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  • September 1993 (Revised January 1996)
  • Case

Kumon Educational Institute USA

The vice president of operations at Kuman Educational Institute USA is faced with the pressures of transferring a successful Japanese educational service concept to the United States. Kumon, a for-profit after-school supplementary educative center, specializes in... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Adaptation; Education; Education Industry; Japan; United States
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Loveman, Gary W. "Kumon Educational Institute USA." Harvard Business School Case 694-032, September 1993. (Revised January 1996.)

    The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile-Phone Based Agricultural Extension

    This paper evaluates the role of mobile phone-based advice in improving managerial practices of small-scale cotton farmers in Gujarat, India.  Demand for the service, “Avaaj Otalo,” is strong, even among farmers with very low levels of education. The service... View Details

    • February 1989 (Revised November 1991)
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    Science Technology Co.--1985

    By: Thomas R. Piper
    The CEO of a U.S. electronics firm is assessing the financial forecasts and the financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Given the cyclicality of the industry and the volatility of the firm's performance, the CEO is unsure as to the usefulness of... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Change Management; Industry Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Volatility; Electronics Industry
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    Piper, Thomas R. "Science Technology Co.--1985." Harvard Business School Case 289-040, February 1989. (Revised November 1991.)
    • December 2023
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    Looking Forward – To Better Strategy-Sales Coordination

    By: Frank V. Cespedes
    Business decisions are about tomorrow, not yesterday. A key to looking forward in most firms is the annual strategy meeting, where linking sales efforts with strategy is vital for implementation and profitable growth. But according to surveys, less than half of... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy
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    Cespedes, Frank V. "Looking Forward – To Better Strategy-Sales Coordination." Top Sales Magazine (December 2023), 26–27.
    • Fourth Quarter 2017
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    Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios

    By: Malcolm Baker, Ryan Taliaferro and Terry Burnham
    We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets from 1968 through 2014. We define a “tilt” as a characteristic-based portfolio strategy that requires relatively low annual turnover. This is a continuum, with small size (a very persistent... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Anomaly; Beta; Capital Asset Pricing Model; Factor Investing
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    Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham. "Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios." Financial Analysts Journal 73, no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2017): 75–89.
    • February 2012 (Revised August 2014)
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    Poles Apart on PZU (A)

    By: Francesca Gino, Vincent Dessain, Karol Misztal and Michael Khayyat
    In October 2008, Andrzej Klesyk, CEO of Poland's largest insurer PZU, reflected on possible ways of resolving a decade-long cross-border shareholder conflict at his company. Owned 55% by the Polish State Treasury and 33% by the Dutch insurer Eureko as of October 2008,... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; Trust; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Shareholder Relations; Poland
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    Gino, Francesca, Vincent Dessain, Karol Misztal, and Michael Khayyat. "Poles Apart on PZU (A)." Harvard Business School Case 912-013, February 2012. (Revised August 2014.)
    • June 2008
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    From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China

    By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
    Wang Xing, the founder of Hainei.com, one of the fastest growing social networking service (SNS) providers in China, was preparing to raise funds from venture capitalists. Since late 2003, Wang had established several Internet startups in China. Xiaonei.com, which he... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Internet; China
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    Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China." Harvard Business School Case 808-164, June 2008.
    • 10 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

    hit to profit margins? A new working paper, To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts, sets out to help small businesses decide whether offering large discount vouchers is a View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology
    • March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
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    OpenInvest

    By: Boris Vallee and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
    Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolio to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapon manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ... View Details
    Keywords: Socially Responsible Investing; Investing For Impact; Robo-advisors; Investment; Values and Beliefs; Customization and Personalization; Technology; Financial Services Industry
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    Vallee, Boris, and Caitlin Reimers Brumme. "OpenInvest." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-089, March 2018. (Revised March 2018.)
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    Launching New Ventures

    strategies for transforming disruptive innovation into competitive advantage and a profitable business. Key Benefits Bringing you together with other entrepreneurial executives, this program examines the unique challenges that confront... View Details
    • 15 Aug 2011
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    A New Model for Business: The Museum

    pay a fair or even premium price for products and services that really suit them. If companies are smart about this, the increases in profits from new and more satisfied customers can more than offset losses from helping some customers... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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    Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    (CareMeasurement.com) enables providers to apply concepts from the research to improve quality and profitability across the care continuum. Derek and Avant-garde Health were recently featured in a book by Professor Howard Stevenson,... View Details

      Srikant M. Datar

      Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; airline; automobiles; banking; biotechnology; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; health care; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals; venture capital industry
      • July 2019
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      Using Behavioral Science to Inform the Design of Sugary Drink Portion Limit Policies: Reply to Wilson and Stolarz-Fantino (2018)

      By: Leslie John, Grant E. Donnelly and Christina A. Roberto
      In their commentary, Wilson & Stolarz-Fantino argue that specific design features of our research mean that it cannot have policy implications and that researchers “need to consider profit maximization in menu design or studies are likely to suggest ill-informed... View Details
      Keywords: Policy Implementation; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy
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      John, Leslie, Grant E. Donnelly, and Christina A. Roberto. "Using Behavioral Science to Inform the Design of Sugary Drink Portion Limit Policies: Reply to Wilson and Stolarz-Fantino (2018)." Psychological Science 30, no. 7 (July 2019): 1103–1105.
      • April 2011
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      Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Stromberg
      A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds themselves are driven by short-term profit motives and sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495... View Details
      Keywords: Patents; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Investment; Innovation and Invention
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      Lerner, Josh, Morten Sorensen, and Per Stromberg. "Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation." Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011): 445–477.
      • September 2002 (Revised April 2006)
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      Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A)

      By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano and Ning Tang
      Istituto Clinico Humanitas is a newly built private hospital, south of Milan, Italy, that has attained unusual profitability while treating public system patients. The hospital was built and is managed by Techosp, a subsidiary of Techint, a global engineering and... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Infrastructure; Managerial Roles; Integration; Performance; Health Industry; Milan
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      Bohmer, Richard M.J., Gary P. Pisano, and Ning Tang. "Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-063, September 2002. (Revised April 2006.)
      • 31 Dec 2013
      • News

      Feeling Nervous? Don't Try to Calm Down—Get Excited

      • 13 May 2021
      • News

      Investment Management for the Carbon Potential Of Forests: David Brand, New Forests

      • April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
      • Case

      ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
      To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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      Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)

      By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn
      Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Audits; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Government Legislation; Conflict of Interests; Announcements; Blogs; Debates; Investment; Trust; Business and Shareholder Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Accounting Industry; United States
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      Pacelli, Joseph, ZeSean Ali, and Tom Quinn. "Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-024, October 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
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