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      • July 2025
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      Osteoboost: Go-To-Market Strategy in a Healthcare Startup

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Ben Creo, Jacob M. Cook and Rachel Lev-Corn
      Osteoboost focuses on how a health care Medtech startup with a new device for treating osteopenia. The firm decides among alternative go-to-market strategies, including B2B (the firm to healthcare providers), DTC (directly to consumers), or some combination of the two... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Innovation Strategy; Financial Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., Ben Creo, Jacob M. Cook, and Rachel Lev-Corn. "Osteoboost: Go-To-Market Strategy in a Healthcare Startup." Harvard Business School Case 326-031, July 2025.
      • July 2025
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      ICARE: Frontline Leadership at Michelin

      By: Hubert Joly and Emilie Billaud
      In 2025, Michelin CEO Florent Menegaux reflected on the company’s transformation since taking the helm in 2019. Amid a volatile global landscape marked by inflation, rising competition, and geopolitical and sustainability pressures, Michelin had achieved strong... View Details
      Keywords: Human Capital; Transformation; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Competency and Skills; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Retention; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Groups and Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Well-being; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Europe; China; United States
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      Joly, Hubert, and Emilie Billaud. "ICARE: Frontline Leadership at Michelin." Harvard Business School Case 326-024, July 2025.
      • June 2025
      • Case

      Transforming a Titan (A)

      By: George Serafeim and Lena Duchene
      Dimitri Papalexopoulos, fourth-generation CEO of TITAN Cement, must decide whether to keep leading the 120-year-old, family-controlled firm or hand the reins to new management. Over 26 years he has turned TITAN from a domestic player into an internationally diversified... View Details
      Keywords: Digitalization; Digital; Family Firms; Succession Planning; CEO Succession; CEO Role; Decarbonization; Resilience; Innovation; Organizational Transformations; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Family Business; Family Ownership; Climate Change; Transformation; Crisis Management; Leadership; Management Succession; Growth Management; Industrial Products Industry; Construction Industry; Greece; Europe; United States
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      Serafeim, George, and Lena Duchene. "Transforming a Titan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 125-121, June 2025.
      • June 2025
      • Supplement

      Transforming a Titan (B)

      By: George Serafeim and Lena Duchene
      After a global search the board appoints Marcel Cobuz—ex-LafargeHolcim executive with deep innovation experience—as TITAN’s first non-family CEO. Cobuz co-creates a four-pillar roadmap: sharpen the core cement portfolio, accelerate low-carbon products and aggregates,... View Details
      Keywords: CEO Succession; CEO Role; Family Business; AI and Machine Learning; Green Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Selection and Staffing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy
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      Serafeim, George, and Lena Duchene. "Transforming a Titan (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 125-122, June 2025.
      • 2025
      • Working Paper

      The Political Economy of Firm Networks: CEO Ideology and Global Trade

      By: Elisabeth Kempf, Mancy Luo and Margarita Tsoutsoura
      We examine how the political ideology of corporate leaders shapes cross-border firm networks. Exploiting changes in ideological alignment between U.S. firm CEOs and foreign governments around close foreign elections, we show that U.S. firms are more likely to... View Details
      Keywords: Global Trade; Firm Networks; Political Ideology; Elections; Political Economy; Political Elections; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Trade
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      Kempf, Elisabeth, Mancy Luo, and Margarita Tsoutsoura. "The Political Economy of Firm Networks: CEO Ideology and Global Trade." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-050, April 2025.
      • April 2025
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      #FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care

      By: David J. Collis, Benjamin C. Esty and Haisley Wert
      In February 2024, Fresenius CEO Michael Sen reflected on the company’s transformation journey from his office in Bad Homburg, Germany. With revenues of €22 billion and a mission to advance patient care, Fresenius had built a strong reputation through decades of... View Details
      Keywords: Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Finance; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Health Industry; Germany; United States
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      Collis, David J., Benjamin C. Esty, and Haisley Wert. "#FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 725-361, April 2025.
      • March 2025
      • Case

      Stagwell: AI and the Future of Marketing

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Radhika Kak
      In early 2025, Mark Penn, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Stagwell, a global marketing company with a network of over 70+ agencies that served over 4000 blue-chip customers across 40 countries, was looking at ways that marketers should navigate the disruption emanating... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Innovation Strategy; Change Management; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Transformation; Technology Adoption; Marketing Strategy; Service Delivery; Creativity; Business Model; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Radhika Kak. "Stagwell: AI and the Future of Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 125-089, March 2025.
      • March 2025
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      Metaphysic AI: Rethinking the Value of Human Expertise

      By: Zoë B. Cullen, Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      In early 2025, Thomas Graham, CEO of Metaphysic, a leading AI generative video company confronted fundamental questions about who should control digital identity in a world where AI could perfectly recreate human likeness. Founded in 2021, Metaphysic first rose to fame... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Ethics; AI and Machine Learning; Intellectual Property; Rights; Negotiation; Value; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Technology Industry
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      Cullen, Zoë B., Shikhar Ghosh, and Shweta Bagai. "Metaphysic AI: Rethinking the Value of Human Expertise." Harvard Business School Case 825-146, March 2025.
      • March 2025 (Revised March 2025)
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      Good for the Seller, Good for the Buyer and Good for Society: Sampo-yoshi, Sustainability and Trust at ITOCHU

      By: Sandra J. Sucher and Bethelehem Y Araya
      In 2024, ITOCHU CEO Masahiro Okafuji was at a crossroads. As the thirteenth CEO since ITOCHU’s founding in 1858, he had fueled the company’s growth since 2011 by bringing ITOCHU’s founding philosophy of Sampo-yoshi (good for the seller, good for the buyer and... View Details
      Keywords: Sustainability; Trust; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Japan
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      Sucher, Sandra J., and Bethelehem Y Araya. "Good for the Seller, Good for the Buyer and Good for Society: Sampo-yoshi, Sustainability and Trust at ITOCHU." Harvard Business School Case 325-053, March 2025. (Revised March 2025.)
      • September 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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      Aramco: Navigating the Energy Transition

      By: Tarun Khanna and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy
      In March 2024, Amin Nasser, president, and CEO of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), had just delivered a speech about the future of energy at a global energy conference. The world was behind schedule in meeting long-term climate change goals. The global shift... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Transmission; Oil & Gas; Economic Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Leadership; Business Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Transition; Environmental Sustainability; Diversification; Energy Industry; Saudi Arabia
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy. "Aramco: Navigating the Energy Transition." Harvard Business School Case 725-358, September 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
      • July 19, 2024
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      The CEO’s Journey Is a 3-Act Play: Planning for the Distinct Phases of Your Tenure Increases Your Odds of Success.

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Instead of treating a leadership role as an unending sprint, CEOs should approach their tenure as a series of three phases. Act one requires a leader to establish legitimacy, build a top team, and begin to communicate and implement a change agenda. Act two requires... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Business or Company Management; Leadership
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      Nohria, Nitin. "The CEO’s Journey Is a 3-Act Play: Planning for the Distinct Phases of Your Tenure Increases Your Odds of Success." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 19, 2024).
      • July 2024
      • Case

      Board Director Dilemmas: Strategic Leadership

      By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
      Professor John Michaels, a distinguished scholar of corporate strategy, has served on the Board of OmniCo, a diversified industrial giant, for four years. Three months ago, the Board appointed a new CEO, Andrew Bennett, to lead growth, develop a more cooperative... View Details
      Keywords: Board; Board Dynamics; Strategic Leadership; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Management Succession
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      Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Board Director Dilemmas: Strategic Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 425-013, July 2024.
      • March 2024
      • Case

      Negotiating the Gift of Life (A)

      By: Alex Chan
      Describes a negotiation where lives are truly at stake, where key lessons on persuasion and the role that identity might play in a negotiation are on display through an effort by a frontline negotiator from OneLegacy, the US's largest organ procurement organization. As... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Negotiation; Communication; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Health Industry
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      Chan, Alex. "Negotiating the Gift of Life (A)." Harvard Business School Case 924-020, March 2024.
      • March 2024
      • Supplement

      Negotiating the Gift of Life (B)

      By: Alex Chan
      Describes a negotiation where lives are truly at stake, where key lessons on persuasion and the role that identity might play in a negotiation are on display through an effort by a frontline negotiator from OneLegacy, the US's largest organ procurement organization. As... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Negotiation; Communication; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry
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      Chan, Alex. "Negotiating the Gift of Life (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 924-021, March 2024.
      • March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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      WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

      By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
      In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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      Gulati, Ranjay, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health." Harvard Business School Case 424-029, March 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
      • February 2024
      • Case

      Innovation Strategy at Stanley Black & Decker: Setting the Direction for Growth

      By: David L. Ager and Antonio Manuel Oftelie
      On July 1, 2022, Don Allan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Black & Decker (SBD). Although Allan had been with the firm for 23 years, most recently serving as President and Chief Financial Officer, he recognized that he was stepping into his new role as... View Details
      Keywords: Health Pandemics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Growth Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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      Ager, David L., and Antonio Manuel Oftelie. "Innovation Strategy at Stanley Black & Decker: Setting the Direction for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 924-301, February 2024.
      • January 2024
      • Supplement

      Winning Business at Russell Reynolds

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
      In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
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      Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-704, January 2024.
      • December 2023
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      Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia

      By: Jorge Tamayo, Raffaella Sadun and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
      Set in 2022, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda— a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate—and the bank’s upskilling and reskilling... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
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      Tamayo, Jorge, Raffaella Sadun, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 724-425, December 2023.
      • September 13, 2023
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      The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Chief executives are responsible for guiding corporations, so the role inevitably requires making many decisions. But people overestimate the level of personal involvement CEOs have in this process. Instead of making decisions, CEOs tend to shape decisions, by... View Details
      Keywords: Problem Solving; Delegation; Leadership Style; Decision Making; Time Management; Power and Influence
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      Nohria, Nitin. "The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 13, 2023).
      • September 2023 (Revised July 2024)
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      Going Mobile-First? The Digital Transformation of Davivienda Bank in Colombia

      By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
      Set in 2017, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda—a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate. The case also describes the pioneer role... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
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      Tamayo, Jorge, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Going Mobile-First? The Digital Transformation of Davivienda Bank in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 724-389, September 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
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