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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
Investing Professors Shawn Cole & Vikram Gandhi Evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and measure and manage impact...
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- November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Technical Note
Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by...
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Keywords:
Batteries;
Rechargeable Batteries;
Lithium-ion;
Lithium-ion Batteries;
Electric Vehicle;
Electric Vehicles;
Energy Entrepreneurship;
Energy Markets;
Energy Storage;
Battery;
Demand Uncertainty;
Demand Forecasting;
Supply & Demand;
Supply And Demand;
Capacity Planning;
Tesla;
Technological And Scientific Innovation;
Technological Change;
Technology Change;
Technology Commercialization;
Policy Change;
Subsidies;
Power/Energy;
Power Grid;
Energy Policy;
Developing Markets;
Alevo;
Samsung;
LG Chem;
CATL;
Northvolt;
General Motors;
Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Commercialization;
Policy;
Demand and Consumers;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Supply and Industry;
Emerging Markets;
Competitive Strategy;
China
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?" Harvard Business School Technical Note 720-371, November 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 01 Mar 2021
- News
Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand
- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Catherine Bouvier D'Yvoire - Making A Difference
- October 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
OAO YUKOS Oil Company
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Joshua N. Rosenbaum
This case presents the history and current position of Russia's second-largest oil company, YUKOS, as it seeks listing on the NYSE as an ADR and attempts to rid itself from a punishing "governance discount" by the capital markets. This is a company with a history of...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Capital Markets;
Corporate Governance;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Energy Sources;
Energy Industry;
Russia
Salter, Malcolm S., and Joshua N. Rosenbaum. "OAO YUKOS Oil Company." Harvard Business School Case 902-021, October 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- Research Summary
Islamic Financing Practices
By: Samuel L. Hayes
Samuel L. Hayes III is examining (with faculty of Harvard University's Law
School and Center for Middle Eastern Studies) Islamic banking and
investment practices. Because the Koran prohibits the payment of fixed
interest and guarantees on funds invested either with...
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- October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Green Hydrogen in Chile
By: Tarun Khanna, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In 2020, the Chilean government wants to promote green hydrogen, a technology with high potential to help mitigate climate change. President Sebastián Piñera, aware of the country's advantages to produce green hydrogen competitively, asks Energy Minister Juan Carlos...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Decision Making;
Alternative Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Financial Instruments;
Energy Policy;
Government Administration;
Strategy;
Government and Politics;
Social Issues;
Energy Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Chile
Khanna, Tarun, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Green Hydrogen in Chile." Harvard Business School Case 722-361, October 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- 28 Nov 2013
- News
The Truth About Online Rumors in China
- March 1991 (Revised July 1996)
- Background Note
Sources of Financing for New Nonprofit Ventures
Designed to help nonprofit entrepreneurs design fund-raising strategies that are appropriate for their specific organizations. Discusses the major fund-raising alternatives, including foundations, corporations, government sources, wealthy individuals, and the public,...
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Dees, J. Gregory. "Sources of Financing for New Nonprofit Ventures." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-097, March 1991. (Revised July 1996.)
- 2021
- Article
Everyday Illiberalism: How Hungarian Subnational Politics Propel Single-Party Dominance
By: Laura Jakli and Matthew Stenberg
While numerous studies consider the roles that media consolidation, court-packing, and economic crises have played in Hungary's democratic decline since 2010, none have considered the subnational mechanisms driving illiberalism. This study examines the types of...
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Jakli, Laura, and Matthew Stenberg. "Everyday Illiberalism: How Hungarian Subnational Politics Propel Single-Party Dominance." Governance 34, no. 2 (2021): 315–334.
- 26 Jun 2015
- Video
Hamdi Akın
Hamdi Akın, founder of infrastructure investment company Akfen Holding, describes how the military coup in Turkey in 1980 brought in a new generation of businesspeople and, especially after 1983, the...
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- November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Biodiversity is being lost due to the delegation of the ability to store and maintain various types of plants to governments and foundations with no or little financial base. How does one develop the resources to maintain plant diversity for the future benefit of...
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Keywords:
Food;
Safety;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Welfare;
Finance;
Environmental Sustainability;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 903-418, November 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
- November 1994 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up
By: George P. Baker III, Nicola Bamford and Nicolas Greenspan
Explores the strategy, financing, and governance of a new type of organizational form, dubbed the Leveraged Build-Up by its inventor, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. The company makes leveraged acquisitions of small publishing companies, managing them in a very...
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Keywords:
Debt Securities;
Financial Management;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Cash Flow;
Organizational Structure;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Publishing Industry
Baker, George P., III, Nicola Bamford, and Nicolas Greenspan. "K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up." Harvard Business School Case 295-067, November 1994. (Revised May 2002.)
- 07 Dec 2006
- News
There's Nothing Wrong with Sharing
- 21 Jul 2020
- Video
Shirley Zinn
Shirley Zinn explains why she resigned from the Board of Cricket South Africa in 2019 to protest about poor corporate governance and media censorship. The CEO was dismissed shortly... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Digging for Gold: Paulson & Co.'s Activism in the Gold Sector
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah S. Goldberg
The case describes the efforts of hedge fund Paulson & Co to influence corporate governance and improve performance in the gold industry. In an innovative move, the hedge fund led the creation of the Shareholder Gold Council, a consortium of large investors in gold...
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Hedge Funds;
Shareholder Activism;
Gold;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Investment Funds;
Investment Activism;
Performance Improvement;
Corporate Accountability;
Mining Industry;
Canada;
United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Jonah S. Goldberg. "Digging for Gold: Paulson & Co.'s Activism in the Gold Sector." Harvard Business School Case 121-021, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- 17 May 2012
- News
Study: Safety inspections don't hurt profits
- October 2013
- Supplement
Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (C)
By: Forest Reinhardt, Mayuka Yamazaki and G.A. Donovan
The (A) case describes the launch of a new passenger vehicle in China, produced jointly by Nissan of Japan and by Chinese automaker Dongfeng. Early sales results following the April 2012 launch were disappointing and the joint venture's managers had to decide how to...
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Keywords:
China;
Japan;
Environment;
Sustainability;
Cross-cultural/cross-border;
Competitive Strategy;
Product Launch;
Global Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Crisis Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Auto Industry;
China;
Japan
Reinhardt, Forest, Mayuka Yamazaki, and G.A. Donovan. "Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-016, October 2013.
- October 2013
- Case
Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (A)
By: Forest Reinhardt, Mayuka Yamazaki and G.A. Donovan
The (A) case describes the launch of a new passenger vehicle in China, produced jointly by Nissan of Japan and by Chinese automaker Dongfeng. Early sales results following the April 2012 launch were disappointing and the joint venture's managers had to decide how to...
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Keywords:
China;
Japan;
Cross-cultural/cross-border;
Multinational Firms;
Competitive Strategy;
Product Launch;
Global Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Crisis Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Auto Industry;
China;
Japan
Reinhardt, Forest, Mayuka Yamazaki, and G.A. Donovan. "Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 714-014, October 2013.
- August 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Supplement
What Happened at Citigroup? (B)
By: Clayton Rose and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case provides information on actions taken by Citigroup management in 2009-2010 in the aftermath of the financial crisis and massive government intervention to save the bank. It is a supplement to the (A) case.
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Rose, Clayton, and Aldo Sesia. "What Happened at Citigroup? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 312-038, August 2011. (Revised August 2011.)