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  • October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
  • Case

Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight countries, was acquired by The Rise Fund, one of the world’s largest private social impact investing funds, and by FS... View Details
Keywords: Investing; Investing For Impact; Ecotourism; COVID-19; Equity Financing; Strategy Formulation; Profitability; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Investment; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Financing and Loans; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Pandemics; Tourism Industry; Africa; Rwanda; Angola
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    Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

    The Covid-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details
    • 16 Jan 2024
    • Cold Call Podcast

    How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack

    Keywords: Re: Frank Nagle; Information Technology
    • 25 Jul 2009
    • News

    Some Inconvenient Truths About Medicare and the New 'Public Plan'

    • Article

    Transparency as a Solution for the Hospital Capacity Problem

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger
    COVID dramatically clarified a shortcoming in our great healthcare system, but like everything in the world, it has its shortcomings. What we see through the apex of COVID is that many hospitals in hotspot areas cannot provide an adequate supply of beds. Although the... View Details
    Keywords: Hospital Capacity; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Capacity; Planning; Cooperation
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    • August 2022 (Revised March 2023)
    • Case

    Pricing at Netflix: The Sequel

    By: Elie Ofek and Amy Klopfenstein
    This case continues the themes discussed in "Pricing at Netflix" (Case 521-004). Following the conclusion of the original case, Netflix developed new, high-profile original content, added millions of subscribers, and introduced another price increase in January 2022.... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Advertising; Marketing Strategy; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Finance; Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Adaptation; Internet and the Web; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Advertising Industry; North and Central America; United States
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    • July 1998 (Revised October 1998)
    • Case

    Jan Eriksson at Novartis Indonesia: Turmoil in the Indonesian Pharmaceutical Industry

    By: Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
    Jan Eriksson is the country manager of the Indonesian joint venture of Basel-based Novartis (Novartis Indonesia), the world's largest pharmaceutical company, formed by the 1996 merger between Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy. The case describes the actions he has taken since... View Details
    Keywords: Joint Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Financial Crisis; Pharmaceutical Industry; Indonesia
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    • 2010
    • Book

    The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System

    By: as part of the Squam Lake Working Group Scharfstein, David S.
    In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform. The Squam Lake... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations
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    • October 2014 (Revised January 2016)
    • Case

    IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design

    By: Ryan W. Buell and Andrew Otazo
    The case describes IDEO, one of the world's leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape,... View Details
    Keywords: Design Thinking; Innovation; Service Management; Service; Design; Service Delivery; Innovation and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Peru
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    • September 2013 (Revised August 2014)
    • Case

    Claritas Genomics

    By: Robert F. Higgins and Matthew Preble
    Claritas Genomics was formed in January 2013 when BCH spun out its Genetics Diagnostic Lab into a fully commercial entity. Claritas offered over 100 genomic tests to detect a range of conditions, including autism and intellectual disabilities, and was developing new... View Details
    Keywords: Boston Children's Hospital; Genetic Engineering; Genetically Modified; Genetics Diagnostics; Health Care Industry; Healthcare IT; Healthcare Technology; Healthcare Ventures; Biomedical Research; Patrice Milos; Genomics; Genomic Testing; Life Technologies; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Information Management; Genetics; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
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    • June 1991 (Revised March 1995)
    • Case

    Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy

    By: Michael Beer
    This case series introduces the strategic human resource management (SHRM) process. SHRM is an action research program designed to align the organization and management of human resources with strategy. This case describes the health care industry, Becton Dickinson's... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Strategy; Alignment; Human Resources; Health Industry
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    • 26 Apr 2024
    • HBS Case

    Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

    taking confident, decisive action can make the difference between winning and losing. Despite getting criticism, Sanders believed in his plan and was able to create a winning team by creatively taking... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
    • September 2017
    • Case

    Dr. William Carson— Intrapreneurial Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

    By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
    Dr. William Carson, an African-American alum of Harvard University became the President and CEO of a multi billion dollar division of Otsuka, a Japan based pharmaceutical company. His ascension to this leadership position followed a thriving career in academic medicine... View Details
    Keywords: Dr. Williams Carson; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical; Harvard; Abilify; Aripiprazole; Health Testing and Trials; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan
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    • July 2005 (Revised March 2007)
    • Case

    Kansai Digital Phone: Zutto, Gaining Japanese Loyalty

    By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and James Robert Dillon
    Ted Katagi, marketing strategy manager of Kansai Digital Phone (KDP), utilizes customer lifetime value as a key metric to prioritize initiatives in an emergency plan to turn around the company. KDP is a regional phone company in Japan with less than stellar... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Satisfaction; Telecommunications Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan; United States
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    • September 2014
    • Case

    Balanced Scorecard at Delta/Signal Corp.

    By: V.G. Narayanan
    This auto parts company has just ousted its longtime CEO and founder, and the new, professional CEO is badly in need of a coherent strategy, clear objectives and metrics, and initiatives that are aligned with the strategy and objectives. Will the balanced scorecard... View Details
    Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Business Strategy; Financial Reporting; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Auto Industry
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    • May 1989 (Revised September 1989)
    • Case

    Jacobs Suchard: Reorganizing for 1992

    By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
    Jacobs Suchard, the Swiss-based coffee and chocolate producer, is preparing for the common market and EEC 1992. At the time of the case, the company is still organized toward independent, local country markets, and believes it must move toward a more global... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Organizational Structure; Markets; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
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    • March – April 2010
    • Article

    The Need for Ideological Consciousness

    By: George C. Lodge
    Every so often in American history a crisis comes along that requires Americans to inspect cherished assumptions and to act in a way that many find ideologically repulsive. Although our leaders insist that such actions are pragmatic-the only sensible way to deal with... View Details
    Keywords: History; Leadership; Competition; Framework; Consumer Behavior; Business and Community Relations; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis; Planning; United States
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    • 12 Nov 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy

    time has come. The spread of integrated reporting will drive better understanding of how companies use resources to create value, improve governance and management, and engage stakeholders. Eccles has... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert Eccles; Accounting
    • June 2003
    • Case

    Peabody Elementary School (A)

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris
    A new principal, Marty Pettigrew, has just joined this inner-city optional school--which offers special programs in international studies to attract children from all over the city. Entering mid-way through the school year, he observes a number of areas of concern,... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Early Childhood Education; Education Industry
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    • September 2015 (Revised February 2017)
    • Case

    MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?

    By: Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan and Matthew Preble
    Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow MOD from 45 stores as of May 2015 to 200 stores by the end of 2016, and while the two believed that MOD could manage... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Service Industry; United States
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