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  • 10 Aug 2020
  • News

At Home, Workers Seek Alternative Credentials

    Moving Science: The Rowland Institute at Harvard

    Set in 2022, this case describes the considerations involved in organizing the physical relocation of the Rowland Institute at Harvard (RIH), a research institute established in 1980 by Edwin H. Land, the founder of the Polaroid Corporation, for the advancement of... View Details

      Robert H. Hayes

      Robert Hayes is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. Prior to his appointment to the Harvard Faculty in 1966, he worked for I.B.M. and McKinsey & Company. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from... View Details
      • 26 Apr 2024
      • HBS Case

      Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

      organizations to move forward.” Gibson cowrote the case with Nicole Gilmore, director of talent development at MITRE; and Alicia Dadlani, director of the Mid-US Research Center at HBS. Sanders plays in Super... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

        Amy W. Schulman

        Amy W. Schulman joined Harvard Business School’s Faculty as a Senior Lecturer in July 2014.

        In addition to her responsibilities at Harvard, Ms. Schulman is a managing partner at Polaris Partners, who focuses on investing in healthcare... View Details

        • March 2015
        • Teaching Note

        McKinsey & Co.—Protecting its Reputation (A) and (B)

        By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
        McKinsey & Co—Protecting its Reputation (A&B) is a field case written from the perspective of the Firm's Managing Director Dominic Barton. The two cases describe the actions McKinsey & Co took to protect the firm's reputation after the Rajat Gupta matter.
        The... View Details
        Keywords: Consulting Firms; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Leadership And Change Management; Leadership And Managing People; Leading A Global Business; Corporate Culture; Professional Service Firms; Professional Service Firm; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Consulting Industry; United States
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        • December 2007 (Revised April 2008)
        • Case

        Alltech...naturally

        By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
        Entrepreneur Pearse Lyons had built Alltech into the fastest growing company in the global animal health industry through innovative technology, creative marketing, and strong branding. Sel-Plex, a proprietary Alltech product, had shown important health benefits for... View Details
        Keywords: Brands and Branding; Leadership Development; Customer Focus and Relationships; Expansion; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Sales; Value Creation; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry
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        • December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
        • Case

        Intel Research: Exploring the Future

        By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
        It is 2004 and David Tennenhouse, the director of Intel Research, is reviewing the organization he has built since 2000. Intel Research was charged with exploring new and disruptive technologies that lay off the "silicon roadmap" that drove most of Intel's R&D efforts.... View Details
        Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Performance Evaluation; Venture Capital; Technology Networks; Semiconductor Industry; United States
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        • February 2003 (Revised March 2007)
        • Case

        Internet Customer Acquisition Strategy at Bankinter

        By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
        Bankinter, a relatively small Spanish bank, has a large presence as an Internet financial services provider. Leading the way to profitability through the Internet will give Bankinter a major competitive advantage over the larger, more established Spanish banks. Ann... View Details
        Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Activity Based Costing and Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Spain
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        • October 1997 (Revised November 1997)
        • Case

        NAACP, The

        By: James E. Austin, Paul Barese, Stephanie L. Woerner and Elaine V. Backman
        In February 1995, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the largest civil rights organization in the United States, was in the midst of a crisis. The executive director had been fired due to financial improprieties amid charges of... View Details
        Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Capital; Governance Controls; Resignation and Termination; Selection and Staffing; Rights; Leadership; Management; United States
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        • 16 Nov 2018
        • News

        HBS Conference Marks 10th Anniversary of 2008 Global Financial Crisis

        • Research Summary

        Overview

        By: Regina E. Herzlinger
        Winner of the Harvard Business School outstanding teacher award and research awards from U.S. and international health care and accounting organizations: 2016 “60 of the Most Powerful People in Healthcare in 2016,” Becker’s Hospital Review, January 3, 2017 ; 2014 ... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation and Management; Insurance; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Information Technology
        • September 2022 (Revised September 2024)
        • Case

        Esas Group: Investing Together, Staying Together

        By: Christina R. Wing and Alpana Thapar
        This case opens in June 2022, after Esas Group, one of Turkey’s largest family-owned investment firms, implements a series of changes to professionalize the business and help transition family members from operators to responsible investors. In December 2019, the Group... View Details
        Keywords: Family Business; Transition; Business or Company Management; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Governance; Financial Services Industry; Turkey
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          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
          • January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
          • Case

          Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A)

          By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
          In April 2013, Ford Asia Pacific & Africa (FAPA) was examining its options for e-coating service metal parts for the Ford Customer Service Division in Sanand, Gujarat, India. Randy Creel, Director of Parts Supply & Logistics, FAPA, worked with his colleagues in the US,... View Details
          Keywords: Foreign Investment; International Business; Location Strategies; Global Strategy; Supply Chain
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          • November 2012 (Revised July 2014)
          • Case

          Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners

          By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
          Private equity firm XAF Partners, created out of the 2003 merger of Shanghai-based Xuan Partners and AF Group, a spin out of the Shanghai-based, emerging market-focused private equity arm of a large European bank, had grown steadily over the last decade, establishing... View Details
          Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Leading Teams; Producing Managers; Delegation; Giving And Receiving Feedback; Managing Performance; Leadership; Work-Life Balance; Managerial Roles; Talent and Talent Management; Service Operations; Time Management; Performance; Financial Services Industry; Asia
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          • September 2011 (Revised December 2011)
          • Case

          CARD Group: Mutually Reinforcing Institutions

          By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Dawn Lau
          CARD (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development) is a Philippines-based microfinance organization that began as an NGO and has since expanded into eight related entities providing services to the poor. Under Founding Director Dr. Aristotle Alip's leadership, CARD... View Details
          Keywords: Microfinance; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Philippines
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          • March 2009 (Revised June 2010)
          • Case

          Neck & Neck: Leveraging the Club Neck Information

          Commercial Director Prado wonders how to leverage the loyalty card information to prepare the fall 2008 budget. The case discusses the value of subjective and objective information for profit-planning purposes. Spanish children's apparel retailer Neck & Neck uses... View Details
          Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Retail Industry
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          • November 2007 (Revised October 2009)
          • Case

          Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

          In an activist role, the hedge fund Third Point LLC has three board seats and an ownership stake of 9.5% in Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Third Point believed that Ligand had a strong drug portfolio and pipeline but that it was... View Details
          Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Governing and Advisory Boards; Bids and Bidding; Ownership Stake; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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          • June 1997 (Revised February 2012)
          • Case

          The Union Carbide Deal (Abridged)

          By: Thomas J. DeLong
          On November 3, 1986, after a three-hour board of directors meeting, Union Carbide decided to accept First Boston's proposal to embark on a $2.5 billion recapitalization program. Jameson and his associates' efforts had paid off. Jameson had reason to be excited: He had... View Details
          Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Investment Banking; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Financial Services Industry
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