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- August 2020 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Digital Marketing at HBS Online
By: Sunil Gupta and Rajiv Lal
In July 2020, the management team of Harvard Business School Online (HBS Online) had to decide how to allocate its marketing budget for fiscal year 2021 between various digital channels and its portfolio of courses. Since its launch in 2014, HBS Online had grown to...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Advertising;
Digital Marketing;
Marketing Channels;
Brands and Branding;
Business Education;
Education Industry;
United States;
Boston
Gupta, Sunil, and Rajiv Lal. "Digital Marketing at HBS Online." Harvard Business School Case 521-027, August 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
- August 2020
- Case
This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (A)
By: Ryan Raffaelli
This multimedia case asks students to consider how leaders of non-profit organizations manage difficult financial, operational, and cultural turnarounds. Since its founding in 1947, St. Anthony Shrine had been a central partner in serving the Downtown Boston community....
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Keywords:
Leadership And Change Management;
Turnarounds;
Non-profit Management;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management;
Religion;
Mission and Purpose;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
United States
Raffaelli, Ryan. "This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 421-701, August 2020.
- July 2020
- Teaching Plan
Social Determinants of Health at Boston Medical Center
By: Susanna Gallani
This teaching plan is complemented by slides (HBP 121-015) and a board plan (HBP 121-016) that are available through the HBP website.
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- July 2020
- Supplement
Social Determinants of Health at Boston Medical Center: Board Plan
By: Susanna Gallani
- July 2020
- Supplement
Social Determinants of Health at Boston Medical Center: Slides
By: Susanna Gallani
- March 2020
- Case
Social Determinants of Health at Boston Medical Center
By: Susanna Gallani, Kaya Bos and Kathryn Reddy
Gallani, Susanna, Kaya Bos, and Kathryn Reddy. "Social Determinants of Health at Boston Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 120-088, March 2020.
- 2020
- Chapter
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one's own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge...
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Keywords:
Immigrants;
Networking;
Advice;
Entrepreneurs;
Inventors;
Start-up Employees;
Venturing;
Co-working;
Agglomeration;
Immigration;
Entrepreneurship;
Networks;
Innovation and Invention;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." In The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in U.S. Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, edited by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.
- February 2020
- Teaching Note
Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships
By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 619-017.
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- January 2020
- Case
The Origins of Bell Labs
By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
In 1947, scientists at Bell Labs invented the transistor—a tiny signal amplifier that would go on to become the fundamental building block of the digital age. But, confounding most traditional economic assumptions, it was not a vigorous startup that made this momentous...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Innovation Leadership;
Technological Innovation;
Patents;
Monopoly;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
New York (city, NY)
Nicholas, Tom, and John Masko. "The Origins of Bell Labs." Harvard Business School Case 820-081, January 2020.
- 2019
- Chapter
Integrated Partnerships in Cultural Sponsorship: The Cases of Guggenheim UBS and MFA Boston-Fleet
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Ragnar Lund
This chapter presents and interprets two field-based studies of sponsorship collaborations between major museums and significant financial institutions—a global multi-year partnership between the Guggenheim Foundation and UBS, and the pioneering regional integrated...
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Ragnar Lund. "Integrated Partnerships in Cultural Sponsorship: The Cases of Guggenheim UBS and MFA Boston-Fleet." Chap. 11 in Museum Marketization: Cultural Institutions in the Neoliberal Era, edited by Karin M. Ekström, 188–207. Mastering Management in the Creative and Cultural Industries. Routledge, 2019.
- September 2019
- Case
Dementia Discovery Fund
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick
The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment Funds;
Mission and Purpose;
Recruitment;
Health Care and Treatment;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
London;
England
Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Sarah Gulick. "Dementia Discovery Fund." Harvard Business School Case 820-045, September 2019.
- July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Backstage at Boston Ballet
By: David G. Fubini, Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen and Julia Kelley
This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith “Max” Hodges became the youngest Executive Director (ED) in the Boston Ballet’s 51-year history. In her first year, she was able to claim several...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Managing Change;
Strategy Execution;
Priorities;
Arts;
Buildings and Facilities;
Decision Making;
Theater Entertainment;
Leadership;
Business or Company Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Strategy;
Marketing;
Price;
Fine Arts Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Education Industry;
United States;
North America;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
New England;
Northeastern United States
Fubini, David G., Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen, and Julia Kelley. "Backstage at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 420-005, July 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- May 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way
By: Christina R. Wing, Robert F. White and Michael Norris
In 2019, Bill Cummings, founder of Cummings Properties and Cummings Foundation and billionaire signer of the Giving Pledge, is winding down his roles at his company and foundation. How should the management move the company forward?
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Keywords:
Real Estate Development;
Philanthropy;
Family Business;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Management Succession;
Real Estate Industry;
United States;
Boston
Wing, Christina R., Robert F. White, and Michael Norris. "Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way." Harvard Business School Case 619-038, May 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships
By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
In September 2018, the executive team at Ariadne Labs (Ariadne), a Boston-based organization dedicated to improving health systems through the discovery and implementation of simple tools, faced a number of strategic decisions. Chief among them, the seven-year-old...
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Keywords:
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation and Invention;
Social Enterprise;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Health Industry;
Boston
Stern, Ariel D., and Sarah Mehta. "Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships." Harvard Business School Case 619-017, April 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one’s own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge...
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Keywords:
Immigrants;
Networking;
Advice;
Entrepreneurs;
Inventors;
Start-up Employees;
Venturing;
Co-working;
Agglomeration;
Immigration;
Entrepreneurship;
Networks;
Innovation and Invention;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-078, January 2019.
- January 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
When Trolls Attack: Carbonite vs. Oasis Research
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers and Sarah Mehta
This case, set in October 2017, follows Danielle Sheer, general counsel for Carbonite, as she defends the company against claims of patent infringement. It provides a broad overview of the U.S. patent system and explores the impact that non-practicing entities...
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Keywords:
Patent Infringement Litigation;
Non-practicing Entities;
Patent Trolls;
Innovation and Invention;
Intellectual Property;
Patents;
Laws and Statutes;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Legal Liability;
Computer Industry;
Technology Industry;
Boston
Cohen, Lauren H., Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers, and Sarah Mehta. "When Trolls Attack: Carbonite vs. Oasis Research." Harvard Business School Case 219-001, January 2019. (Revised May 2019.)
- Article
The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Ramana Nanda
In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin...
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Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Ramana Nanda. "The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 7, 2018).
- October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
Beth Israel Deaconess: Consolidating to Strengthen, or to Stave Off, Competition?
By: Leemore Dafny
In July 2017, CEO Kevin Tabb of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced his plan to consolidate 11 Massachusetts hospitals under a common management structure. These hospitals collectively generated $5 billion in patient revenue and 25% of...
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Keywords:
Beth Israel Deaconess;
Lahey;
Partners;
Health Care;
Hospitals;
Payers;
Providers;
Anti-trust;
Health Care Regulation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Health Care and Treatment;
Market Design;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Negotiation;
Consolidation;
Competition;
Health Industry;
Massachusetts;
Boston
Dafny, Leemore. "Beth Israel Deaconess: Consolidating to Strengthen, or to Stave Off, Competition?" Harvard Business School Case 319-026, October 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
- October 2018
- Case
Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance
By: Ramana Nanda, Raffaella Sadun and Olivia Hull
Accomplice, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, is raising its second fund in November 2017. Since 2009, the firm has followed a seed-led investment model, investing in tech companies at the earliest stages, often when products and business models are...
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Keywords:
Early Stage Finance;
Seed Finance;
Scouts;
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Private Equity;
Investment Portfolio;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Networks;
Adaptation;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology;
Financial Services Industry;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
Cambridge;
United States
Nanda, Ramana, Raffaella Sadun, and Olivia Hull. "Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance." Harvard Business School Case 719-403, October 2018.
- October 2018 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
The Boston Beer Company (A): New CEO
By: Christina R. Wing and Marco Iansiti
In 1984, when the Boston Beer Company’s Samuel Adams Boston Lager was first sold, founder Jim Koch had helped ignite a craft beer movement by making small-batch premium beers in an era of industry consolidation. By 2018, Boston Beer was a publicly traded company that...
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Keywords:
Beer/brewing Industry;
Succession;
Leadership;
Change;
Supply Chain;
Change Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Supply Chain Management;
Management Succession;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States;
Boston
Wing, Christina R., and Marco Iansiti. "The Boston Beer Company (A): New CEO." Harvard Business School Case 619-021, October 2018. (Revised July 2023.)