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  • 13 Jan 2020
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Making Impact Investing Work

  • January 2003 (Revised February 2003)
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Office Depot, Inc.: Business Transformation (A)

By: James L. Heskett, Dan Maher, Daniel F. OBrien, Thomas Watson and Jeffrey F. Rayport
The company's management is considering the possibility of launching a rebranding campaign around the promises "What you need. What you need to know." The questions are whether and when to launch the campaign in view of the large number of training efforts and... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Advertising Campaigns; Brands and Branding; Business Strategy; Technology Adoption; Transformation; Market Timing; Growth and Development; Training; Retail Industry
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Heskett, James L., Dan Maher, Daniel F. OBrien, Thomas Watson, and Jeffrey F. Rayport. "Office Depot, Inc.: Business Transformation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-111, January 2003. (Revised February 2003.)
  • 29 Jan 2015
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The Fall of Greece

  • 05 May 2022
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Capture New Value from Your Existing Tech Infrastructure

  • July 2010
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Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a New Weight Loss Drug

By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals (CSP) expects final approval for its revolutionary weight loss drug, Metabical. Metabical will be the only weight loss drug with FDA approval that is also clinically proven to be effective for moderately overweight people. Barbara... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Communications; Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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Quelch, John A., and Heather Beckham. "Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a New Weight Loss Drug." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-240, July 2010.
  • 2023
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Judging Foreign Startups

By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Rembrand Koning and Tarun Khanna
Can accelerators pick the most promising startup ideas no matter their provenance? Using unique data from a global accelerator where judges are randomly assigned to evaluate startups headquartered across the globe, we show that judges are less likely to recommend... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship And Strategy; Entrepreneurial Financing; Innovation; Bias; International; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Decision Making
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Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Rembrand Koning, and Tarun Khanna. "Judging Foreign Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-097, March 2021. (Revised January 2023. Accepted at the Strategic Management Journal.)

    The Flattened Firm--Not as Advertised

    For decades, management consultants and the popular business press have urged large firms to flatten their hierarchies. Flattening (or delayering, as it is also known) typically refers to the elimination of layers in a... View Details

    • April 2004
    • Case

    Case Vignette: The Salesman Saga

    By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
    A venture capitalist faces a situation in which a struggling portfolio company has found a promising vice president of sales through a recruitment agency. The candidate would be an excellent fit for another one of the investor's companies--one that is doing much... View Details
    Keywords: Salesforce Management; Corporate Governance; Venture Capital; Ethics; Recruitment
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    Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Case Vignette: The Salesman Saga." Harvard Business School Case 804-175, April 2004.
    • 27 Feb 2025
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    AI, power, and society: Leading scholars on technology's future impact

    • 2019
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    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

    By: Shoshana Zuboff
    In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Profiling; Consumer Behavior; Forecasting and Prediction; Information Technology; Power and Influence; Ethics; Society; Transformation
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    Zuboff, Shoshana. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.
    • February 2020 (Revised February 2022)
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    Sustainable Product Management at Solvay

    By: George Serafeim, Vincent Dessain and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
    In November 2019, Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay, a Belgian specialty chemicals and advanced materials group, with annual revenues of more than €10 billion in 2018, announced the group’s mid-term strategy, eight months after she took the helm as Solvay’s 11th CEO. The case... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Sustainability Management; Sustainable Development; Management Accounting; Innovation; Carbon Emissions; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainability Targets; Target-setting; Product; Management; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Chemical Industry; Europe; Belgium
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    Serafeim, George, Vincent Dessain, and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. "Sustainable Product Management at Solvay." Harvard Business School Case 120-081, February 2020. (Revised February 2022.)
    • 07 Jun 2020
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    Standing and acting together for racial justice

    • 08 Nov 2019
    • Blog Post

    Erin Kaivan (MBA 2020) Talks Motherhood and the Military

    When Erin Kaivan was in the fifth grade, she made three outspoken promises to the world: that she would become an actress, she would reach six feet in height, and that she would go to Harvard. Of the three predictions, one came close to... View Details
    • November 2013 (Revised November 2014)
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    Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital

    By: Robert S. Huckman and Nikolaos Trichakis

    The case explores the challenges facing Massachusetts General Hospital concerning the adoption of a new infection control policy, which promises to improve operational performance, patient safety, and profitability. The new policy requires coordination between... View Details

    Keywords: Safety; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Health Industry; Boston
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    Huckman, Robert S., and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 614-044, November 2013. (Revised November 2014.)
    • February 2022
    • Case

    US Foods: Driving Post-Pandemic Success?

    By: David E. Bell, Olivia Hull and Amy Klopfenstein
    In November 2021, US Foods CEO Pietro Satriano must decide his company’s trajectory following the COVID-19 pandemic. US Foods suffered due to business closures and social distancing during the height of the pandemic. While the situation improved following the return of... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Agribusiness; Food; Goods and Commodities; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Wages; Working Conditions; Operations; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Diversification; Product Design; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain Management; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Transportation; Truck Transportation; Transportation Networks; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
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    Bell, David E., Olivia Hull, and Amy Klopfenstein. "US Foods: Driving Post-Pandemic Success?" Harvard Business School Case 522-023, February 2022.
    • 21 Feb 2014
    • Blog Post

    Cautious Optimism: A Recap of the Harvard India Conference

    India has for long promised to be the next breakout nation after China, but has it actually delivered? What are the reasons that preventing the country from reaching its potential and how should it move forward? These and many other... View Details
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    By: Rembrand M. Koning
    Rembrand Koning is the Mary V. and Mark A. Stevens Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research examines matching and selection frictions in firm growth and strategy, with an aim to help entrepreneurs and... View Details
    • April 2002 (Revised July 2002)
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    Imagicast

    By: John T. Gourville and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
    Imagicast has brought to market an interactive, multimedia retail kiosk designed to increase product sales. In spite of promising projections by industry analysts and detailed demand forecasts by Imagicast management, the company has yet to sell a single kiosk. Time... View Details
    Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Sales; Technology; Retail Industry; United States
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    Gourville, John T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Imagicast." Harvard Business School Case 502-052, April 2002. (Revised July 2002.)
    • December 2023
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    Francis Ngannou

    By: Anita Elberse
    In May 2023, professional fighter Francis Ngannou is facing a choice: re-sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s premier mixed-martial-arts (MMA) organization, or opt for a contract with the Professional Fighters League (PFL), a growing but... View Details
    Keywords: Contracts; Compensation and Benefits; Sports; Decision Choices and Conditions
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    Elberse, Anita. "Francis Ngannou." Harvard Business School Case 524-050, December 2023.
    • 23 Jan 2020
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    Why flexible working is a nasty lie

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