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- May 1994 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Taco Bell--1994
Taco Bell CEO, John Martin, boldly proclaims a growth goal of 200,000 points of access by the year 2000 (the company had approximately 3,600 in 1991). To realize such growth, Martin embraces a philosophy of continual change. The implications for Taco Bell are dramatic...
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Information Technology;
Food;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Human Resources;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Goals and Objectives;
Change Management;
Expansion;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Communication;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Taco Bell--1994." Harvard Business School Case 694-076, May 1994. (Revised July 1995.)
- April 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
PayPal Merchant Services
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
In early 2006, PayPal management is deciding how to respond to Google's entry into online payments. PayPal, owned by eBay, has targeted online merchants outside eBay's auction community for its next wave of expansion. Google represents a potential threat to PayPal's...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Expansion;
Service Operations;
Auctions;
Web Services Industry;
Web Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lauren Barley. "PayPal Merchant Services." Harvard Business School Case 806-188, April 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
reasons include structural changes in the advertising industry such as the unbundling of agency services, and improved communication tools that make it easier and more cost efficient for firms to manage some...
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Business Track - New Venture Competition
optional and there is no scoring in this round. Final registrants will receive communication from Rock to register for this round after the final deadline. 4 Pitch Your Plan on Super Saturday 2 MAR 2024 Super Saturday will take place on...
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- Web
Africa - Global
organizations. The trip provided an important opportunity for Professor Gompers to engage with HBS alumni, Africa Advisory Board (AAB) members, leading businesspeople, and industry experts to share his research and learn about the...
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- January 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
COFIDIS
An offspring of French catalog marketer 3 Suisses, and a popular sponsor of Tour de France, Cofidis sells consumer credit over the phone, defying conventional banking with a product policy and a communication strategy that perfectly fits the company's comparative...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Marketing Communications;
Competitive Advantage;
Product;
Credit;
Financial Services Industry;
France
Wathieu, Luc R. "COFIDIS." Harvard Business School Case 501-055, January 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
more ‘going with the flow’ Smith and Cuscuna licked their wounds, took time off to reflect, and decided to open a new Brooklyn ice cream shop called the Social in 2021 that mirrored the values of Ample Hills—that is, fresh, homemade ingredients and a store serving as a...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
this really untapped resource,” she said. “That was something I felt like I wanted to plant my feet in, an industry that had so much room for innovation.” So Shodiya chose to major in aerospace engineering as an undergraduate at Georgia...
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- November 2015 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Air Products' Pursuit of Airgas (A)
By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Paul M. Healy, Penelope Rossano and Kyle Thomas
This case centers around the Air Products' hostile takeover attempt of Airgas in 2010. Air Products argued that its offer of a 38% premium is generous given Airgas' poor performance, which Air Products attributed to underperforming and entrenched managers at Airgas. On...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Wang, Charles C.Y., Paul M. Healy, Penelope Rossano, and Kyle Thomas. "Air Products' Pursuit of Airgas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-024, November 2015. (Revised March 2018.)
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
profession. Finance, insurance, information, and communications have the highest remote-work shares, the authors found. Skills play a role, too. Higher-paying jobs with computer use and education requirements are more likely to offer a...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Supporting a dynamic community MBA Experience MBA Students with backgrounds in all sectors have a range of opportunities for involvement in social enterprise at HBS. Faculty & Research Faculty members engage in social enterprise research,...
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- September 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Monica Brand
Mexico's largest construction company, Empresas ICA, makes an initial public offering to international equity investors in April 1992 to help fund its participation in an ambitious new private-sector approach to highway development. Under the new program, launched by...
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Keywords:
Construction;
Transportation Networks;
Infrastructure;
Privatization;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Initial Public Offering;
Private Sector;
Government and Politics;
Policy;
Construction Industry;
Mexico
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Monica Brand. "Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program." Harvard Business School Case 793-028, September 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
IBM After-Sales Service
IBM has established a service delivery system to provide service and maintenance parts for its installed base of computers. The case outlines the competitive pressures IBM faces from alternative providers of maintenance services (e.g. other OEMs, third-party...
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Keywords:
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Logistics;
Operations;
Distribution;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry
Hammond, Janice H. "IBM After-Sales Service." Harvard Business School Case 693-001, March 1993. (Revised April 1995.)
- May 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
AES Global Values
By: Lynn S. Paine
Members of the development team for the AES Corp.'s power plant project in India must decide what plant technology to specify in their application for techno-economic clearance from the government of India's Central Electric Authority. Their choice is between more...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Generation;
Technology Adoption;
Energy Industry;
India;
United States
Paine, Lynn S. "AES Global Values." Harvard Business School Case 399-136, May 1999. (Revised November 2000.)
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
attacks. Garry Emmons: The focus of your work is on how to manage integration within a highly differentiated organization. Post-9/11, how's the intelligence community doing on that score? Jan Rivkin: Intelligence issues are enormously...
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- August 2023
- Teaching Note
Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-089. By 2020, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, had transformed the small telephone switch manufacturer he founded in 1987 into a $120 billion telecommunications company poised to lead the lucrative rollout of fifth-generation (5G)...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
didn’t have the right answer or that my perspective was not informed enough to be valuable. During my career I selected opportunities primarily by looking for people who were smarter than me, motivated, and working on something exciting. I have now been working in...
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MBA Experience | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Leadership Fellows Loan Assistance Community A wide variety of clubs and activities serve as major vehicles for supporting students interested in social enterprise. Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum Social Entrepreneurship Our...
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- October 1991 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Lotus MarketPlace: Households
By: Lynn S. Paine
Managers at Lotus and Equifax must decide what to do about their new jointly developed database and software product Lotus MarketPlace which has been criticized as a threat to individual privacy. The Product, which would allow small businesses to buy targeting mail...
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Keywords:
Information;
Business or Company Management;
Rights;
Ethics;
Marketing Communications;
Applications and Software;
Product Marketing;
Information Technology Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Lotus MarketPlace: Households." Harvard Business School Case 392-026, October 1991. (Revised June 1996.)
- 14 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis
began selling iron ore and coal to Germany and Great Britain in the early 1800s. When Sweden industrialized in the mid-1800s, Spar says, “it did so quickly and methodically,” adopting the most successful practices from established...
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by Lane Lambert