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- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Farfetch: Digital Transformation for Luxury Brands
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-051. Farfetch, a global luxury technology platform and digital marketplace had been surfing the wave of digital transformation in the luxury fashion industry since 2008. While the company’s stock price and market valuation had... View Details
- January 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Course Overview Note
'Made in India': Human Capital at the Base of the Pyramid (TN)
By: Michel Anteby, Felicia Khan and John Ng
This teaching note, used in conjunction with excerpts from the 2010 documentary film "Made in India" (directed and produced by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha) provides students with an opportunity to explore what constitutes human capital and the moral issues... View Details
Anteby, Michel, Felicia Khan, and John Ng. "'Made in India': Human Capital at the Base of the Pyramid (TN)." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 413-092, January 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- Web
Japan - Global
global impact. Located in Tokyo, the JRC's primary purpose is to support HBS faculty research and case-writing activities in Japan. The School strives to deepen faculty's understanding of and exposure to Japanese management issues, trends, and practices, as well as... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
issue for any firm moving abroad. You shouldn't be looking at a static number, but you really should be thinking about it more dynamically over time." Then, It's About Brand The first case stops at the point of the 1998 decision:... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Top 5 Myths About HBS
environment. And it's necessary, because the way that we teach is very much like a Socratic method, where you really do need to learn from each other as opposed to fighting for the right answer. Chad: There's a tradition at HBS called... View Details
- Profile
Fatima Albassam
program to advance her skills, Fatima felt that, “If I were to leave work and family for two years, I wanted the best education possible. The way they teach at HBS emulates reality. With each case, you have limited information, but you... View Details
- Web
California - Global
Executive Director Allison Ciechanover oversees the team that develops teaching cases and supports faculty research on West Coast companies, and has written over two dozen View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS
into these amazing people's lives. And I've developed really incredible friendships that I think I'll carry on for years and years to come. So people is definitely number one. Number two, I would have to say the case method, for sure. The... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 915-417 Key Elements for Excellence in Classroom Cases and Teaching... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
an effort to differentiate by being more locally sourced and thereby fresher, as perceived by consumers, Chipotle was perhaps putting its brand at greater reputational risk.” Companies are increasingly outsourcing their food inspection services. Source: AlexRaths... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
- 18 Oct 2023
- News
Spreading the Words
Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Dec 2022
- What Do You Think?
How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?
orientation. Welch visited (and taught) in my General Management classroom. I both taught and watched him teach at GE’s executive development center in Crotonville, New York. I wrote and taught a case about... View Details
- July 2021
- Teaching Plan
Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp
By: Rebecca Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-099. In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how... View Details
- 2014
- Teaching Note
Fine Harvest Restaurant Group
By: Clara X. Chen, Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and Wim Van der Stede
The Fine Harvest Restaurant Group cases A and B examine a company's design of a new system to evaluate the performance (and determine the bonuses) for its restaurant managers. Fine Harvest had traditionally evaluated restaurant managers based on store margins and had... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
Professor Bill George about his case entitled, Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust. I'm your host, Brian Kenny, and you're listening to Cold Call. Bill George is an expert on leadership, a topic that he View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
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Research Services - Faculty & Research
academia worldwide, and study business challenges and innovations wherever they occur. Through sustained work in the field, faculty can immerse themselves in the culture and values, as well as the intricacies and nuances that lead to truly meaningful and insightful... View Details
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-031. NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to... View Details
- May 2021
- Teaching Plan
Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads
By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 621-018. For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; San Francisco
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar
By: Jill Avery and Gerald Zaltman
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 519-061 and 519-062. In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of twenty of its confectionery brands, including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Under the... View Details