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- July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
A U.S. government agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), provides aid to developing countries, focusing on poverty reduction through economic growth. It measures results through an economic rate of return based on increases in farmer incomes anticipated... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Investment Return; Measurement and Metrics; Welfare; Ghana; United States
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana." Harvard Business School Case 310-025, July 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
- January 2009
- Case
VOSS Artesian Water from Norway
By: Youngme E. Moon, Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Marie Dessain
VOSS is a Norwegian bottled water company that produces one of the world's purest drinking waters, sold at an ultra-premium price in a sleek cylindrical glass bottle of minimalist design. In the U.S. (the company's primary market), VOSS's high-end brand presence is... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product; Luxury; Food and Beverage Industry; Norway; United States
Moon, Youngme E., Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Vincent Marie Dessain. "VOSS Artesian Water from Norway." Harvard Business School Case 509-040, January 2009.
- September 2008
- Case
Pfizer Inc: Building an Innovation Center
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
The case describes Pfizer's efforts to build and run an innovation center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the center goes through different periods of leadership and strategic models, its relationship with the corporation and other research sites is explored. The case... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Research and Development; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cambridge
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Pfizer Inc: Building an Innovation Center." Harvard Business School Case 609-037, September 2008.
- September 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a Strategy for Long-term Impact
By: Stacey M. Childress, Geoff Eckman Marietta and Sara Suchman
In June 2008, Jesse Solomon, the founding director of the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR), faced an important decision about the organization's strategic direction. Since its founding in 2003, 125 of its graduates had joined the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and BTR had... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Teaching; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Business Strategy; Education Industry; Boston
Childress, Stacey M., Geoff Eckman Marietta, and Sara Suchman. "Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a Strategy for Long-term Impact." Harvard Business School Case 309-043, September 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- July 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
In-Vitro Fertilization: Outcomes Measurement
By: Michael E. Porter, Saquib Rahim and Benjamin Chung-Shi Tsai
As of 2007, there were very few examples of widespread measurement and reporting of health outcomes, a critical quality measure. In-vitro fertilization clinics have been required to report their patient's health outcomes since 1995. The protagonist of the case, Dr.... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Outcome or Result; Health Industry; Cleveland
Porter, Michael E., Saquib Rahim, and Benjamin Chung-Shi Tsai. "In-Vitro Fertilization: Outcomes Measurement." Harvard Business School Case 709-403, July 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia
Roberts, Michael J., and Nabil N. El-Hage. "Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad." Harvard Business School Case 808-126, February 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- January 2008 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Codman Academy: Beyond the Start-up Phase
By: Stacey Childress and Tiffany K. Cheng
As it entered its seventh academic year, Codman Academy, an expeditionary learning charter school located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was reflecting on its successes and challenges. The school had succeeded in placing every member of its most recent graduating class... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Education Industry; Boston
Childress, Stacey, and Tiffany K. Cheng. "Codman Academy: Beyond the Start-up Phase." Harvard Business School Case 308-072, January 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
- November 2007 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Russian Standard
By: Rohit Deshpande and Seth Schulman
In September 2006, Russian billionaire Roustam Tariko, founder and owner of Russian Standard, needed to develop a strategy for introducing Russia's most popular brand of premium vodka (RSO) to American consumers. In the past year, he had introduced Imperia, the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Food and Beverage Industry; Russia; United States
Deshpande, Rohit, and Seth Schulman. "Russian Standard." Harvard Business School Case 508-053, November 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
- November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Allston: Brand vs. Architecture
By: Andre F. Perold, Arthur I Segel and Christopher M. Gordon
Harvard President Lawrence Summers had presided over the final interviews of world-renowned architects being considered for the science complex planned for Harvard's expanded campus in Allston. The selection process had absorbed nine months in 2005 and amplified the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Brands and Branding; Design; Urban Development; Selection and Staffing; Construction Industry; Boston
Perold, Andre F., Arthur I Segel, and Christopher M. Gordon. "Allston: Brand vs. Architecture." Harvard Business School Case 208-079, November 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- September 2007
- Teaching Note
China and the WTO: What Price Membership? (TN)
Teaching Note to 707032. View Details
- 5 Aug 2005 - 10 Aug 2005
- Conference Presentation
The effects of culture and network density on trust in Chinese vs American managerial networks
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M. W. Morris and P. Ingram
- December 2006 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc.
By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller
In May 2005, Steve Bollinger was about to become president and chief operating officer of Pervasis Therapeutics, a small cell therapy start-up in Cambridge, Mass. If proven successful, Pervasis' product, Vascugel, could change the way vascular disease is treated and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Health Industry; Cambridge
Higgins, Robert F., and Virginia Fuller. "Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 807-026, December 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
- January 2006 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Akin Ongor's Journey
A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey's most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Values and Beliefs; Partners and Partnerships; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Startups; Environmental Sustainability; Retirement; Education Industry; Turkey; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Akin Ongor's Journey." Harvard Business School Case 306-072, January 2006. (Revised May 2006.)
- December 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
The Pilgrim Assurance Building
A local real estate developer has to decide how much to bid for a Boston office building in 2005. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decisions; Investment; Bids and Bidding; Real Estate Industry; Boston
Greenwood, Robin, David S. Scharfstein, and Arthur I Segel. "The Pilgrim Assurance Building." Harvard Business School Case 206-078, December 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- July 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Kansai Digital Phone: Zutto, Gaining Japanese Loyalty
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and James Robert Dillon
Ted Katagi, marketing strategy manager of Kansai Digital Phone (KDP), utilizes customer lifetime value as a key metric to prioritize initiatives in an emergency plan to turn around the company. KDP is a regional phone company in Japan with less than stellar... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Satisfaction; Telecommunications Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan; United States
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and James Robert Dillon. "Kansai Digital Phone: Zutto, Gaining Japanese Loyalty." Harvard Business School Case 106-006, July 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Alex Montana at ESH Manufacturing Co.
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Kernish
Alex Montana sat at his desk pondering the career decision before him. Alex was director of the North American division of ESH Manufacturing, a $4.6 billion, Cleveland-based company with operations on three continents. ESH's CEO had just offered Montana a promotion to... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Cleveland
DeLong, Thomas J., and Michael Kernish. "Alex Montana at ESH Manufacturing Co." Harvard Business School Case 405-106, June 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- July 2004 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
Harbus Foundation (2003), The
In 1997, the Harbus Foundation was established by Harvard Business School students to use the school newspaper's accumulated operating surpluses for creating social value in the community. The case investigates the challenges that the student management team faced in... View Details
Wei-Skillern, Jane, and Eric Chan. "Harbus Foundation (2003), The." Harvard Business School Case 305-011, July 2004. (Revised October 2004.)
- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Sherif Mityas at A.T. Kearney (A): Negotiating a Client Service Predicament
By: Ashish Nanda
Sherif Mityas, recently promoted as project manager at A.T. Kearney, faced a client service challenge in his very first project experience. Mityas had been working closely for six weeks with the management team of the U.S. subsidiary of a Japan-headquartered consumer... View Details
Keywords: Management; Conflict of Interests; Business Subsidiaries; Trust; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; United States
Nanda, Ashish, and Kelley Elizabeth Morrell. "Sherif Mityas at A.T. Kearney (A): Negotiating a Client Service Predicament." Harvard Business School Case 904-031, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- October 1998 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Boston Beer Company: Light Beer Decision
By: Linda A. Cyr, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Michael J. Roberts
Boston Beer's current light-beer offering, Boston Lightship, has not been successful, and a student team is charged with investigating the problem and recommending a strategy. Highlights issues around branding, target customer selection, and cannibalization, and... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Brands and Branding; Customers; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston
Cyr, Linda A., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Michael J. Roberts. "Boston Beer Company: Light Beer Decision." Harvard Business School Case 899-058, October 1998. (Revised November 2001.)