Publications

June 2007 (Revised December 2008)
Case

Marie Trellu-Kane at Unis-Cite

By: Michel Anteby, Julie Battilana and Anne-Claire Pache

Marie Trellu-Kane is trying to decide how Unis-Cite should respond to French President Jacques Chirac's announcement in 2005 of a new national voluntary civil service program. Since 1994, Trellu-Kane and her co-founders had been creating and overseeing a civil service... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Paris

January 2002 (Revised November 2002)
Teaching Note

Le Petit Chef TN

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Sandra J. Sucher

Teaching Note for (9-602-080). View Details

Keywords: Paris

December 2011 (Revised January 2016)
Case

On Two Wheels in Paris: The Vélib' Bicycle-Sharing Program

By: Peter A. Coles, Elena Corsi and Vincent Dessain

Keywords: Bicycle Transportation; Bicycle Industry; Paris

01 Jun 2004
News

Hot Tip

business information in countries across the continent. Nkontchou (pronounced en-CON-choo) was born in Cameroon and moved to Paris with his diplomat parents when he was 13. Of his decision to earn an MBA from HBS, he told USA Today... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

May 2020
Teaching Note

Danone: Changing the Food System

By: David E. Bell, Federica Gabrieli, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Amy Klopfenstein and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note for HBS No. 520-053.
This is a teaching note for the case “Danone: Changing the Food System?” The case examines the efforts of one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies to resolve the social, environmental, and economic issues within... View Details

Keywords: Food; Goods and Commodities; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; France; Paris

October 2024 (Revised November 2024)
Case

SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea

By: Vikram S Gandhi and David Allen

In August 2023, SWEN Blue Ocean, a €170 million impact fund that invested in startups contributing to ocean sustainability, faced a critical investment decision. Part of SWEN Capital Partners, an €8 billion, Paris-based private equity fund, Blue Ocean was co-founded in... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Science-Based Business; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry; France; Paris; Italy

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

we adapt to this new context? What should we do differently? How can we turn those constraints into a competitive advantage?” Alumni from all over Europe converged in Paris for the HBS European Alumni Summit. HBS Professor Gunnar Trumbull... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Portrait Project

Sue Yang

Before my first visit back to Shanghai, before we moved to Detroit, before I discovered New York City, before I ever dreamed of Paris or heard of Dubai, I fell in love with Toledo, Ohio. At five, that was my first and only conception of a... View Details

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?America has withdrawn from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. Should business leaders care? Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

01 Jun 2018
News

Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

WeMaintain celebrating at Le Hub in Paris with judges, club officers, and guests after winning the Europe regional HBS New Venture Competition Alumni Track in March. 3 Roy Willis, Ted Lewis, and Lillian Lincoln Lambert (all MBA... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Events Around the World

1 PARIS: Eddy Pirard (MBA 1991), Philippe Sereys de Rothschild (MBA 1991), Paula Zazadze Arrigo (MBA 1990), and Gregory Salinger (MBA 1991) at the Campaign’s Paris Regional Event at the Pavillon Gabriel in May 2015. 2 MEXICO CITY: Vera... View Details

Web

Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

in Paris in 1925 showcased Art Deco styles in contemporary design; the following year the Metropolitan Museum of Art sponsored a traveling show of pieces it had included in the Paris exposition. Bonnie... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective

description of the euphoric moment in Paris on December 12, 2015, when delegates from around the world jumped from their seats, “crying, clapping, screaming” in celebration of their collective agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions... View Details

Profile

Patrick Akl

impression on me.” Yet one aspect of the trauma, the family’s one-year flight to Paris in 1989-90, also inspired more positive resolutions. “It made me want to explore the world,” says Patrick. “I also wanted the flexibility to be able to... View Details

14 Nov 2015
News

A Message to HBS Alumni in France

The following message was sent earlier today to HBS alumni in France, following the tragic events of November 13. Dear HBS Alumni and Friends, The unfolding events in Paris have shocked and saddened the world. On behalf of the Harvard... View Details

February 2017
Supplement

JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated by Clear Channel from the number-one spot that it had held for decades, and it was fighting for second place... View Details

Keywords: JCDecaux; Clear Channel Outdoor; OUTFRONT Media; Lamar Advertising Company; Jean-François Decaux; Jean-Charles Decaux; Outdoor Advertising; Street Furniture; Airports; Billboards; Bicycles; Digital Devices; Digital Marketing; Bidding; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Design; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Business History; Human Resources; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Operations; Distribution; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product; Product Design; Production; Organizational Structure; Property; Public Ownership; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Sales; Situation or Environment; Luxury; Strategy; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Air Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Advertising Industry; France; Paris