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- September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Tesla's Uncertain Fate as EV Race Accelerates
By: David Collis and Haisley Wert
By September 2021, Tesla had a staggering market cap of $755 billion. As the leader of the automobile industry, Tesla’s worth surpassed that of the six largest runner-ups combined, including Toyota, Volkswagen, BYD, Daimler, Great Wall Motors, and General Motors. As...
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Keywords:
Electric Vehicles;
Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Valuation;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation;
Auto Industry
Collis, David, and Haisley Wert. "Tesla's Uncertain Fate as EV Race Accelerates." Harvard Business School Case 722-368, September 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- March 2006 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
The Speedway That Won't Slow Down
Dick Berggren, well-known FOXTV announcer for NASCAR races and executive editor of Speedway Illustrated magazine, considers how to grow the business he founded and balance his time, energy, and commitments to his wife. Explores the explosive growth of media businesses...
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Keywords:
Work-Life Balance;
Business Plan;
Media;
Sports;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Nash, Laura L., and Reed Martin. "The Speedway That Won't Slow Down." Harvard Business School Case 806-124, March 2006. (Revised June 2006.)
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
HBS Prof: Case Studies Need Diversity — Now
- January 2012
- Case
Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market
By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
As a joint-stock insurance company in China, with both state-owned enterprises and foreign firms as investors, Taikang Insurance was becoming a force in the industry. It not only competed with well-entrenched state-owned rivals, but it was also seen as an...
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Kirby, William C., and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market." Harvard Business School Case 312-109, January 2012.
- March 2007 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success
By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
When Jim Weddle took over as Managing Partner of Edward Jones in January 2006, the brokerage firm was at a critical juncture. The firm's distinctive strategy had enabled it to grow from its roots in small-town America to become the 4th largest broker in the U.S. Weddle...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance;
Competitive Advantage;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Collis, David J., and Troy Smith. "Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success." Harvard Business School Case 707-497, March 2007. (Revised March 2012.)
- April 2018 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)
By: Feng Zhu and Shirley Sun
JD, China’s second largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise volume (GMV) after Alibaba, had expanded rapidly from 2012 to 2016. When the company celebrated its 13th birthday in 2017, Richard Liu, its founder, deliberated on the company’s growth strategies. The...
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Zhu, Feng, and Shirley Sun. "JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-051, April 2018. (Revised November 2019.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Future of Executive Development: The CLO's Compass and The Executive Programs Designer's Guide
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
Executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication—while the demand for managerial skills is growing. The forces of disintermediation, disaggregation, and decoupling are creating...
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Keywords:
Digitalization;
Executive Education;
Disruption;
Leadership Development;
Management Skills;
Curriculum and Courses;
Internet and the Web;
Design
Moldoveanu, Mihnea, and Das Narayandas. "The Future of Executive Development: The CLO's Compass and The Executive Programs Designer's Guide." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-060, November 2019.
- Fall 2016
- Article
Global Talent Flows
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Human Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Global Range;
Competency and Skills;
Immigration
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden, and Christopher Parsons. "Global Talent Flows." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 4 (Fall 2016): 83–106.
- January 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Background Note
News in the Digital World: Who Pays?
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Models to monetizing news in the digital landscape, which is real-time, searchable, sharable, multi-sourced, anytime, and any screen, were emerging in 2010. Could content creators get people to pay for what they watched, read, listened to, and shared online? Were news...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Newspapers;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Online Technology;
Journalism and News Industry;
Publishing Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Nancy Bartlett. "News in the Digital World: Who Pays?" Harvard Business School Background Note 710-456, January 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- May 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Creating Meaning for the Customer: The Case of GMACI
Excellence in exploiting customer information and leveraging its affiliation to the GM group are among the strategic options that GMAC Insurance CEO Gary Kusumi is considering. GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Insurance Industry
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Nathan Mangum, and Joshua Bellin. "Creating Meaning for the Customer: The Case of GMACI." Harvard Business School Case 106-073, May 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- 2018
- Book
Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Susse Georg
The fields of corporate environmentalism, green business and corporate sustainability have grown significantly over the past twenty-five years, such that the academic research domains of business decision-making, accounting, organizational behaviour, and the protection...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Environmental Regulation;
Research
Hoffman, Andrew J., and Susse Georg. Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview. Routledge, 2018.
- August 5, 2016
- Article
A Definitive Guide to the Brexit Negotiations
By: Deepak Malhotra
In this article I offer an analysis of the negotiation landscape facing UK and EU negotiators, along with advice on how they might navigate the "Brexit" process more effectively. For the record, I have not (at the time of this writing) been asked by either side to...
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Malhotra, Deepak. "A Definitive Guide to the Brexit Negotiations." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 5, 2016).
- November 2016
- Supplement
Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone (B)
By: William C. Kirby, Yuanzhuo Wang, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost
Starting in 2014, for two years Uber had fought an intense, costly battle for China’s ridesharing market with well-financed and well-connected domestic Chinese competitors. During this time, Uber also had to respond to an ever-shifting regulatory landscape that looked...
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Keywords:
China;
Uber;
Didi Chuxing;
Start-up Growth;
Regulation;
Ride-sharing;
Transportation;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Transportation Industry;
Technology Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., Yuanzhuo Wang, Shuang L. Frost, and Adam K. Frost. "Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-064, November 2016.
- June 2008
- Case
From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
Wang Xing, the founder of Hainei.com, one of the fastest growing social networking service (SNS) providers in China, was preparing to raise funds from venture capitalists. Since late 2003, Wang had established several Internet startups in China. Xiaonei.com, which he...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competition;
Internet;
China
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China." Harvard Business School Case 808-164, June 2008.
- January 2024
- Case
Colbún and Chile’s Energy Transition
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In May 2023, Colbún, Chile’s second-largest electricity generator, plans capacity expansions using renewable energy and storage. This strategy supports Chile’s commitment to carbon neutrality (also known as net zero emissions) by 2050. The case delves into the...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Climate Change;
Investment;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Infrastructure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Expansion;
Business Strategy;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Chile
Reinhardt, Forest, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Colbún and Chile's Energy Transition." Harvard Business School Case 724-026, January 2024.
- November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Technical Note
Customer Data Privacy
By: Eva Ascarza and Ta-Wei Huang
This note provides an overview of the evolving landscape of customer data privacy in 2023. It highlights two pivotal aspects that make privacy a central concern for businesses: building and maintaining customer trust and navigating the intricate regulatory...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Reputation;
Trust;
Information Management;
Retail Industry;
Technology Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Europe;
United States
Ascarza, Eva, and Ta-Wei Huang. "Customer Data Privacy." Harvard Business School Technical Note 524-005, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
actions that are aligned with producing them. Fundamentally, that is the focus of our work in the Social Enterprise Initiative. Board and executive leaders today are confronted by a confusing landscape of conflicting demands, rapidly...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 2016
- Working Paper
Global Talent Flows
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we...
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Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden, and Christopher Parsons. "Global Talent Flows." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-026, October 2016.
- September 2016
- Supplement
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
The (B) case documents the development of a strategy to achieve system-level impact in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape for a nonprofit focused on addressing patients' basic social needs through healthcare institutions. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed...
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Keywords:
Scaling Social Impact;
Scaling Social Enterprise;
Health Care Delivery;
Health Care Outcomes;
Nonprofit Scaling;
Nonprofit;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sarah Appleby. "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 517-023, September 2016.
- 27 Feb 2018
- HBS Seminar