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S.p.A. Anomaly Capital Management Antelope Anterra Capital Anthos Capital Anthropic Antora Energy Apeiron Labs Apollo Global Management Inc. Apple Inc. Applied Intuition Applied Ventures LLC Aquamarine... View Details
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Placement - Doctoral
of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in a wide range of disciplines at many of the world's most prestigious institutions. Placement, 2020-2025 Accounting & Management 2025 Terrence Tianshuo Shi Accounting... View Details
- 14 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing
half hour as the children tried to work the milkshake through a straw. In that case, a different, thinner milkshake was in order. Proven Success And Purpose Branding Several major companies that have succeeded with a jobs-to-be-done... View Details
- November 2005
- Case
Inventec Corporation
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
Inventec Corp., with $4.5 billion in annual revenues, was one of Taiwan's leading original design manufacturers (ODMs). Inventec designed and manufactured electronic products such as computers, servers, MP3 players, PDAs, and cellular telephones for client companies... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; China; India
Palepu, Krishna G., and Ingrid Vargas. "Inventec Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 106-016, November 2005.
- 22 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle
Consulting Group employees work with AI: Humans are still needed to make that call. To operationalize AI successfully, managers must carefully select its applications, train workers in using it properly, and quickly move the line as AI... View Details
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Marketing - Faculty & Research
Marketing helps a firm in creating value by better understanding the needs of its customers and providing them with innovative products and services. This value is communicated through a variety of channels as well as through the firm's View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
advantage. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/how-great-companies-think-differently/ar/1 Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk—Part I Authors:Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes Publication:Balanced Scorecard Report 13, no. 4... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
November 20, 2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory By: Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia Abstract—Operational efficiency... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis
By: Robert C. Pozen and Peter Goodspeed Spring
In March of 2009, Lincoln Financial Group's CEO Dennis Glass was facing a difficult decision as to how he would replenish his company's capital, which could quickly fall to dangerously low levels as a result of the financial crisis. Though the cost of raising capital... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Capital; Private Equity; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Insurance Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Peter Goodspeed Spring. "Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 310-137, May 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
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Fereshteh Zeineddin
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? I was at a point in my career when I wanted to transition into brand management. I knew that to become a great brand manager, I needed to gain a better... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- November 2024 (Revised July 2025)
- Case
Polish Agro: Where Do We Grow From Here?
By: Willy C. Shih, Lena Duchene and Daniela Beyersdorfer
By July 2024, Polish Agro had grown into one of Poland’s fastest-growing agribusinesses, with €230 million in revenue, 82 employees, and operations across Northern Poland. The company supported farmers with essential agricultural inputs like fertilizers and seeds,... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Distribution; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Profit; Trade; Digital Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Advertising; Brands and Branding; E-commerce; Business and Community Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Adoption; Competitive Advantage; Business Model; Health Pandemics; War; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; Poland
Shih, Willy C., Lena Duchene, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Polish Agro: Where Do We Grow from Here?" Harvard Business School Case 625-061, November 2024. (Revised July 2025.)
- 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
Ofek, Elie, and Alicia Dadlani. "LOOP: Driving Change in Auto Insurance Pricing." Harvard Business School Case 522-073, May 2022. (Revised June 2024.)
- August 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point
By: Anat Keinan
The case examines an iconic institution's decision on whether or not to undertake a branding initiative. Founded in 1802, West Point has played a key role in America's history. It is one of the nation's oldest institutions of higher learning and is well known for... View Details
Keywords: Surveys; Resource Allocation; Brands and Branding; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competitive Strategy; Education Industry; United States
Keinan, Anat. "The U.S. Military Academy at West Point." Harvard Business School Case 512-012, August 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
collection of innovative research and management insights that build upon the foundations of the first book but takes the study of brand relationships outside of traditional realms by applying new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
functions that are thrust to the center of concern during such crisis events. Pursuing Public Value: Frameworks for Strategic Analysis and Action Authors:Leonard, Herman B., and Mark H. Moore Publication:Ports in a Storm: Public View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2022
- Case
Bee-ing Better at Bombas
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Youngme Moon and John Masko
David Heath and Randy Goldberg founded Bombas in 2013 to serve two missions: to deliver the “best socks in the history of feet,” and to donate socks (the most requested item in homeless shelters) to Americans experiencing homelessness. Eight years later, Bombas had... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Distribution; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Quality; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Human Needs; Poverty; Growth and Development Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; New York (city, NY)
Keenan, Elizabeth A., Youngme Moon, and John Masko. "Bee-ing Better at Bombas." Harvard Business School Case 522-038, January 2022.
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Research Community - Doctoral
Student Research Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang 01 JUL 2025 | Management Science Extraverts Reap Greater Social... View Details
- December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan
By: Forest Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
Arcos Dorados—McDonald’s largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDonald’s... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Customer Value and Value Chain; Income; Macroeconomics; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Food; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Latin America; Aruba; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Mexico; Panama; Costa Rica; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
Reinhardt, Forest, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan." Harvard Business School Case 721-023, December 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- September 2024
- Exercise
Assessing the Value of Unifying and De-Duplicating Customer Data
By: Elie Ofek and Hema Yoganarasimhan
This exercise provides an opportunity for students to gain hands on experience with assessing the value of unifying various customer databases that a firm may have (e.g., across the different brands it markets) and of properly identifying customers to avoid duplication... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Measurement and Metrics; Analytics and Data Science; Value
Ofek, Elie, and Hema Yoganarasimhan. "Assessing the Value of Unifying and De-Duplicating Customer Data." Harvard Business School Exercise 525-023, September 2024.
- August 2006 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland
By: Jeffrey Fear, Christian H.M. Ketels and Claudia Linsenmeier
As part of the privatization in Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dow Chemical made a major investment in the Halle-Leipzig region, one of the largest chemical industry sites in Europe. The executive in charge of Dow's operations in the region, Bart... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Development Economics; Privatization; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Management Teams; Private Sector; Competitive Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Participation; Chemical Industry; Germany
Fear, Jeffrey, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Claudia Linsenmeier. "Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland." Harvard Business School Case 707-004, August 2006. (Revised May 2016.)