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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
- November 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Rent the Runway
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Laura Winig
Two months after a successful launch in November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round...
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Keywords:
Lean Startup;
Electronic Commerce;
Fashion;
Expansion;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
E-commerce;
Fashion Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Laura Winig. "Rent the Runway." Harvard Business School Case 812-077, November 2011. (Revised December 2012.)
- 2015
- Book
What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms
Based on decades of collective field experiences, the authors present anecdotal evidence in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great service leaders know that (1) leading a breakthrough service is different, and they take steps to ensure...
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Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger. What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015.
- March 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Linden Lab: Opening Second Life
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
In early 2008, managers in Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions about the company's strategy. Despite profound initial skepticism about demand for a user-generated virtual world that was not a traditional game, Second Life had achieved...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Open Source Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Software
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Linden Lab: Opening Second Life." Harvard Business School Case 808-114, March 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- Web
Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and governance and impact screen), including over 25% of all professionally managed assets. This approach is growing, for example, in 2018, Larry Fink, CEO of the world’s largest asset management firm, Black...
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- Web
Propose an Independent Project - MBA
projects. Each sponsoring organization will need to designate a senior manager to serve as the student team’s liaison. This person is expected to provide access to managers and information relevant to the...
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- November 2006
- Case
Tickle
By: William A. Sahlman and Dan Heath
Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of a rapidly growing online psychological testing and social networking company. They can either sell the company to a large public company, raise another round of capital from a preeminent venture capital...
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- 16 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn (MBA 1981), was changing the institution. “I was blown away,”...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit / Government
- August 1986 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Hanson Ski Products
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
At the end of the budget cycle, the manager must test whether plans are feasible given financing arrangements and constraints. Cash needs are great due to seasonality. Needed loans must be calculated at five separate dates, and financial position projected. This is a...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Capital Budgeting;
Cash Flow;
Financial Strategy;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Financing and Loans;
Managerial Roles;
Credit;
Insurance
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Hanson Ski Products." Harvard Business School Case 187-038, August 1986. (Revised September 2004.)
- January 1993 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
FCB and Publicis (A): Forming the Alliance
Two of the largest ad agencies form a partnership to be able to offer their clients global capabilities. After five years, how is the alliance faring? May be used with FCB and Publicis (B): Managing Client and Country Diversity and (C): The German-Led Network.
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Keywords:
Alliances;
Partners and Partnerships;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Advertising;
Global Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Market Timing;
Outcome or Result;
Advertising Industry;
United States;
France;
Germany
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "FCB and Publicis (A): Forming the Alliance." Harvard Business School Case 393-099, January 1993. (Revised November 1993.)
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading...
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- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
companies. Portfolio managers and analysts have been using the Global Industry Classification Standard, or GICS—a taxonomy of 11 sectors, 25 industry groups, and additional subsets—to compare stocks since 1999. Periodically, Standard...
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- August 2018
- Case
BlackBuck (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its operations). It highlights how decisions on the early team impact a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high...
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- January 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Staples: A Year in the Life of a Start-Up
By: Myra M. Hart
The case provides information on the development of the office superstore concept, building partnerships, creating the business plan, and recruiting a management team. Focuses on the detailed level of decision making required to transform an idea into a viable...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Recruitment;
Management Teams;
Integration;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Plan;
Decision Making
Hart, Myra M. "Staples: A Year in the Life of a Start-Up." Harvard Business School Case 800-241, January 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- 02 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Connecting Fashion & Technology at Kate Spade
I found my internship with Kate Spade through Career & Professional Development’s collaboration with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Coming from management consulting where the recruitment process was very...
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- February 1999
- Case
Sports Agents: Is There a Firm Advantage?
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Brian R. Harris
Focuses on the decision of a young tennis player on what kind of agent to have as his representative. The choice is between someone in a large sports management/marketing firm and an independent agent representing a small number of individual athletes. Outlines the...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Knowledge Management;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Organizational Structure
Greyser, Stephen A., and Brian R. Harris. "Sports Agents: Is There a Firm Advantage?" Harvard Business School Case 599-038, February 1999.
- March 2006
- Case
Cabo San Viejo: Rewarding Loyalty
By: Youngme E. Moon, Gail J. McGovern and Seth Schulman
In 2005, Cabo San Viejo, a premier health and fitness spa resort located in Palm Springs, California, is debating whether to introduce a Customer Rewards Program. Describes the customer management challenges the firm is facing and outlines the various ways in which a...
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Keywords:
Debates;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Adoption;
Value Creation;
Health Industry;
California
Moon, Youngme E., Gail J. McGovern, and Seth Schulman. "Cabo San Viejo: Rewarding Loyalty." Harvard Business School Case 506-060, March 2006.
- January 2012
- Article
How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work
By: Teresa Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by damaging the inner work lives of their employees in four avoidable ways. This article is based on analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Creativity;
Performance Productivity;
Motivation and Incentives;
Innovation Strategy;
Performance;
Strategic Planning;
Leading Change;
Balanced Scorecard;
Mission and Purpose
Amabile, Teresa, and Steven J. Kramer. "How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work." McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012): 124–131.
- Career Coach
Anne Marie Checcone
right next step in their career. Anne Marie is a product leader at Facebook and has 15 years of experience in technology as a product and go-to-market leader. Anne Marie’s coaching expertise is based on personal experience navigating numerous professional transitions,...
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- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn (MBA 1981), was changing the institution. “I was blown away,”...
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