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US-China Relations

By: Meg Rithmire
Economic interdependence between the US and China was imagined years ago to be a source of security and prosperity for both countries, but is now the site of concerns about risk and national security on both sides. My work has examined how that shift has come about,... View Details
  • August 2022
  • Teaching Plan

Janet Ames (A), (B), (C), (D)

By: Brian Trelstad
Teaching Plan for HBS Case Nos. 320-076, 320-077, 320-078, and 322-051. The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Board; Non-profit Management; Career Changes And Transitions; Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Opportunities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; United States
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    Dennis Campbell

    Dennis W. Campbell is currently the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching activities focus broadly on how management control systems can be designed to balance short-term strategy execution... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; service industry; hotels ＆ motels; consumer products; restaurant; manufacturing; professional services
    • March 2004 (Revised June 2010)
    • Case

    Akamai Technologies

    By: Benjamin Edelman, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Eric J. Van den Steen
    As the leading content delivery network, Akamai helps Internet companies deliver Web site content to end users with fewer delays and lower costs. Describes the strategic management challenges facing Akamai in early 2004. The company is poised to offer its next... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Platforms; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure
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    • 21 May 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    rTSR: When Do Relative Performance Metrics Capture Relative Performance?

    Keywords: by Paul Ma, Jee-Eun Shin, and Charles C. Y. Wang; Financial Services
    • December 2006 (Revised December 2007)
    • Case

    The Vanderbilt University Endowment (2006)

    By: Andre F. Perold and William T. Spitz
    As with many modern-day large pools of capital, the Vanderbilt University endowment is significantly invested in alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and natural resources. The endowment's investment committee chair is attempting to... View Details
    Keywords: Higher Education; Asset Management; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management
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    • 12 May 2011
    • News

    Anette Mikes, Harvard: Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

    • 2018
    • Chapter

    The Trust Imperative

    By: Richard Edelman, Stephen A. Greyser, E. Bruce Harrison and Tom Martin
    CHAPTER SUMMARY: Successful relationships depend on trust—trust between spouses, trust between parent and child, trust between enterprises and their stakeholders. This chapter focuses on the factors that build trust in organizations, as well as the forces that can... View Details
    Keywords: Trust; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Communication
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      Christina R. Wing

      Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Her research focuses primarily on topics surrounding families in business, and the course she created, titled Demystifying the Family... View Details

      • September 1998 (Revised March 1999)
      • Case

      Sun Microsystems and the N-tier Architecture

      By: Richard L. Nolan and Kelley Porter
      Sun Microsystems is a pioneer in networking computing. Sun's servers maintain a large market share and are considered highly scaleable. The case describes the n-tier architecture for building and managing large networks in which thousands of workers and customers are... View Details
      Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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        Nien-he Hsieh

        Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

        • May 2016
        • Case

        Revitalizing State Bank of India

        By: Srikant M. Datar, N. M. Bhatta, Rishikesha T. Krishnan and Rachna Tahilyani
        State Bank of India is India’s oldest and largest bank with the government of India as its majority shareholder. Arundhati Bhattacharya, a 35-year veteran of the bank, is appointed as its chairman in October 2013. Her appointment coincides with Moody’s downgrading the... View Details
        Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Communication Strategy; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Human Resources; Employees; Compensation And Benefits; Recruiting; Capital Markets; Performance Expectations; Financial Services Industry; Asia; India
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        • 30 May 2018
        • News

        First “HBS Hacks” Event in San Francisco

        • April 2011 (Revised September 2011)
        • Case

        BlackRock Solutions

        By: Kenneth A. Froot and Scott Waggoner
        The BlackRock Solutions case examines the different functions and economics of a global asset manager's value chain, with particular emphasis on the "money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle... View Details
        Keywords: Investment Management; Strategic Vision; Organizational Behavior; Economies Of Scale And Scope; Unbundling Of Services; Strategic Planning; Risk Management; Financial Management; Asset Management; Competitive Advantage; Value; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Investment; Financial Strategy
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        • February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
        • Case

        Auctioning Morningstar

        By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
        Morningstar, a publisher of data and ratings for mutual fund investors, is considering an auction-based approach to the company's upcoming IPO, with management weighing the risks and benefits of the auction approach vs. a traditional underwritten offering. View Details
        Keywords: Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Stock Shares; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Auctions; Business or Company Management; Conflict of Interests; Publishing Industry
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          How Experts Gain Influence

          In 2006 the risk management chiefs of two British financial institutions (we'll call them Saxon Bank and Anglo Bank) were in similar situations. Each reported directly to the CEO and had, in theory, the same influence in their organizations. But by 2011 Saxon’s risk... View Details
          • 07 May 2014
          • Video

          Lisa Hall - Making A Difference

          • January 2009 (Revised April 2017)
          • Teaching Note

          American Cancer Society: Access to Care

          By: Robert Simons
          Teaching Note for [109015]. View Details
          Keywords: Management Control Systems; Strategy And Execution; Levers Of Control; Non-profit; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations
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          • January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
          • Case

          SIN Capital and the Fullerton Health IPO

          By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
          In early 2016, David Sin, founder of the Singapore-based private equity group SIN Capital and chairman of its primary holding, Fullerton Health, was deeply involved in preparations for taking Fullerton public on the Singapore stock exchange. Three years after SIN... View Details
          Keywords: Healthcare; Asia; IPO; Financing; Singapore; Growth; Health Care and Treatment; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Financing and Loans; Strategy; Value Creation; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Singapore
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          • 09 Apr 2014
          • Working Paper Summaries

          Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis

          Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus; Video Game; Web Services