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Anna Holmes
The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership
The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present. A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day... View Details
- April 1988
- Supplement
Holmes Manufacturing Co. (C)
Fulmer, William E. "Holmes Manufacturing Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 688-070, April 1988.
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
How to be Sherlock Holmes in the boardroom
- 12 May 2016
- Video
2016 G&WS: Anna Holmes Presents “The Problem with Diversity”
- February 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Theranos: The Unicorn That Wasn't
By: Joseph B. Fuller and John Masko
In 2003, 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes founded a startup dedicated to making blood testing easier and more affordable. By 2015, her company, Theranos, was worth $9 billion. It boasted a star-studded board and contracts with national pharmacy and supermarket chains... View Details
Keywords: Theranos; Blood; Lab Testing; Fraud; Holmes; Balwani; Shultz; Carreyrou; Securities And Exchange Commission; Food And Drug Administration; FDA; SEC; Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Fuller, Joseph B., and John Masko. "Theranos: The Unicorn That Wasn't." Harvard Business School Case 319-068, February 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 20 Feb 2020
- News
WeWork: How the ultimate unicorn lost its billions
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and David Kiron
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) faces a serious loss of knowledge--both because of the "faster, better, cheaper" mandate for Mars missions and from the retirement of key personnel. An extensive knowledge management system for NASA/JPL includes formal knowledge-capture... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership Development; Internet and the Web; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Culture; Retirement; Human Resources; Human Capital
Leonard, Dorothy A., and David Kiron. "Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)." Harvard Business School Case 603-062, September 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- 14 Apr 2016
- News
Theranos under fire
- February 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier and Anna Resman
This case covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2004 to revolutionize the blood testing industry by creating a device that could provide from a small finger prick the same results and accuracy as intravenous blood draws. As... View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation
Hsieh, Nien-hê, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier, and Anna Resman. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-039, February 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- July 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Berkshire Partners: Purchase of Rival Company (A)
Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, was pleased with their recent investment in the Holmes Group, a home comfort consumer electronics company. The portfolio company was exceeding key financial targets and Berkshire Partners was confident that it would... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Capital Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Boston
El-Hage, Nabil N., Andre Baillargeon, and Stephen Parks. "Berkshire Partners: Purchase of Rival Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 208-023, July 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- 14 Sep 2021
- News
Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
- October 2020
- Case
John Branca: Negotiating the Beatles' Northern Songs Catalog (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
In 1985, pop music superstar Michael Jackson instructed his attorney, John Branca, to make a bid for the Northern Songs music catalog, which contained the songs of the Beatles. In a challenging negotiation with Australian media baron Robert Holmes à Court, Branca... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Strategy; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Sebenius, James K., and Alex Green. "John Branca: Negotiating the Beatles' Northern Songs Catalog (A)." Harvard Business School Case 921-009, October 2020.
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
Franklin did $72,000 in sales. Five years into Walton's tenure, it did a quarter of a million. At a rental fee of 5 percent of sales, that meant the difference between $3,600 and $12,500 or $8,900 for Mr. Holmes. $8,900 in 1945 is, inflation adjusted, over $85,000 in... View Details
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doresanya@mba2025.hbs.edu Amanda Rothamel arothamel@mba2025.hbs.edu Website http://https://www.africa-hbsclub.com Club Email afbc@studentclubs.hbs.edu African American Student Union Co-Presidents Spencer Copeland scopeland@mba2025.hbs.edu Kadija Yilla... View Details
- 16 Nov 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Boston
managing director, Excel Venture Management; Keon Holmes (MBA 2005), managing director, Cambridge Associates; and Christine Parker (AMP 199, 2021), founder and managing director, Crossroads Advisory Partners. The program was followed by a... View Details