Publications

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

New subways or water projects need to be repaid from usage fees over the very long term. London or Beijing may upgrade a transit line to accommodate the rush of athletes and visitors, but these municipalities can and should find a way to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

March 2020
Teaching Note

onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy

By: Jill Avery and Anat Keinan

onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the... View Details

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

Keywords: Brand Management; Retailing; Two Sided Markets; SaaS; Online Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Digital Transformation; E-commerce; Digital Marketing; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; London; United Kingdom; Portugal

March 2001 (Revised March 2006)
Teaching Note

Dogfight Over Europe: Ryanair (A), (B), and (C) TN

By: Jan W. Rivkin

Teaching Note for (9-700-115), (9-700-116), and (9-700-117). View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry; Dublin; London

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

Hall and Yuval Millo from the London School of Economics look at how these employees can use their own skills to become so-called frame-makers, part of their organizations' strategic decision-making teams. While their research focused on... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

June 2000 (Revised October 2000)
Supplement

Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (B)

By: Jan W. Rivkin

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Service Operations; Air Transportation Industry; Dublin; London

February 2006 (Revised October 2006)
Case

The Children's Investment Fund, 2005

By: Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua B. Sandbulte

TCI, The Children's Investment Fund, is a London-based hedge fund. The firm donates a significant fraction of the fees it earns to a charitable foundation. In 2005, TCI took a large stake in Deutsche Borse, the stock exchange in Frankfurt. Its battle with management... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Financial Services Industry; London; Germany

14 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 14

evolves, CFJ has to decide how to respond. Purchase this supplement: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710018-PDF-ENG The London 2012 Olympic Games Harvard Business School Case 510-039 It's 2009 and Paul Williamson, Head of Ticketing,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

pharma company founded by Darwazah’s father in 1978 and traces the evolution of its governance as a private family company, then as a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2005, and finally as a member of the FTSE... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718511-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-126 Baupost Group: Finding a Margin of Safety in London Real Estate No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

August 2004
Teaching Note

Accel Partners' European Launch (TN)

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note to (9-803-021). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; London; United States

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

In a recent op-ed piece for the Sunday London Times, Harvard Business School professor John Quelch warned that popular U.S. brands could be in for a rough ride overseas should anti-American sentiment grow over President Bush's handling of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

struggled during the economic crisis from 2001 to 2002, it was well positioned to grow as the economy began to recover in 2003, in part due to government policies that helped stabilize the media industry. Now in October 2007, Grupo Clarín was preparing to make an IPO... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2019 (Revised June 2021)
Case

HelloSelf: Foundation

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

On January 6, 2019, HelloSelf, a London-based “BrainTech” company, founded a year earlier by Charles Wells, soft launched. The proposition was simply to help its members “Be your Best Self.” The company provided its registered members with access to a clinical... View Details

June 2020
Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm. View Details

March 1986 (Revised December 1986)
Case

British Telecommunications, PLC

Presents a description of international equity markets, including comparisons of the U.S., Japanese, and British markets and recent trends toward deregulation of these markets. The decision focus of the case is on the initial public offerings of British... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Initial Public Offering; Capital Markets; Canada; London; Tokyo