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  • September 1986 (Revised June 1989)
  • Background Note

Managing Rapid Growth

Describes the issues that entrepreneurs and their firms must deal with in attempting to make the transition from entrepreneurial to professional management. The note suggests that the delegation of responsibility and the implementation of formal controls are two key... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Governance Controls; Growth Management; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure
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Roberts, Michael J. "Managing Rapid Growth." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-054, September 1986. (Revised June 1989.)
  • November 2010
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Magna International, Inc. (B)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Yuhai Xuan
Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the company but has 66% of the votes via a... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Voting; Family Ownership; Cost; Cost vs Benefits; Stock Shares; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Canada
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Luehrman, Timothy A., and Yuhai Xuan. "Magna International, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-045, November 2010.
  • 01 Sep 2015
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Coping With Crucibles

  • February 2019
  • Case

Halliday's OASIS

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller
Wade Watts has won control of the OASIS – a futuristic, immersive virtual reality game world. He must decide on rules, rights, and marketplace design, balancing the founding principles of the OASIS with the platform’s potentially negative externalities. View Details
Keywords: Managing Markets; Corporate Responsibility; Virtual Reality; Digital Platforms; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Media; United States
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Kominers, Scott Duke, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Halliday's OASIS." Harvard Business School Case 819-106, February 2019.
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Conditional Cash Transfers in Brazil

(with Leonardo Bursztyn and Daniel Carvalho)
Conditional Cash Transfer programs are becoming increasingly popular throughout the developing world. Brazil alone spends close to $1Bn every year on such programs. These programs aim to alleviate poverty through two... View Details
  • August 2023 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

DexAI

By: Jo Tango and Christina Wallace
During a challenging fundraising environment, the DexAI founders received two term sheets with nearly identical economic terms but very different legal ones. The entrepreneurs had to navigate: representations and warranties (their personal guarantees that the company's... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital Term Sheet; Term Sheet; Term Sheets; Founders; Legal Aspects Of Business; Seed Financing; Founders' Agreements; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Intellectual Property; Entrepreneurial Finance; Contracts; Business Startups; Agreements and Arrangements
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Tango, Jo, and Christina Wallace. "DexAI." Harvard Business School Case 824-030, August 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
  • September 1983 (Revised July 1998)
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Heather Evans

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Focuses on the efforts of Heather Evans, a second-year MBA student, and her attempts to start her own dress business. Examines the business plan and the process of acquiring control over the financial and human resources necessary to implement the plan. View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Investment; Human Resources; Strategic Planning; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Heather Evans." Harvard Business School Case 384-079, September 1983. (Revised July 1998.)
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Arjun Goyal

Trust Centre for Human Genetics, a new door opened for Arjun. “It was my first exposure to research,” he says. “It fascinated me that the test tube in my hand could hold a new cure or the next new therapy for controlling a disease.”... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care
  • July–August 2023
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Accounting for Carbon Offsets

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston
Markets for carbon trading function poorly, and many traded offsets do not actually perform as promised. Without robust protocols for monitoring offsets and in the absence of proper accounting mechanisms, market-based approaches to reducing atmospheric GHG will be... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Regulation
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Kaplan, Robert S., Karthik Ramanna, and Marc Roston. "Accounting for Carbon Offsets." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 4 (July–August 2023): 126–137.
  • 08 Nov 2019
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Galit Eizman (Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School) (paper joint with Alice Ruichen Wang, Renmin Univ, China), Harvard Kennedy School

  • June 1990 (Revised August 1990)
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Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
Describes a specific opportunity to seek financing from AT&T as part of a proposed technological joint venture. Students must consider the price paid and control rights attached to a large block of shares and outline a negotiating position for each side. View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Price; Governance Controls; Rights; Negotiation; Opportunities; Computer Industry
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 290-052, June 1990. (Revised August 1990.)
  • September 28, 2023
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A Perspective on the Great Reallocation of Global Supply Chains

By: Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor
Previous optimism that cross-border supply chains would improve efficiency for firms and open up growth opportunities for countries has been tempered by concerns that global value chains now expose firms and countries to the risk of disruptions. This column analyses... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Policy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; United States
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Alfaro, Laura, and Davin Chor. "A Perspective on the Great Reallocation of Global Supply Chains." Vox, CEPR Policy Portal (September 28, 2023).
  • 04 Jun 2018
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Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

emerged from bankruptcy. “I did the quick calculation that you could buy and control all the US (gun) capacity for about $2 billion,” he said. His colleague sitting nearby, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, chimed in.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation
  • June 1986 (Revised July 1990)
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OTISLINE (A)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Donna B. Stoddard
Describes the company's use of information technology to strengthen its position in the elevator sales and service market. Also demonstrates how information technology can be used to better manage and control a large geographically dispersed service organization. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Sales; Marketing; Rank and Position; Salesforce Management; Service Operations; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Global Range; Accounting; Business Ventures; Industry Growth
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Donna B. Stoddard. "OTISLINE (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-304, June 1986. (Revised July 1990.)
  • February 2002
  • Case

Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck
Discusses the largest electric distribution company in Chile and one of the five largest private Chilean companies. Introduces the exercise of operating control in order to improve the profitability of the investments, privatization, and international expansions. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Growth and Development Strategy; Privatization; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Global Strategy; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry; Chile
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Di Tella, Rafael M., and Alexander Dyck. "Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra." Harvard Business School Case 702-025, February 2002.
  • April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
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BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin and Aldo Sesia
By the end of 2015, BlackRock had succeeded beyond any of the early dreams of its founders. The firm remained the world’s largest asset manager, with more than $4.6 trillion under management, and other financial services companies used BlackRock’s Aladdin platform to... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-487, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
  • September 2018
  • Supplement

Advent International: Kroton Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina, Priscilla Zogbi and Ruth Kostas
Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; IPO; Valuation; Education; Distance Learning; Turnaround; Growth; Exit; PE; Buyer; Middle-class; Low Income; K-12; Entrepreneur; Family Business; University; College; Consolidation; Fragmentation; Penetration; Value; Shares; Control; Negotiation; Equity; Transaction; Board; Majority; Minority; Post-secondary; Leverage; Campus; Deal; Shareholder; Tag Along
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Ivashina, Victoria, Priscilla Zogbi, and Ruth Kostas. "Advent International: Kroton Investment." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 219-725, September 2018.
  • 2014
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Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance?

By: Christopher Marquis and Cuili Qian
This study focuses on how and why firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Theory; Political Strategy; Non-market Strategy; China; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Emerging Markets; Government and Politics; China
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Marquis, Christopher, and Cuili Qian. "Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance?" Organization Science 25, no. 1 (January–February 2014): 127–148.
  • 2014
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The Psycho-Social Benefits of Access to Contraception: Experimental Evidence from Zambia

By: Nava Ashraf, Marric Buessing, Erica Field and Jessica Leight
In a field experiment in Lusaka, Zambia, married couples in the catchment area of a family planning clinic were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (N=503) or a control group (N=768). Those in the treatment group received vouchers guaranteeing free and... View Details
Keywords: Contraceptive Access; Mental Health; Zambia
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Ashraf, Nava, Marric Buessing, Erica Field, and Jessica Leight. "The Psycho-Social Benefits of Access to Contraception: Experimental Evidence from Zambia." Working Paper, August 2014. (Under review.)
  • 25 Jul 2010
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