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- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Holds Second Alumni New Venture Contest
- November 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
HP Nanotech: Partnership with CNSI
Stan Williams, leading nanotech researcher at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, must decide whether to renew the firm's sponsorship of California NanoSystems Institute, spend the funds on internal R&D, or fund foreign universities. Illustrates the challenge of managing...
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Information Technology;
Partners and Partnerships;
Investment;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Business and Community Relations;
Financial Strategy;
Technology Industry;
California
Fleming, Lee, Marie Thursby, and James Quinn. "HP Nanotech: Partnership with CNSI." Harvard Business School Case 606-045, November 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
- January 1998 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Li & Fung: Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic," 1995-1998
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
In early 1998, William and Victor Fung had to review their business, the Li & Fung Group, to plan for the next three years. Examines strategic and organizational issues including company culture, international expansion, and venture capital projects. A rewritten...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Venture Capital;
Organizational Culture;
Global Strategy;
Opportunities;
Problems and Challenges;
Strategic Planning;
Asia
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Anthony St. George. Li & Fung: Beyond "Filling in the Mosaic," 1995-1998. Harvard Business School Case 398-092, January 1998. (Revised June 1998.)
- 18 Mar 2015
- News
Did Fear-Mongering Make Ebola's Impact Worse?
- Research Summary
Overview
Research about the design and use of internal performance measurement and control systems to implement strategies, align incentives, manage risks, and shape culture using accounting measurement and priorities.
In addition, my research includes understanding how and...
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- September 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is an investment management firm that prides itself on basing its investment strategies on sound academic research. Many of the best-known finance research papers of the past two decades (especially those by Eugene Fama and Kenneth...
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Cohen, Randolph B. "Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 203-026, September 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- July 2005 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2004, Mark S. Mastrov, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness, reflected on how far his company had come in just over 20 years. From humble beginnings in 1983 in San Leandro, California, 24 Hour Fitness had grown to become the largest privately-owned health-club chain in...
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Keywords:
24 Hour Fitness;
Mark Mastrov;
Health Clubs;
Fitness;
Gyms;
Chain;
Weight Loss;
Exercise;
Personal Training;
Retention;
Sales Force Compensation;
Incentive Systems;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customers;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Private Equity;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Employees;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Capital;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Private Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Sports;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Technology Platform;
Web;
Web Sites;
Capital Structure;
Performance;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Health Industry;
United States;
California;
San Francisco
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-404, July 2005. (Revised September 2016.)
- Research Summary
Customer-Centricity as a Vehicle for Organic Growth
By: Ranjay Gulati
This body of work examines the mechanics of how firms grow profitably in commoditizing markets. Underlying the "customer-centricity" that many firms embrace today is a factor that will determine their success with this effort: enabling collaboration across...
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- Summer 2012
- Article
Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil–USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of international institutions, often cast either as a tool of rich-world domination over the poorer South or as a neutral mediator facilitating a tariff-free world of economic prosperity. This article...
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Keywords:
Organizations;
Trade;
Conflict and Resolution;
Consumer Products Industry;
Brazil;
United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil–USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests." Special Issue on Dispute Settlement at the WTO. Trade, Law and Development 4, no. 1 (Summer 2012): 200–240.
- December 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Impossible Foods
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
Impossible Foods founder and CEO Pat Brown started the company out of concern over livestock production’s impact on climate change. Impossible’s mission is to end consumption of animals by 2035, and its strategy is to develop and market plant-based foods so similar to...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Food;
Consumer Behavior;
Behavior;
Venture Capital;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing Strategy;
Distribution;
Production;
Product Development;
Product Positioning;
Growth Management;
Global Strategy;
Competition;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Technology Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
China;
Asia;
California;
Hong Kong;
Taiwan
Alvarez, Jose B., and Natalie Kindred. "Impossible Foods." Harvard Business School Case 520-046, December 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- 2015
- Chapter
The Value of Breadth and the Importance of Differences
By: David J. Collis
Honoring Pankaj Ghemawat's receipt of an Academy of Management award, this chapter examines his contribution to the global strategy field. It notes the continuing importance of country differences to international strategy and how geographic scope contributes to...
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Collis, David J. "The Value of Breadth and the Importance of Differences." In Emerging Economies and Multinational Enterprises. Vol. 28, edited by Laszlo Tihanyi, Elitsa R. Banalieva, Timothy M. Devinney, and Torben Pedersen, 29–33. Advances in International Management. Emerald Group Publishing, 2015.
Paul W. Marshall
MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
negatively affected compared to external-finance-dependent firms, and capital controls on equity have a more negative announcement effect than those on debt. Real investment falls following the controls. Overall, the results suggest that capital controls segment View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Video
Gonzalo Restrepo
Gonzalo Restrepo, former President of the Colombia-based Almacenes Éxito, the largest South American retail company, describes his search for an international partner, which eventually led... View Details
- 2014
- Case
Yonyou 2013
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
The case describes how a leading Chinese management software provider Yonyou (formerly known as "UFIDA") disrupted its value chain-based business model to transform itself into a platform provider. The case describes Yonyou's past success, the market forces and...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
ERP;
Platforms;
Strategy;
Transformations;
China;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, and Ziqian Zhao. "Yonyou 2013." Tsinghua University Case, 2014.
- October 2013
- Article
How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? An Analysis of Optimal Plural Sourcing Strategies
By: Phanish Puranam, Ranjay Gulati and Sourav Bhattacharya
While many theories of the firm seek to explain when firms make rather than buy, in practice, firms often make and buy the same input—they engage in plural sourcing. We argue that explaining the mix of external procurement and internal sourcing for the same input...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Framework;
Prejudice and Bias;
Mathematical Methods
Puranam, Phanish, Ranjay Gulati, and Sourav Bhattacharya. "How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? An Analysis of Optimal Plural Sourcing Strategies." Strategic Management Journal 34, no. 10 (October 2013): 1145–1161.
Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
There is growing interest in impact investing, the idea of deploying capital to obtain both financial and social or environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and...
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- Web
Hiring Organizations
Employment Data Hiring Organizations Employment Data Hiring Organizations The below organizations hired an MBA graduate from the Class of 2023 or a summer intern from the Class of 2024. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ# A A to Z Impact Aara...
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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
worried about the ascendance of China, while firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong have reaped enormous benefits from Chinese economic expansion, according to Huang. He presented his new research proposal to an audience of faculty and doctoral students at an HBS View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- June 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Law in Real Estate
By: Arthur I Segel, Jeff Mandelbaum and Armen Panossian
Begins with a brief overview of the bankruptcy process, discussing key debtor protections and the administration of claims against the estate. Discusses the treatment of bankruptcies filed by property owners. Also summarizes the tenant's bankruptcy protections and...
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Segel, Arthur I., Jeff Mandelbaum, and Armen Panossian. "Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Law in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-194, June 2004. (Revised April 2005.)