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- 20 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology
School. They also engage with students through coaching, the student Tech Club, and educational programs and have a finger on the pulse of student interest. Get to know this experienced team as your key partners in recruiting for technology at HBS. What Students Want...
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Technology
- March 2020
- Case
Thingtesting: Launching a Brand Discovery and Testing Digital Community
By: Ayelet Israeli and Jill Avery
Thingtesting, a brand discovery and testing digital community devoted to uncovering and exploring direct-to-consumer brands, had just received seed funding and was contemplating a second year of growth. The new year brought many challenges, as founder Jenny Gyllander...
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Keywords:
Influencer Marketing;
Monetization;
Female Ceo;
Female Entrepreneur;
Female Protagonist;
Influencers;
Influencer;
Direct-to-consumer;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing Communications;
Consumer Products Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Advertising Industry;
London;
United Kingdom;
United States;
Europe;
North America
Israeli, Ayelet, and Jill Avery. "Thingtesting: Launching a Brand Discovery and Testing Digital Community." Harvard Business School Case 520-086, March 2020.
Michael Chu
Michael Chu was appointed a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Group of the Harvard Business School in July 2003, where he is part of the Social Enterprise Initiative. He is also a Partner Emeritus of the IGNIA Fund, a venture capital firm in Mexico dedicated... View Details
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Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and Bjarne Rugelsjoen
The article addresses failures in strategic alliances and illustrates, via a detailed description of the successful strategic alliance between Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Quintiles company how the creation of a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard helps align the...
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Alliances;
Balanced Scorecard;
Employees;
Alignment;
Corporate Governance;
Interests;
Management Practices and Processes;
Goals and Objectives;
Partners and Partnerships
Kaplan, Robert S., David P. Norton, and Bjarne Rugelsjoen. "Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 114–120.
- February 2003 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Interface's Evergreen Services Agreement
In an attempt to reduce its ecological footprint, Interface Americas, a leading manufacturer of commercial carpet tile, has launched the Evergreen Services Agreement (ESA)--a lease agreement that provides would-be carpet purchasers with comprehensive floor-covering...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Product;
Environmental Sustainability;
Innovation and Invention;
Leasing;
Consumer Products Industry;
Houston
Oliva, Rogelio, and James Quinn. "Interface's Evergreen Services Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 603-112, February 2003. (Revised June 2003.)
- August 2020 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services
By: Michael Chu, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide whether to expand to Mexico. The company was founded in São Paulo in 2013 by Colombian-born David Vélez to seize what...
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Keywords:
Fintech;
Financial Inclusion;
Digital Banking;
Credit Cards;
Banks and Banking;
Disruption;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
South America;
Brazil;
North America;
Mexico
Chu, Michael, Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services." Harvard Business School Case 321-068, August 2020. (Revised August 2023.)
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Robert J. Dolan
Professor Dolan's research interests including product policy and pricing. These areas have been the subject to two books, Managing the New Product Development Process and Power Pricing:How Managing Price Impacts the Bottom Line. In addition, he works on the societal...
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- April 1986 (Revised June 1986)
- Case
J.C. Penney (B)
Penney's assistant treasurer was considering various capital markets issues to finance store modernizations. This case provides the financing terms available to Penney for domestic, current, and zero coupon debt. Eurodollar debt, and nondollar SFr and Yen issues hedged...
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Mason, Scott P. "J.C. Penney (B)." Harvard Business School Case 286-118, April 1986. (Revised June 1986.)
- 17 Oct 2016
- News
Review: ‘The Content Trap’ Rethinks Digital Media Strategy
- 13 May 2019
- HBS Seminar
Christian Catalini, MIT Sloan School of Management
- May 1999
- Case
The Saga of Prince Jefri and KPMG (A): Mystery of the Missing Billions
By: Ashish Nanda
Accounting and law firms around the globe are following with great interest the progress through British courts of a lawsuit. Those familiar with the suit, filed by Prince Jefri of Brunei against the professional service firm KPMG Peat Marwick, remark that its judgment...
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Nanda, Ashish. "The Saga of Prince Jefri and KPMG (A): Mystery of the Missing Billions." Harvard Business School Case 899-266, May 1999.
- 14 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need
the 1990s, she was initially concerned with work processes—but, as it turns out, successful work processes are driven by engaged workers. The employee experience is having a moment. “It used to be: How do we get the work done? But nowadays, there’s just as much View Details
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by Kara Baskin
- Web
Strategy - Doctoral
Business Economics, which is designed to attract students interested in pursuing research using a purely economics-based methodology. Curriculum & Coursework Our programs are full-time degree programs which officially begin in August....
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- November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations
By: Christina R. Wing, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
Over a 105-year span, the Ermírio de Moraes family built Votorantim, one of Latin America’s largest industrial conglomerates, and among Brazil’s topmost businesses, also credited for helping “build” the country over decades. By early 2023, Votorantim included...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Mining Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America
Wing, Christina R., Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations." Harvard Business School Case 624-050, November 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
Satish K. Tadikonda
Satish Tadikonda is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. In the MBA program, Satish teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager, a required first-year MBA course, and Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences, an elective course for... View Details
- October 2022
- Case
Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA
By: George Serafeim, Maria Loumioti and Benjamin Maletta
As of August 2022, the Itau BBA had structured dozens of sustainability linked bonds, which made future interest payments a function of the borrower meeting a target for a sustainability metric, and had solidified its reputation as a pioneer of sustainable finance in...
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Keywords:
Sustainable Finance;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Environmental Sustainability;
Growth Strategy;
Debt Contracting;
Performance Metrics;
Risk Assessment;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Financial Instruments;
Risk Management;
Debt Securities;
Measurement and Metrics;
Banking Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Latin America
Serafeim, George, Maria Loumioti, and Benjamin Maletta. "Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA." Harvard Business School Case 123-036, October 2022.
- Web
Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral
begin research in the summer preceding their first year by working with a TOM faculty member. Over the first two years in the program, students are encouraged to explore their research interests as they complete relevant coursework....
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