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  • 15 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

business, its owners, and the family in control—is that strong, long-term business performance also requires strong performance by the family and by the ownership group. You... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809025 Mattel's Long Hot Summer Harvard Business School Case 308-129 In the summer of 2007, Mattel performed three major... View Details
  • May 1999 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Husky Injection Molding Systems

By: Jan W. Rivkin
Husky, a Canadian maker of injection molding systems, has established an enviable position in the market for plastics processing equipment. The company builds the highest performance systems in the business and charges a hefty premium for them. Husky is enjoying robust... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Rank and Position; Competition; Expansion; Industrial Products Industry; Canada
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  • 14 Nov 2013
  • News

Ranked and yanked

  • 20 Aug 2012
  • News

The right number of stars for a team

  • 03 Oct 2017
  • News

Equifax, SEC And Deloitte Cyber Breaches: Is It Time To Remove Executive Immunity From Prosecutions?

  • August 1995 (Revised December 2006)
  • Case

Stonehaven, Inc.

By: H. Kent Bowen and Ramchandran Jaikumar
Stonehaven is a disguised version of a shoe factory located in Central Europe that must respond quickly to mix and volume changes for the U.S.-based company. Shoemaking involves several distinctly different processes, which must be designed and managed in a way to give... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Change Management; Design; Consumer Products Industry; Europe; United States
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  • August 2021
  • Case

Apax Digital

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
The Apax Digital team faced important decisions as they contemplated raising a second fund. Apax Digital Fund I was a $1.1 billion vehicle focused on mid-market growth equity and growth buyouts in the technology sector. The fund had performed well, and the Managing... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Acquisition; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

associated with the passage of a directive in the European Union (EU) mandating increased nonfinancial disclosure. These disclosures relate to firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and would be applicable to firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2014
  • News

The Misdirected War on Corporate Short-Termism

  • 11 Dec 2019
  • News

Are you ready for a robot boss? Many workers say that yes, they are

  • 16 Jan 2019
  • News

Companies lose out when employees’ caregiving burdens increase

    Michael Beer

    MICHAEL BEER

    Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

    • 22 Dec 2015
    • News

    Algorithms Need Managers, Too

    • News

    Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

    • 04 Aug 2016
    • News

    Why Olympic Athletes Shouldn’t Try to Calm Down Before a Big Moment

    • September 1995 (Revised February 1996)
    • Case

    Apollo Hospitals of India (A)

    Dr. Prathap Reddy has created India's first corporate hospital, Apollo Hospitals of Madras. The hospital is managed according to an integrated philosophy of customer service and support to employees. A new hospital, in the city of Hyderabad, has not performed as well,... View Details
    Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Franchise Ownership; Health Care and Treatment; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Health Industry; India
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    • July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
    • Case

    Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

    By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang
    The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details
    Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • 18 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

    Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details
    Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities
    • February 2012 (Revised November 2012)
    • Case

    Bain Capital: Outback Steakhouse

    By: Paul Gompers, Kristin Mugford and J. Daniel Kim
    Bain Capital had purchased Outback Steakhouse in 2007 and despite the myriad initiatives to improve operations, the financial collapse in 2008 threatened the company's ability to meet its loan covenants. Outback's performance steadily declined throughout the year. How... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Performance Expectations; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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