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  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Spin Cycle

Courtesy Cycle For Survival In 2004 at age 33, Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA ’99) was diagnosed with MFH sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer. Through 26 months of chemotherapy and four surgeries, Linn kept up her fitness, mainly through indoor stationary biking, or... View Details
  • October 2024 (Revised November 2024)
  • Supplement

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (B): Breakdown

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
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  • May 2025
  • Supplement

On (B): The Cyclon Spins On

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger, Sascha Mader and Karen Elterman
A follow-up to the On case (723-430), this short case explores how the performance athletic shoe company On expanded its Cyclon subscription and recycling program through 2024, adding two new shoe models to the subscription and a one-time-purchase recyclable T-shirt. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Environmental Sustainability; Marketing Strategy; Product Design; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Sports Industry; China; Europe; Germany; Japan; Switzerland; United States
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  • October 2024
  • Supplement

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (C): Recovery and Progress

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
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  • 07 Sep 2020
  • News

Kominers’s Conundrums: A Puzzle That Spins Until It Sparks

  • 14 Mar 2016
  • News

Spinning a New Yarn at a Family Textile Company

Keywords: Textile Mills; Manufacturing
  • February 2025
  • Case

Dreaming Big: Calm Considers Spinning Off Its Sleep Experience

By: Sara McKinley Torti
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  • September 2004
  • Article

Spin (and Pitch) Doctors: Campaign Strategies in Televised Political Debates

By: Michael I. Norton and George R. Goethals
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  • October 2024
  • Teaching Note

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (B): Breakdown and (C): Recovery and Progress

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 325-054 and 325-055. View Details
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  • May 2024
  • Teaching Note

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (A): Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-113. To activate the first wind turbines in the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard eventually supplying clean energy to 400,000 households, Vineyard Wind’s leaders had to navigate the permitting process, numerous delays, and objections from... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Renewable Energy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard; New Bedford
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  • March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
  • Case

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (A): Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
To activate the first wind turbines in the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard eventually supplying clean energy to 400,000 households, Vineyard Wind’s leaders had to navigate the permitting process, numerous delays, and objections from stakeholders in three communities:... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Joint Ventures; Green Technology; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard; New Bedford; New England
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    Do Analysts Add Value When They Most Can? Evidence from Corporate Spin Offs

    (With Emilie Feldman and Belen Villalonga) This article investigates how securities analysts help investors understand the value of diversification. By studying the research that analysts produce about companies that have announced corporate spin-offs, we gain... View Details

    • July 2023 (Revised November 2023)
    • Supplement

    Equity Restructuring at Dell Technologies: Buy Out, Buy Up, Buy In (B)

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
    Following Dell’s return to the public market in 2018, the company’s stock underperformed. In June 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported that Dell was exploring various options with respect to its majority stake in the virtualization software company VMware. View Details
    Keywords: Recapitalization; Reverse Merger; Spin Off; Public Ownership; Restructuring; Technology Industry; United States
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    • 26 Apr 2021
    • News

    Apple’s Soon-to-Be Rolled Out iOS 14.5 Puts Facebook in a Spin and Mark Zuckerberg Can Do Nothing About It

    • February 2022
    • Case

    Corporate Divestitures and Spinoffs

    By: David J. Collis, Ashley Hartman and Terrence Shu
    Increasingly in the 2010s, corporations turned to divestitures and spinoffs to streamline their operations. Over the course of one week in November 2021, conglomerates General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Toshiba announced plans for separation. The news reflected... View Details
    Keywords: Divestiture; Divestment; Spin Off; Spinoffs; Business Conglomerates; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy
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    • January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
    • Case

    Project Titan at Northrop Grumman

    By: C. Fritz Foley and Kevin Sharer
    In March of 2011, Northrop Grumman divested shipbuilding assets through the spin-off of Huntington Ingalls Industries. This case reviews many of the key questions faced by Northrop's CEO, CFO, and top management team during this process, including questions concerning... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Reorganization; Spin Off; Asset Sales; Managing Portfolios Of Businesses; Managing Change; Diversification; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    • November 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Claritas Genomics

    By: Robert F. Higgins and Matthew G. Preble
    Dr. Patrice Milos is the first CEO of Claritas Genomics (Claritas) and she faces a number of challenges in scaling the young company. Claritas was formed around a lab spun out from Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) which had performed genomic tests for the hospital. Now... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare; Healthcare Startups; Genetic Testing; Genetics Diagnostics; Spinning Out Hospital Services; Spin-out; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; United States
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    • March 2018
    • Teaching Note

    Project Titan at Northrop Grumman

    By: C. Fritz Foley, Lauren G. Pickle, David Lane and F. Katelynn Boland
    Teaching Note for HBS No. 215-001. In March of 2011, Northrop Grumman divested shipbuilding assets through the spin-off of Huntington Ingalls Industries. This case reviews many of the key questions faced by Northrop's CEO, CFO, and top management team during this... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Reorganization; Spin Off; Asset Sales; Managing Portfolios Of Businesses; Managing Change; Diversification; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    • January 2017
    • Case

    SoulCycle

    By: David Collis, Eric Van den Steen and Ashley Hartman
    Co-founders Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler have grown SoulCycle from a business idea in 2006 to a major presence among urban boutique fitness studios in 2015. In March 2015, fitness company Equinox approaches them with an offer to buy them out. Evaluating the offer... View Details
    Keywords: SoulCycle; Flywheel; Spinning; Indoor Cycling; Boutique Fitness; Fitness; Health Clubs; Community Engagement; Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Segmentation; Health Industry; Sports Industry
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    • 14 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

    If you’ve ever been to a spin class, then you know the energy, music, lights, and endorphins can change the way you think about fitness, or at least help you push through the pain. However, for Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019), her first View Details