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Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 825-047. In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform 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

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November 2024
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Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-039. In 1990, satellite expert and Sirius XM founder Martine Rothblatt was determined to save the life of her seven-year-old daughter, Jenesis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). At... View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Organ Donation; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States; District of Columbia

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October 2024
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Henry Ford: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-063. View Details

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October 2024
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Mahatma Gandhi: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-069. View Details

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October 2024
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Steve Jobs: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-022. View Details

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October 2024
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El Salvador: Launching Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By: Laura Alfaro

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-055. In June 2021, Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, surprised the world with the announcement that the country would adopt bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the first nation to do so. Bitcoin was mostly used for trading and had... View Details

Keywords: Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Currency; Financial Strategy; Economic Growth; Governance; Macroeconomics; Assets; Government Administration; Latin America; El Salvador

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October 2024
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Robert McNamara: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-036. View Details

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October 2024
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Albert Einstein: Changing the World

By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-025. View Details

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October 2024
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Muhammad Ali: Changing the World

By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-053. View Details

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October 2024
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The Financial Times (FT) and Generative AI

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-410. View Details

Keywords: Strategy

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October 2024 (Revised March 2025)
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BWX Technologies

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Yuan Zou

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-071. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Diversification; United States; Canada

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October 2024
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Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (B): Breakdown and (C): Recovery and Progress

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 325-054 and 325-055. View Details

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October 2024
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Nelson Mandela: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-034. View Details

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October 2024
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Deepa Bachu: Design Thinking at Pensaar

By: Thomas Graeber and Joshua Schwartzstein

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 923-026. View Details

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October 2024
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Taiwan After Globalization: Twilight of the Developmental State?

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-032. In the last 70 years, the small island of Taiwan has achieved what many believe to be a “miracle”: its economy has grown at a record-setting pace, driven and guided by one of the world's most successful set of industrial... View Details