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  • 16 Jul 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case

Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus
  • June 2008
  • Article

The Multiunit Enterprise

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne C. Levesque
A multiunit enterprise is a geographically dispersed organization built from standard units (stores, restaurants, or branches) that are aggregated into larger geographic groupings (districts, regions, and divisions). Although this organizational structure has become... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Global Range; Research; Business Ventures; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Business Headquarters; Organizational Design; Talent and Talent Management; Goals and Objectives
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Garvin, David A., and Lynne C. Levesque. "The Multiunit Enterprise." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 6 (June 2008).
  • 2011
  • Chapter

Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility: A Matter of Justice?

By: Nien-he Hsieh
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Lawfulness
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Hsieh, Nien-he. "Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility: A Matter of Justice?" In Morality and Global Justice: The Reader. 1st ed. Edited by Michael Boylan. Boulder: Westview Press, 2011.
  • November 2000 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

CMR Enterprises

By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella
Sam Marcus recently purchased a small cabinet-making company, and is looking for dramatic growth. The company competes in commercial and residential construction markets; shortly after the acquisition, the company gains a large new residential customer. The case traces... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Relationships; Segmentation; Construction Industry
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Narayandas, Das, and Mary N. Caravella. "CMR Enterprises." Harvard Business School Case 501-012, November 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
  • July 2018
  • Case

LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry

By: Boris Groysberg and Akiko Kanno
In the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company’s head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan.... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Leadership And Change Management; Consolidation; Change Management; Leadership; Global Strategy; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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Groysberg, Boris, and Akiko Kanno. "LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry." Harvard Business School Case 419-009, July 2018.
  • 29 Jan 2020
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The Potentially Toxic Combination of Management Culture and Modern Surveillance

  • May 2017
  • Teaching Note

Hilti Fleet Management (A) and (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
These notes are meant to accompany Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head (717-427) and Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (717-465).
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; BMI; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Growth Management; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong; France; Italy; Spain
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Oliver Gassmann, and Roman Sauer. "Hilti Fleet Management (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 717-507, May 2017.
  • 2012
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Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data

By: Thomas H. Davenport
This book, an edited collection of research papers from the International Institute of Analytics, addresses a wide variety of key topics in managing business analytics and big data at the enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and... View Details
Keywords: Business Analytics; Big Data; Business or Company Management; Analytics and Data Science; Management Practices and Processes; Mathematical Methods; Information Management
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Davenport, Thomas H., ed. Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data. FT Press, 2012.
  • 17 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

Many tools for rating the performance of mutual funds and their managers rely heavily on past performance. But what about the future? Now comes a system devised by Randolph B.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

managed centrally. This level of control is conducive to protecting the organization's brand and reputation and coordinating overall strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • January 2002
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Intrinsix: Managing Growth at an Electronic Design Service Company

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Intrinsix is a 15-year-old semiconductor design services company that wants to continue its growth and market reach and appears to be ready for an initial public offering (IPO). This case leads up to this strategic decision point by tracing the growth of Intrinsix from... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Electronics Industry
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Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Intrinsix: Managing Growth at an Electronic Design Service Company." Harvard Business School Case 602-067, January 2002.
  • March 2017 (Revised December 2018)
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Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company

By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
Mickey Mouse, Snow White, and Buzz Lightyear strolled down Main Street at the grand opening of Hong Kong Disney in the fall of 2005, pausing to snap selfies with enthusiastic children in Mickey Mouse ears. Bob Iger, newly appointed CEO of The Walt Disney Company,... View Details
Keywords: Franchise Management; Brand Management; Culture Change; Business Units; Acquisition Strategy; Technological Change; Disney; ESPN; Cord-cutting; Bob Iger; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Integration; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company." Harvard Business School Case 717-483, March 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
  • March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
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Board Director Dilemmas—Pushing Senior Management

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Amram Migdal
This case explores a new board director who wants more detail from the management team than his fellow directors are willing to press for. New board director Sam Pesca is frustrated that CFO Alex Marotta provides only a minimal two-page financial summary at board... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams
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Fubini, David G., Suraj Srinivasan, and Amram Migdal. "Board Director Dilemmas—Pushing Senior Management." Harvard Business School Case 120-084, March 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
  • February 2001 (Revised September 2005)
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Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Investigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Groups and Teams; Brands and Branding; Growth Management; Employee Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Design; Leadership Style; Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Food and Beverage Industry
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Koehn, Nancy F. "Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company." Harvard Business School Case 801-361, February 2001. (Revised September 2005.)
  • 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EDT, 20 Oct 2020
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The Future of Work - and Managing the Impact of COVID-19

Forces such as automation, demographics, and globalization were already changing how and where we work at a bewildering pace, then COVID happened. In the months ahead, companies need to prepare for three areas where their decisions and actions will play out in... View Details
  • June 2023
  • Case

Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems

By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger and Ruoshi Qi
At Investor Day 2022, Block announced a new vision for its businesses: creating an ecosystem of ecosystems. Outside the norm for many public growth companies, Block had recently acquired a variety of new business streams in the creator economy and Bitcoin despite a... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth; Fintech; Company Management; Growth Strategy; Innovation And Strategy; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Change; Finance; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Communication Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
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Cohen, Lauren, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger, and Ruoshi Qi. "Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems." Harvard Business School Case 223-055, June 2023.
  • May 2011
  • Case

The Morrison Company

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Paul Meyers
The Morrison Company develops and manufactures radio frequency identification tags (RFID) known as smart labels for the retail and pharmaceutical industries. RFID technology is a fast-growing and increasingly competitive industry. Sales have risen dramatically over the... View Details
Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Technology; Operations Management; Product Lines; Manufacturing; Capacity Planning; Production Planning; Information Technology; Strategy; Production; Organizational Structure; Infrastructure; Product Development; Information Infrastructure; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Electronics Industry
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Wheelwright, Steven C., and Paul Meyers. "The Morrison Company." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-564, May 2011.
  • August 2016
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'Meso'-Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities: Team-Level Synthesis and Distributed Leadership as the Source of Dynamic Creativity

By: Ikujiro Nonaka, Ayano Hirose and Yusaku Takeda
This article examines the theoretical foundations of an organization's dynamic capabilities—sensing, seizing, and transforming—from the perspective of organizational knowledge creation. Making a distinction between the creative and adaptive aspects of dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory; Dynamic Capabilities; Middle-up-down Management; Wise Leadership; Phronesis; Multinational Enterprise; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Creativity; Organizational Structure; Knowledge
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Nonaka, Ikujiro, Ayano Hirose, and Yusaku Takeda. "'Meso'-Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities: Team-Level Synthesis and Distributed Leadership as the Source of Dynamic Creativity." Global Strategy Journal 6, no. 3 (August 2016): 168–182.
  • 28 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative

broader and deeper engagement. It becomes a virtuous circle of social entrepreneurship. Q: Can you tell us about some of your favorite SEI achievements in bringing social View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • March 2017 (Revised February 2025)
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Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation

By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew G. Preble
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Polaroid first invented—and then continuously reinvented—the field of instant photography. Under the leadership of its mercurial founder Edwin Land, the company regularly released new instant cameras and films, often... View Details
Keywords: Instant Photography; Company History; Change Management; Disruption; Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Intellectual Property; Patents; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew G. Preble. "Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 817-107, March 2017. (Revised February 2025.)
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