The World - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2014
Supplement

USAA in the Digital World

This video supplement to case 515-016 ("USAA in the Digital World") is five short videos in one product. Each video is mentioned in the case. View Details

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16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

program, I had the opportunity to write a new case about Robert Mondavi. As I conducted the research for the case, I became more fascinated with View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

professor at Bocconi University in Milan, co-edited Business History around the World (Cambridge University Press 2004), a report on the current state of business history... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

Published since 1979 by the World Economic Forum, the Global Competitiveness Report ranks seventy-five countries and measures the comparative... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

December 2002
Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2002

By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan

Spreadsheet for use with case (9-703-030). Download Only. View Details

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December 2002
Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2002

By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan

Supplements National Economic Accounting: Past, Present, and Future. View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Data and Data Sets

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September 2024
Teaching Note

Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-021. View Details

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November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
Teaching Note

P.T. Barnum: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-076. View Details

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February 2023 (Revised October 2024)
Teaching Note

Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-060. View Details

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March 2021 (Revised June 2022)
Case

Bill Wilson: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer

This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom as a drunk. An epiphany, coupled with his personal drive, led him to build a worldwide organization that has helped... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career

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March 2024
Case

Katharine Graham: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the life of Katharine Graham from housewife to publisher of the Washington Post. Born into a family of wealth, Graham described herself as a “doormat wife” after she married Phil Graham and stayed at home to raise their children. His unexpected death... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Work-Life Balance; News; Newspapers; Media; Gender; Publishing Industry

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October 2022
Case

Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World

By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the rise of Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a shopkeeper, from a small industrial town in England to the longest-serving leader in the Western world. The case describes how she became interested in politics at an early age, attended Oxford, and... View Details

Keywords: Politics; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Business ＆ Government Relations; Values And Beliefs; Work-life Balance; Mission And Purpose; Government Administration; Power and Influence; Great Britain; Europe

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January 2023 (Revised May 2023)
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Steve Jobs: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the life of Steve Jobs who throughout his career flaunted convention and chose an unusual path to success. The case describes how Jobs, as young man, acquired an appreciation for aesthetics and the liberal arts, but was also quick to recognize and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Business Startups; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Innovation; Work-life Balance; Innovation Leadership; Power and Influence; Success; Information Technology Industry; United States

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February 2021 (Revised October 2024)
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Muhammad Ali: Changing The World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer

This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame. The case describes how Ali won a gold medal in the Olympics, three heavyweight boxing titles, and became a role... View Details

Keywords: Sports; Mission and Purpose; Personal Characteristics; Religion; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Success; Power and Influence; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry

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February 2021 (Revised September 2022)
Case

Marie Curie: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case describes the rise of Marie Curie from a poor family in Poland to the pinnacle of scientific fame. The case describes how Curie, as a young woman interested in science, found a way to earn a doctorate at the Sorbonne and perform pathbreaking research on... View Details