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- Working Paper
Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases
By: Richard L. Nolan
This working paper reports on a major Harvard Business School project designed to enhance MBA and practicing executives in case learning. The work is built on the foundation of HBS field cases employing the monomyth "hero's journey" classic story structure along... View Details
Keywords:
Innovation;
CIO;
CEO;
Hero's Journey;
Monomyth;
Management;
Practice;
Cases;
Theory;
Innovation and Invention
Nolan, Richard L. "Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-026, September 2013.
- August 2013
- Case
Desi Shack: Location Choice in the Big Apple
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Desi Shack is a “fast casual” restaurant, started by two HBS alumni, that serves Indian and Pakistani cuisine in midtown Manhattan. The founders are looking to expand into a second location and also plan to hire a COO, and there is very little room for error in the...
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Keywords:
Restaurant;
New York City;
Location Choice;
Entrepreneurship;
Food;
Geographic Location;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "Desi Shack: Location Choice in the Big Apple." Harvard Business School Case 814-012, August 2013.
- July 2013
- Supplement
Interview with Bill Allen and Maria Pejter: A.P. Møller - Maersk Group
By: Boris Groysberg
In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, sat down to consider some key aspects of Maersk's talent management strategy. In this video, Allen and Pejter discuss in some greater detail some of the challenges they faced as...
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Keywords:
Organizational Development;
Human Resource Management;
Talent Management;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Corporate Culture;
Hiring;
Employee Training;
Strategy;
Selection and Staffing;
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
Retention;
Diversity;
Denmark
Groysberg, Boris. "Interview with Bill Allen and Maria Pejter: A.P. Møller - Maersk Group." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 413-710, July 2013.
- April 7, 2013
- Guest Column
Infraestructura en América Latina [Infrastructure in Latin America: A perspective from the HBS Latin America Conference]
By: Laura Alfaro
Alfaro, Laura. "Infraestructura en América Latina [Infrastructure in Latin America: A perspective from the HBS Latin America Conference]." La Nación (Costa Rica) (April 7, 2013).
- March 2013
- Teaching Plan
Corruption at Siemens (TP) (A), (B), (C) and (D)
By: Paul Healy
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case Corruption at Siemens (A), HBS No. 108033 [and its related B and C cases] to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and to energize classroom discussion.
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Healy, Paul. "Corruption at Siemens (TP) (A), (B), (C) and (D)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 113-092, March 2013.
- February 2013 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962–2012
By: Boris Groysberg, Kerry Herman and Annelena Lobb
Eight women had first enrolled in Harvard Business School's traditional MBA program in 1963. By 2013, the number of women in the MBA classroom had reached 40%. The 50th anniversary of women's enrollment in the traditional MBA program gave HBS Dean Nitin Nohria the...
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Groysberg, Boris, Kerry Herman, and Annelena Lobb. "Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962–2012." Harvard Business School Case 413-013, February 2013. (Revised May 2014.)
- January 2013
- Teaching Note
INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL (TN)
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
In their second year, two Mexican HBS MBAs joined forces to start a search fund based in Mexico City. They had raised money to acquire an existing private company in Mexico with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after...
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- 2013
- Book
Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
This book provides a framework for business analysis and has been used by business schools throughout the world. It provides a foundation for analysis using four key steps: 1) Strategy analysis: Identifying a firm's strategy and understanding sources of its competitive...
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Keywords:
Governance;
Debt Securities;
Valuation;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Statements;
Credit;
Business Ventures;
Strategy;
Financial Condition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Forecasting and Prediction
Palepu, Krishna G., and Paul M. Healy. Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases. 5th ed. Cengage Learning, 2013.
- December 2012 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
AmTran Technology Ltd.
By: Willy Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Karen E. Robinson
As an original design manufacturer (ODM) of television sets and leading supplier to Vizio, a market leader in the U.S. for LCD flat panel TVs, AmTran Technology Ltd. uses what founder Alpha Wu describes as a "WE" model in which western companies perform sales,...
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Keywords:
Modularity;
Technology Transitions;
Analog;
Digital;
Television;
TV;
Flat-panel;
ATSC;
NTSC;
Video;
Global Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Development;
Product Design;
Supply Chain;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Technology Platform;
Electronics Industry;
Taiwan;
United States;
Japan
Shih, Willy, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Karen E. Robinson. "AmTran Technology Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 613-069, December 2012. (Revised March 2015.)
- November 2012
- Teaching Note
On Weldon's Watch: Recalls at Johnson & Johnson from 2009 to 2010 (TN)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Clayton S. Rose
Teaching Note for On Weldon's Watch: Recalls at Johnson & Johnson from 2009 to 2010 HBS case 311-029.
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- October 2012 (Revised February 2014)
- Teaching Note
Intel: Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) and (B)
By: Juan Alcácer
The case is used in Harvard Business School's (HBS) elective course "Competing Globally" as the first case in the third module (see "Competing Globally: Course Note for Instructors," HBS No. 713-422). As the first case in the module, it introduces the framework to...
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- October 2012 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A) and (B)
By: Juan Alcácer
The teaching plan to accompany "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)," HBS No. 713-430; "Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (B)," HBS No. 713-471. It is divided into an introduction, followed by three discussion...
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- October 2012 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Doing Business in Vietnam
By: Alan MacCormack, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Dawn H. Lau
This case gives an overview of the current business environment in Vietnam as of 2012. The first part of the case introduces the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country of which anyone who has business interest in the country ought to be aware....
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- September 2012 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Doing Business in Malaysia
By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
This case focuses on the current business environment in Malaysia as of 2012 by introducing the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country for those interested in doing business there. The advantages and challenges of investing and doing business in...
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- September 2012
- Teaching Note
Vodafone Japan (A), (B) and (C) (TN)
By: Juan Alcacer
The series of three cases is used in Harvard Business School's (HBS) elective course "Competing Globally" as the second case in the first module (Why?: Strategies to create value globally) (See "Competing Globally: Course Note for Instructors", HBS 713-422). The module...
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Keywords:
Telecommunications;
Technological Innovation;
Technology Strategy;
Operations Strategy;
Information Technology;
Operations;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry;
Japan
Alcacer, Juan. "Vodafone Japan (A), (B) and (C) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-444, September 2012.
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in China
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Nancy Dai and G.A. Donovan
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in China. It highlights China's remarkable economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2012 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case summarizes the main obstacles faced...
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- 2012
- Book
The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
By: Jay W. Lorsch
This book is a collection of chapters written by Harvard Business School faculty and alums who have experience with corporate boards. It will provide a uniquely HBS perspective on the future of boards.
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Boards Of Directors;
Compensation;
Succession;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Books;
Perspective;
Governance
Lorsch, Jay W., ed. The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
- July 2012
- Case
El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan
By: John Coates, Clayton Rose and David Lane
On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained. Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine agreed with the plaintiffs...
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Keywords:
El Paso;
Kinder Morgan;
Goldman Sachs;
Leo Strine;
Conflicts Of Interest;
Corporate Governance;
Relationships;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Energy Industry;
Banking Industry;
United States
Coates, John, Clayton Rose, and David Lane. "El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan." Harvard Business School Case 313-021, July 2012.
- July 2012 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
Friend Bank: The Time for Hope (Abridged)
By: Clayton Rose and Aldo Sesia
In 2010, Friend Bank was entering the fifth year of Hope Harris Johnson's ambitious 20-year growth plan to transform her family's one-branch community bank into an institution with a substantial presence in southeastern Alabama. Harris Johnson was pleased, so far, with...
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Keywords:
Banking;
Family Business;
Strategy And Execution;
Banks and Banking;
Family Ownership;
Financial Institutions;
Strategy;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Alabama
Rose, Clayton, and Aldo Sesia. "Friend Bank: The Time for Hope (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 313-010, July 2012. (Revised August 2012.)
- June 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Driving Towards a Disruption?
By: Willy Shih and William Noble
As Clayton Christensen drove to the studio to deliver an online executive education class, he pondered the future of management education. How big a threat did online degree programs, corporate universities, and other innovations in the delivery of management training...
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Keywords:
Disruptive Technology;
Performance Trajectories;
Disruptive Innovations;
Business Education;
Business School;
Internet And Online Services Industries;
Disruptive Innovation;
Higher Education;
Corporate Strategy;
Internet;
Performance;
Education Industry;
Boston
Shih, Willy, and William Noble. "Driving Towards a Disruption?" Harvard Business School Case 612-101, June 2012. (Revised August 2013.)