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  • November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
  • Case

Body Shop International

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Management Teams; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 06 Jul 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

decision was announced captures the despair and anger of the workers to be displaced. It also captures a management team trying to act reasonably by giving workers a rare one-year notice of the move—but... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

  PublicationsiPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks Authors:Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton Publication:Social Influence (forthcoming). Abstract We show that priming consumers with products... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • Web

Investors - Entrepreneurship

Founders & Investors Discover Rock alumni and students who are turning opportunity into reality. Contact us if you would like to be included here . Entrepreneurs Investors Companies Ajay Agarwal Partner, Bain Capital Ventures MBA 1995... View Details
  • March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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  • February 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Supplement

InstaDeep: AI Innovation Born in Africa (B)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Esel Çekin
Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim were the co-founders of InstaDeep, a deep tech startup focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Instadeep was one of the few companies globally that were partnering with DeepMind, an AI subsidiary of Google [Alphabet Inc.].... View Details
Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Business Subsidiaries; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Africa
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  • 19 Jul 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model

Keywords: by Vishal Gaur, Richard Lai, Ananth Raman & William Schmidt
  • 04 Dec 2023
  • Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

Canyon, where I hung out with other people excited about sunrises, hiking, history, and government. Once I got to Colorado, I got to work with the absolute coolest group of researchers, passionate about... View Details
  • December 2007
  • Article

China + India: The Power of Two

By: Tarun Khanna
China and India are burying the hatchet after four-plus decades of hostility. A few companies from both nations have been quick to gain competitive advantages by viewing the two as symbiotic. If Western corporations fail to do the same, they will lose their competitive... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; China; India
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  • 30 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

Second, I learned when to not trust my answer. For the entire first year, Harvard places new students in a section—a deliberately diverse group of 90 students. In each class, we’d come prepared, having read View Details
  • 13 Jul 2023
  • News

The Network Effect

Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

6:30 AM: I wake up – grateful that I’m naturally a morning person and our classes start at 9:30. The morning is my favorite time of day, and I begin my daily routine by reading with my coffee (my current... View Details
  • 07 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

concerned about feeling like a number rather than a student in the classroom. Once I got to HBS I realized that it feels big in all the right ways and small in allthe right ways. What I mean is that there are inherent benefits to being a... View Details
  • 15 Feb 2024

2+2 Program Application Q&A

If you’re a final-year undergraduate student (or master’s student) contemplating or gearing up to apply for the 2+2 program, this virtual session is for you. The session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Team View Details
  • 02 Apr 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

to go in the future." Launched in autumn 2006, GMP is a new executive education comprehensive leadership program designed to address the needs and concerns of precisely these managers. GMP's innovative teaching philosophy View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

unit at Harvard Business School. “For years I imagined this group of people sitting around a table, having to make very important decisions, such as defining the CEO’s compensation package. And I always... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting
  • Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

expect a bifurcation of the workforce in the near future: individuals who embrace AI to enhance their productivity, potentially yielding substantial gains, and those who resist AI and risk falling behind.... View Details
  • Web

Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

students of learning by the case method. An approach to studying a case, individually or as a group member, for classroom discussion is outlined. Also summarizes the basic characteristics of a case discussion. 1940 Because Wisdom Can't Be... View Details
  • 23 Dec 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen