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- 18 Jun 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?
Keywords: Education
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
nonprofit consultancy of its type. Its staff offers strategy consulting, executive search, and advice on developing funding models. Bridgespan today is far different from the organization laid out in the original View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
The leaders of Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, know the strength of the area in which they sit. They aren’t looking for portfolio businesses with a Manhattan financial... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- February 2004 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Random House
By: Bharat N. Anand, Kyle F. Barnett and Elizabeth Lea Carpenter
On June 12, 2003, the proposed merger of Random House and Time Warner Book Group was called off by the CEO of Random House's parent company, Bertelsmann. The announcement was welcomed by several critics who had questioned the logic of further consolidation in the book... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Information Publishing; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Vertical Integration; Internet; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry
Anand, Bharat N., Kyle F. Barnett, and Elizabeth Lea Carpenter. "Random House." Harvard Business School Case 704-438, February 2004. (Revised April 2007.)
- June 2020
- Teaching Plan
Chief
By: Katherine B. Coffman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, Amy Klopfenstein and Katherine Chen
Teaching Plan serves as a supplement to the case for “Chief: Role for Carolyn Childers” (920-019), “Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan” (920-020), and “Scaling at Chief” (920-021). View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Business Model; Business Growth and Maturation; Demographics; Gender; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Competition; Finance; Capital; Venture Capital; Service Industry; Technology Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
- 20 Aug 2021
- News
Why Startups Fail
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Mittal Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Bringing Global Back Home In 1976, in India’s Punjab region, 18-year-old Sunil Bharti Mittal (OPM 27, 1999) borrowed a modest sum from his father and founded... View Details
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: British Petroleum, P.L.C.
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: British Petroleum, P.L.C." Harvard Business School Case 385-204, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Hoechst A.G.
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Hoechst A.G." Harvard Business School Case 385-202, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: BASF A.G.
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: BASF A.G." Harvard Business School Case 385-201, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- Profile
Jack Perkowski
that is assisting global companies with their China strategies and helping Chinese companies create their own global footprints. “Even though China is now the second-largest economy in the world, it’s very embryonic,” he says. “The reason... View Details
- 23 Jan 2014
- News
Market Reaction
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
2023, Google and Bing both launched their own versions of a chatbot for search. The AI boom was underway—and so was the AI research boom. Many predict that GenAI will change the face of business as dramatically as the rise of the internet... View Details
Keywords: April White
- January 2010 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Meetup
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and David Chen
Meetup, an on-line company providing means of arranging face-to-face meetings, is deciding between two options of increasing its revenue by investing to: (i) increase new sign ups, (ii) improve the engagement of existing users. View Details
- July 2012
- Case
Shut It Down?
By: Clayton Rose
Meredith, the head of a major division of a financial firm, must confront an unexpected response and challenge from a senior colleague when she proposes shutting down an underperforming unit. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Collaboration; Business Units; Business Exit or Shutdown; Leadership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Rose, Clayton. "Shut It Down?" Harvard Business School Case 313-001, July 2012.
- March 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Nike, Inc.--Entering the Millennium
Traces the evolution of Nike from 1987 through 1998. Through a series of eight assignment questions, it examines how the company has created and sustained a competitive advantage, and how that competitive advantage is reflected in growth, profitability, and share price... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Profit; Corporate Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Sports Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Nike, Inc.--Entering the Millennium." Harvard Business School Case 299-084, March 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
- January 2016 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Airbus Versus Boeing (A)
Looks at the development of the competitive actions between Airbus and Boeing from 1992 to 2006. Begins with the question of whether Airbus and Boeing should collaborate on the development of a VLCT (Very Large Commercial Transport) or whether Airbus should develop... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Cooperation; Strategy; Air Transportation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Airbus Versus Boeing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 716-436, January 2016. (Revised December 2024.)
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Industry Groups and the European Commission
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry; Europe
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Industry Groups and the European Commission." Harvard Business School Case 385-210, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: French Companies and the French Government
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry; France
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: French Companies and the French Government." Harvard Business School Case 385-209, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- Profile
Fola Folowosele
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At Mesoamerica Energy, the wind energy company I worked at prior to business school, I held a cross functional role that straddled engineering and business... View Details