Publications

18 Feb 2021
Blog Post

SIPs in 2021

the four days focused on a separate strategy: public market opportunities and risks, large scale investments through pension funds, measuring and integrating physical risks... View Details

February 2010
Case

Revitalizing Dell

By: Jan W. Rivkin

Dell Inc., with its vaunted Direct Model, defined success in the personal computer industry for more than a decade. Starting in the mid-2000s, however, the company fell on hard times. In 2009, Michael Dell and his management team must figure out why the Direct Model... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Change Management; Industry Growth; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Computer Industry

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with central boards also experience higher future growth in return-on-assets (ROA) with analysts failing to fully reflect this information in their earnings forecasts. Return... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

did not want a rate hike that could potentially hinder economic growth and increase its already large fiscal debt burden. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709056... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

fast-growing food service sector. Internationally, the plan sets out a vision of Brasil Foods evolving from an exporter to a true multinational. The team believes their operational expertise and scale... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

trying rush to market, but it is not how great policies get formulated. Like many, many Americans, I am the grandchild of immigrants. Our country’s growth and prosperity have depended on immigrants. I... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

December 1992
Supplement

Wal-Mart Ventures into Mexico

By: David B. Yoffie and Jonathan Ginns

Introduces Wal-Mart's initial plans to enter the Mexican retail market. Designed for use with Wal-Mart Stores' Discount Operations. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Globalization; Retail Industry; United States; Mexico

January 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Case

Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China

By: William C. Kirby, Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang and Nancy Hua Dai

The city of Wenzhou in the Province of Zhejiang, long known in China for entrepreneurship, now hosts the country’s largest privately owned mental health hospital group. This case traces the development of Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co, Ltd. from founding to just before... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Hospital; IPO; China; Zhejiang; Wenzhou; Private Healthcare; Private Hospital; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Corporate Governance; Growth and Development; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; China

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

challenges of servicing both internal and external Aladdin clients during a period of rapid growth within BlackRock and significant change in the global financial landscape.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Steven Vickers

Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early 2000. ETFs, first created in the early 1990s, combined aspects of traditional mutual funds and closed-end funds. The US ETF industry had reached... View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects; Profit; Business and Shareholder Relations; Product Launch; Asset Management; Distribution Channels; Ownership; Financial Services Industry; United States

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

direct reports in 1986 to an average of 10 today. The growth is driven almost entirely by an increase in the number of C-level "functional" managers, rather than by an increase in general managers. These days, along with the CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

individuals seized the context of their times—some individuals created new businesses, others maximized growth opportunities, and still others found success in turning around dying or declining businesses.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

effect, a compensation discount now can impact future raises and salaries as well. “The growth of compensation will be lower since it starts from a lower starting point,” he says. “That’s a big deal when you... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

September 2000 (Revised October 2002)
Case

National Logistics Management

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Mary Rotelli and Kristin Kohler

National Logistics Management (NLM), a third-party logistics company, is a successful, profitable business that provides a more cost-effective and efficient means to expedite premium freight. With the logistics landscape changing, NLM's market niche is threatened. Can... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Logistics; Industry Structures; Planning; Service Industry