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- August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall...
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Turnaround;
Corporate Restructuring;
Change Leadership;
Female Ceo;
Change Management;
Communication Strategy;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cash Flow;
Cost Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Management;
Executive Compensation;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Value Creation;
Travel Industry;
United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Harvard Business Review Planned Opportunism: Using Weak Signals to Spur Innovations By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51052 forthcoming Strategic...
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Carmen Nobel
- Program
Compensation Committees
programs. You will explore best practices for aligning executive pay to business strategy and company goals and for meeting shareholder expectations as the regulatory climate evolves. You may also be...
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- 13 May 2018
- News
Executives learn how to lead digital disruption
- May 1987 (Revised December 1987)
- Case
Caruso's Pizza (Condensed)
Caruso's Pizza is a small, entrepreneurial restaurant chain. The case considers expansion of an experimental pizza delivery system ("express delivery") that involves a major process innovation--producing pizzas to inventory rather than to order. The system promises...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Processes;
Innovation and Invention;
Food and Beverage Industry
Hart, Christopher. "Caruso's Pizza (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 687-071, May 1987. (Revised December 1987.)
- December 2009
- Case
Milliway Capital & Martin Smith: November 2008
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann Leamon
Martin Smith, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2008. One of his first assignments is to review three companies in a partner's portfolio and recommend strategies for managing them. In addition,...
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Keywords:
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Management;
Private Equity;
Business Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Venture Capital;
Business or Company Management
Hardymon, G. Felda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Ann Leamon. "Milliway Capital & Martin Smith: November 2008." Harvard Business School Case 810-088, December 2009.
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
countries. In his new book, Consumer Capitalism: Politics, Product Markets, and Firm Strategy in France and Germany, Trumbull looks at the implications of this rise of consumer protectionism. Sean Silverthorne: You note that until the...
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- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
says Harvard Business School assistant professor Maria Roche, one of the paper’s authors. And here's a surprising part: The knowledge spillovers happen most within a radius of 20 meters, or 65 feet. Neighborly influence falls off...
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by Ben Rand
- 07 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It
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by Malcolm S. Salter
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
geography still matter enormously in global business. Strategy and Society: The Link between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility Authors:M. E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer Periodical:Harvard View Details
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Martha Lagace
- April 1998 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
On October 15, 1996, Virginia-based CSX and Pennsylvania-based Consolidated Rail (Conrail), the first and third largest railroads in the eastern United States, announced their intent to merge in a friendly deal worth $8.3 billion. This deal was part of an industry-wide...
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Esty, Benjamin C., Lori A. Flees, and Mathew M Millett. "Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 298-006, April 1998. (Revised July 2005.)
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
Remote work is here to stay—but not everywhere, and not in all companies. As the business world emerges from the pandemic, some companies are demanding a full return to the office. Others are embracing remote work options for their...
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by Rachel Layne
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional...
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- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
From Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain to Yemen, as a number of nations in North Africa and the Middle East go through cataclysmic changes, the world watches and wonders what the future may hold as myriad protestors risk their lives for revolutionary change. Three Harvard...
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- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Elon Musk and the Dying Art of the Big Bet
- September 2022
- Article
Experimentation and Startup Performance: Evidence from A/B Testing
By: Rembrand Koning, Sharique Hasan and Aaron Chatterji
Recent scholarship has argued that experimentation should be the organizing principle for entrepreneurial strategy. Experimentation leads to organizational learning, which drives improvements in firm performance. We investigate this proposition by exploiting the...
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Keywords:
Experimentation;
A/B Testing;
Data-driven Decision-making;
Organizational Learning;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Business Startups;
Learning;
Performance;
Decision Making
Koning, Rembrand, Sharique Hasan, and Aaron Chatterji. "Experimentation and Startup Performance: Evidence from A/B Testing." Management Science 68, no. 9 (September 2022): 6434–6453.
- March 2008 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
New Schools for New Orleans 2008
Founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as a catalyst for the transformation of the public education system in New Orleans, President Sarah Usdin and CEO Matt Candler must adapt their strategy to respond to a continuously shifting local context. By 2008, conditions on...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Education;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Situation or Environment;
Adaptation;
Value Creation;
Education Industry;
New Orleans
Childress, Stacey, Scott Benson, and Sarah Tudryn. "New Schools for New Orleans 2008." Harvard Business School Case 308-074, March 2008. (Revised November 2009.)
- January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Multinationals as Engines of Growth?
Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Trade;
Growth and Development;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Iran;
United States;
Malaysia;
Japan
Jones, Geoffrey G. "Multinationals as Engines of Growth?" Harvard Business School Case 803-108, January 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- March 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Supplement
STRIVR (B): Moving into the Enterprise
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
STRIVR, a company focused on virtual reality training, has decided to shift focus from sports to enterprise customers. The change in strategy requires the CEO to solve a number of issues. The company initally offered training for hard skills, but clients have been...
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Keywords:
Strivr;
Virtual Reality;
Soft Skills;
Hard Skills;
VR;
Applications and Software;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Strategy;
Training;
Sports;
Technology Industry;
Education Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "STRIVR (B): Moving into the Enterprise." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-091, March 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
pandemic, for which no plan could be made. Agility, not long-range planning, is the answer to hard-to-predict events. Finally, effective culture is especially important for organizations in the start-up phase of their development in which several View Details
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by Avery Forman