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Placement - Doctoral
Entrepreneurial Teams Advisors: Ranjay Gulati (Chair), N/A, Rory McDonald, and Frank Dobbin Stefan Dimitriadis Organizational Behavior, 2019 Placement: University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Dissertation: Entrepreneurship and...
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- June 2001
- Case
Bedrock Productions
By: Michael J. Roberts and Michael L. Tushman
Describes a young Web consulting firm going through a very rapid period of growth in late 1999 and 2000. The founder/CEO sees himself as a strategist and marketer who is less well-suited to the operational details, that are expanding as the firm grows. A president is...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Management Teams;
Change Management;
Managerial Roles;
Consulting Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Michael L. Tushman. "Bedrock Productions." Harvard Business School Case 401-045, June 2001.
- 16 Jun 2021
- Interview
Harvard Business School: How to Build Fearless Organizations
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ron Lovett
Our guest is Amy Edmondson - Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. Amy has authored multiple books, including her most recent, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and...
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"Harvard Business School: How to Build Fearless Organizations." No. 51. Scaling Culture (podcast), June 16, 2021.
- October 2001 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Le Petit Chef
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Sandra J. Sucher and Suraj Rangashayi
Brigitte Gagne, Le Petit Chef's director of microwave R&D, is deciding on the product development agenda for next year. She has to decide which of the available projects to fund, and evaluate the overall portfolio of projects currently under development. The recent...
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Keywords:
Production;
Product Development;
Projects;
Planning;
Research and Development;
Performance;
Problems and Challenges;
Management Teams;
Resource Allocation
MacCormack, Alan D., Sandra J. Sucher, and Suraj Rangashayi. "Le Petit Chef." Harvard Business School Case 602-080, October 2001. (Revised September 2022.)
- August 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Northvolt: Making the World's Greenest Battery
By: Jurgen R. Weiss and Emilie Billaud
In 2021, the demand for lithium-ion batteries increased rapidly, particularly for electric vehicles. Anxious not to be reliant on Asian players, Europe was keen on developing its own home-grown capacity to control the value chain, maintain employment in Europe, and get...
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Keywords:
Electric Vehicles;
Lithium-ion Batteries;
Business Ventures;
Energy;
Green Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Transportation;
Supply Chain;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Goals and Objectives;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Battery Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Europe;
Sweden;
Germany;
Poland
Weiss, Jurgen R., and Emilie Billaud. "Northvolt: Making the World's Greenest Battery." Harvard Business School Case 722-004, August 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
in sport. Tampa Bay is historically a non-traditional hockey market. The case has substantial comparative team and league data. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/919403-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 319-030...
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Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- July 2007 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success
By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani
Saffronart, a five-year-old online art auction company, leads the market for modern Indian art and now faces competitors in the market it created. Established in 2000 by the wife-and-husband team of Minal and Dinesh Vazirani, Saffronart.com is an innovative online...
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Keywords:
Arts;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Auctions;
Industry Growth;
Competition;
Online Technology;
Fine Arts Industry;
India
Khaire, Mukti, and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success." Harvard Business School Case 808-027, July 2007. (Revised February 2010.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
LALIGA—From a Soccer Competition Organizer to a Global Player in the Sports and Entertainment Industry
By: Stephen A. Greyser, Kenneth Cortsen and Juan Fuentes Fernández
LALIGA, the first- and second-tier professional soccer league (known as “football” outside of the U.S. and Canada) in Spain, enters its 100th soccer season later this decade. The most popular game in the world (Giulianotti, 2012) has gone through many changes since...
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Keywords:
Soccer;
"Sports Organizations,;
Business History;
Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Technology Adoption;
Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., Kenneth Cortsen, and Juan Fuentes Fernández. "LALIGA—From a Soccer Competition Organizer to a Global Player in the Sports and Entertainment Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-009, August 2023.
- March 4, 2021
- Article
Are Your Managers in Sync with Your Change Strategy?
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Bill Theofilou
According to new research conducted by the authors, C-suite executives and upper management often don’t agree on how their organizations need to remake themselves for a post-COVID world. As a result, when CEOs and their teams begin implementing their plans, they are...
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Fuller, Joseph B., and Bill Theofilou. "Are Your Managers in Sync with Your Change Strategy?" Harvard Business Review (website) (March 4, 2021).
- December 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Agrochemicals at Ciba-Geigy AG (B)
By: Michael L. Tushman, Wendy Smith and Daniel Radov
Focuses on Pierre Urech's efforts to change the division structure at Ciba-Geigy to facilitate the marketing of the new product. Details the relationships Urech cultivates and the strategy he pursues as "product champion." Also describes the restructuring of the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Research and Development;
Marketing Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Product Development;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Switzerland
Tushman, Michael L., Wendy Smith, and Daniel Radov. "Agrochemicals at Ciba-Geigy AG (B)." Harvard Business School Case 400-023, December 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- 16 Jun 2015
- News
The Isolating Effects of Anxiety
- 28 Jun 2021
- News
Earning Your Team’s Trust
Wharton Professor Adam Grant's 12 Must-Read Books of the Summer
We at the Next Big Idea Club are in the business of finding new, groundbreaking nonfiction books. Our curators—Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink—usually work with our Editorial Team to identify the titles that we think everyone should... View Details
- December 2018
- Case
Formula E Championship Racing (A)
By: Robert F. Higgins and James Weber
Formula E founder and CEO Alejandro Agag obtained the rights to develop a new electric car racing series from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Agag needed to develop the series from scratch—developing a race car and finding teams willing to race,...
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Higgins, Robert F., and James Weber. "Formula E Championship Racing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-011, December 2018.
- April 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Change at Whirlpool Corporation (A)
By: Jan W. Rivkin, Dorothy A. Leonard and Gary Hamel
In 1998, the CEO of Whirlpool Corp. decides to change the company's strategy significantly to escape an increasingly unattractive "stalemate" in the appliance industry. The change he proposes involves a fundamental shift in the company's focus--from manufacturing to...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Strategic Planning;
Production;
Brands and Branding;
Management Teams;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Rivkin, Jan W., Dorothy A. Leonard, and Gary Hamel. "Change at Whirlpool Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-462, April 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
Jill J. Avery
Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer relationship... View Details
Keywords:
consumer products;
arts;
advertising;
automobiles;
retailing;
fashion;
hotels & motels;
food;
beverage
- September 2020 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience
By: Elie Ofek, Andres Terech and Nicole Tempest Keller
Chris Down, Global Brand General Manager for Hot Wheels, and his team from the Advanced Play Group within Mattel, Inc., had developed an entirely new “mixed play” product experience that blended familiar Hot Wheels play in the physical world with breakthrough play in...
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Keywords:
Toys;
Go-to-market Strategy;
Product Development;
Technological Innovation;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Decision Making;
Marketing;
Strategy;
Los Angeles
Ofek, Elie, Andres Terech, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Hot Wheels: Launching The Mixed Play Experience." Harvard Business School Case 521-017, September 2020. (Revised May 2024.)
- November 2002 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Circles: Series D Financing
By: Paul W. Marshall and Kristin Lieb
Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Financing and Loans;
Management Teams;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Negotiation Process;
Venture Capital;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Entrepreneurship;
Service Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Massachusetts
Marshall, Paul W., and Kristin Lieb. "Circles: Series D Financing." Harvard Business School Case 803-062, November 2002. (Revised October 2003.)