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  • 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
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    Case: The Allergan Board Under Fire (A)

    In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge... View Details
    • 03 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

    "I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • September 2020
    • Teaching Note

    Miami's Tech Future (B): Building the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
    In 2017, Miami was rated #1 among U.S. cities for startups, but about 40th for “scale-ups” – growth companies. This case shows how leaders of incubators and accelerators supported startups and a culture of entrepreneurship, but also describes some factors limiting... View Details
    Keywords: Scaling; Growth; Startup; Community Impact; Community Relations; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Miami; Florida
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    Publications - Faculty & Research

    Mercado Bitcoin, had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the... View Details Keywords: View Details
    • 15 Aug 2019
    • Blog Post

    The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

    in student, staff, and faculty lives. It provides opportunities to go deeper. It can help launch your startup. In particular, the Social Enterprise Initiative is the nexus of activity in thinking about how to apply business skills to have... View Details
    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

    By: Ryan Raffaelli
    This study examines how community-based brick-and-mortar retailers can achieve sustained market growth in the face of online and big box retail competition. The appearance of Amazon.com in 1995 led to a significant decline in the number of independent bookstores in the... View Details
    Keywords: Bookstores; Competitive Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Customization and Personalization; Growth and Development; Retail Industry; United States
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    • March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
    • Supplement

    From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

    By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
    In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Battery Industry; Israel; United States; China
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    • 15 Jan 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

    the power in his or her family business system. As family business systems approach or reach the cousin stage, with diversified businesses and View Details
    • December 2018 (Revised May 2021)
    • Background Note

    Making UK Energy Smarter

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    This case describes the history of the United Kingdom's domestic energy industry and the country's efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the Office of Gas... View Details
    Keywords: Energy Policy; Regulation; Energy Markets; Subsidies; Oligopolistic Competition; Barriers To Entry; Wholesale; Electric Vehicle; Batteries; Energy Storage; Competition Policy; Energy; Policy; Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Vertical Integration; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Disruption; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
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    • April 2021
    • Teaching Note

    Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    Within 20 years of launch, entrepreneur Wang Yanquing had built Wuxi Lead into the world’s largest manufacturer of equipment for manufacturing capacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells.
    The first big choice an entrepreneur faces is what sector to... View Details
    Keywords: Lithium-ion Batteries; Industry Dynamics; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurship; Markets; Strategy; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; China
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      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
      • 27 Oct 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Horrible Boss Workarounds

      aren't purposefully bad, says Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has authored several business management books, including Confidence: How Winning and Losing Streaks Begin and End... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • October 26, 2022
      • Article

      Climate Risk Is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?

      By: John D. Macomber
      Most people don’t have a strategy for how to handle the worsening perils of flooding, wildfires and extreme heat. They should adopt a four-step process for protecting their property, whether it be a home or a business. First, they should prioritize how important... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Risk; Climate Change; Risk Management; Crisis Management; Insurance
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      • 13 Aug 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      The Inner Life of Leaders

      or coauthored 15 books as well as the now-classic 1977 Harvard Business Review article "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" His latest book, Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations,... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • December 2000
      • Background Note

      Internet Access Providers

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Daniel Green
      Describes the Internet access provider business model. First, it defines the model and presents different ways to categorize access providers. Second, it offers a summary of the various ways that Internet access providers create value for their customers. Next, it... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Internet; Web Services Industry
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      • 21 Dec 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

      funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (John Wiley & Sons). Roger Thompson: How does the government figure out which financial institutions... View Details
      Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
      • October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
      • Case

      Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)

      By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Akiko Kanno
      Despite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer-lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Foreign Direct Investment; Personal Finance; Courts and Trials; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Japan
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      • 28 Oct 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization

      Keywords: by Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun & John Van Reenen; Technology

        Climate Risk is Growing. Is Your Company Prepared?

        Most people don’t have a strategy for for how to handle the worsening perils of flooding, wildfires and extreme heat. They should adopt a four step process for protecting their property, whether it be a home or a business. First, they should prioritize how... View Details