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  • August 2018
  • Case

MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha

By: William R. Kerr and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2017 with two of the five co-founders of MISHA telling the company’s CEO Michal Portz that they believe it is time for the global venture to shut down its operations and cease investments. Portz and another co-founder believe MISHA can still... View Details
Keywords: Innovation And Management; Entrepreneurship; Private Sector; For-profit Firms; Business Strategy; Decision; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Market Entry and Exit; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Qatar; United States
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  • December 1994 (Revised June 1995)
  • Case

State Street Boston Corporation: Leading with Information Technology

A financial institution, State Street Boston Corp., is transformed from regional bank to global custodian and money manager. The corresponding evolution of the company's information systems is illustrated, focusing on the role attributed to information technology in a... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States
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  • July 2016
  • Case

Spotify

By: Anita Elberse and Alexandre de Pfyffer
In November 2014, Spotify's chief content officer Ken Parks learns that record label Big Machine Records has requested the immediate removal of superstar artist Taylor Swift's entire catalogue from Spotify's music streaming service. Is it time for Spotify to reconsider... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Marketing; Superstar; Music; Entertainment Marketing; Media; Digital Technology; Creative Industries; Product Portfolio Management; General Management; Management; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Open Source Distribution; Creativity; Music Entertainment; Product Marketing; Music Industry
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    Arthur C. Brooks

    Arthur C. Brooks is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership, happiness, and... View Details

    • November–December 2022
    • Article

    Number One in Formula One: Leadership Lessons from Toto Wolff and Mercedes, the Team behind One of the Greatest Winning Streaks in All of Sports

    By: Anita Elberse
    Toto Wolff, the team principal for Mercedes-AMG Petronas—arguably the most impressive team in F1 racing history—has led his organization to unparalleled success. Mercedes earned the Constructors’ Championship (for best overall team performance) every year from 2014... View Details
    Keywords: Formula One; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Success
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    • 13 May 2015
    • News

    6 Reasons Businesses Are Rejected for Small Business Loans

    • December 2002
    • Other Article

    The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy

    By: Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
    When it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility" and investors applying pressure to maximize short-term profits. Increasingly, philanthropy is used as a... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy
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    • 05 Nov 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

    market timing was critical to the success of the new venture. In addition to providing financing and advice on product development, marketing, and finance, Kleiner introduced Netscape to key Silicon Valley players, View Details
    Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
    • 2020
    • Book

    Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

    By: Rebecca Henderson
    Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But this success has been costly. Capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society as wealth rushes to the top.... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Society; Environmental Sustainability
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    • December 2021 (Revised May 2025)
    • Case

    Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
    At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States—its growth and profit margins far exceeded both peer retailers in the home goods market as well as many other discount retailers. But in 2014, its stock price peaked,... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Diversification; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Valuation; Investment Activism; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • 16 Mar 2021
    • News

    How Microsoft stays on Washington’s good side

    • 24 Oct 2017
    • News

    The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017

    • August 2007
    • Column

    Pitch Your Offer—and Close the Deal

    By: Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman
    The article offers several strategies on how to be a good negotiator and decision maker for business developments. The strategies that are presented were an extract from the book Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Negotiation; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Tactics; Strategy
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    • 17 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    The Art of Perseverance and Resilience: Reapplying to HBS

    As I worked through my two failed attempts, I realized I had the privilege of time to define my professional goals. This allowed me to tell an authentic story in my final application to HBS. I went from... View Details
    • March 2009 (Revised October 2009)
    • Case

    CalPERS' Emerging Equity Markets Principles

    By: Robert G. Eccles and Aldo Sesia
    The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS)—the largest public pension fund in the U.S.—had adopted a new principles-based approach to investing in emerging market equities in November 2007. Previously, CalPERS internal and external money managers were... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Value; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; China; California
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    • March 2007 (Revised August 2009)
    • Case

    Grupo Bimbo

    By: Jordan I. Siegel
    In 2007 Grupo Bimbo, a leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global strategy.... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; China; Mexico; United States; South America
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    • May 2017 (Revised January 2020)
    • Case

    Webasto Roof Systems Americas: Leadership Through Change (A)

    By: Francesca Gino and Paul Green
    Webasto Roof Systems, Americas, the North American subsidiary of Germany-based Webasto Group, limped into 2014 in poor financial and operational shape. The company's early optimism emerging from the financial downturn had proven naive, and now, five years later, the... View Details
    Keywords: Culture Change; Change Management; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; North and Central America
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    • 26 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

    ever-increasing number of sectors, to the point that the digital-based economy will soon become the new normal (Adner et al., 2019; Cennamo et al., 2020; Dagnino & Resciniti, 2021). Concepts such as big data, artificial intelligence... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology
    • 13 Jul 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

    negative tweets engaged more users. Originating as internet novelties 15 years ago, social media platforms have altered everything from democracy to human relationships in ways that are hard to overstate. Governments around the world have... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Media & Broadcasting
    • June 2024
    • Teaching Note

    Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

    By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-031. NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to... View Details
    Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Practice; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Success; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Growth and Development; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Performance; Sports Industry; United States
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