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10 Nov 2010
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Harvard Business School Introduces Program To Help Leaders Drive More Profitable Growth

October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
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Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Shweta Bagai

This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the... View Details

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September–October 2017
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GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration

By: Ranjay Gulati

Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving local needs with the economies of worldwide scale. Harvard Business School’s Ranjay Gulati looks at how it tackled the challenge. He identifies several important takeaways for other... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management

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January 2010 (Revised August 2012)
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Hospital for Special Surgery (B): Continuing Challenges of Growth

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Laura Low Ah Kee

After its successful new U.K. venture, the Hospital for Special Surgery wants to do more of the same, without decimating its core New York City facility. The case provides considerable details about the different options it is exploring. View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Health Industry; United Kingdom

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13 Jun 2011
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Five Tough Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Ask about Growth

January 2016 (Revised April 2017)
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The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies

By: W. Carl Kester

This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and option pricing for beginning finance students. Analysis of the case requires students to compare the prices of put and call options with various exercise prices and maturity dates on two... View Details

Keywords: Options; Option Contract; Option Pricing; Derivatives; Mutual Funds; Call Options; Put Options; Stock Options; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Financial Services Industry; United States

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31 Mar 2021
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Biden Tax Plan Challenges G.O.P. Formula for Economic Growth

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Executive Education: Leading Growth through Customer Centricity — India

By: Rajiv Lal

Establishing a strategic advantage in India's highly competitive marketplace requires a systemic shift in focus—away from selling products and toward meeting the needs of customers. But how many companies are prepared to carry out such fundamental change? By... View Details

23 Mar 2021
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Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Start-up

April 2017
Case

China Hospitals Inc.: The Growth of Private Hospitals in China

By: Kevin Schulman, Xiao Yu and Ariel Hwang

This case examines the privatization of hospitals in China. China Hospitals, Inc. has become the largest for-profit hospital company in China, purchasing government owned hospitals in Tier 2 cities. The case profiles CEO Frank Hu. To build his company, he has to... View Details

Keywords: Privatization; For-Profit Firms; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Health Industry; China

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January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
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Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

Even though Ford Motor Co. reports improved profitability, an equity analyst issues a sell recommendation and Standard & Poor's downgrades long-term debt. View Details

Keywords: Quality; Business Earnings; Valuation; Investment Return; Profit; Financial Statements; Revenue; Auto Industry; Consulting Industry

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2001
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Geographic Concentration, Knowledge Spillovers, and Growth in the Evolution of the U.S. Advertising Agency Industry

By: Charles King, Alvin J. Silk and Niels Ketelhohn

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August 1976
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A Model of Economic Growth With Altruism Between Generations

By: Elon Kohlberg

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Relationships

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February 2017 (Revised February 2022)
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Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

By: Eric Van den Steen

This note gives students a systematic and comprehensive framework for analyzing and developing competitive advantage. It pays explicit attention to both creating and sustaining advantage and considers both alignment and assets as sources of advantage. View Details

Keywords: Scope; Scale; Competitive Dynamics; Value Proposition; Bargaining Power; Competitive Advantage; Assets; Alignment; Business Strategy; Design

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November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
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Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Inclusive Growth for India's Farmers

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble

Keywords: Agribusiness; Social Enterprise; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; India

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2019
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The Young Venture Lifecycle Revisited: Stage-Contingent Benefits of Technical, Commercial and Process Activities

By: Ranjay Gulati, Alicia DeSantola and Pavel Zhelyazkov

Keywords: Organizational Growth; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship

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3. Emergence and Early Growth of a New Venture in an Unfriendly Environment: The Role of a Business Group

Abstract: How can an established organization ease the emergence and early growth of a new venture in an unfriendly environment? To answer this question, I describe and analyze the foundation and early life of two biotechnology start-ups at the... View Details