Publications

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

countries were pondering policies regarding a flood of guest workers, some legal and some illegal. These issues tend to arise at times of economic growth or stress. The differing rates at which countries... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

November 2003 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Flextronics International, Ltd.

By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano

Describes Flextronics' evolution from providing outsourced manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the electronics industry to developing entire unbranded products for purchase by OEMs. In 2001, Flextronics began a development program that... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Production; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry

March 2019
Supplement

Kids & Company in 2018

By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew Preble

This case reveals to readers what has transpired at Kids & Company in the year following the decision point presented in Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.” View Details

Keywords: Childcare; Daycare; Early Childhood Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; United States; Canada

12 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Doubts about Applying to HBS

there to practice with but at the end of the day it’s all about really knowing yourself well and reflecting on the experiences in your life that have had a real impact on your growth as a leader. Speaking... View Details

January 2022 (Revised December 2022)
Case

TotalEnergies’ Investment in Hyzon Motors

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and David Lane

In November 2021, Girish Nadkarni, the head of TotalEnergies’ corporate venture capital arm (TEV) was considering whether, and on what terms, to exit an investment in Hyzon Motors, a start-up supplier of hydrogen-powered trucks. TEV had invested $4 million in Hyzon,... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Communication Intention and Meaning; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Design; Standards; Commercialization; Investment Portfolio; Market Transactions; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; New York (city, NY)

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as well as employment and investment. Credit markets with nationalized banks experienced faster credit View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

through affective mechanisms. Working Papers Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom, and William Kerr Abstract—We build a model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall

Conoco's attempted to win an oil development contract in Ecuador's tropical rain forest. The case discusses government perspectives, environmental perspectives, and indigenous people's perspectives. Allows role playing in a "negotiating forum" set up by Conoco to get... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Contracts; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation; Practice; Business and Community Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Perspective; Culture; Corporate Strategy; Latin America

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

literary-themed socks with quotes from the likes of Melville and Shakespeare have become ubiquitous in many stores,” Raffaelli says. Lessons for reinventing local retail Even as indie bookstores continue to reinvent themselves, their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Learning to fail at HBS

some operational experience. With that, as the summer is dawning upon us, you’ll find me in Zambia, a landlocked country in the south/eastern part of Africa. I’ll be working for a recently launched e-commerce startup (the "eBay of Africa"), helping the small... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

February 2013
Case

18 Months in a Startup: Zaggora.com

By: Tom Nicholas

The founders of Zaggora reflected back on a tumultuous year-and-a-half in which they had generated, from just $40,000 in personal savings, a multi-million dollar sportswear enterprise selling Hotpants to women. These were hotpants not of the 1960s hipster variety, but... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Growth Management; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Finance; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

capital. Would it be a better idea to ride the wave of globalization and try to get acquired by a multinational corporation? Or should the firm remain privately owned and focus its View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

years. One of his students, Simon Kuznets, developed [a standard way to measure] Gross National Product there in the 1930s. In all these ways, the growth of the forecasting industry spurred efforts to make sense of economic change. Q: How... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

September 1990 (Revised November 1994)
Case

Kao Corp.

By: John A. Quelch

As the Japanese diaper market expands, Kao management must determine its response to new product introductions by its two major competitors. Options include launching a new premium priced brand or a new low priced brand, or increasing advertising and promotion... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Industry Growth; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Japan