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- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)
By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin and Aldo Sesia
By the end of 2015, BlackRock had succeeded beyond any of the early dreams of its founders. The firm remained the world’s largest asset manager, with more than $4.6 trillion under management, and other financial services companies used BlackRock’s Aladdin platform to...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Asset Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-487, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Background Note
Brand Portfolio Strategy and Brand Architecture
By: Jill Avery
While companies choose to brand their products and services in many different ways, there are some central tenets that help define an optimal brand portfolio and associated brand architecture. Brand portfolio strategy involves the design, deployment, and management of...
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Keywords:
Brand Management;
Brand Portfolio;
Brand Extension;
Brand Portfolio Strategy;
Brand Architecture;
Consumer Behavior;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy
Avery, Jill. "Brand Portfolio Strategy and Brand Architecture." Harvard Business School Background Note 517-021, August 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- March 1994
- Background Note
National Culture and Management
The note examines the relationship of national culture to management. Offers a definition of culture, explains the scope of culture and its many dimensions, and describes how culture is manifested in business settings. The research of Edward Man, Geert Hofstede, and...
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Rosenzweig, Philip M. "National Culture and Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 394-177, March 1994.
- June 2021
- Article
Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons
By: Amar Bhidé
Rules that restrict information required in negotiated private transactions have spurred a vast increase in the scope of anonymous financial markets, particularly in the United States. The subtle costs of the information‐restricting rules raise questions about the...
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Keywords:
Information Asymmetry;
Liquidity;
Regulation;
Securities Markets;
Securitization;
Information;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Markets;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Bhidé, Amar. "Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons." European Financial Management 27, no. 3 (June 2021): 414–425.
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Cost of Anonymous Lemons
By: Amar Bhidé
Rules that restrict information required in negotiated private transactions have spurred a vast increase in the scope of anonymous financial markets, particularly in the US. The subtle costs of the information restricting rules raise questions about the social value of...
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Keywords:
Information Asymmetry;
Securities;
Securitization;
Regulation;
Liquidity;
Information;
Financial Markets;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Financial Liquidity
Bhidé, Amar. "The Cost of Anonymous Lemons." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-046, September 2020.
- September 1989
- Case
Navistar: Managing Change
Describes 15 years of change at Navistar. Highlights changes in strategy, name, products, services, size, human resources policies, and programs. Underscores the brisk pace and scope of changes. Students are asked to categorize the types of change, evaluate them, and...
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Jick, Todd D. "Navistar: Managing Change." Harvard Business School Case 490-003, September 1989.
- September 1971 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
Gentle Electric Co.
By: W. Earl Sasser
Designed to illustrate various levels of complexity in determining optimum order sizes for a single item inventory policy. Students are asked to evaluate the impact of recent operational changes on the firm's ordering policy. Intended to follow the students' initial...
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Sasser, W. Earl. "Gentle Electric Co." Harvard Business School Case 672-038, September 1971. (Revised September 1983.)
- 13 Apr 2020
- News
What Good Leadership Looks Like During This Pandemic
- 04 Jun 2017
- News
China's HNA to tap M&A brake after $50 bln deal splurge
- October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
- Case
Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)
Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and...
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Keywords:
Rail Transportation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Development Economics;
Government Legislation;
Natural Environment;
Policy;
Metals and Minerals;
Industry Growth;
Industry Structures;
Rail Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-018, October 1991. (Revised August 1993.)
- March 2014 (Revised April 2014)
- Supplement
China Vanke (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, John Macomber and Keith Chi-ho Wong
The case describes Vanke's response to the decisions posed in the A1, A2, and A3 cases and asks whether Vanke should expand its strategic scope by defining itself as an "urban facilities provider" rather than a "residential housing developer." The management team is...
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
China;
Green Building;
Sustainable Development;
Asset Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Urban Development;
Safety;
Assets;
Real Estate Industry;
China
Paine, Lynn S., John Macomber, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "China Vanke (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 314-107, March 2014. (Revised April 2014.)
- 01 Jul 2021
- News
Three Powerful Marketing Trends Born In Lockdown
- 28 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Mid-summer Update
operating companies. For others, it was a valuable mid-course correction on project scope and impact. For all, it was an opportunity to meet senior executives including Danaher’s enigmatic CEO Larry Culp (HBS ’90), hear his story of...
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Keywords:
Manufacturing
- January 2000 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
The HBS California Research Center
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scott D Landry
Harvard Business School's (HBS) California Research Center, a three-year experiment initiated in July 1997 to facilitate research, case-writing, and course development centered in the Silicon Valley Region, has been a "phenomenal success." In June 1999, HBS Dean Kim...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Success;
Education Industry;
San Francisco
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scott D Landry. "The HBS California Research Center." Harvard Business School Case 800-189, January 2000. (Revised February 2000.)
- June 2001 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Home Depot, Inc. in the New Millennium
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Jeremy Cott
After nearly two decades of spectacular performance, Home Depot reported a disappointing performance in the year 2000. The company began expanding its business scope as a result of saturating its growth in the core business. This case explores whether the disappointing...
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Expansion;
Valuation;
Performance;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Retail Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., and Jeremy Cott. "Home Depot, Inc. in the New Millennium." Harvard Business School Case 101-117, June 2001. (Revised August 2003.)
- April 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Microsoft, 1995
By: Tarun Khanna, David B. Yoffie and Israel Yellen Ganot
Explores Microsoft's core desktop computing software business and its newer endeavors in 1995. Designed to explore the sustainability of its phenomenal success, and to examine the logic behind its renewed emphasis on some areas, particularly the home computing software...
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Khanna, Tarun, David B. Yoffie, and Israel Yellen Ganot. "Microsoft, 1995." Harvard Business School Case 795-147, April 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- Article
Get Ready to Sell
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Bud Hyler
Time-to-market measures the time to have a product ready to ship. But that’s not revenue and cash. Many firms with superb R&D functions lack an understanding of what’s needed to be ready-to-sell. Meanwhile, relevant tools are increasing in scope and decreasing in cost....
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Cespedes, Frank V., and Bud Hyler. "Get Ready to Sell." Top Sales Magazine (September 2020), 32–33.
- May 2003 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Ice-Fili
Designed as an overview of all aspects of the strategy process: industry analysis, positioning, dynamics and sustainability, and scope issues of corporate strategy, including vertical integration, horizontal diversification, and location issues. Ice-Fili is the largest...
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Rukstad, Michael G., Sasha Mattu, and Asya Petinova. "Ice-Fili." Harvard Business School Case 703-516, May 2003. (Revised September 2005.)
- December 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Barbara Krakow Gallery
By: Jose Alvarez and Nyssa Liebermann
The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary art gallery located in Boston. It utilizes a very rare "no haggle pricing" strategy and extended sales cycle when selling pieces to collectors. Though it remains profitable and very respected, the size and scope...
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Keywords:
Barbara Krakow Gallery;
Art Gallery;
Art Market;
Art World;
Artist;
Auction House;
Primary Art Market;
Secondary Art Market;
Exhibition;
Contemporary Art;
Art Collector;
Art Dealer;
Art Fair;
No Haggle Pricing;
Extended Sales Cycle;
Christie's;
Sotheby's;
Online Art Seller;
Barbara Krakow;
Andrew Witkin;
Catalogue Raisonne;
Arts;
Small Business;
Business Model;
Transition;
Customer Relationship Management;
Fine Arts Industry;
Boston
Alvarez, Jose, and Nyssa Liebermann. "Barbara Krakow Gallery." Harvard Business School Case 514-033, December 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- 26 Aug 2013
- News