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27 Mar 2017
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How to Partner With a Club: Host a Club Trek

Hosting an HBS Club Trek provides organizations with the opportunity to bring students on site to their offices and present career opportunities, company culture, and a day-in-life at the organization. This is a great way for... View Details

Keywords: Technology

June 2009 (Revised April 2017)
Case

Christian Dior: A New Look for Haute Couture

By: Geoffrey Jones and Veronique Pouillard

The case describes the foundation of Christian Dior, the leading Parisian fashion house, in 1946 and its subsequent globalization strategy. After explaining the historical origins of France's preeminence in upscale fashion, the case explores the challenges to this... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Luxury; Fashion Industry; France; New York (city, NY)

October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
Case

Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin

In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details

Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai

06 Jan 2020
Working Paper Summaries

The Future of Executive Development: The CLO’s Compass and The Executive Programs Designer’s Guide

Keywords: by Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas; Education

June 2010
Background Note

A Note on Corporate Entrepreneurship: Challenge or Opportunity?

This note provides an overview of the rationale and the challenges associated with building new businesses within established companies. It provides a framework for understanding why corporations pursue entrepreneurial ventures and the various levers that they employ.... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities

May 1995 (Revised October 1995)
Background Note

Introduction to Cash Flow Valuation Methods

By: Richard S. Ruback

Provides an introduction to three cash flow valuation methods. The three methods differ in their measure of cash flows and the discount rate applied to those cash flows. The names for the three methods correspond to the type of cash flow that is used in the valuation:... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Valuation

February 2015 (Revised August 2019)
Case

Equality of Opportunity and Outcome in the U.S.

By: Matthew Weinzierl and Alastair Su

Equality of opportunity is endorsed universally even though, or more likely because, it can mean such different things to different people. What definition of equality of opportunity ought to figure into policy decisions? How close, or far, is the United States from... View Details

Keywords: Equality Of Opportunity; Justice; Opportunities; Equality and Inequality; Policy; United States

August 8, 2017
Article

Buying Time Promotes Happiness

By: A.V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, Rene Bekkers and Michael I. Norton

Around the world, increases in wealth have produced an unintended consequence: a rising sense of time scarcity. We provide evidence that using money to buy time can provide a buffer against this time famine, thereby promoting happiness. Using large, diverse samples... View Details

Keywords: Time; Money Funds; Well-being; Money; Happiness; Satisfaction

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January 2005 (Revised March 2007)
Background Note

Game Theory and Business Strategy

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis A. Yao

Provides a brief introduction to the application of game theory to business settings. Sets up and analyzes a minicase involving commitment. View Details

Keywords: Game Theory; Trust; Business Strategy

December 1994 (Revised September 1996)
Supplement

Tomasz Budziak

Provides private information for students assuming the role of Tomasz Budziak in a simulated negotiation of the sale of Cementownia Odra. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation

25 Apr 2014
Video

Courtney Moyer - Making A Difference

09 Oct 2013
Video

Perspectives on the Case Method

May 2022 (Revised June 2024)
Case

LOOP: Driving Change in Auto Insurance Pricing

By: Elie Ofek and Alicia Dadlani

John Henry and Carey Anne Nadeau, co-founders and co-CEOs of LOOP, an insurtech startup based in Austin, Texas, were on a mission to modernize the archaic $250 billion automobile insurance market. They sought to create equitably priced insurance by eliminating pricing... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Relationship Management; Price; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry

January 1994 (Revised November 2001)
Background Note

Note on the Venture Leasing Industry, A

By: Josh Lerner

Provides an overview of venture leasing, an innovative financing mechanism that resembles both venture equity investments and bank lending. View Details

Keywords: Finance

September 2004 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Mt. Auburn Partners Search Fund

By: William A. Sahlman and Dan Heath

Provides background on search funds and follows two partners as they try to raise financing for a search fund. View Details

Keywords: Search Funds; Financing and Loans; Financial Condition

April 2000
Background Note

e-Consulting

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong, Thomas E. Agan and Scot H. Landry

Provides an overview of the history and development of the e-consulting industry, as well as the issues facing it. View Details

Keywords: History; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development; Consulting Industry

May 1995
Background Note

Note on Product Liability

By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller

This note provides an overview to the evolution and current state of product liability law in the United States. View Details

Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Legal Liability; Safety; Product Marketing; Business Strategy; Policy; Government and Politics; United States