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- December 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
FIRA: Confronting the Mexican Agricultural Crisis
By: James E. Austin, Michael Chu and Cate Reavis
In fall 2003, Mexico's agriculture sector was facing a crisis brought on largely by a surge in cheap U.S. imports resulting from NAFTA and inaccessible and/or expensive terms of credit for Mexican agricultural producers. It was getting harder for Mexican producers to...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Public Sector;
Trade;
Financial Instruments;
Crisis Management;
Markets;
Strategic Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competitive Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Austin, James E., Michael Chu, and Cate Reavis. "FIRA: Confronting the Mexican Agricultural Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 304-032, December 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- August 2013 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Coursera
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hyunjin Kim
By providing free and open-access online courses at a large scale, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms seek to innovate the business models of the traditional higher education industry. In a little over a year, Coursera had grown at a rapid rate to emerge as a...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
Strategy;
Competition;
Business Model;
Internet and the Web;
Higher Education;
Competitive Advantage;
Education Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Hyunjin Kim. "Coursera." Harvard Business School Case 714-412, August 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
- Career Coach
Kendall Borges
and alumni to define their career vision and act on it through developing a pitch, finding opportunities, identifying networks – and much more....
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Admissions & Financial Support - Doctoral
and Jorge Tamayo 15 APR 2024 | Faculty Research Tour the Campus Our vibrant residential campus is designed to develop skills and build relationships to last a lifetime....
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- February 2010 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Tennant Company
By: Toby E. Stuart, Lynda M. Applegate and James Weber
Tennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine how to create, finance, structure, staff, govern, measure, and manage a new venture for developing a fundamentally new product line. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative,...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Change Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Product Development;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Research and Development
Stuart, Toby E., Lynda M. Applegate, and James Weber. "Tennant Company." Harvard Business School Case 810-040, February 2010. (Revised January 2014.)
- September 2020
- Case
Apple Bets on Augmented Reality
By: Rory McDonald, David Lane and Mel Martin
In 2020, augmented reality (AR) was still a nascent technology with blockbuster potential, one which Apple was actively developing as its iPhone franchise waned. But the emergence of AR was uneven, including the disappointing Google Glass and the unexpected viral...
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Keywords:
Augmented Reality;
Industry Structures;
Product Development;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Video Game Industry
McDonald, Rory, David Lane, and Mel Martin. "Apple Bets on Augmented Reality." Harvard Business School Case 621-007, September 2020.
- October 2004
- Background Note
A Note on Drawing Implications from Themes
Discusses the process of generating implications from life themes, a necessary step for completing the Self-Assessment and Career Development final paper.
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career
Higgins, Monica C. "A Note on Drawing Implications from Themes." Harvard Business School Background Note 405-015, October 2004.
- Jan 29 2015
- Testimonial
Greater Self-Awareness for Greater Success
- June 2013
- Case
The World Economic Forum's Global Leadership Fellows Program
By: Rakesh Khurana and Eric Baldwin
This case examines a distinctive leadership development program within the World Economic Forum. The program, born out of the conviction that the complexity of global challenges at the beginning of the 21st century required a new generation of global leaders, recruited...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Leadership Skills;
Training;
Global Organizations;
Global Leadership;
World Economic Forum;
Globalization;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change
Khurana, Rakesh, and Eric Baldwin. "The World Economic Forum's Global Leadership Fellows Program." Harvard Business School Case 413-118, June 2013.
- 16 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization
- June 2018 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser
By: Jill Avery
Brian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define...
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Keywords:
Brand Management;
Global Brands;
Brand Positioning;
Brand Extension;
Brand Storytelling;
Brand Equity;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Advertising;
Global Strategy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Consumer Behavior;
Marketing Communications;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Africa;
China;
United States;
North America;
South Africa;
Nigeria;
Kenya;
Cameroon;
Canada
Avery, Jill. "Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser." Harvard Business School Case 518-105, June 2018. (Revised October 2020.)
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?
Next came the empirical validation of directions and rankings. The authors developed a deep learning model that predicts if a face could belong to a celebrity or not. And they...
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by Kara Baskin
- August 2012
- Case
Jess Westerly at Kauflauf GmbH
By: John J. Gabarro and Colleen Kaftan
Jess Westerly is the assistant product owner of CRM applications for computer and office supply wholesalers and retailers at Kauflauf, a fast-growing provider of subscription enterprise software headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. Only months into her job, outsider...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Behavior;
Salesforce Management;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Planning;
Web Services Industry;
Germany
Gabarro, John J., and Colleen Kaftan. "Jess Westerly at Kauflauf GmbH." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-527, August 2012.
- 26 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out
For mid-career STEM professionals looking to advance their skills and careers, certificate programs at elite universities can offer a fast track. And for universities, such programs are an important View Details
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by Rachel Layne
- Research Summary
Building a Corporate Culture of Health
This stream of Professor Huckman's work involves developing and implementing a survey of U.S. corporations regarding their commitments to developing a “culture of health” aimed at improving well-being for employees, consumers, communities, and the environment. This...
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- October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Fortinet: Cybersecurity Pioneer Ken Xie Considers the Long Game
By: Tsedal Neeley, Jeff Huizinga and Emily Grandjean
Ken Xie, cofounder of cybersecurity giant Fortinet, faced a critical decision that would validate his leadership. Fortinet became the industry’s second-largest pureplay cybersecurity firm by developing differentiated hardware and investing in R&D. However, after a...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Marketing Strategy;
Communication Strategy;
Cybersecurity;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Technology Industry;
United States;
Sunnyvale
Neeley, Tsedal, Jeff Huizinga, and Emily Grandjean. "Fortinet: Cybersecurity Pioneer Ken Xie Considers the Long Game." Harvard Business School Case 424-016, October 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 25 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business
Persistence. Teamwork. Grit and grace in victory and defeat. Intercollegiate varsity sports may build such skills that employers prize—and that later propel former players into management roles faster than...
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by Rachel Layne
Caleb Kwon
I am a PhD candidate in Operations Management at Harvard Business School. My doctoral adviser is Professor Ananth Raman. My research interests are concerned with empirically examining the effects of automation in retail. In particular, I am interested in how retailers...
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- 05 Jul 2023
- HBS Case
What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment
describes them and why. “I’ve been studying the traps that organizations and leaders face when trying to reinvent themselves,” Raffaelli says. “Leaders develop a recipe that...
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by Ben Rand
- June 1998 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Haier Group (C), The
By: Lynn S. Paine
Presents the outcome of the (B) case and relates development in the company up to 1997.
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Paine, Lynn S. "Haier Group (C), The." Harvard Business School Case 398-162, June 1998. (Revised July 2001.)