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12 May 2025
News

Building in the Age of AI: Timeless Methods, Timely Tools

Led by HBS Senior Lecturer and AI venture capitalist Jeffrey Bussgang, this virtual program provides a briefing on the latest AI tools that cutting-edge entrepreneurs are using to accelerate the company-building process. In this program, you'll learn how "10x Founders"... View Details

22 Jun 2021
News

"Where’s My Stuff?" Here’s Why Global Supply Chains Are Out of Whack Due to Pandemic

August 1996 (Revised May 1997)
Case

Delta & Pine Land: Measuring the Value of Transgenic Cotton

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Charlotte A. Tasker

Discusses the joint venture between two companies with different capabilities: 1) technology provider and 2) transportation agent. Discusses how to capture value from joint venture and biotechnology: 1) who are winners and who are losers; 2) how much value can/should... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Joint Ventures; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Performance Consistency; Information Technology; Transportation; Valuation; Biotechnology Industry

January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps

By: Ariel D. Stern and Danielle Golan

Hello Heart, a hypertension management app debated whether to go deep and cover other heart conditions, or to expand its solution to other chronic conditions. View Details

September 2020 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Catalys Pacific

By: Joshua Lev Krieger

In 2019, BT Slingsby founds Catalys Pacific, the first biotech “venture creation” fund in Tokyo. After convincing some of the biggest Japanese pharmaceutical firms to invest, BT hopes the fund can make a big splash and transform biotechnology innovation in Japan. After... View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Biotech; Health Care; Entrepreneur; Innovation; International Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Innovation Strategy; Venture Capital; Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Tokyo

26 Jan 2017
News

The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching by the Case Method

Susan Harmeling (MBA 1991) is founder and president of the International Case Method Institute, a consulting firm whose mission is to develop international business curricula based on the case study method... View Details

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

with the action. Where both are high, he suggests "insourcing." Where both are low, outsourcing is the answer. Where ability is high and strategic risk low, an effort to establish a separate business opportunity (by "spin... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Statement of Activity & Cash Flows | Annual Report 2024

Statement of Activity & Cash Flows All figures shown in millions of dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30. Revenues 2024 2023 2022 MBA Tuition & Fees $ 150 $ 152 $ 137 Executive Education Tuition 245... View Details

March 2018 (Revised January 2021)
Case

China Vanke: Battle for Control (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo

In June 2016, the board of China Vanke, one of China’s largest and best-known private residential real estate developers, must vote on a proposed acquisition that is opposed by its largest shareholders, state-owned China Resources Co. and the lesser-known property... View Details

Keywords: China Vanke; China Resources; Hostile Takeover; Board Of Directors; Shareholding Structure; Shareholder Rights; Asset Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Real Estate Industry; China

21 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer

Sasser's presentation is part of the Faculty Seminar Series sold through Harvard Business School Publishing.One of the companies I've had chance to work with is a large global... View Details

Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser

13 Sep 2013
News

Educate Everyone About Second-Generation Gender Bias

Keywords: Herminia Ibarra; Deborah Kolb; Ely, Robin; gender; bias; women in business; Management

24 Jun 2016
News

The art and science of the “cheese pull”: Why the cheesiest ad trick still makes us hungry

March 2018
Article

Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Rebecca Henderson and Nelson P. Repenning

Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details

Keywords: Capability; Short-termism; System Dynamics; Tipping Point; Business or Company Management; Earnings Management; Resource Allocation