned the value... View Details
  • Portrait Project

John Paul Andree

just a youthful adventure story of my past. That can never be. Comfort can make you complacent. I survived for a reason. My life has a purpose. To be the best version of myself, find meaning in every moment, value every life with dignity... View Details
  • Web

The Challenges Ahead in the field of impact investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

working... Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2022
  • News

Merlin Entertainments Taps Scott O’Neil as CEO

episode of the HBS Alumni podcast Skydeck, O’Neil spoke about how he set and scaled his organizational values of mind, body, and soul while leading HBSE. “I don't think there's one thing that creates the mind, body, and soul, but I can... View Details
  • 06 Jan 2020
  • News

Home Grown

Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aims to find and support local, family businesses and grow them right where they are. The firm looks for companies that value employee... View Details
Keywords: Finance