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- January 2019
- Case
AIME High: A Social Entrepreneur's Moon Shot
Describes the entrepreneurial leadership of Jack Manning Bancroft (JMB), a young Indigenous Australian university student who created the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), a nonprofit organization he formed to respond to the problem of Indigenous high...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Mission;
Organization Culture;
Non-profit;
NGO;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
Global Strategy;
Mission and Purpose;
Secondary Education;
Organizational Culture;
Education Industry;
Service Industry;
Australia;
United States
Bartlett, Christopher A. "AIME High: A Social Entrepreneur's Moon Shot." Harvard Business School Case 919-411, January 2019.
- October 2015
- Teaching Note
Clef Company: Turnover
Clef Company sells keys and other products to retail outlets, which then sell these products to consumers. The case concerns turnover in Clef's sales force in the context of company strategy, financial performance, and a day in the life of a Clef salesperson. Among...
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- June 2013 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Estonia: Transition, EU Membership, and the Euro
By: Michael E. Porter, Christian Ketels and Örjan Sölvell
The case discusses the economic development of Estonia, covering specifically the period from regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 until 2015. It tracks the process from the initial transition towards a market economy to becoming an EU member country,...
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Keywords:
Economy;
Macroeconomics;
Microeconomics;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Estonia
Porter, Michael E., Christian Ketels, and Örjan Sölvell. "Estonia: Transition, EU Membership, and the Euro." Harvard Business School Case 713-479, June 2013. (Revised March 2016.)
- 2008
- Case
Thomas Green:Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis
By: W. Earl Sasser
The case describes the dilemma of a marketing manager, Thomas Green, who, after being rapidly promoted, is harshly criticized by his boss, Frank Davis. Green and Davis disagree on work styles and market projections. Green believes the sales goals set by Davis are based...
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- January 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (A): US Treasuries in November 2008
Investment manager James Franey confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices a wide yield spread between two U.S. Treasury bonds that mature on the same date. Franey must decide if there is an opportunity, how...
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Keywords:
Bonds;
Valuation;
Interest Rates;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Taliaferro, Ryan D., and Stephen Blyth. "Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (A): US Treasuries in November 2008." Harvard Business School Case 211-049, January 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- May 2009
- Case
Global Health Partner: Obesity Care
By: Michael E. Porter, Zayed Muhammed Yasin and Jennifer F Baron
Global Health Partner (GHP) was founded in 2006 as a privately owned health care provider in Sweden serving both public and private paying patients. In contrast to most providers in the country, GHP organized around specific service lines where it saw the potential to...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Medical Specialties;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Structure;
Outcome or Result;
Quality;
Competitive Advantage;
Integration;
Health Industry;
Sweden
Porter, Michael E., Zayed Muhammed Yasin, and Jennifer F Baron. "Global Health Partner: Obesity Care." Harvard Business School Case 709-494, May 2009.
- January 2002 (Revised April 2015)
- Background Note
A Note on Maneuvering in War and Negotiation
By: Michael Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Military metaphors are commonplace in business writing about strategy, but they are rarely used in the negotiation literature. This case takes the Marine Corps philosophy of warfighting and compares it with the tactics and techniques of effective negotiators. Some of...
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Wheeler, Michael, and Gillian Morris. "A Note on Maneuvering in War and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-157, January 2002. (Revised April 2015.)
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross-industry projects and the ways they must be managed. The authors analyze contemporary cases that expose the complex demands of cross-boundary collaboration...
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and nutrition education in underserved communities acr... Prime Coalition: Estimating Climate Impact By: Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth, Brian Trelstad and Amram Migdal October 2023 | Faculty Research A case on CRANE, a tool to help...
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- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
reciprocity measured after surprising an employee with a raise is fundamentally different from that posited to explain persistent above-market wages. Download working paper: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/oDesk.pdf Cases...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Questioning, Listening & Responding - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching by the Case Method Questioning, Listening & Responding Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing...
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is diffusing rapidly in the literature and among practitioners. Additionally, together with Dr. Jim Kim and Dr. Paul Farmer, Michael Porter has developed a body of thinking and case studies on health care delivery in resource poor...
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- December 2023
- Case
Three Decades of Cluster Policy in Catalonia: What's Next?
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The case profiles the development of cluster-based economic development activities in Catalonia, one of Spain's most prosperous regions, over the last thirty years. It describes the evolution of these activities between 1990 and 2022 and puts these changes into the...
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Three Decades of Cluster Policy in Catalonia: What's Next?" Harvard Business School Case 724-404, December 2023.
- January 2021
- Case
The FIRE Savings Calculator
By: Michael Parzen and Paul Hamilton
This case follows Carol Muñoz, a member of the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) lifestyle movement. At the age of 45, Carol is considering retiring and living off the $1 million she has accumulated. Using Monte Carlo simulation, Carol forecasts the...
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- April 2022
- Teaching Note
Tempur Sealy International (A, B & C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 718-422, 718-423, and 718-424. The cases explore the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms...
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Keywords:
Porter's 5 Forces;
Bargaining Power;
Buyer Power;
Customer Power;
Supplier Power;
Negotiations;
Value Capture;
Private Equity;
Consumer Durables;
Consumer Discretionary;
Mattresses;
B-2-B;
Industry Dynamics;
Leadership;
Compensation;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Competition;
Cooperation;
Distribution;
Negotiation;
Industry Structures;
Customers;
Relationships;
Distribution Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
South Africa
- July 2016
- Case
Product Portfolio Management at Genentech
By: Kevin Schulman and Jamie Gresh
Genentech, long the darling of the biotechnology industry, was acquired by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche in 2009. The combined company retains the name Genentech in the US, but must now move to achieve the promises made at the time of this merger—to build from...
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Keywords:
Portfolio Management;
Drug Development;
Postmerger Integration;
Marketing Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Schulman, Kevin, and Jamie Gresh. "Product Portfolio Management at Genentech." Harvard Business School Case 317-012, July 2016.
- April 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Tessa Natanay Hamilton
Following a successful career as the first female Vice President of Goldman Sachs in Asia, Junko Yoda became a 2010 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During her fellowship, she set out to promote awareness, and prevent and alleviate the effects of human...
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- July 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
China Lodging Group (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Shelley Xin Li and Nancy Hua Dai
This case study explores the challenges of aligning middle management interests with company goals as a company navigates rapid growth in a dynamic industry. China Lodging Group, a Chinese hotel chain that opened about 2,000 hotels during its first decade in business,...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Business or Company Management;
Growth Management;
Balanced Scorecard;
Accommodations Industry;
China
Sandino, Tatiana, Shelley Xin Li, and Nancy Hua Dai. "China Lodging Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-004, July 2015. (Revised October 2016.)