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- January 2005 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Arch Wireless, Inc.
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry L. Fagan
The largest wireless paging company in the United States has to restructure its debt in response to the collapse of its market. The restructuring faces formidable challenges. Valuing the company is extremely difficult because Arch's public competitors are also severely... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Organizational Structure; Valuation
Gilson, Stuart C., and Perry L. Fagan. "Arch Wireless, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 205-024, January 2005. (Revised November 2014.)
- April 2002
- Teaching Note
Managing Technology Ventures - Module Teaching Note (TN)
Describes the conceptual foundations for a module on venture design, which forms part of an MBA course called Managing Technology Ventures. The objective of the course is to teach students how to think critically about the design of a technology venture, using cases... View Details
- September 2000 (Revised October 2006)
- Teaching Note
Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A) and (B) (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-396-305) and (9-396-306). View Details
- October 1993 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Becton Dickinson & Co.: Multidivisional Marketing Programs
By: Frank V. Cespedes
In response to a potential competitive inroad at a key account, managers at Becton Dickinson are considering a multidivisional marketing effort. View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communications; Accounting Audits; Management; Supply Chain Management; Organizations; Sales; Change Management; Health Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "Becton Dickinson & Co.: Multidivisional Marketing Programs." Harvard Business School Case 594-060, October 1993. (Revised November 1994.)
- 2006
- Chapter
How Institutional Norms and Individual Preferences Legitimate Organizational Names
By: Mary Ann Glynn and Christopher Marquis
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Perspective; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias
Glynn, Mary Ann, and Christopher Marquis. "How Institutional Norms and Individual Preferences Legitimate Organizational Names." In Artifacts and Organizations, edited by Anat Rafaeli and Michael Pratt, 223–239. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
- October 2018
- Case
Innovation at the Utility: Consolidated Edison's Experience
By: Martha Crawford, Andrew Serpa and Jon Wofsy
In 2014, regulators in New York State released a bold vision for the future of the electric utility industry to try and stay ahead of larger trends of rising customer expectations, stagnant load growth, and climate change. In response, Con Edison created a Utility of... View Details
- July 2018
- Teaching Plan
Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism
By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin
This Teaching Plan accompanies the case HBS No. 317-028, “Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan. The case traces the origins of sustainable finance and investor activism through the career... View Details
- April 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
The Engine
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray and Nicholas Christman
The Engine, a venture capital firm founded by MIT to fill a gap in the technology funding landscape by commercializing breakthrough science and technology. Led by managing partner and CEO Katie Rae, the Engine's unique approach involved an unusually longer fund life,... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Services Industry
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray, and Nicholas Christman. "The Engine." Harvard Business School Case 824-147, April 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002) worked at Google for more than 11 years, and she would usually take the bus to get there. And every day, on her walk to the bus stop, she'd pass by a spray... View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- News
Rena Clark: Making A Difference
- November 28, 2022
- Article
Why This Should Be Business Leaders’ ‘Finest Hour’
By: Hubert Joly
Joly, Hubert. "Why This Should Be Business Leaders’ ‘Finest Hour’." Fortune.com (November 28, 2022).
- January 2009 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
American Cancer Society: Access to Care
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for [109015]. View Details
- March 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact
In 2018, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in a bold move transferred all its assets to a fund pooled with other General Partners and Limited Partners, called Blue Meridian Partners, to focus substantial long range investments in a few carefully chosen nonprofits.The... View Details
Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Scaling; COVID-19 Pandemic; Social Justice; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Business Model; Social Issues; Poverty; Values and Beliefs; Decisions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Investment Portfolio
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact." Harvard Business School Case 521-090, March 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- Article
Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi and Anthony Rucci
Several characteristics of academic health centers have the potential to create high levels of internal conflict and misalignment that can pose significant leadership challenges.
In September 2000, the positions of Ohio State University (OSU) senior vice... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Organizational Structure; Performance Improvement; Customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Satisfaction; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Ohio
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi, and Anthony Rucci. "Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006." Academic Medicine 83, no. 9 (September 2008).
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
capital and an end to predatory lending practices? Organizations lament sky-rocketing health care costs, but why is there such a limited effort to organize preventative care? Cutting Medicare will not stop... View Details
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
theory" as advanced in the classic by Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch, Organization and Environment. This extraordinarily rich heritage has exercised an impact around the world and continues to inform the teaching of Leadership and... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Candidates Seeking Opportunities After Graduation: Lessons Learned
with companies in person to find that right fit. Most often, these students are looking for opportunities at organizations that simply hire as needed and real time; which often may be post-graduation. These students have the mindset... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
respiratory syndrome (SARS) led us to this difficult decision. The Washington, D.C., Forum, originally scheduled for March 2004, will be deferred to a later date. The 2005 Forum will take place as planned in London on June 21–24. We are extremely grateful to the local... View Details
- 03 Jun 2015
- Working Paper Summaries