Publications

17 Mar 2016
News

The 124-Year-Old Startup

in the internet of “really big things”—think locomotives and jet engines. Attracting software engineers to a company known for making microwaves was a challenge, but the... View Details

August 2006 (Revised June 2010)
Case

SUN Brewing (A)

The Khemka family of India, founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing, faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the rouble's massive devaluation in August 1998, the stock price of SUN Brewing, which is publicly listed on the Luxemburg... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Emerging Markets; India; Russia

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

and later founded their own enterprises. 25 Augustine Heard retired from his role as active head of the company in 1844. He would never return to China. In June 1844, the firm... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

The First Scrum

Business School." McInnes: Dean Hall was not supportive of our playing rugby, and his reasoning was admirable. He was concerned, knowing it's a fairly physical game, that it might lead to students getting injured, missing classes, and flunking out. IN ACTION: A Spring... View Details

Keywords: rugby; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 1983 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Honda (A)

Describes the history of Honda Motor Company from its beginning through its entry into and subsequent dominance of the U.S. market. The history is explained primarily in terms of strategic factors and quoted from two sources: an earlier case and Boston Consulting Group... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Auto Industry; Japan; United States

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

research rethinks what academics and practitioners have simply called the supply chain—a loose federation of individual suppliers that feed companies with the goods and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

in the mid-nineteenth century. The company was active from 1840 to 1877 under the direction of Augustine Heard and his nephews John, Augustine... View Details

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

how CEOs from major companies around the globe—Becton Dickinson, IKEA, Tata Group—made a positive difference for their employees, their customers, their community, and society while not neglecting profits.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

my course is about risk mitigation. I hope they will be able to answer the following question after a term in my course: How does one use all the tools learned at HBS to successfully structure deals and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

Charlie Storey (MBA 1989), President of Harpoon Brewery, who remains a mentor to this day. The relationships and skills Linzmeyer developed propelled him to an internship at Boston View Details

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

26 Jul 2018
News

Running the Numbers

people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2012
News

Robots to the Rescue

Mountz Photo courtesy Kiva Systems Kiva's robots in action Main article: Where Innovation Rules In the News: Boston Globe: Amazon Buys Kiva for $775M Those who know Mick Mountz (MBA 1996) well were not... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; e-commerce; order fulfillment; robotics; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Martin Glenn L. Martin Company, 1907–1949 Joseph A. Martino National Lead Company (NL Industries), 1947–1969 Jack C. Massey Hospital Corporation of America, 1968–1978 Thomas W. Mastin Lubrizol Corporation, 1972–1982 William G. Mather... View Details

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

and humidity. If high-achievement types want to be as effective as they can be, they have to tune themselves up every day and be aware." DeLong says he didn't write the book to create organizations "that feel good or that are... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

01 Mar 2023
News

The Latest Model

people who make their living studying things like monetary policy and market design? So she called her old friend and colleague, Stephanie Hurder (PHDBE 2013), who was ready for a change after spending three years at Boston Consulting... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
Case

Akamai Technologies: Expanding the Talent Pipeline

By: Christopher Stanton, Lynda M. Applegate, Allison Ciechanover, Emily Grandjean and Sophie Beck

In 2022, senior executives of Cambridge, MA-based Akamai Technologies met to consider whether and how to scale a successful technical training program. The program, Akamai Technical Academy (ATA), was launched in 2016 to address a key challenge at Akamai and in the... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Talent and Talent Management; Technology Industry; United States; Boston