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- May 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Motorola Corp.: The View from the CEO Office
By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
Motorola, a leader in semiconductors and telecommunications, embarked on an ambitious program of renewal beginning in the early 1980s, leading to dramatic improvements in the company's quality, cycle time, and growth. Much of this progress was attributed to a major...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Leading Change;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry
Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola Corp.: The View from the CEO Office." Harvard Business School Case 494-140, May 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
- May 2014
- Article
Digital Dark Matter and the Economic Contribution of Apache
By: Shane Greenstein and Frank Nagle
Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking devices and...
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Keywords:
Open Source;
Apache;
Economic Measurement;
Digital Economics;
Measurement and Metrics;
Open Source Distribution;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Economic Growth;
Research and Development;
Web Services Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Greenstein, Shane, and Frank Nagle. "Digital Dark Matter and the Economic Contribution of Apache." Research Policy 43, no. 4 (May 2014): 623–631. (Lead Article.)
- December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Superior Printing
By: Paul W. Marshall
Students must take the role of a family member who is the CEO of a commercial printing business. Discusses how you will finance growth and still maintain dividends for other family members.
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Marshall, Paul W. "Superior Printing." Harvard Business School Case 800-197, December 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
- April 2021
- Case
Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software
By: Ranjay Gulati and Nicole Tempest Keller
On the verge of failure, BlackBerry brought in John Chen as CEO in 2013 to orchestrate a bold turnaround of the company. Once an iconic leader in the smartphone market, BlackBerry was best known for its tactile QWERTY keyboard, strong security, and a focus on business...
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Keywords:
Pivot;
Managing Change;
Turnaround;
Smartphone;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Change;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Competitive Strategy;
Cybersecurity;
Technology Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Canada
Gulati, Ranjay, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software." Harvard Business School Case 421-052, April 2021.
- September 2002 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Genzyme's Gaucher Initiative: Global Risk and Responsibility
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean
In Egypt, Genzyme's humanitarian commitment to treat all sufferers of the rare Gaucher disease worldwide first confronts its commercial imperative to recoup the huge investment required to bring the drug Cerezyme to market. Here Tomye Tierney must decide how to balance...
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Keywords:
Moral Sensibility;
Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Negotiation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Sales;
Commercialization;
Expansion;
Value Creation
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Andrew N. McLean. "Genzyme's Gaucher Initiative: Global Risk and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 303-048, September 2002. (Revised August 2003.)
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund
By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Decisions;
Capital;
Investment Banking;
Investment Funds;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Wealth;
Expansion;
Financial Services Industry;
China;
United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Xiaoyu Gu. "Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund." Harvard Business School Case 311-137, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- August 2013 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
Prudential Financial - General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future?
By: Luis M. Viceira and Emily A. Chien
In November 2012, Prudential Financial and General Motors closed on a $25.1B pension risk transfer (PRT) transaction, the largest of its kind to date by an order of magnitude both in the U.S. market and globally. In exchange for an in-kind transfer of $25.1B in... View Details
Keywords:
Risk Management;
Asset Management;
Insurance;
Retirement;
Financial Services Industry;
Insurance Industry
Viceira, Luis M., and Emily A. Chien. "Prudential Financial - General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future?" Harvard Business School Case 213-126, August 2013. (Revised November 2015.)
- August 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
KKR
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In June of 2021, KKR’s executive team convened to prepare for an upcoming board meeting. From a small, three-person partnership that started in 1976 and invested only in U.S. LBOs, the firm 45 years later was a public company that employed over 1,600 people and managed...
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- January 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk
By: Aldo Musacchio, Richard H. K. Vietor, Jonathan Schlefer and Carolina Camacho
By mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Macroeconomics;
Trade;
Global Strategy;
Infrastructure;
Business and Government Relations;
Colombia
Musacchio, Aldo, Richard H. K. Vietor, Jonathan Schlefer, and Carolina Camacho. "Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk." Harvard Business School Case 710-012, January 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Private Regulation, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change: A Business History Perspective
By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Geoffrey Jones
Private regulatory systems, including voluntary efforts by firms to restrain their own behavior are the primary form of global climate change governance. However, when environmental challenges first rose up on the scientific and political agendas during the 1970s, the...
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Keywords:
Certification;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Business History;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, and Geoffrey Jones. "Private Regulation, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change: A Business History Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-041, January 2024.
- February 1998 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Uganda and the Washington Consensus
By: Huw Pill and Courtenay Sprague
Under the direction of President Museveni, much of the world has heaped praise on Uganda for transforming its economy from devastation to growth and managing the ethnic and racial strife that has divided the country in the past. Following a decade of reforms, Uganda is...
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Keywords:
Macroeconomics;
Economy;
Policy;
Analysis;
Development Economics;
Borrowing and Debt;
Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Uganda
Pill, Huw, and Courtenay Sprague. "Uganda and the Washington Consensus." Harvard Business School Case 798-047, February 1998. (Revised October 2002.)
- January 2017 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
The Olmos Project: Value Creation and Value Capture
By: John Macomber, Fernanda Miguel, Laura Urdapilleta and Valeria Moy
Private investment in public infrastructure can be encouraged when there are multiple avenues to capture and to share the value created by such a project. Gains in the market value of land adjacent to projects are not customarily channeled back into defraying the...
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Keywords:
Value Capture;
Infrastructure;
Decision Making;
Agribusiness;
Value Creation;
South America;
Peru
Macomber, John, Fernanda Miguel, Laura Urdapilleta, and Valeria Moy. "The Olmos Project: Value Creation and Value Capture." Harvard Business School Case 217-052, January 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
- April 2024
- Case
Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on...
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Keywords:
Change;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Transition;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Communication Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customers;
Health;
Digital Transformation;
Digital Strategy;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Labor;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Outcome or Result;
Failure;
Success;
Personal Development and Career;
Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Adaptation;
Competition;
Retail Industry;
Minneapolis;
Minnesota;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Sunil Gupta, and Amram Migdal. "Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 524-072, April 2024.
- November 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria
By: Robert F. Higgins and Ifedayo O. Kuye
Fola Laoye is the Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, a Nigerian healthcare insurer and provider, and she is deciding on the optimal strategy to grow the provider arm of her business. Hygeia Group was founded in the 1980s by her physician parents, and although...
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Keywords:
Healthcare;
Healthcare Industry;
Hospitals;
Nigeria;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Health Industry;
Nigeria
Higgins, Robert F., and Ifedayo O. Kuye. "Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 817-088, November 2016. (Revised April 2017.)
- August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as...
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Keywords:
Turnaround;
Investment Banking;
Financial Institutions;
Change Management;
Leadership;
Business Model;
Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Management Teams;
Asset Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Saudi Arabia
Sucher, Sandra J., Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta, and Fares Khrais. "The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant." Harvard Business School Case 322-043, August 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
- Web
Publications - Faculty & Research
Performance; Value; Information Technology Citation SSRN Find at Harvard Purchase Related Chen, Wilbur, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Going Digital: Implications for Firm Value and Performance." Review of Accounting Studies 29, no. 2 (June 2024): 1619–1665. June 2024 Article...
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- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
acquired than those in a control sample. We argue that the combination of hedge funds' short investment horizons and their large positions in target firms makes M&A the only attractive exit option. The results also suggest that hedge...
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Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Alissa Haddaji
Chad Anderson had reason to be proud of his young space-focused investment firm, Space Angels. Since becoming CEO, Anderson had overseen growth along multiple dimensions, and Space Angels was “the preeminent name in space finance” according to one prominent space...
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Keywords:
Space Economy;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Business Model;
Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew C., and Alissa Haddaji. "Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy." Harvard Business School Case 719-070, March 2019. (Revised May 2019.)
Digital Dark Matter and the Economics of Apache
Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking...
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Overview
When information is digitized, it can be aggregated and shared nearly instantly. I am interested in how this acceleration in the aggregation and availability of information, via digitization, affects firms and firm strategy.
Platforms have emerged as marketplaces for...
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