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July 2019
Case

Piramal Foundation: The Business of Philanthropy

By: Vikram Gandhi and Mahima Rao-Kachroo

The Piramal Foundation was launched by diversfied Indian conglomerate, the Piramal Group, to improve the healthcare services and quality of education of India’s economically and socially disadvantaged. The foundation operates under three verticals—‘Piramal Foundation... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Education; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Health Industry; India

October 2018
Teaching Note

Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar

By: Mark R. Kramer and Michael E. Porter

October 2018 (Revised February 2019)
Teaching Plan

Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets

By: Geoffrey Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langburd Wright

Teaching Note for HBS No. 319-054. View Details

November 1997 (Revised July 1999)
Case

Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (B)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Mikelle Eastley

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

June 2014 (Revised September 2014)
Teaching Note

Marquee: Reinventing the Business of Nightlife

By: Anita Elberse

Aug 2012
Lecture

Strategy in Business Ecosystems: Next Steps

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Summer 2012
Article

Building Effective Business Relationships in China

By: Roy Y.J. Chua

Keywords: China; China

2009
Other Unpublished Work

The Kindle: Igniting the Book Business

By: Peter Olson and Bharat Anand

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Publishing Industry; Information Technology Industry

winter 1982
Article

Solving the Problems of Business Planning

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Planning

July 2003 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Managing Business Risk of Information Technology

By: Richard L. Nolan and Robert D. Austin

Sets up a situation in which participants must create presentations that assess the IT risk of a large company. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Information Technology

March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Cabot Corporation's Liquefied Natural Gas Business

By: David J. Collis and Dianna Magnani

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

June 1987 (Revised August 1989)
Case

International Business Machines Corp.: Supplies Distribution

November 1989 (Revised August 1994)
Supplement

Du Pont's Titanium Dioxide Business (C)

Provides students the opportunity to track industry evolution over time, to explore the role that signaling may play in such evolution, and to construct and validate industry scenarios. View Details

Keywords: Analysis; Supply and Industry; Chemical Industry

1998
Book

Business Leadership in the Social Sector

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Leadership; Society

September 2014
Case

Marquee: Reinventing the Business of Nightlife

By: Anita Elberse

Keywords: Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Distribution Channels; Product Marketing; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

May 11, 2020
Article

Steer Your Family Businesses Through an Unplanned Transition

By: Josh Baron and Nick Di Loreto

In a perfect world, family businesses will transition leadership from one generation to the next along a predictable and well-planned process — whether that’s determined within the business, the ownership group, or the family itself — passing the baton after years of... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Planning; Family Business; Management Succession

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13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

is ever going to leap ahead. The main barrier, according to Pisano, is the lack of integration among costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. In a presentation at the Harvard Business School Alumni Healthcare Conference, held last... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

2016
Working Paper

Diversified Business Groups in the West: History and Theory

By: Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino

This working paper examines the historical origins, evolutionary paths, and long-term resilience of diversified business groups in contemporary developed economies of Western Europe, North America, and Oceania. It aims to come up with a new theoretical understanding of... View Details

Keywords: History; Diversification; Business Divisions; Theory; Oceania; North America; Europe