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- October 1994 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Sport Obermeyer Ltd.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Ananth Raman
The case describes operations at a skiwear design and merchandising company and its supply partner. Introduces production planning for short-life-cycle products with uncertain demand and allows students to analyze a reduced version of the company's production planning...
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Keywords:
Product;
Supply Chain;
Demand and Consumers;
Production;
Planning;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Industry Growth;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States;
Hong Kong
Hammond, Janice H., and Ananth Raman. "Sport Obermeyer Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 695-022, October 1994. (Revised August 2006.)
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
or even whether to sell their products via those channels at all if online retailers impose certain bundling policies. I thought the music industry would be an ideal research setting because it is a sector strongly associated with bundled...
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- Web
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged...
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- October 2005
- Case
Intel Corporation 2005
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
Buoyed by strong recent sales growth but humbled by failed strategic bets and other missteps, Intel in 2005 initiated a major reorganization. Under its new CEO, Paul Otellini, the company shifted toward a "platform" model, inspired by the success of its Centrino...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Alignment;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Semiconductor Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "Intel Corporation 2005." Harvard Business School Case 706-437, October 2005.
- March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Alissa Haddaji
Chad Anderson had reason to be proud of his young space-focused investment firm, Space Angels. Since becoming CEO, Anderson had overseen growth along multiple dimensions, and Space Angels was “the preeminent name in space finance” according to one prominent space...
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Keywords:
Space Economy;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Business Model;
Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew C., and Alissa Haddaji. "Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy." Harvard Business School Case 719-070, March 2019. (Revised May 2019.)
- February 2004
- Case
The Making of Verizon
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Douglas A Raymond and Ryan Raffaelli
Through a series of mergers, Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon chairman and CEO, successfully shared the co-CEO title twice while building the largest telecom company in the United States. The strong and complementary cultures of the companies that Seidenberg and a key group of...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Change Management;
Transition;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Risk Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Douglas A Raymond, and Ryan Raffaelli. "The Making of Verizon." Harvard Business School Case 303-131, February 2004.
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
including the massive infusion of liquidity and confidence into capital markets that took place under the Federal Reserve’s and US government’s various COVID-relief programs, a belief in the long-term growth prospects of the cruise View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
industry is another one that contains many firms with large sales forces, including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and Xerox. All of these companies have sales forces with more than 5,000 agents, and Pepsico's and Microsoft's...
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by Laura Linard
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Steven Vickers
Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early 2000. ETFs, first created in the early 1990s, combined aspects of traditional mutual funds and closed-end funds. The US ETF industry had reached...
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Keywords:
Investment Funds;
Managerial Roles;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Experience and Expertise;
Market Entry and Exit;
Network Effects;
Profit;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Product Launch;
Asset Management;
Distribution Channels;
Ownership;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Steven Vickers. "Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-134, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- February 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
By: Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinn
The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
For-Profit Firms;
Gender;
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Arts;
Entrepreneurship;
Economic Growth;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
India
Khaire, Mukti, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool." Harvard Business School Case 810-044, February 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- February 2015 (Revised April 2018)
- Supplement
Dalian Wanda Group: The AMC Entertainment Acquisition (B)
By: Willy Shih
When Dalian Wanda Group of China announced its plan to acquire the AMC Entertainment theatrical exhibition chain in the United States, many people in the U.S were mystified. Unlike China where theatrical exhibition was experiencing rapid growth, the U.S. market was...
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Keywords:
AMC Entertainment;
Wanda Group;
Wang Jianlin;
Theater Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Expansion;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
China;
United States
Shih, Willy. "Dalian Wanda Group: The AMC Entertainment Acquisition (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 615-034, February 2015. (Revised April 2018.)
- Research Summary
Overview
By: William C. Kirby
A historian by training, Professor Kirby examines contemporary China's business, economic, and political development in an international context. He writes and teaches on the growth of modern companies in China (Chinese and foreign; state-owned and private); Chinese...
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Keywords:
China;
Internationalization;
Educational Policy And Politics;
Infrastructure;
Government And Business;
The Revival Of Family Business In China;
China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative;
Agribusiness;
Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
Governance;
Government and Politics;
History;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Social Enterprise;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
North and Central America
- December 2022
- Supplement
Freelancer, Ltd. Case Supplement
By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes
Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500 companies,...
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Keywords:
Labor Markets;
Freelancers;
Change Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Human Capital;
Employment;
Digital Platforms;
Global Range;
Adoption;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Computer Industry;
Computer Industry;
Computer Industry;
Computer Industry;
Australia;
United States;
Philippines
Stanton, Christopher, Karim R. Lakhani, Jin Hyun Paik, and Nina Cohodes. "Freelancer, Ltd. Case Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 823-707, December 2022. (Click here to access this case.)
- October 2011 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company: Marketing Challenges for the Underprivileged Latecomer
By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai
As Mr. Li Chunrong visited the new assembly line for the Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company in Wuhan, China, he contemplated the position his business unit found itself in: a latecomer. As a state-owned enterprise Dongfeng had entered into numerous joint ventures to...
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Shih, Willy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company: Marketing Challenges for the Underprivileged Latecomer." Harvard Business School Case 612-029, October 2011. (Revised March 2015.)
- Web
Curriculum - Business & Environment
decisions involving sustainability issues. Cases are set in a variety of industry contexts, including energy, agriculture, transportation, chemicals, and investment. Some of the environment-related cases recently taught (Spring and Fall...
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- August 2019
- Teaching Note
Back to the Roots
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan and Leslie K. John
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Back to the Roots HBS case No. 518-073. Back to the Roots (BTTR) is a start-up with a... View Details
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Back to the Roots HBS case No. 518-073. Back to the Roots (BTTR) is a start-up with a... View Details
Keywords:
Organic Food;
Startup;
Crowdfunding;
Sustainability;
Transparency;
Entrepreneurship;
Product Development;
Product Marketing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Making;
Food;
Food and Beverage Industry
Keenan, Elizabeth A., and Leslie K. John. "Back to the Roots." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-028, August 2019. (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- March 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
MySpace
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David T. Chen and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The case, set in late 2007, examines what MySpace—the largest online social network—should do to respond to its agile competitor, Facebook. Since its inception MySpace had experienced phenomenal growth, acquiring 20 million members in its first 20 months of operation,...
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Keywords:
Open Source Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, David T. Chen, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "MySpace." Harvard Business School Case 708-499, March 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- April 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Shanzhai! MediaTek and the "White Box" Handset Market
By: Willy C. Shih, Chen-Fu Chien and Jyun-Cheng Wang
The term "white box" is often used to describe products without a brand name. Such products are assembled from standardized parts, and they became a very popular category of desktop PCs. Hsinchu, Taiwan based MediaTek is a fabless semiconductor company that unleashed a...
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Keywords:
Disruptive Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Competitive Advantage;
Wireless Technology;
Semiconductor Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Chen-Fu Chien, and Jyun-Cheng Wang. Shanzhai! MediaTek and the "White Box" Handset Market. Harvard Business School Case 610-081, April 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- November 2011
- Article
KFC's Radical Approach to China
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Global companies face a crucial question when they enter emerging markets: how far should they go to localize their offerings? Typically they try to sell core products or services pretty much as they've been sold in Europe or the United States, with headquarters...
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Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "KFC's Radical Approach to China." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011).
- Article
Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This article argues that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more than a...
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Keywords:
Ecotourism;
Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
Tourism;
Green Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
History;
Business History;
Tourism Industry;
Latin America;
Costa Rica
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000." Enterprise & Society 18, no. 1 (March 2017): 146–183.