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  • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Supplement

Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
Having taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008, Goldman Sachs confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
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  • September 2007 (Revised February 2010)
  • Case

Compass Box Whisky Company

Compass Box Whisky Company is facing a changing supply situation and is evaluating switching to a business model with high inventory and long lead times. The company must consider what the change will mean for operations, risk, and measuring profitability. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Business Model; Profit; Product; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • April 2024
  • Teaching Plan

Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab

By: George Serafeim, Michael Norris and ZeSean Ali
This Teaching Plan for the case “Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab,” HBS No. 124-017, and its related products, serves to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

decision, to consider whether they are facing a "thinking too much" or "thinking too little" problem and adjust accordingly. Download the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcs.90/abstract How to Design a Winning View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • News

Banks Pile Into Safer Bets

    Frances X. Frei

    Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders accelerate performance and design for excellence in leadership, strategy, and operations. She regularly advises senior executives... View Details

    Keywords: airline; banking; fast food; financial services; health care; hotels ＆ motels; management consulting; media; nonprofit industry; professional services; retail financial services; service industry; sports; telecommunications; tourism; travel

      Marco Iansiti

      Marco Iansiti, David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration,is a codirector of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard and of the Digital Initiative at HBS.

      Prof. Iansiti's research examines the digital transformation of companies and... View Details

      Keywords: automotive; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; fiber optics; high technology; information; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
      • 15 Feb 2015
      • News

      The Invention Mob, Brought to You by Quirky

      • March 2009 (Revised September 2013)
      • Case

      Yelp

      By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David Chen and Aaron Smith
      Yelp was a popular online destination for reviews of local establishments, written by volunteer Internet users and read by 60 million people per month. However, the company was far from profitable. The CEO needs to decide between two options to increase the revenue.... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Model; Profit; Revenue; Marketing Strategy; Sales; Internet and the Web; Advertising Industry
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      • 17 Nov 2021
      • News

      How Much 'Radical Transparency' in a Workplace is Too Much?

        Paul Hamilton

        Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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        • 2015
        • Other Teaching and Training Material

        Innovating in Healthcare

        By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Margo I. Seltzer and Kevin Schulman
        With over 71,000 past enrollees, Innovating in Healthcare investigates the issues of health care spending, quality, and access that continue to plague America and global nations alike. With U.S. health care costs trending toward $4 trillion in 2020, the need to... View Details
        Keywords: edX; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Business Model
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        • 09 Nov 2020
        • Video

        Muhammad Musa

        Muhammad Musa, the Executive Director of the BRAC International since 2015, explains the NGO’s operating model which includes establishing for-profit and social enterprise businesses and the provision of micro-finance. View Details
        • 06 Feb 2016
        • News

        Ascension seeks productivity elixir from its joint venture in Cayman Islands

        • February 1999 (Revised May 1999)
        • Case

        Onsale, Inc.

        By: Youngme E. Moon
        Onsale has been a pioneer in electronic commerce, offering excess and refurbished goods using an online auction format. The company is now planning to become a player in the highly competitive world of first-run computer merchandise as well. However, unlike other... View Details
        Keywords: Business Model; Transformation; Customers; Brands and Branding; Auctions; Network Effects; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Retail Industry
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        • June 2003 (Revised October 2004)
        • Case

        StorageNetworks: Restarting a Public Company (A)

        By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Todd H Thedinga
        Peter Bell, founder and CEO of StorageNetworks, faces the problem of "restarting" a public company by changing its business model from being a storage-services provider to being a storage software developer. The task seems challenging, but surely doable, with $200... View Details
        Keywords: Business Model; Diversification; Change Management; Cash; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry
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        • September 2000 (Revised July 2001)
        • Case

        Chapters.ca

        By: Michael J. Roberts, Rajiv Lal and Walter J. Salmon
        Describes the challenges facing the online site associated with Canada's largest bricks-and-mortar bookseller. Presents a variety of lenses for examining the economic model of the online versus traditional book-selling business, and asks students to identify the... View Details
        Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Product Marketing; Business Strategy; Technological Innovation; Canada
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          Jorge Tamayo

          Jorge Tamayo is an assistant professor of business administration in the Strategy Unit. He teaches the Strategy course in the MBA required curriculum.

          Professor Tamayo is an applied microeconomist primarily interested in industrial organization and... View Details

          • September 2009 (Revised February 2011)
          • Case

          Intellectual Ventures

          By: Andrei Hagiu, David B. Yoffie and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
          Intellectual Ventures creates and acquires intellectual property, which it then seeks to monetize through non-exclusive licensing. In early 2009, as an increasing number of companies were trying to position themselves as leading intermediaries in the market for... View Details
          Keywords: Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Service Operations; Research and Development; Technology; Service Industry
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          • Teaching

          Overview

          21st Century Energy — Dr Crawford teaches this EC course, which exposes students to business models and management diilemmas, all along the energy value chain — from oil sands and pipelines, to coal and natural gas, hydro and nuclear, wind and solar, to biofuels. The... View Details