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- September 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Swatch Group, The: On Internet Time
By: Luc R. Wathieu, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Under the leadership of Nicholas Hayek, the Swatch Group, makers of the Swatch watch, is widely credited with revitalizing the Swiss watch industry by offering a consistent set of brands addressing all segments of the global watch market. New opportunities beyond the... View Details
Wathieu, Luc R., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Swatch Group, The: On Internet Time." Harvard Business School Case 500-014, September 1999. (Revised November 2000.)
- 10 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: EF Education First
opened in the 1980s. In 2009, we launched a formal recruitment program at HBS. We typically hire for senior roles that present opportunities for candidates to make an immediate impact and manage staff across a variety of functions (from... View Details
- January 2021
- Supplement
A Half-Deal
By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
In June 2020, XP and Itaú faced intensified competition and tension in their partnership, with the latter owning a minority stake at XP. Two years earlier, in May 2017, Itaú had announced it would acquire 49.9% of XP for $1.8 billion, followed by three additional... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Financing Strategy; Competition; Partners and Partnerships; Financing and Loans; Strategy; Latin America; Brazil
Di Maggio, Marco, Pedro Levindo, and Carla Larangeira. "A Half-Deal." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-058, January 2021.
- January–February 2017
- Article
Africa's New Generation of Innovators
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Derek van Bever
With a young, urbanizing population, abundant natural resources, and a growing middle class, Africa seems to have all the ingredients necessary for huge growth. Nevertheless, a number of multinationals have recently left the continent, discouraged by widespread... View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., Efosa Ojomo, and Derek van Bever. "Africa's New Generation of Innovators." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 1 (January–February 2017): 129–136.
- August 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Phillip Andrews
In 2011, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $20 billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. Describes Haier's rise over three decades from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Global Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Phillip Andrews. "Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 712-408, August 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
- May 2016 (Revised March 2020)
- Teaching Note
Cyberdyne: A Leap to the Future
By: Doug J. Chung and Mayuka Yamazaki
Cyberdyne Inc. was a Japanese technology venture founded in 2004 by scientist Yoshiyuki Sankai to commercialize a hybrid assistive limb (HAL). HAL was a robotic exoskeleton system for people who had difficulty walking due to nervous system disabilities resulting from... View Details
- January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Gobi Partners and DMG
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Thomas G. Tsao, founding general partner of Gobi Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in China, must decide how to manage his firm's largest investment after the departure of the CEO. Tom has temporarily stepped in as CEO, but finding a replacement with the... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; China
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Gobi Partners and DMG." Harvard Business School Case 810-095, January 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- 2008
- Casebook
The Rules of Globalization: Case Book
By: Rawi Abdelal
This is a book about the politics of the global economy — about how firms prosper by understanding those politics, or fail by misunderstanding them. Understanding the politics of globalization may once have been a luxury; it is now, for most high-level managers, simply... View Details
Keywords: Trade; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
Abdelal, Rawi, ed. The Rules of Globalization: Case Book. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2008.
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
How on Earth Does an Ad Like Pepsi's Get Approved?
- March 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Cherrypicks
By: William R. Kerr
Cherrypicks is a Hong Kong communications start-up approaching a large Korean mobile operator for a partnership to take the operator's products to markets outside of Korea. SK Telecom's (SKT) Ring Back Tones (RBT) product is a spectacular success in South Korea, but... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Communication Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Communications Industry; China; Hong Kong; South Korea
Kerr, William R. "Cherrypicks." Harvard Business School Case 807-106, March 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- Profile
Aline Camargo
& career path? One of my main goals coming to HBS was to identify a career that combines my passion for music and my business skills. During the MBA program, I took Entrepreneurship and Strategic Marketing courses for Creative... View Details
- September 1996 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Cytec Industries' Spin-Off (A): Sink or Swim?
In the wake of market pressure to restructure, American Cyanamid spun off its poorly performing Chemicals Unit into a new publicly traded corporation, Cytec Industries. In addition to weak operations, Cytec inherited the bulk of Cyanamid's environmental and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Practices and Processes; Restructuring; Performance Improvement; Chemical Industry; United States
Wruck, Karen, and Sherry P. Roper. "Cytec Industries' Spin-Off (A): Sink or Swim?" Harvard Business School Case 897-053, September 1996. (Revised December 1997.)
- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A1)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original (A) case to give students an opportunity to suggest objectives and measures for the division's initial BSC, without... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 197-120, June 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- Person Page
Full Biography
By: Rohit Deshpande
Rohit Deshpandé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business Schoolwhere he currently teaches in the Owner/President Management Program and in other executive education offerings. He has also taught global branding, international marketing, and... View Details
- September 2024
- Case
Faena: Magic in Mid-Miami Beach
By: Robin Greenwood, Denise Han, Dave Habeeb and Ruth Page
The link to this multimedia case should be provided to students in advance as preparation for classroom case discussion.
This multimedia case follows real estate developer Alan Faena as he expanded his luxury development business from Argentina to the... View Details
This multimedia case follows real estate developer Alan Faena as he expanded his luxury development business from Argentina to the... View Details
Keywords: Development; Real Estate; Hotels; Luxury; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Design; Markets; Transformation; Cost vs Benefits; Economic Growth; Private Sector; Public Sector; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Geographic Location; Urban Scope; Corporate Accountability; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Opportunities; Culture; Value Creation; Real Estate Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Florida; Miami; Argentina; Buenos Aires
Greenwood, Robin, Denise Han, Dave Habeeb, and Ruth Page. "Faena: Magic in Mid-Miami Beach." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 225-701, September 2024.
- 18 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Internalization of Advertising Services: An Inter-Industry Analysis
- February 2018 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty
By: Paul Gompers, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Being an entrepreneur was a childhood dream for Falguni Nayar. The opportunity to build Nykaa.com, a woman-centered business, with a multi-brand retail format in the beauty and wellness space, and the fact that she was doing it with her daughter Adwaita (HBS MBA 2013)... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Information Technology; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Operations; Marketing; Decision Making
Gompers, Paul, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty." Harvard Business School Case 218-049, February 2018. (Revised August 2023.)
- June 2006 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
S&S Podcasts: Deciding to Launch
Describes the effort by two MBA students to find an opportunity for a new venture in the burgeoning "podcast" space. View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
leader with a strong, cohesive plan. Mr. Toyoda is anything but. His uninspired words of optimism from Davos only unnerved customers and U.S. regulators. Meanwhile, Ford and GM are working hard to regain the market share they lost at... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
shrinking product lifecycles and rapidly changing technology are under pressure to bring new goods to market faster. Corporate spending on research and development (R&D) in the United States has also been outpacing inflation, raising... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman