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  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

two new measures of bank productivity: one focused on deposit-taking productivity and one focused on asset productivity. We then use these measures to evaluate the cross-section of bank value. Both View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

relationship caused her hair to thin. Breedlove found a product that revitalized it, and started selling the tonic, leaning hard on family and friends for labor and customers. “I was convinced it would be a success,” she said of the... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

reversal of the state's policy towards private business from late 1978, and has grown rapidly since. While insurance as a concept and product has been a big success in post-reform China, the growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Teaching Interest

Large-Scale Investment (LSI, MBA Elective Curriculum)

By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment (LSI) is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a... View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Capital Budgeting

    Eaton Corp.: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital

    In 2000, Eaton Corporation was broadly diversified industrial conglomerate.  But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed... View Details
    • 07 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: February 7

    time. Publisher's link: http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235126 Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis Authors:Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 27 Apr 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Building Businesses in Turbulent Times

    decade, money from around the world has poured into the United States. Despite massive investments, when adjusted for inflation, U.S. GDP grew slowly, with much of the growth from professional and business services—including real estate,... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 30 Jun 2022
    • HBS Case

    Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

    product line. Everybody can understand it,” says Harvard Business School Professor Robert J. Dolan. “Then it got incredibly complicated.” In May, Peloton reported its biggest quarterly loss since its 2019 initial public offering and said... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle
    • February 2018
    • Case

    Qualtrics (A)

    By: Doug J. Chung and James M. Lattin
    Qualtrics was an online survey research platform and since the beginning, the company had relied entirely on an inside sales model—sales done remotely without face-to-face contact with clients. The low-cost inside sales model, along with an emphasis on a strong sales... View Details
    Keywords: Sales Strategy; Inside Sales Model; Sales; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
    • Case

    Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group

    By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
    This case focuses on a large Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate and family business Zamil Group’s corporate and family governance journey. The 12 sons of the founder led and grew the group successfully after taking over from their father in 1961. The secret to their... View Details
    Keywords: Middle East; Family Ownership; Family-owned Business; Saudi Arabia; Family Business; Governance; Organizational Structure; Values and Beliefs; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; Bahrain
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    • September 2023
    • Case

    Breaking Barriers: How Brex is Shaping the Future of Financial Services for Startups

    By: Marco Di Maggio, James Barnett and Susie L. Ma
    In 2020, Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, co-founders and co-CEO’s of the fintech company Brex, needed to determine how to balance their vision with the desires of their investors. They intended to expand Brex’s offerings to include other products that served... View Details
    Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Services Industry
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    • Program

    Agribusiness Seminar

    insights that can help you build competitive advantage and drive growth in your own firm and career. Key Benefits Whatever role your company plays in the agribusiness value chain, this annual program will help you stay current on critical... View Details
    Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture
    • June 2018
    • Teaching Note

    Kvadrat: Leading for Innovation

    By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
    In 2013, Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, considered the firm's strategic plan. In 2000, Byriel and Mette Bendix, Kvadrat's Product Director, had taken over management of the company from their fathers, who had founded Kvadrat in... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Human Resources; Asia
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    • October 2014 (Revised October 2014)
    • Case

    RedBrick Health: How to Fatten the Company That Slims...

    By: Robert F. Higgins and Robert M. Greenglass
    The case describes this health and wellness service company and poses the question: should RedBrick stay on the path of building out its product platform, or should the RedBrick platform be launched directly to health insurers, ACOs, or directly to customers? View Details
    Keywords: ACOs; Accountable Care Organization; Healthcare; Health Services; Healthcare Industry; Health Engagement Company; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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    • Web

    Marketing - Faculty & Research

    proving to be more challenging than expected and the team had needed to make changes to the brand's name and positioning, price points, and its product quality, styles, and fits to accommodate the needs of retailers and consumers in the... View Details
    • 01 May 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Have You Had Enough?

    Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater? 2006: How Important Is 'Executive Intelligence' for Leaders? 2003: Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement? Key historic events: The COVID-19 pandemic: What Are Lessons for Leaders from This... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 09 Nov 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: November 9, 2010

    versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • October 2004 (Revised March 2005)
    • Case

    Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd

    By: David E. Bell and Hal Hogan
    Bright Dairy has been growing rapidly since becoming a public company. The Chinese market for milk products is still wide open. What should it be doing to make sure it captures a significant share of the potential market? View Details
    Keywords: Distribution; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development; Public Ownership; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; China
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    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

    Technology & Operations Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Working Paper Productivity Beliefs and Efficiency in Science By: Fabio Bertolotti, Kyle R. Myers and Wei Yang... View Details
    • June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
    • Case

    Spir-It, Inc. (A): Building the Business

    Early in February 1934, two and a half months after the end of prohibition, Jack Sindler sat with a friend in Boston's Ritz Hotel bar enjoying a drink. Sindler worked for the Converse Rubber Co., and he was always inventing something. He held several patents for rubber... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Production; Market Entry and Exit; Management Succession; Entrepreneurship; Product Launch; Acquisition; Growth and Development; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Boston
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