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- November 2019
- Case
Scaling at Chief
Chief is a New York-based peer network that provides mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and a sense of community to women executives. Co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan launched the company in January 2019, and just two months later, Chief has... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Expansion; Growth Management; Customer Satisfaction; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Scaling at Chief." Harvard Business School Case 920-021, November 2019.
- November 2019 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Thierry Porté
By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
Perlow, Leslie, and Matthew Preble. "Thierry Porté." Harvard Business School Case 420-074, November 2019. (Revised October 2020.)
- November 2019
- Teaching Note
Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A) and (B)
By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,... View Details
- November 2019
- Teaching Plan
Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emilie Takayama
Teaching Note for HBS No. 807-155. View Details
- November 2019
- Supplement
Facebook—Can Ethics Scale in the Digital Age? (B)
By: George A Riedel
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Riedel, George A. "Facebook—Can Ethics Scale in the Digital Age? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-043, November 2019.
- November 2019
- Teaching Note
The Bundesliga in the U.S.
By: Stephen A. Greyser, Sascha L. Schmidt and Florian Holzmayer
This Teaching Note addresses the classroom use of the case on the strategy of Germany’s premier football (soccer) league to “win the marketplace of U.S. sports broadcasters and consumers.” The note includes study questions and a teaching plan that also draws on... View Details
- November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Technical Note
The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer
By: Gary P. Pisano, William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti and Stephanie Oestreich
For more than two decades, scientific advances have been driving profound changes in drug discovery and the drug industry itself. This case provides an overview and description of these technical and scientific advances. Written for the nonscientific reader, it may be... View Details
Keywords: Science; Technological Innovation; Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti, and Stephanie Oestreich. "The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer." Harvard Business School Technical Note 620-054, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- November 2019
- Case
Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time... View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Management; Financial Condition; Problems and Challenges; Communication; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-053, November 2019.
- November 2019
- Supplement
Celebrity Fashions: Moving Ahead (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
Supplements the (A) Case. View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Management; Financial Condition; Problems and Challenges; Communication; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions: Moving Ahead (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-054, November 2019.
- November 4, 2019
- Article
Kindness Isn't Just Nice—It's More Effective. Just Ask Obama and DeGeneres
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "Kindness Isn't Just Nice—It's More Effective. Just Ask Obama and DeGeneres." Washington Post (November 4, 2019).
- November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars
By: Andy Wu and Cindy Na
Wu, Andy, and Cindy Na. "Microsoft Azure and the Cloud Wars." Harvard Business School Case 720-409, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- November 2019
- Case
Pricing in a Digital World (2019)
- November–December 2019
- Article
Advanced Leadership Can Change the World: Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative Trains Leaders to Seek and Implement Global Changes
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Judy Perry Martinez
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Judy Perry Martinez. "Advanced Leadership Can Change the World: Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative Trains Leaders to Seek and Implement Global Changes." Law Practice Magazine 45, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 36–41.
- 2019
- Chapter
Agent Pricing in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from Airbnb
By: Jun Li, Antonio Moreno and Dennis Zhang
Li, Jun, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis Zhang. "Agent Pricing in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from Airbnb." Chap. 20 in Sharing Economy: Making Supply Meet Demand. Vol. 6, edited by Ming Hu, 485–504. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019.
- 2019
- Contribution
Commentary: 'Sport Business in the Classroom'
Greyser, Stephen A. "Commentary: 'Sport Business in the Classroom'." Contribution to The Sport Business Handbook: Insights from 100+ Leaders Who Shaped 50 Years of the Industry, edited by Rick Horrow. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, Inc., 2019. (Pages 26-32 of the Instructor Guide Supplement.)
- November 1, 2019
- Article
Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It
Leaders say that they want more innovation. But then they trap themselves and their associates inside the structures that keep them stuck–inside the building, so to speak, where ideas get stale fast. That’s dangerous in a world of disruption and change. View Details
Keywords: Silos; Community; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Change; Perspective; Learning; Attitudes
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It." Wall Street Journal (online) (November 1, 2019).
- November 2019
- Article
Conversations and Idea Generation: Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
When do conversations lead people to generate better ideas? We conducted a field experiment at a startup boot camp to evaluate the impact of informal conversations on the quality of product ideas generated by participants. Specifically, we examine how the personality... View Details
Keywords: Peer Effects; Field Experiment; Interpersonal Communication; Creativity; Personal Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning. "Conversations and Idea Generation: Evidence from a Field Experiment." Art. 103811. Research Policy 48, no. 9 (November 2019).
- October 14, 2019
- Article
Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration
By: Francesca Gino
When most organizations strive to increase collaboration, they approach it too narrowly: as a value to cultivate—not a skill to teach. So they create open offices, talk up collaboration as a corporate goal, and try to influence employees through other superficial means... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Listening; Empathy; Feedback; Organizational Culture; Interpersonal Communication; Training; Programs
Gino, Francesca. "Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 73–81.
- November 2019
- Case
DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles
By: Shane Greenstein and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2016, DeepMap developed high definition (HD) mapping software and localization services for Level 4+ autonomous vehicles. Traditional navigational maps were accurate to a few meters, which was sufficient for drivers but not for machine-driven vehicles that... View Details
Keywords: Mapping Software; Autonomous Vehicles; Business Startups; Applications and Software; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Service Delivery; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Technology Industry; Auto Industry
Greenstein, Shane, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles." Harvard Business School Case 620-047, November 2019.
- October 14, 2019
- Article
Designing Better Online Review Systems
By: Geoff Donaker, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Online reviews are transforming the way consumers choose products and services of all sorts. We turn to TripAdvisor to plan a vacation, Zocdoc to find a doctor, and Yelp to choose a new restaurant. Reviews can create value for buyers and sellers alike, but only if they... View Details
Donaker, Geoff, Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca. "Designing Better Online Review Systems." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 122–129.