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- September 2012
- Supplement
Hiroshi Mikitani Reflects and Provides Early Updates on Englishnization (November, 2011)
By: Tsedal Neeley
CEO of Rakuten, Hiroshi Mikitani, candidly responds to controversial questions about his Englishnization strategy and implementation across 7,100 employees a year and a half later: Did he make an impulsive move when he mandated English as the company language? Why does... View Details
Keywords: Language; Culture; Communication Barriers; Dynamic Global Marketplace; Rapid Change; Change Management; Ethnicity; Communication; Globalization; Management Teams; Japan
Neeley, Tsedal. "Hiroshi Mikitani Reflects and Provides Early Updates on Englishnization (November, 2011)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 413-703, September 2012.
- November 2001
- Teaching Note
Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere TN
By: Mihir A. Desai, E. Scott Mayfield and Mark Veblen
Teaching Note for (9-202-044). View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Try as she might, Toyin Shodiya (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022) was just not interested in biology. As a high school student living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., her lack of interest in the subject did not go unnoticed by her AP biology teacher. “One day... View Details
- October 2022
- Case
Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (A)
By: Navid Mojir and Gamze Yucaoglu
Volt Lines was a next-generation transportation service in Istanbul, Turkey. The company was trying to disrupt the traditional corporate transportation market by developing software that allowed it to offer subscription-based transportation. Under the subscription... View Details
Keywords: Business To Business Marketing; B2B Marketing; B2B Pricing; Subscription Model; Crisis Marketing; Startup; Service Management; Information Technology; Transportation; COVID-19 Pandemic; Disruptive Innovation; Digital Platforms; Business Model; Price; Crisis Management; Opportunities; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Turkey
Mojir, Navid, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 523-037, October 2022.
- October 2022
- Supplement
Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (B)
By: Navid Mojir and Gamze Yucaoglu
Mojir, Navid, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 523-038, October 2022.
- October 2022
- Supplement
Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (C)
By: Navid Mojir and Gamze Yucaoglu
Mojir, Navid, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Volt Lines: Leading a B2B Service Provider through a Crisis (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 523-039, October 2022.
- 30 Jan 2022
- News
Rahul Bajaj: “To Provide Continuity, That Is What an Owner Does”
- October 2023
- Case
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes
By: John J-H Kim, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris and Max Hancock
Jack Lynch, CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) since 2017, was leading the company’s transformation from a legacy textbook publisher to a digital-first student outcomes provider, which earned subscription revenue from digital products and curriculum. In 2023, HMH... View Details
Keywords: Edtech; Textbook; Publishing; Leading Change; Change Management; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
Kim, John J-H, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris, and Max Hancock. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes." Harvard Business School Case 324-011, October 2023.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families
Fredo Arias-King (MBA 1996, AM 1998) helps indigenous forest dwellers and their families in central Mexico stay on their land and thrive financially while also safeguarding their local environment. As founder of Green and Tapped Indigenous Community, Arias-King created... View Details
ULI Report Provides Wildfire, Energy, and Economic Resilience Strategies to Sonoma County
Sonoma County, Calif., can enhance its ability to withstand and recover from wildfires by re-envisioning its land use, energy, and housing policies through a cooperative... View Details
- 2018
- Conference Presentation
Learning to Recognize Objects Provides Category-orthogonal Features for Social Inference and Moral Judgment
By: J. De Freitas, A. Hafri, G. A. Alvarez and D. L. K. Yamins
De Freitas, J., A. Hafri, G. A. Alvarez, and D. L. K. Yamins. "Learning to Recognize Objects Provides Category-orthogonal Features for Social Inference and Moral Judgment." Paper presented at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 2018.
- Article
Pricing Experience Goods in Information Goods Markets: The Case of eBusiness Service Providers
By: Shane Greenstein and Sarit Markovich
Greenstein, Shane, and Sarit Markovich. "Pricing Experience Goods in Information Goods Markets: The Case of eBusiness Service Providers." International Journal of the Economics of Business 19, no. 1 (February 2012): 119–139.
- January 2015
- Case
Aura Light: From a Light Bulb Manufacturer to an Energy Savings Solutions Provider
By: Krishna Palepu and Elena Corsi
A Swedish light bulb manufacturer reviews its strategy to better compete against large global multinationals. View Details
Palepu, Krishna, and Elena Corsi. "Aura Light: From a Light Bulb Manufacturer to an Energy Savings Solutions Provider." Harvard Business School Case 115-027, January 2015.