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- September 2020
- Case
Wladimir Klitschko: F.A.C.E. Your Challenges
By: Boris Groysberg, Michael Norris and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In 2020, Olympic goal medal winning boxer and former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko had built himself a “second ring” to continue his career after retiring from professional boxing. He was a hotelier, boxing promoter, author, teacher, speaker, and had...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Business Education;
Training;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Sports;
Sports Industry;
Sports Industry;
Sports Industry;
Ukraine;
Germany
Groysberg, Boris, Michael Norris, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Wladimir Klitschko: F.A.C.E. Your Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 421-032, September 2020.
- September 2020
- Case
Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company
By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Construction Industry;
Ohio;
United States
Narayanan, V.G., and John Masko. "Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company." Harvard Business School Case 121-026, September 2020.
- July 2020 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Live Nation and Pharrell Williams
By: Anita Elberse and Kate Christensen
“We’re in business together, and whether we lose a few million dollars or make a few million dollars, let’s do this. If you think you can pull it off, I’m behind you.” Michael Rapino, chief executive officer of Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment...
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Keywords:
Music;
Entertainment;
Superstars;
Talent;
Labor Economics;
General Management;
Music Entertainment;
Media;
Talent and Talent Management;
Joint Ventures;
Marketing;
Strategy;
Music Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Kate Christensen. "Live Nation and Pharrell Williams." Harvard Business School Case 521-005, July 2020. (Revised July 2023.)
- June 2020 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Deloitte's Pixel (A): Consulting with Open Talent
By: Michael L. Tushman, John Winsor and Kerry Herman
Deloitte Consulting’s General Manager Balaji Bondili, head of Pixel, considers how best to grow Deloitte Consulting’s use of open (on-demand) talent, as consulting companies and their clients face transformative change in the way client engagements and projects get...
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Keywords:
Disruption;
Talent and Talent Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Tushman, Michael L., John Winsor, and Kerry Herman. "Deloitte's Pixel (A): Consulting with Open Talent." Harvard Business School Case 420-003, June 2020. (Revised March 2024.)
- March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better...
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Keywords:
Diversity;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Development;
Market Entry and Exit;
Consulting Industry;
United States;
Florida;
New York (state, US)
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities." Harvard Business School Case 420-062, March 2020. (Revised January 2023.)
- March 2020
- Article
Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent...
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Keywords:
Vertical Integration;
Volatility;
Capital Investment;
Capacity Management;
Renewable Energy;
Green Hydrogen;
Decarbonization;
Carbon Emissions;
Environment;
Energy;
Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment;
Decision Making;
Operations;
Technological Innovation;
Green Technology;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Europe;
North America;
South America;
Africa;
Asia
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems." Production and Operations Management 29, no. 3 (March 2020): 526–546.
- November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2017, Constellation Brands, the U.S.-based beverage company, acquired a 9.9% equity interest in the Canadian marijuana company, Canopy Growth. In 2018, Constellation announced a subsequent investment in Canopy—taking its ownership interest to 37%. However, Canopy’s...
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Keywords:
Equity Investment;
Marijuana;
Growth Investing;
New Market Development;
Beverage Industry;
Equity;
Investment;
Strategy;
Consulting Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Canada;
United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High." Harvard Business School Case 220-044, November 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance
By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook based on the idea that connecting people was a fundamentally good thing—and a way to turn a handsome profit. But from the beginning, Facebook received criticism both for how it handled user privacy and how it curated user-generated...
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Keywords:
Platform;
Governance;
Privacy;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Governance;
Ethics;
Business and Government Relations;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Web Services Industry
Yoffie, David, and Daniel Fisher. "Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance." Harvard Business School Case 720-400, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- October 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
The Predictive Index
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Weber
Mike Zani and Daniel Muzquiz needed to decide next steps to create a new category in the human resources consulting industry and scale their company.
Zani and Muzquiz, serial entrepreneurs, acquired Predictive Index in 2014. Previously, as clients of the... View Details
Zani and Muzquiz, serial entrepreneurs, acquired Predictive Index in 2014. Previously, as clients of the... View Details
Keywords:
Human Resources;
Selection and Staffing;
Talent and Talent Management;
Recruitment;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Change Management;
Disruptive Innovation;
Digital Platforms;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consulting Industry;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and James Weber. "The Predictive Index." Harvard Business School Case 820-034, October 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
- September 2019
- Case
Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Stephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their...
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Keywords:
Behavioral Analytics;
Financial Institutions;
Banks and Banking;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Banking Industry;
Banking Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations." Harvard Business School Case 120-006, September 2019.
- August 2019 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group
By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
This case focuses on a large Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate and family business Zamil Group’s corporate and family governance journey. The 12 sons of the founder led and grew the group successfully after taking over from their father in 1961. The secret to their...
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Keywords:
Middle East;
Family Ownership;
Family-owned Business;
Saudi Arabia;
Family Business;
Governance;
Organizational Structure;
Values and Beliefs;
Steel Industry;
Steel Industry;
Middle East;
Saudi Arabia;
Bahrain
Wing, Christina R., Suraj Srinivasan, and Esel Çekin. "Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group." Harvard Business School Case 620-009, August 2019. (Revised March 2022.)
- March 2019
- Case
ICSGroup
By: Paul A. Gompers, Christopher Stanton and Silpa Kovvali
Gompers, Paul A., Christopher Stanton, and Silpa Kovvali. "ICSGroup." Harvard Business School Case 819-097, March 2019.
- March 2019
- Article
Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Clean Technology;
Renewable Energy;
Energy Storage;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainable Business;
Synergies;
Green Hydrogen;
Green Technology;
Environment;
Decarbonization;
Carbon Emissions;
Carbon Abatement;
Energy;
Accounting;
Decision Making;
Economics;
Environmental Management;
Growth and Development;
Management;
Operations;
Science;
Transportation;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Battery Industry;
Africa;
Asia;
Europe;
North and Central America;
South America;
Middle East
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen." Nature Energy 4, no. 3 (March 2019): 216–222.
- January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
CrossBoundary Energy
By: John Macomber
Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable...
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Keywords:
Energy Investing;
Economic Development;
Renewable Energy;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Project Finance;
Emerging Markets;
Industry Structures;
Infrastructure;
Segmentation;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
Africa;
Tanzania;
Ghana
Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- October 2018
- Case
Recipe for Success: Growth and Evolution at Cafe Cupcake
By: Anthony Mayo and Heather Beckham
Café Cupcake (CC) is a fast-casual restaurant chain that offers artisan cupcakes and light fare throughout the southeastern United States and Texas. This case chronicles the growth and evolution of Café Cupcake. It also considers the specific human resource challenges...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Human Resources;
Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Food and Beverage Industry
Mayo, Anthony, and Heather Beckham. "Recipe for Success: Growth and Evolution at Cafe Cupcake." Harvard Business School Brief Case 919-509, October 2018.
- September 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds
By: Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Nathaniel Schwalb
After much internal debate, THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world, has been engaged to assist...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Mission-Related Investing;
Foundations;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategy;
Investment Funds;
Decision Making;
Consulting Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Denmark;
Europe
Gandhi, Vikram, Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds." Harvard Business School Case 819-021, September 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- September 2018
- Case
Verisk: Trailblazing in the Big Data Jungle
By: Andrew Wasynczuk, Francesca Gino and Karim Sameh
This case revolves around Verisk Analytics' initiatives to drive innovation throughout the firm's many business verticals. Verisk, originally named ISO, started life as an insurance rating agency in the early 1970s, acting as an intermediary between insurance companies...
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Keywords:
Verisk;
Argus;
Wood Mackenzie;
Insurance;
Energy;
Analytics;
Data;
Big Data;
Acquisitions;
Acquisition Strategy;
Innovation;
Organic Growth;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation Leadership;
Technological Innovation;
Acquisition;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Analytics and Data Science;
Insurance Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Insurance Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom;
New York (state, US);
England
Wasynczuk, Andrew, Francesca Gino, and Karim Sameh. "Verisk: Trailblazing in the Big Data Jungle." Harvard Business School Case 919-014, September 2018.
- July 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
Next Street, LLC
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 211-094 and 219-723.
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- 2019
- Working Paper
The Creative Consulting Company
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Richard Nolan and David P. Norton
During the past 50 years, several consulting companies introduced important new ideas that extended management theory and improved management practice. This paper draws upon public sources and the authors’ personal experiences to describe how three management...
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Keywords:
Management;
Theory;
Practice;
Performance Improvement;
Innovation and Management;
Consulting Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., Richard Nolan, and David P. Norton. "The Creative Consulting Company." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-001, July 2018.
- May 2018 (Revised October 2020)
- Supplement
La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy...
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