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- July 2009
- Supplement
Spreadsheet Supplement to Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing (CW)
By: Peter Tufano
These spreadsheets will allow students to analyze financials for Kinecta Federal Credit Union and Nix Check Cashing. They also provide insight into the banking and AFS markets in which both organizations operate.
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- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
disadvantage. Third, increasing wages or selecting suppliers with better environmental practices might bring a financial benefit in the long term; however, short-term pressures on the firm might make business leaders averse to making such investments. The View Details
- September 1992 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
DHL Worldwide Express
By: John A. Quelch
The worldwide sales and marketing manager must determine the degree to which pricing strategy and tactics should be standardized or left to the discretion of the DHL subsidiary in each country.
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Keywords:
Governance;
Business Subsidiaries;
Price;
Marketing Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Sales;
Shipping Industry
Quelch, John A., and Greg Conley. "DHL Worldwide Express." Harvard Business School Case 593-011, September 1992. (Revised November 1997.)
- November 2023
- Case
The Commons Project in Rwanda—Building Digital Infrastructure for the Global Public Good
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Tom Quinn
In September 2022, The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) CEO Zhenya Lindgardt and her team met on a Zoom call to discuss building tools to help Rwandans manage their health data. They believed that helping Africa build digital infrastructure would improve much-needed...
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 10 Nov 2016
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Impact Investing: Challenges and Opportunities
Never has there been a time when so many believed in both the ability and responsibility of the private sector to combat the world's greatest social challengesfrom poverty to climate change to accessible health care. Recent years have seen the creation of thousands of...
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- March 2005 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Brocade: Launching the Multiprotocol Router
By: Elie Ofek and Mamoon Hamid
Brocade management is preparing for the launch of a new technology for data storage. The multiprotocol router improves on existing technology and has the potential to change the way firms design their data storage networks. Students must determine the target market for...
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Price;
Product Launch;
Partners and Partnerships;
Segmentation;
Information Infrastructure;
Technology Adoption;
Information Technology Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Mamoon Hamid. "Brocade: Launching the Multiprotocol Router." Harvard Business School Case 505-064, March 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
will emerge new kinds of collective actions that will address the contemporary issues of multinational workforces and globalized networks of trade and commerce." These comments raise several questions: Just what new kinds of...
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by James Heskett
- January 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Lucent Technologies' successful New Ventures Group must present company executives with a strong case for continuing corporate venturing activities despite a troubled financial performance in difficult market conditions.
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Management Teams;
Business Ventures;
Venture Capital;
Financial Condition;
Change Management;
Wireless Technology;
Financial Services Industry;
Computer Industry;
New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Michelle Heskett. "Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group." Harvard Business School Case 300-085, January 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- Article
Anger and Regulation
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We study a model in which agents experience anger when they see a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for the welfare of its clients (i.e., altruism) making high profits. Regulation can increase welfare, for example, through fines (even with no changes in...
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Keywords:
Altruism;
Populism;
Public Relations;
Profit;
Consumer Behavior;
Perception;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Anger and Regulation." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116, no. 3 (July 2014): 734–765.
- March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Teaching Note
OpenInvest
By: Boris Vallee and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolio to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapon manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ...
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- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
and the way unexpected crises can emerge rapidly, leaders must move faster and display more strategic agility than ever before. Much of Watkins’ advice about how company officials should assume a leadership post still holds true. It’s...
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by John Quelch
- October 2000
- Case
Procter & Gamble Italy: The Pringles Launch (A)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Procter & Gamble's (P&G) Pringles potato chips have been a very successful brand. This case reviews the development and first launch in the United States, then in markets around the world. Italy is one of the last countries where Pringles will be launched. Should P&G...
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Keywords:
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Emerging Markets;
Product Development;
Adoption;
Value Creation;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Shapiro, Roy D. "Procter & Gamble Italy: The Pringles Launch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-070, October 2000.
- January 2008
- Article
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first...
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Keywords:
Profit;
Five Forces Framework;
Industry Growth;
Industry Structures;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 78–93.
Jerry R. Green
Jerry R. Green
David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy
John Leverett Professor in the University
Harvard University
Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens
By: Mihir A. Desai, James R. Hines, Jr and Mark Veblen
In response to Stanley Work's announcement that it is moving to Bermuda--and the associated jump in market value--a major competitor sets out to determine how the market is valuing the consequences of moving to a tax haven and whether his company should invert to a tax...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Taxation;
Financial Strategy;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
International Finance;
Valuation;
Financial Markets;
Financial Statements;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., James R. Hines, Jr, and Mark Veblen. "Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens." Harvard Business School Case 203-008, September 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- 27 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
The Evolution of CEO Compensation in Venture Capital-Backed Startups
- December 1990 (Revised December 1993)
- Supplement
Australian Paper Manufacturers (B)
By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
Describes events that occur after the decision point in Australian Paper Manufacturers (A). With these facts and more detailed market projections, this case intensifies the long-term financial, strategic, and ethical decisions confronting the invader.
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Upton, David M., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Australian Paper Manufacturers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 691-043, December 1990. (Revised December 1993.)
William C. Kirby
William C. Kirby is T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. He serves as Chairman of the Harvard... View Details
- December 1986 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986
Provides an update to the global competitive interaction between Caterpillar and Komatsu described in companion cases Caterpillar Tractor and Komatsu Ltd. Caterpillar's response to Komatsu's growing market share is outlined, then the impact of rapidly changing...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Price;
Global Strategy;
Policy;
Market Participation;
Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Caterpillar-Komatsu in 1986." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-095, December 1986. (Revised March 1991.)
- March 2004 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, The
By: Lynn S. Paine and James Weber
Describes the evolution and passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 from the perspective of the senior counsel on capital markets for the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.
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Keywords:
Government Legislation;
Corporate Accountability;
Governance Controls;
Capital Markets;
Financial Reporting;
Laws and Statutes;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and James Weber. "Sarbanes-Oxley Act, The." Harvard Business School Case 304-079, March 2004. (Revised July 2004.)