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- March 2010 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally
By: Tarun Khanna and Anjali Raina
This case focuses on the growth dilemmas facing Manish Sabharwal, co-founder, TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd. TeamLease is a human resource outsourcing and temp staffing company located in India, which has grown rapidly from 2002 to 2009. Set in the context of the highly...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Lawfulness;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Power and Influence;
Employment Industry;
India
Khanna, Tarun, and Anjali Raina. "TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally." Harvard Business School Case 710-402, March 2010. (Revised September 2010.)
- October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Supplement
Outotec (B): Action Plan
By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or...
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Keywords:
Value-based Pricing;
Bargaining Power Of Buyers;
Marketing;
Segmentation;
Price;
Policy;
Sales;
Management;
Value Creation;
Mining Industry
Dolan, Robert J., and Doug J. Chung. "Outotec (B): Action Plan." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-065, October 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Outotec (A): Project Capture
By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or...
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Keywords:
Value-based Pricing;
Bargaining Power Of Buyers;
Marketing;
Segmentation;
Price;
Policy;
Sales;
Management;
Value Creation;
Mining Industry
Dolan, Robert J., and Doug J. Chung. "Outotec (A): Project Capture." Harvard Business School Case 514-064, October 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- 2010
- Article
Hiring for Strength, Hiring for Weakness: Evidence of Internal Strategic Fit from the NFL
By: Andrew Hill
Firms may hire senior managers to shore up a weakness or to build on a strength. Using evidence on the hiring of NFL head coaches, this paper finds that teams that hire for strength outperform teams that hire for weakness.
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Hill, Andrew. "Hiring for Strength, Hiring for Weakness: Evidence of Internal Strategic Fit from the NFL." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2010).
- October 2004 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
AT&T 2000-2004
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kerry Herman
Provides an update on CEO Michael Armstrong's "Project Grand Slam" strategy to build the value of AT&T by offering a complete, integrated telecommunications solution to both corporate and residential customers, including wireless and wire line telephone, Internet,...
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Keywords:
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Customers;
Business or Company Management;
Failure;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Networks;
Corporate Strategy;
Internet;
Wireless Technology;
Value Creation;
Telecommunications Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kerry Herman. "AT&T 2000-2004." Harvard Business School Case 705-425, October 2004. (Revised July 2011.)
- May 2023
- Teaching Note
Away: Scaling a DTC Travel Brand
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Jill Avery
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 520-051. Away, a direct-to-consumer, digital native e-commerce seller of travel luggage, is debating how to invest its latest round of venture funding. How quickly could and should Away scale and what were the most promising growth...
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- 2008
- Simulation
Pricing Simulation: Universal Car Rental
This web-based simulation presents an engaging context in which students develop their knowledge of pricing by managing a rental car operation (Universal) in Florida and improve regional performance by developing a pricing strategy. The simulation involves three...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Consumer Behavior;
Price;
Profit;
Renting or Rental;
Auto Industry;
Service Industry;
Miami;
Orlando;
Tampa
- 07 Jul 2011
- What Do You Think?
So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
many things are interconnected, it is harder and harder to explain why things, including success, happen. He asks why success in fact is no insurance against subsequent failure, as all writers about individual companies and their managers...
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by Jim Heskett
- February 2008 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Sandhar Technologies Group, Ltd.
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Jayant Davar, CEO and founder of Sandhar Technologies Group, a privately held auto components maker in India, is trying to decide how best to grow the company. He recently took a $22 million investment from Actis Capital, a major emerging markets private equity firm,...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Competitive Advantage;
Entrepreneurship;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Emerging Markets;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
India
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Sandhar Technologies Group, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 808-011, February 2008. (Revised March 2011.)
- Web
Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship Leverage experiments to validate concepts and refine your business strategy Discover the key financial decisions entrepreneurs must make in the early stages of a startup Understand the process of...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
States from Seoul at age 12 and returns to his home country in his late 20s, MBA in hand, to help underwrite the sovereign bond offering that will save South Korea from financial ruin. It’s a novel of many elements, somehow managing to...
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- August 2016 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
AnswerDash (Abridged)
By: Elie Ofek and Jeffrey D. Shulman
It is 2014 and AnswerDash, a startup backed by venture capital, has not seen the widespread adoption of their online self-service customer support solution that they were expecting based on early success in helping clients save and generate substantial amounts of...
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Keywords:
Pricing;
Economic Value Estimation;
Price Metrics;
Organizational Selling;
Innovation Adoption;
Business To Business;
Marketing;
Customer Lifetime Value;
Venture Capital;
Customer Relationship Management;
Price;
Marketing Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Technology Adoption;
Business Startups;
Sales;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Marketing;
Financial Services Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Jeffrey D. Shulman. "AnswerDash (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 517-020, August 2016. (Revised August 2017.)
- 20 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say
Bhargav Srinivasan (MBA 2019) is a Senior Manager at Bain & Company. If you were to describe your HBS experience in 3 words what would they be? Unforgettable, reflective, and thought-provoking. Was an HBS MBA worth it? It was 100%...
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- August 2016 (Revised June 2018)
- Teaching Note
VMD Medical Imaging Center
By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
VMD Medical Imaging Center addresses a number of issues related to the role of costing systems in organizations and the challenges impacting their design and maintenance as the organization grows and develops over time. This teaching note begins by offering detailed...
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- 18 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
Turnaround & Restructuring Club Conference Recap
LLC; Former CEO of Marvel Entertainment. Mr. Cuneo shared his views of what makes one successful in turnarounds and outlined some of the challenges a manager will face. He mentioned, “The hard part of the turnaround is not the View Details
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
good reputation and simply apologized without creating such a specific document. Flight Plan For The Future Finally, students discuss the longer-term changes they would recommend for JetBlue's operating strategy while analyzing new...
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- 2022
- Working Paper
Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulatory Frictions and Cross-Subsidies
By: Ishita Sen, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva and Sangmin Oh
We study the consequences of state-level price (rate) regulation for U.S. homeowners' insurance, a $15 trillion market that provides households protection against climate losses. Using two distinct identification strategies and novel data on regulatory filings and ZIP...
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Keywords:
Climate Risk;
Homeowners' Insurance;
Price Controls;
Financial Regulation;
Cross-subsidization;
Climate Change;
Household;
Insurance;
Price;
Governance Controls;
Financial Institutions;
United States
Sen, Ishita, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, and Sangmin Oh. "Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-077, June 2024. (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Finance. SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3762235, June 2022)
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Toffel Periodical:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially...
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Martha Lagace
- March 2000
- Case
People's Light and Theatre Company, The
Describes in operational detail the activities involved in creating a collaborative and artistic product. Parallels to companies in dynamic industries emerge from the management philosophies and artistic methods of the case protagonist, Artistic Director Abigail Adams.
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Service Operations;
Business Strategy;
Theater Entertainment;
Fine Arts Industry
Austin, Robert D. "People's Light and Theatre Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 600-055, March 2000.
- August 1980 (Revised August 1985)
- Case
Teradyne, Inc.--1979: Semiconductor Test Division (A)
In 1979, the management of Teradyne's Semiconductor Test Division had to make important decisions regarding the allocation of engineering resources in the face of increased competition. They had to choose between upgrading an existing product and developing a new one.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Resource Allocation;
Product;
Product Development;
Competition;
Semiconductor Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Teradyne, Inc.--1979: Semiconductor Test Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 581-023, August 1980. (Revised August 1985.)