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  • March 2006
  • Module Note

Finance in Weak Institutional Environments

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes the sixth module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores the issues confronting firms that operate in weak institutional environments. The cases examine situations where investor protections are limited and how... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Curriculum and Courses; Business Ventures; Framework; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Education Industry
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  • August 2012 (Revised February 2021)
  • Case

Hub and Spoke, HealthCare Global and Additional Focused Factory Models for Cancer Care

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Amit Ghorawat, Meera Krishnan and Naiyya Saggi
This case compares and contrasts four different models for delivering cancer care in India and the US. Students are asked to select the best model in its alignment with the Six Forces in those two countries and Africa, to which one of the models is considering... View Details
Keywords: Cancer Care Services; Focused Factories For Cancer Care; Hub And Spoke Cancer Care; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Care In Africa; Cancer Care In India; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Six Sigma; Health Disorders; Health Industry; United States; India; Africa
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  • 21 Aug 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

discussions around case studies. “First, students learned a framework for combining intuition and data/analytics (including regression and optimization) into a comprehensive decision-making strategy. Second, students developed an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • July 2020
  • Teaching Note

Shindigz

By: Frank Cespedes
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 819-010. Shindigz sells party and celebratory items through its branded direct online channel, third-party retail and wholesale channels, and online marketplaces. Shindigz has for decades successfully executed a premium-priced branded... View Details
Keywords: Ecommerce; Pricing; Price; Strategy; Decision Making; Distribution Channels; Brands and Branding; E-commerce; Consumer Products Industry
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  • August 2023
  • Teaching Note

Kunshan, Incorporated: The Making of China’s Richest Town

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 313-103. The case is designed to give the students an understanding of the local Chinese entrepreneurial state and how foreign and Chinese firms have worked with it to create China’s richest small city. The major themes are—local state... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics; China
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  • July 2024 (Revised May 2025)
  • Teaching Note

Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Catherine Huang
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case study “Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe,” HBS No. 624-096, to help faculty deepen student understanding of psychological safety and organizational culture transformation through... View Details
Keywords: Culture Change; General Management; Psychological Safety; Leadership; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Business or Company Management; Technology Industry; Europe
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  • 24 Aug 2015
  • Video

HBX Live In Action

  • August 2018
  • Teaching Note

IguanaFix

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Thomas Eisenmann
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-056. IguanaFix, based in Argentina, is a platform business that connects consumers with home improvement contractors. The founders are evaluating growth options and an investment offer. The case focuses on scaling issues for a venture... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Marketing; Home Improvement Services; Marketing Management; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Sales; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy
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  • 04 Apr 2011
  • HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, "How many of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

    Malcolm P. Baker

    Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the required course in finance and a short immersive program on investing in life sciences.

    His research is in the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; biotechnology; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds); shipping; transportation

      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

        Meg Rithmire

        Meg Rithmire is the James E. Robison Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. Professor Rithmire holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, and her primary expertise is in the comparative political economy of development with a... View Details

        Keywords: real estate
        • February 2020
        • Teaching Plan

        Health Leads: Reaching for Impact

        By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Sarah Appleby and Julia Kelley
        This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (A)," HBS No. 517-022, and its related products, "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)," HBS No. 517-023, and "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)," HBS... View Details
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        • 03 Feb 2022
        • Video

        Professor Debora Spar: Symphonic

        • November 1997 (Revised January 2003)
        • Case

        Martin Smith: January 2002

        By: Josh Lerner
        An MBA student must choose between offers from three private equity organizations. Each organization has distinct strengths and weaknesses, and different implications for the student's career development. The case presents compensation and employment data about the... View Details
        Keywords: Private Equity; Compensation and Benefits; Analytics and Data Science; Job Offer; Personal Development and Career
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        • 08 Mar 2022
        • Video

        Professors Josh Lerner and Shai Bernstein: Complexity

        • February 2018
        • Case

        Qualtrics (A)

        By: Doug J. Chung and James M. Lattin
        Qualtrics was an online survey research platform and since the beginning, the company had relied entirely on an inside sales model—sales done remotely without face-to-face contact with clients. The low-cost inside sales model, along with an emphasis on a strong sales... View Details
        Keywords: Sales Strategy; Inside Sales Model; Sales; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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        • 03 Feb 2016
        • Video

        The Space Shuttle Columbia’s Final Mission

          Krishna G. Palepu

          KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

          Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing
          • 10 Dec 2015
          • Blog Post

          Working with Professors at HBS

          working with Anita Elberse, the famed media and entertainment professor at HBS.  I had read about Anita even before applying to business school.  She only teaches in the EC year, however, I reached out once I stepped foot on campus to... View Details