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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders—Virtual

Summary All organizations—even those with sophisticated models of risk exposure—are vulnerable to disaster. In most organizations, risk management attempts to avoid disasters by emphasizing compliance, internal controls, and conformance... View Details
  • February 2021
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Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris
In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did... View Details
Keywords: Solar Energy; Business Model; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Salesforce Management; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Africa; South Africa; Malawi; Uganda
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Applegate, Lynda M., Frank V. Cespedes, and Michael Norris. "Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa." Harvard Business School Case 821-041, February 2021.
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Authentic Leader Development

relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend This program is designed for senior executives who want to enhance their leadership... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships Harvard Business School Case 709-411 The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 May 2023
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Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

would magically know how to bridge the gap between technology and business strategy,” she said. “Knowing how to build out a financial forecast, carry out a discounted cash flow and do all of those financial steps in View Details
  • 02 Dec 2002
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The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

of the company from Harvard Business School professors Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack. Their take: Microsoft wins through effective management of its intellectual property and an ability to spot and react to important trends before... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2009 (Revised October 2012)
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT'

By: Willy Shih
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is executing a strategy that leverages the desires of municipalities in China to build clusters of high technology companies. By partnering with those cities to build new semiconductor fabs that SMIC would... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Business and Community Relations; Semiconductor Industry; China
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Shih, Willy. "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT'." Harvard Business School Case 609-062, January 2009. (Revised October 2012.)
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Managing Health Care Delivery

live online sessions, and self-paced lessons, this health care management program emphasizes opportunities for innovation and prepares you to improve medical and economic outcomes at a time when patient needs are becoming more complex, technology innovations are... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
  • November 2016
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Pete & Gerry's

By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: "Pete & Gerry's; " Eggs; Egg Industry; Avian Flu; Cage Free; Free Range; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Industry Structure; Industry Evolution; Price Volatility; Small Business; Strategy Formulation; Branding; Marketing; Premium Brand; Growth; Consumer; Consumer Behavior; Animal Welfare; Retail; Grocery; Food Labeling; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Advertising Campaigns; Business Model; Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transition; Trends; Volatility; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Food; Ethics; Health; Problems and Challenges; Operations; Sales; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Public Opinion; Value; Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "Pete & Gerry's." Harvard Business School Case 517-048, November 2016.
  • October 2019 (Revised June 2020)
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Pantheon Ventures in 2019

By: Victoria Ivashina and Tonia Labruyere
The case discusses the strategy of Pantheon, a UK-based fund of funds investing in private equity. Client demands and preferences had changed in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis and Pantheon had to adapt its business model to accommodate requests for... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Private Equity; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Tonia Labruyere. "Pantheon Ventures in 2019." Harvard Business School Case 220-001, October 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
  • March 1989 (Revised April 1990)
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Merton Truck Co.

Introduces some of the key concepts in linear programming--problem formulation, relevant costs, shadow prices, and reduced costs. The setting, while artificial, is quite typical: a company manufactures two models of trucks in four manufacturing departments; it must... View Details
Keywords: Production; Decision Making; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Merton Truck Co." Harvard Business School Case 189-163, March 1989. (Revised April 1990.)
  • December 2005 (Revised August 2007)
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NewSchools Venture Fund in 2004: At a Crossroads

By: Stacey M. Childress and Caroline Joan King
Founded as one of the first venture philanthropy organizations in the United States in 1998, NewSchools Venture Fund brought new investors and new ideas to public education reform. By 2004, the organization and its founder were reassessing their model and their role in... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States
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Childress, Stacey M., and Caroline Joan King. "NewSchools Venture Fund in 2004: At a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 806-051, December 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
  • 02 Aug 2022
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6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • October 1997 (Revised March 2000)
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Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)

By: James L. Heskett, Jody H. Gittell and James Slayton
Describes an innovative approach to organizing health care proposed by Oxford CEO Steve Wiggins. Wiggins contends that the primary care physician "gatekeeper" model typically used by health maintenance organizations to control access to and coordinate specialist care... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Management; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Cooperation; Management Teams; Health Industry; United States
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Heskett, James L., Jody H. Gittell, and James Slayton. "Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-042, October 1997. (Revised March 2000.)
  • August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
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Busbud: Building a Data Company

By: Srikant M. Datar, Alistair Croll and Caitlin N. Bowler
The case features the work of LP Maurice (HBS '08) as he decides to take on the fragmented bus travel industry and launch an online business that aggregates and shares bus schedules for routes around the world. His first challenge: finding that the data he needs is... View Details
Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Knowledge Acquisition; Customers; Measurement and Metrics; Transportation Industry
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Datar, Srikant M., Alistair Croll, and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Busbud: Building a Data Company." Harvard Business School Case 118-011, August 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
  • July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
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Pattern Brands

By: Sunil Gupta, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
In March 2020, direct-to-consumer (DTC) company Pattern Brands needed to decide how to allocate resources across its different brands. Pattern Co-Founders Nick Ling and Emmett Shine hoped to avoid the pitfalls faced by some DTC companies—such as inability to scale and... View Details
Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Business Model; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business Strategy; Diversification; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
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Gupta, Sunil, Elie Ofek, and Julia Kelley. "Pattern Brands." Harvard Business School Case 521-009, July 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encouraged challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a business View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Strategy, Governance and Valuation

By: Krishna G. Palepu
Professor Palepu's current research focuses on strategy and governance. In the area of strategy, his recent focus has been on the globalization of emerging markets, particularly India and China, and the resulting opportunities and challenges for western multinationals... View Details
  • August 2018 (Revised July 2020)
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Revenue Recognition at HBP

By: Paul Healy and Siko Sikochi
In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills noted that the performance of Corporate Learning, one of HBP’s three business units, would be... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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Healy, Paul, and Siko Sikochi. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Case 119-029, August 2018. (Revised July 2020.)
  • 02 Apr 2001
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Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

inventing an industry and a business model based on an unproven hypothesis: that major synergies can be achieved by culling resources from existing industries whose boundaries seem to be disappearing. The... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
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