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- March 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
CDC Capital Partners: December 2002
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Paul Fletcher, CEO of CDC Capital Partners, a private equity group investing in the world's poorest countries, is wrestling with questions raised by the imminent reorganization of the firm. Previously an arm of the United Kingdom's international aid agency, CDC is...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Investment Portfolio;
Privatization;
Venture Capital;
Business and Government Relations;
Emerging Markets;
Infrastructure;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
United Kingdom
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "CDC Capital Partners: December 2002." Harvard Business School Case 803-167, March 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 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.)
- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
the customer’s willingness to use the platform, it could also increase the advertiser’s willingness to pay to reach that audience. So far, at least, the company has been able to take advantage of its network effects by copying the features of rivals—as it did with...
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by Michael Blanding
- Web
Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
Governors University: Pursuing the network effects of competency based education 17 APR 2024 | Managing the Future of Work WGU President Scott Pulsipher returns to the podcast for an update on the online institution’s mission to extend...
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- Research Summary
Crises and Capital Requirements in Banking
previously entitled: The Role of Capital Adequacy Requirements in Sound Banking Systems
Joint work with Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, Oxford.
We analyse a... View Details
- 4 Oct 2021
- Other Presentation
Amy Edmondson, Professor Leadership & Management at Harvard
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Guy Bloom
Amy C. Edmondson is an American scholar of leadership, teaming, and organizational learning. She is currently the Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School.
Amy is the author of seven books and more than 75 articles and case studies.
She is... View Details
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"Amy Edmondson, Professor Leadership & Management at Harvard." Leadership Bites (podcast), October 4, 2021.
- September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
- Supplement
Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply
By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Cost vs Benefits;
Trade;
Supply Chain;
Global Strategy;
Buildings and Facilities;
Operations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Demand and Consumers;
Global Range;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Italy;
China;
United States;
Germany
Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-009, September 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
- March 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Gilead Mexico
By: Michael Chu and V. Kasturi Rangan
With a breakthrough cure for Hepatitis C listing in the U.S. at $1,000/pill, Gilead must now solve the issue of making it available to patients across the world, much as it did for its blockbuster HIV/AIDS antiretrovirals. For Erik Musalem, the new general manager of...
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Chu, Michael, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Gilead Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 318-111, March 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
- Spring–Fall 2015
- Article
Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks
By: Benjamin Edelman
Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? I offer evidence of some important shortfalls, then consider how the legal system might appropriately respond. Though it is tempting to forgive many violations in light of...
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Keywords:
Transportation Network Company;
Uber;
Lyft;
Regulation;
Lawfulness;
Transportation Networks;
Laws and Statutes;
Law Enforcement;
Transportation Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks." Competition Policy International 11, no. 1 (Spring–Fall 2015).
- October 2011
- Supplement
Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11
By: David A. Garvin
TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Growth and Development;
Technological Innovation;
Problems and Challenges;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competition;
Online Technology;
Information Technology Industry
Garvin, David A. "Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-709, October 2011.
- November 2006 (Revised December 2012)
- Background Note
Strategies Beyond the Market
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis Yao
Strategists are not alone in finding failing markets irresistible. Governments and social groups ranging from unions to the World Wildlife Fund also respond to market failures. Governments typically seek to fix failing markets, often with prescriptions of what...
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Keywords:
Markets;
Failure;
Strategy;
Situation or Environment;
Social Issues;
Government and Politics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Strategies Beyond the Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-469, November 2006. (Revised December 2012.)
- October 2005
- Case
Intel Corporation 2005
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
Buoyed by strong recent sales growth but humbled by failed strategic bets and other missteps, Intel in 2005 initiated a major reorganization. Under its new CEO, Paul Otellini, the company shifted toward a "platform" model, inspired by the success of its Centrino...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Alignment;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Semiconductor Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "Intel Corporation 2005." Harvard Business School Case 706-437, October 2005.
- February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
- Supplement
UAL 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (CW)
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who...
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- Teaching Interest
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship
This course is designed for students who want to understand the central role that education plays in our economy and society and who may want to play an active role (e.g., as entrepreneur, board member, etc.) in shaping the future workforce, bringing about a more... View Details
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"Creating Competitive Advantage Through Knowledge Management" (with Elie Ofek)
This project explores how the concept of Knowledge Management (KM) is likely to impact competition among professional services firms (e.g. Consultants, Accounting Firms and Advertising Agencies). Assuming that the "KM technology" exhibits economies of scale, first we...
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- August 2015
- Article
A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity
By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein
We study optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless paper, it trades off the monetary premium associated with...
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Greenwood, Robin, Samuel G. Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein. "A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity." Journal of Finance 70, no. 4 (August 2015): 1683–1722. (2015 Brattle Group Distinguished Paper for an outstanding corporate finance paper published in the Journal of Finance. Internet Appendix Here.)
- February 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer...
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Compensation;
Costs;
Loans;
Reorganization;
Cost;
Restructuring;
Financing and Loans;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Compensation and Benefits;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Bergstresser, Daniel Baird, Kenneth A. Froot, and Darren Robert Smart. "UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 205-090, February 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- 2006
- Working Paper
Future Lock-In: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices
By: Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman
People often experience tension over certain choices (e.g., they should reduce their gas consumption or increase their savings, but they do not want to). Some posit that this tension arises from the competing interests of a deliberative "should" self and...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Attitudes;
Conflict and Resolution;
Cognition and Thinking
Rogers, Todd, and Max H. Bazerman. "Future Lock-In: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-038, December 2006. (Revised May 2007, August 2007.)
- 19 Feb 2013
- News