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  • June 2020
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What IKEA Do We Want?

By: Juan Alcácer, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
In 2018, Swedish furniture maker IKEA was undergoing a significant transformation. Challenged by the rise of online shopping and changing consumer behavior, and mourning the death of its founder, the Company's top executives knew they had to step out of their comfort... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Transformation; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Emerging Markets; Customer Focus and Relationships; Organizational Culture; Disruption; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Europe; Netherlands; Sweden; China; India; United States
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South Asia - Global

broader economic trends reshape the private equity landscape, emphasizing the mounting challenges for smaller funds and the resilience of established firms amid industry consolidation. The event, attended by around 60 alumni, was... View Details
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Research - Global

1960s, this research highlights the importance of teaching at Harvard Business... 2025 Working Paper The Extent and Drivers of Internal Agglomeration of U.S. Multi-Unit Firms By: Juan Alcácer and Jasmina Chauvin This paper examines the... View Details
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

135–159. Redefining the Edge: Jahez’s Strategic Pivot in Saudi Arabia’s Food Delivery Battle By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ahmed Dahawy June 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Jahez made its mark in Saudi Arabia’s food delivery market by serving... View Details
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

subsequent citations in patents. We assess whether the institution where research is produced affects the output of scientists by using a scientist-mover design, which compares annual research output before and after a move for the same... View Details
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Sign up for our e-mail newsletter - HBS Working Knowledge

Sign up for our e-mail newsletter Sign up for the weekly Working Knowledge e-mail newsletter, offering business leaders cutting-edge research and ideas from Harvard Business School faculty. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the... View Details
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FAQs - Alumni

class page at reunions.hbs.edu . HBS fully subsidizes the on-campus reunion program, including faculty presentations and meals—there is no charge to attend the daytime campus program. Registration fees cover activities planned by your... View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

we document are driven by imports, rather than exports, and by integration with democratic partners that account for a larger share of a country’s trade in institutionally intensive, cultural, and consumer... View Details
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

ambiguously-deserved punishment. In situations involving politicized moral transgressions, including those where the case for punishing the transgressor is judged to be relatively ambiguous, subjects expect punishers to be perceived positively View Details
  • October 2021 (Revised February 2023)
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Ant Group (A)

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Feng Zhu, Susie L. Ma and Kerry Herman
In 2004, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba created Alipay, an app to facilitate payments on its e-commerce sites. As Alibaba grew, so did Alipay, until Alipay spawned its own ecosystem of financial technology products and services under the name of Ant Group. By 2020,... View Details
Keywords: Payment Systems; Information Technology; Value Creation; Network Effects; Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Initial Public Offering; Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; China
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Finance - Faculty & Research

fourth-generation (G4) member of his family’s heavy manufacturing business, found himself reflecting on how the firm would navigate a deepening shareholder conflict. While the second generation (G2) had managed the business in harmony, dynamics shifted dramatically... View Details
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Latin America - Global

competitiveness. Participants also identified a significant gap between corporate skill demands and academia, calling for greater collaboration between the private and public sectors with educational institutions to develop relevant curricula. Throughout this event led... View Details
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Info Do Fire Sales Create Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower the volatility of its underlying holdings View Details
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

Educators Related Groysberg, Boris, James Barnett, and Izzy Yeoh. "Skills-First Talent Management: Artificial Intelligence." Harvard Business School Technical Note 425-086, June 2025. Khabar Lahariya By: Ranjay Gulati and Kanika Jain June 2025 | Case | Faculty Research... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Emergency, business revenues declined by 40 percent, largely driven by national factors rather than local infection rates or policies. However, the pass-through of revenue losses to owner consumption was... View Details
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Employment Data Trends

Employment Data Trends Employment Data Trends Trends Career Data Internship Data Trends by Industry 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Consulting 24% 23% 26% 25% 18% Consumer Products 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% Entertainment / Media 2% 3% 3% 1% 3% Health Care... View Details
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FAQ - Alumni

payments as they are received. When do I need to fulfill my pledge? Guidelines for payments differ for reunion and non-reunion (annual giving) pledges. Reunion Pledges: For the reunion campaigns concluding on December 31, 2024 (MBA 1998, 1993, 1988, 1983, 1978):... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction. However, at a micro level,... View Details
  • December 2022 (Revised May 2023)
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Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution

By: Juan Alcácer and Emer Moloney
At the end of 2019, Ignacio Galán, the Chairman and CEO of the world's third largest utility, Iberdrola, reflected on his almost 20 years at the company. He managed a portfolio of three very different businesses, each with their own specific opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Mission and Purpose; Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; Brazil; Mexico
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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

and how to sustain competitive advantage. How to generate superior value for customers by designing the optimum configuration of the product mix and functional activities. How to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic... View Details