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- July 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Making a Doctor
Three doctors were interviewed to learn how they were trained to be a physicians. One was a family practice senior resident, one was a critical care pediatric chief resident, and one was an orthopedic staff surgeon 18 months out of residency. All three were interviewed...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Processes;
Health Industry
Spear, Steven J. "Making a Doctor." Harvard Business School Case 602-027, July 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
- Web
Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
ready for scaling. “The course is useful for startupland citizens—founders, investors, and joiners—to get complete, honest insights about the industry through various lenses.” Lugas PrancafitriChief Financial Officer at BNI Ventures What...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Cluster Mapping as a Tool for Development
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
This report builds on the foundational work on cluster mapping that Prof. Michael E. Porter has led at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), Harvard Business School over the last two decades. He launched the U.S. Cluster Mapping Initiative in the late...
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Cluster Mapping as a Tool for Development." Working Paper, June 2017.
- June 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and John Gabarro
Tim Blanchard struggles to balance all the demands facing him as a partner of a consulting firm. He must decide how to serve clients, mentor his people, provide strategy and direction to the high-tech group, and spend time with family.
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Management Style;
Partners and Partnerships;
Work-Life Balance;
Problems and Challenges;
Management Teams;
Consulting Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and John Gabarro. "Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 913-420, June 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- July 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Peter Jepsen
By: Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and James M. Sharpe
About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year.
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Keywords:
Acquisitions;
Bankruptcy;
Crisis Management;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Financial Crisis;
Turnarounds;
Financial Distress;
Negotiation;
Entrepreneurs;
Bank Loan;
Search Funds;
Liquidation;
Boards Of Directors;
Ethics;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Acquisition;
Entrepreneurship;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Stevenson, Howard H., Michael J. Roberts, and James M. Sharpe. "Peter Jepsen." Harvard Business School Case 813-046, July 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- November 1997
- Case
Polygram Classics
There has been no growth in classical recorded music sales from 1991 to 1996. Polygram Classics, the market leader, has appointed a new management team to revive growth. All areas of marketing are analyzed as the basis for a new strategy.
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Arnold, David J. "Polygram Classics." Harvard Business School Case 598-074, November 1997.
- Article
Turnkey or Tailored? Relational Pluralism, Institutional Complexity, and the Organizational Adoption of More or Less Customized Practices
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn
We examine how the organizational adoption of new practices is influenced by relational pluralism, i.e., an organization's multiple ties to actors inside and outside its industry. We theorize that institutional mechanisms of practice diffusion underlying relational...
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Keywords:
Networks;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business Processes;
Adoption;
Customization and Personalization
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Mary Ann Glynn. "Turnkey or Tailored? Relational Pluralism, Institutional Complexity, and the Organizational Adoption of More or Less Customized Practices." Academy of Management Journal 57, no. 2 (April 2014): 541–562.
- January 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
ZappRx
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
In October 2015, ZappRx founder Zoe Barry is deciding between two business models for her health technology start-up. Her product, a software application that aims to expedite the prescription fulfillment process for patients with rare diseases, has attracted interest...
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Relative Cost Analysis Supply Curves Scale Economies Featured Exercises Predict market structure by examining various costs and cost structures Evaluate options by performing a relative cost analysis 12 hrs Module 4 Markets Apply market principles to analyze View Details
- October 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Automercados Plaza's: Surviving Venezuela's Hyperinflation
By: Alberto Cavallo, Mariana Cal and Carla Larangeira
Under the rule of presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela experienced one of the worst economic and political meltdowns in modern history, culminating with a massive hyperinflation. Remarkably, during this dramatic times Automercados Plaza's had grown to...
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Keywords:
Hyperinflation;
Populism;
Inflation and Deflation;
Macroeconomics;
Management;
Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
South America;
Venezuela
Cavallo, Alberto, Mariana Cal, and Carla Larangeira. "Automercados Plaza's: Surviving Venezuela's Hyperinflation." Harvard Business School Case 721-014, October 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
Anne-Marie Schoonbeek (MBA 2017) and Heleen van Poecke (MBA 2017), grew up in small towns in The Netherlands fifteen minutes apart from one another. Yet in all those years, their paths never crossed. Instead, over 3,000 miles away from...
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- January 1980 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Patterson v. Commissioner
By: Henry B. Reiling
Floyd Patterson (Petitioner) the former world heavyweight boxing champion and his manager, C. D'Amato, formed a corporation, Floyd Patterson Enterprises Ltd., to handle all ancillary rights connected with Patterson's boxing matches. The question is whether the...
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Reiling, Henry B. "Patterson v. Commissioner." Harvard Business School Case 280-078, January 1980. (Revised September 2008.)
- May 2016 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Tarun Khanna, Namrata Arora and Tanya Bijlani
Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative founded in 1947—eight months before India's independence from British rule—and owned by over three million farmers in the state of Gujarat. It is India's largest food product marketing organization, selling 46 products, including...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Expansion;
Dairy;
India;
Cooperatives;
Milk;
Leadership;
Agriculture;
Agribusiness;
Competition;
Marketing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
India
Deshpandé, Rohit, Tarun Khanna, Namrata Arora, and Tanya Bijlani. "India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times." Harvard Business School Case 516-116, May 2016. (Revised June 2017.)
- 14 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is a Career Coach?
least 5 years post-business school work experience, and they have experience in industries that our students and alumni are targeting. Our 50+ coaches work with students and alumni throughout the year, supporting them in View Details
- November 2005
- Supplement
Nestle's Milk Districts: Case Supplement
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry Herman
Nestle as the largest milk company in the world, has a history of economic development, nutrition, health, and food safety in all the major countries of the world. Each milk model is tailor-made to the needs of each country's political, social, and economic priorities.
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Nutrition;
Health;
Food;
Government and Politics;
Social Psychology;
Economics;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Kerry Herman. "Nestle's Milk Districts: Case Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 906-411, November 2005.
- 2020
- Chapter
Health Care Markets a Decade After the ACA: Bigger, but Probably Not Better
By: Leemore S. Dafny
Love it or hate it, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) embraced and extended the role of private markets in financing and delivering health care in the United States. Ten years after the ACA’s passage, it is unclear whether health care markets are better (along a range of...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Markets;
Laws and Statutes;
Outcome or Result;
Health Industry;
United States
Dafny, Leemore S. "Health Care Markets a Decade After the ACA: Bigger, but Probably Not Better." Chap. 15 in The Trillion Dollar Revolution: How the Affordable Care Act Transformed Politics, Law, and Health Care in America, edited by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abbe R. Gluck. New York: PublicAffairs, 2020.
- Program
Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization
backgrounds, industries, and countries around the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Senior corporate executives from companies of any size...
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- 24 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World
stories contain pearls of management wisdom for today’s executives looking to lead with excellence. “Without exception, all these people are opportunity seekers,” says Simons of the leaders profiled, which include former British Prime...
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by Avery Forman
- August 2017 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
By: Ethan Bernstein, Paul McKinnon and Paul Yarabe
Over 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup IGS, to recruit for a job. This case puts participants in the shoes of IGS founder and CEO Masahiro...
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Keywords:
Big Data;
Artificial Intelligence;
Talent and Talent Management;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Resources;
Information Technology;
AI and Machine Learning;
Analytics and Data Science;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Japan
Bernstein, Ethan, Paul McKinnon, and Paul Yarabe. "GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 418-020, August 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
- 05 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Student Conferences at HBS: The 2021 Climate Symposium
In 2021, the Energy & Environment Club, Food, Agriculture & Water Club, and Sustainability Club collaborated to host a single, two-day conference focused on climate change. The 2021 Climate Symposium facilitated discussion, debate, and idea-sharing on View Details