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- 15 Dec 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Biased Sampling of Early Users and the Direction of Startup Innovation
- November 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company
By: Joseph L. Bower, Nancy Hua Dai and Michael Shih-ta Chen
Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead China National Offshore Oil Company - an SOE founded in 1982 to exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Leadership Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Organizational Culture;
State Ownership;
Competitive Strategy;
Energy Industry;
China
Bower, Joseph L., Nancy Hua Dai, and Michael Shih-ta Chen. "CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company." Harvard Business School Case 311-074, November 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
medicine, innovation, technology, and business for a range of popular publications, and since 2015 has co-hosted the popular Tech Tonics podcast. Chris Shumway MBA '93, Harvard University; BS, University of Virginia Chris Shumway has...
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Deborah M. Winshel
Deborah Winshel is a Senior Lecturer on the faculty of Harvard Business School teaching the first-year required course, Leadership and Corporate Accountability.
She is an experienced business and non-profit leader whose vision and strategic direction have... View Details
- February 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Latvia: Economic Strategy after EU Accession
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Describes the economic development of Latvia, a small eastern European country on the shores of the Baltic Sea, from regaining independence in 1991 to European Union (EU) accession in 2004 and is set on May 1st, 2004, the day Latvia became an EU member. Latvia had...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations;
European Union;
Latvia
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Latvia: Economic Strategy after EU Accession." Harvard Business School Case 707-515, February 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- August 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment
By: Victoria Ivashina and Mike Harmon
This case is a setting to discuss “loan to own” investment strategy that is often pursued by distressed investors. The aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis left many companies with poor liquidity and limited ability to obtain credit. One of these companies was Pierre...
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Mike Harmon. "Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment." Harvard Business School Case 219-018, August 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- January 2013 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Kunshan, Incorporated: The Making of China's Richest Town
By: William C. Kirby, Nora Bynum, Tracy Yuen Manty and Erica M. Zendell
In 1980, the city of Kunshan was mere countryside, registering neither on the Chinese government's nor the international business community's radar. By 2010, Kunshan had become the richest city per capita in China and a global technology powerhouse, home to companies...
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Keywords:
Foreign Investment;
Entrepreneurship;
Competition;
Emerging Markets;
FDI;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Innovation Leadership;
Technology Industry;
China;
Taiwan Strait
Kirby, William C., Nora Bynum, Tracy Yuen Manty, and Erica M. Zendell. "Kunshan, Incorporated: The Making of China's Richest Town." Harvard Business School Case 313-103, January 2013. (Revised May 2013.)
- March 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Next Street, LLC
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Next Street Financial, LLC was a modern merchant bank that provided high quality advisory services and capital to small- and mid-sized inner city businesses. Next Street was a for-profit business that aimed to increase the growth, profitability and success of its...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Entrepreneurship;
Capital;
Commercial Banking;
Investment Funds;
Urban Development;
Financial Services Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Next Street, LLC." Harvard Business School Case 211-094, March 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
JUUL: Leading the Vaping Revolution
- November 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Natura Cosméticos, S.A.
Rodolfo Guttilla, Director of Corporate Affairs for Natura Cosméticos S.A. (Natura), prepared for a meeting with key stakeholders to discuss the future of integrated reporting at Natura. A cosmetics company with a strong brand, robust growth in international and...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Decision Making;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Brazil
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and James Heffernan. "Natura Cosméticos, S.A." Harvard Business School Case 412-052, November 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- September 1974 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Midwest Ice Cream Co.
Midwest Ice Cream (a disguised name) serves as an example to examine a planning and control system. Useful management information, which otherwise would not be apparent, is derived by preparing a basic profit variance analysis. This illustrates how the company is doing...
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Shank, John K., and Wm J. Rauwerdink. "Midwest Ice Cream Co." Harvard Business School Case 175-070, September 1974. (Revised January 1988.)
- June 2005 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
fortu PowerCell GmbH
By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman, Vincent Dessain, Monika Stachowiak and Anders Sjoman
Describes the financing, strategy, and growth decisions facing fortu, a young German battery company. The company is contemplating a facility in East Germany, where state subsidies make the finances appealing. A sudden offer to license fortu technology for application...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Financing and Loans;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Battery Industry;
Germany
Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, Vincent Dessain, Monika Stachowiak, and Anders Sjoman. "fortu PowerCell GmbH." Harvard Business School Case 805-159, June 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
- January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital (Abridged)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to...
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Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise
related to your family business Nurture an entrepreneurial mindset across generations Understand best practices for managing family wealth, from estate planning to ensuring equity across branches of the family Balance family control with...
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- March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa
By: Tarun Khanna and Ayesha Khan
This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the Middle East and Africa. The CEO of the company, Dr. Saad...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Telecommunications Industry;
Africa;
Kuwait
Khanna, Tarun, and Ayesha Khan. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-477, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- December 2011 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Scaling the Mother Standard of Care
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
The CEO of a private and growing national network of specialty care hospitals focusing on advanced-stage and complex cancer treatments reflected on the firm's past phase of growth before meeting with the company's Chairman and founder to discuss how to further scale...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Medical Specialties;
Service Delivery;
Innovation and Invention;
Health Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Scaling the Mother Standard of Care." Harvard Business School Case 312-073, December 2011. (Revised December 2011.)
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
Harvard Business School Leading AI-nization: Fueling Growth with Data and AI Join Mickey Mikitani and Professor Tsedal Neeley to discuss how Rakuten continues to set the pace as a global innovation leader....
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- June 2022
- Case
The SAH Group: The Time is Right
By: Juan Alcacer and Alpana Thapar
In January 2021, Jalila Mezni, cofounder and CEO of the SAH Group, was preparing to present the company’s future growth plans to its board of directors. The Tunisian company was a leading producer and distributor of personal care and packaged hygiene products. In 2019,...
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Expansion;
Business Divisions;
Product Positioning;
Brands and Branding;
Competition;
Presentations;
Consumer Products Industry;
Tunisia;
Kenya
Alcacer, Juan, and Alpana Thapar. "The SAH Group: The Time is Right." Harvard Business School Case 722-357, June 2022.
- September 2006 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
Empemex
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
Studies an entrepreneurial venture in Mexico City. The protagonists, two MBAs from HBS, started a pawn shop chain funded from their private equity office after finishing business school. This is timed at a point where the protagonists have to decide how to grow the...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mexico City;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Empemex." Harvard Business School Case 807-031, September 2006. (Revised February 2011.)
- October 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Verengo Solar Plus!
By: William A. Sahlman, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Liz Kind
In the three years since Bishop and Button purchased Verengo in a leveraged buyout (LBO), the company had gone through dramatic changes. Initially a residential windows and insulation firm, after the economic recession of 2008 the company switched gears and began...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Growth Management;
Restructuring;
Renewable Energy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Finance;
Product Development;
Energy Industry;
California
Sahlman, William A., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Liz Kind. "Verengo Solar Plus!" Harvard Business School Case 812-049, October 2011. (Revised November 2011.)