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- January 2013
- Case
MuMaté
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Alex Godden
MuMaté, a fictional cult beverage company, requires capital to fund national expansion. Its cofounders, who have bootstrapped to this point, are now negotiating with venture capital firms to raise a $3 million funding round. The case describes MuMaté's inception, early...
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- 07 Sep 2010
- News
China: Looking beyond the boom
- 22 Feb 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How to Scale a Startup Marketplace for Used Furniture
- 12 Jul 2015
- News
How Genzyme became a source of biotech executives
- January 2002 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century
By: David B. Yoffie and Yusi Wang
Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. New challenges of the 21st century included boosting flagging domestic cola sales and finding new revenue streams. Both firms also began to modify their bottling,...
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Keywords:
Price;
Growth and Development;
Brands and Branding;
Emerging Markets;
Industry Structures;
Performance;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Yoffie, David B., and Yusi Wang. "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century." Harvard Business School Case 702-442, January 2002. (Revised January 2004.)
- June 2016
- Case
Career at a Crossroad: Akhil and Roopa
By: Noam Wasserman
Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fiancee, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Opportunities;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Startups;
Green Technology Industry
Wasserman, Noam. "Career at a Crossroad: Akhil and Roopa." Harvard Business School Case 816-102, June 2016.
- August 2011
- Supplement
Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
By: Noam Wasserman and Lisa Brem
Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fiancee, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Technological Innovation;
Job Offer;
Personal Development and Career;
Opportunities;
Technology
Wasserman, Noam, and Lisa Brem. "Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-013, August 2011.
- 04 Nov 2019
- News
Getting Around: Shaping the Future of Transportation
- 11 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Year as Co-Presidents: Q+A with AASU's Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021) and Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)
View Video Being a club president comes with challenges, but for those who took the helm in 2020, there were additional, unforeseen adversities that surfaced. Coupling the pandemic with the racial injustices that fueled the Black Lives...
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- March 2018 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
X: The Foghorn Decision
In February 2016, Kathy Hannun—a project leader at X, Alphabet Inc.'s so-called "moonshot factory"—had to prepare a recommendation for the senior leadership of X regarding the future of Foghorn, a project she was leading to develop a carbon-neutral process for...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
R&D Project Management;
Radical Innovation;
Clean Technology;
Innovation and Management;
Technological Innovation;
Energy;
Research and Development;
Projects;
Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Technology Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
California
Huckman, Robert S., Karim R. Lakhani, and Kyle R. Myers. "X: The Foghorn Decision." Harvard Business School Case 618-060, March 2018. (Revised September 2023.)
- December 2022
- Article
The Rise of People Analytics and the Future of Organizational Research
By: Jeff Polzer
Organizations are transforming as they adopt new technologies and use new sources of data, changing the experiences of employees and pushing organizational researchers to respond. As employees perform their daily activities, they generate vast digital data. These data,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Technology Adoption;
Employees
Polzer, Jeff. "The Rise of People Analytics and the Future of Organizational Research." Art. 100181. Research in Organizational Behavior 42 (December 2022). (Supplement.)
- July 2023
- Supplement
Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress (A)
By: Michael Tushman and Kerry Herman
This case describes the transformation of Enel from a traditional “brown” or fossil fuel energy firm to a sustainable and green firm focused on renewables, and finally to an energy supplier and integrated energy services firm. It describes a set of capabilities...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Innovation and Invention;
Transformation;
Green Technology;
Renewable Energy;
Energy Industry
Tushman, Michael, and Kerry Herman. "Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 423-724, July 2023.
- July 2013
- Case
Jackson Automotive Systems
By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
Jackson Automotive Systems produces automotive parts for advanced heating and air conditioning systems, engine cooling systems, fuel injection and transfer systems, and various other engine parts and it supplies them to the automotive industry primarily in Michigan....
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Keywords:
Production;
Financial Crisis;
Corporate Finance;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Michigan
Fruhan, William E., and Wei Wang. "Jackson Automotive Systems." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-505, July 2013.
- September–October 2023
- Article
What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types
By: Lynn S. Paine
Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance...
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Keywords:
Stakeholder Capitalism;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Organizational Structure;
Trust
Paine, Lynn S. "What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You? A Guide to the Four Main Types." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 108–119.
- December 2010
- Article
Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate
By: Rohit Deshpandé
The article discusses the "provenance paradox," wherein consumers are unwilling to buy high-quality products from regions not commonly associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Emerging Markets;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
- October 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Considers the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Operations;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Efficiency;
Competitive Strategy;
Air Transportation Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 609-046, October 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- September 2012
- Supplement
Industrial Metrology: Getting In-Line? (B)
By: Willy Shih
Rainer Ohnheiser, the President of Carl Zeiss's Business Group Industrial Metrology (IMT), was focused on the threat that in-line metrology posed to Carl Zeiss IMT's core business. Historically, coordinate measurement machines (CMMs) that employed tactile measurement...
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Keywords:
Performance Trajectories;
Emerging Technologies;
Manufacturing Tools;
Carl Zeiss;
Go-to-market Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Production;
Performance Improvement;
Measurement and Metrics;
Manufacturing Industry;
Germany
Shih, Willy. "Industrial Metrology: Getting In-Line? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-041, September 2012.
- January 2015 (Revised July 2015)
- Case
Jimmy Choo
By: Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener
Jimmy Choo is a British luxury accessories brand, specializing in shoes, handbags, accessories, and fragrances. Founded in 1996 in London by couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo and Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon OBE, the brand enjoyed immediate success and rapidly...
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Keywords:
Luxury Brand;
Fashion;
Designer Brand;
Shoe;
Fashion Accessories;
Retail;
Entrepreneurship;
Branding;
Brand Positioning;
New Market Development;
Entry Into China;
Luxury Chinese Market;
Global Brands;
Growth Strategy;
Jimmy Choo;
Christian Louboutin;
China;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Luxury;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Brands and Branding;
Fashion Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
China;
Great Britain
Keinan, Anat, and Sandrine Crener. "Jimmy Choo." Harvard Business School Case 515-073, January 2015. (Revised July 2015.)
- February 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
HubSpot and Motion AI: Chatbot-Enabled CRM
By: Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh
HubSpot, an inbound marketing, sales, and customer relationship management (CRM) software provider, announced that it had acquired Motion AI, a software platform that enabled companies to easily build and deploy chatbots, fueled by artificial intelligence, to interact...
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Keywords:
CRM;
Sales Management;
Customer Service;
Artificial Intelligence;
B2B Vs. B2C;
Business Marketing;
SaaS;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Technological Innovation;
Applications and Software;
Customer Relationship Management;
AI and Machine Learning;
Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
United States;
North America
Avery, Jill, and Thomas Steenburgh. "HubSpot and Motion AI: Chatbot-Enabled CRM." Harvard Business School Case 518-067, February 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- May 2006 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-Cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. New challenges in 2006 include boosting flagging carbonated soft drink (CSD) sales and finding new revenue streams. Both firms also began to modify their...
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Keywords:
History;
Competitive Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-447, May 2006. (Revised April 2009.)