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- November 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Scott Tucker (A): Race to the Top
By: Aiyesha Dey and Amram Migdal
The case tells the story of the rise and fall of Scott Tucker, an entrepreneur, businessman, passionate race car driver, competitor, and owner of a professional racing team. From 1997 to 2012, Tucker built a nationwide network of payday lending businesses, becoming a...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Fairness;
Financing and Loans;
Personal Finance;
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governance Controls;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Dey, Aiyesha, and Amram Migdal. "Scott Tucker (A): Race to the Top." Harvard Business School Case 122-009, November 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- 2020
- Chapter
Team Reflexivity
By: Michaéla Schippers, Amy C. Edmondson and Michael A. West
Many teams face the problem of process loss, or suboptimal functioning, with sometimes serious consequences, such as medical errors. Team reflexivity—a deliberate process of discussing team goals, processes, or outcomes—can aid in optimizing team performance. In the...
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Keywords:
Team Reflexivity;
Groups and Teams;
Performance Improvement;
Information;
Goals and Objectives;
Learning
Schippers, Michaéla, Amy C. Edmondson, and Michael A. West. "Team Reflexivity." In The Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning, edited by Linda Argote and John M. Levine. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- 17 Dec 2018
- News
The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures
- February 2016 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center
By: Robert S. Huckman, Raffaella Sadun and Michael Norris
In the fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy forced a full evacuation of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. The institution, which comprised NYU Medical School and several teaching hospitals, had been on an upward trajectory for several years under the leadership of...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Technology;
Culture;
Information Technology;
Crisis Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Organizational Culture;
Health Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
Huckman, Robert S., Raffaella Sadun, and Michael Norris. "Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 616-026, February 2016. (Revised February 2018.)
Elie Ofek
Elie Ofek is a Professor in the Marketing unit at the Harvard Business School. Professor Ofek's research focuses on new product strategies in technology-driven business environments as well as in consumer-oriented companies in general. He explores interactions... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Morningstar, Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
Morningstar, Inc., a publisher of information for mutual fund investors, is considering alternative strategies for broadening its subscriber base and increasing its revenues. Potential strategies include tailoring information for the defined contribution pension fund...
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Keywords:
Investment Funds;
Asset Management;
Revenue;
Financial Strategy;
Publishing Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Morningstar, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 298-140, May 1998. (Revised February 2007.)
- April 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an...
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Keywords:
Conferences;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Information Publishing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Product;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Bangladesh;
Washington (state, US)
Austin, James E. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-061, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- 07 Mar 2022
- News
Risks to the Brain
- September 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project
By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
Teradyne, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, embarked on a multiyear effort to improve its product development capabilities and to implement more formalized project management approaches. Examines the development of a new-generation tester that...
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Keywords:
Projects;
Management;
Product Development;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Groups and Teams;
Business or Company Management;
Research and Development;
Problems and Challenges;
Semiconductor Industry;
United States
Gino, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project." Harvard Business School Case 606-042, September 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- February 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Kyle Thomas
This case highlights the business challenges associated with a financial technology firm, New Constructs, that created a technology that can quickly parse complicated public firm financials to paint a clearer economic picture of firms, remove accounting distortions,...
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Keywords:
Fundamental Analysis;
Machine Learning;
Robo-analysts;
Financial Statements;
Financial Reporting;
Analysis;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
North America;
Tennessee
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Kyle Thomas. "New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts." Harvard Business School Case 118-068, February 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- February 2006 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Pixamo-Inc., AG, or OOO?
Andrew Prihodko is forming a new venture, Pixamo, the next generation of online photo management and sharing sites. Pixamo's alpha site has generated over 1,000 users and a lot of information about registration and usage patterns. Prihodko must address a number of...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Web Services Industry;
Delaware;
Switzerland;
Ukraine
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Pixamo-Inc., AG, or OOO?" Harvard Business School Case 806-123, February 2006. (Revised December 2009.)
Howard H. Stevenson
Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details
Keywords:
broadcasting;
communications;
computer;
construction;
financial services;
forest products;
health care;
high technology;
industrial goods;
insurance industry;
investment banking industry;
manufacturing;
paper;
professional services;
real estate;
service industry;
software;
venture capital industry
- 11 May 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?
- 2011
- Teaching Note
The Haidilao Company
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
Haidilao Hot Pot brings customers delightful dining experiences. Like most restaurants, its workforce is mostly composed of young employees born in underdeveloped suburban areas. Instilled with the founder's unique entrepreneurial values, they are enthused and...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Customer Service;
Employee Empowerment;
Global Corporate Cultures;
Organizational Values;
Transformations;
China;
Restaurants;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, and Ziqian Zhao. "The Haidilao Company." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
- November 2006 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
China Resources Corporation (B): China Resources Microelectronics
By: Dennis Campbell and David Lane
Supplements the (A) case. Late in October 2006, China Resources (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (CRC) CEO Charlie Song Lin, CFO Jiang Wel, and Information Center GM Derek Cheng were traveling from Hong Kong to Wuxi, China to attend the first ever meeting of China Resources...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Business Conglomerates;
Profit;
Governance Controls;
Management Systems;
Business Strategy;
China
Campbell, Dennis, and David Lane. "China Resources Corporation (B): China Resources Microelectronics." Harvard Business School Supplement 107-015, November 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
was charged with learning from these experiences as well. Today, CALL observation teams are among the first troops on the ground in any Army operation. They collect on-the-spot information about new practices and techniques, identify...
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by David A. Garvin
- Article
Embeddedness and New Idea Discussion in Professional Networks: The Mediating Role of Affect-Based Trust
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M.W. Morris and P. Ingram
This article examines how managers' tendency to discuss new ideas with others in their professional networks depends on the density of shared ties surrounding a given relationship. Consistent with prior research which found that embeddedness enhances information flow,...
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Chua, Roy Y.J., M.W. Morris, and P. Ingram. "Embeddedness and New Idea Discussion in Professional Networks: The Mediating Role of Affect-Based Trust." Journal of Creative Behavior 44, no. 2 (June 2010): 85–104.
- Web
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- November 2005 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
RFID at the METRO Group
Introduces radio frequency identification (RFID) as the next generation of automatic identification technologies that is expected to improve the performance of retail supply chains through reduced shrink, increased product availability, and improved labor productivity....
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Supply Chain Management;
Performance Improvement;
Performance Productivity;
Technology Adoption
Ton, Zeynep, Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "RFID at the METRO Group." Harvard Business School Case 606-053, November 2005. (Revised April 2009.)
- August 2005 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Kemps LLC: Introducing Time-Driven ABC
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kemps is making a strategy shift: from being focused on fulfilling customer requests to becoming the best cost dairy producer in the industry. Its existing manufacturing cost system, however, fails to capture the costs associated with handling special flavors, small...
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Cost Accounting;
Managerial Roles;
Cost Management;
Earnings Management;
Business Strategy;
Time Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Decisions;
Food and Beverage Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Kemps LLC: Introducing Time-Driven ABC." Harvard Business School Case 106-001, August 2005. (Revised April 2006.)