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- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases and supply contracts,...
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- January 2022
- Case
Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (A)
By: Ariel D. Stern, Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
When Dr. Ikenna Okezie founded Somatus, a value-based kidney care provider, his goal had been nothing short of transforming kidney care delivery in the United States. Rather than relying on dialysis, a costly and intensive treatment for late-stage kidney disease, the...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Disruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Medical Specialties;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Management;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Value;
Value Creation;
Health Industry;
United States;
Virginia
Stern, Ariel D., Robert S. Huckman, and Sarah Mehta. "Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (A)." Harvard Business School Case 622-009, January 2022.
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
Feedback you receive from colleagues about any job candidate will reveal as much about the managers doing the interviewing as it does about the candidate. And if you do make an external hire who doesn’t work out (possibly because those...
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by John Quelch
- April 2020 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
TransDigm was a highly acquisitive company that manufactured a wide range of highly engineered aerospace parts for both military and commercial customers. Over the ten years ending in 2016, its stock price had increased ten times, and both EBITDA and revenues had grown...
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Keywords:
Value Capturing;
Pricing Strategy;
Supplier Power;
Buyer Power;
Porter's Five Forces;
Bargaining Power;
Aerospace;
Acquisition Strategy;
Value Drivers;
Ethical Behavior;
Regulation;
Growth Strategy;
Business Ethics;
Defense;
Procurement;
Sustainability;
Value-Based Business Strategy;
Acquisition;
Ethics;
Private Equity;
Financial Strategy;
Growth Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Value Creation;
Competitive Advantage;
Monopoly;
Aerospace Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?" Harvard Business School Case 720-422, April 2020. (Revised April 2023.)
- March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
C12 Energy
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade
C12 aimed to build not only a company, but an entire industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market, and you build a market by building a profitable company that other people copy," said Dawe, C12 Energy's CEO. "In...
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Keywords:
Carbon Sequestration;
Sustainability;
Cleantech;
Oil And Gas;
Business Model;
Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology Industry;
Energy Industry;
North America
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and James McQuade. "C12 Energy." Harvard Business School Case 813-159, March 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- Web
Business Insights Blog | HBS Online
Balance Courses Courses AI Essentials for Business Alternative Investments Business Analytics Business Strategy Business and Climate Change CLIMB CORe Design Thinking and Innovation Digital Marketing Strategy Disruptive Strategy Economics...
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- August 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Transforming Hindustan Unilever
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Rachna Tahilyani
In October 2013, when Sanjiv Mehta had taken over the reins of Unilever’s business in India and the larger South Asia region, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) had been going through a difficult time. Caught in the midst of a weakening economy, falling consumer spending, and...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Leading Change;
Performance Improvement;
Consumer Products Industry;
India
Palepu, Krishna G., and Rachna Tahilyani. "Transforming Hindustan Unilever." Harvard Business School Case 120-022, August 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- September 2007
- Supplement
Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper (Video Supplement)
By: Boris Groysberg
What does it take to build a successful career over time? Describes Amy Schulman's career progression and role as a star senior litigator and top executive at one of the world's largest law firms. It focuses on different stages in her career and what she did to be...
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Keywords:
Law;
Personal Development and Career;
Time Management;
Work-Life Balance;
Governing and Advisory Boards
Groysberg, Boris. "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 408-701, September 2007.
- September 2021 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
Kwame Owusu-Kesse at the Harlem Children's Zone
Do you—as leader, an individual within an organization, or running your own business—know when to say yes and when to say no? How do you make decisions about your own career and life? How do you counsel others who ask you for career and life insights?...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Decisions;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Personal Development and Career;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Race;
Social Issues;
New York (city, NY)
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Kwame Owusu-Kesse at the Harlem Children's Zone." Harvard Business School Case 422-020, September 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
- September 1992 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992
By: David B. Yoffie and Johanna M. Hurstak
Examines John Sculley's approach toward transforming Apple Computer. Focuses on Sculley's management style, his creation of a new management team, and his efforts to create a professional management system inside Apple.
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Transformation;
Management Teams;
Management Systems;
Computer Industry;
California
Yoffie, David B., and Johanna M. Hurstak. "Reshaping Apple Computer's Destiny 1992." Harvard Business School Case 393-011, September 1992. (Revised January 1994.)
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Marketing Reading: Brand Positioning
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
This Reading addresses the principles of brand positioning and demonstrates how companies can strategically craft powerful, resonant, and unique brand positions to help products stand out amidst the cacophony of the marketplace. Strategic brand positioning provides...
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Keywords:
Brand Positioning;
Branding;
Consumer Research;
Defensive Strategies;
Market Positioning;
Marketing;
Product Differentiation;
Product Positioning;
Strategic Positioning;
Value Proposition;
Customer Relationship Management;
Organizational Structure;
Customer Satisfaction;
Brands and Branding
Avery, Jill, and Sunil Gupta. "Marketing Reading: Brand Positioning." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing 8197, 2014.
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Department of Commerce Develop the skills to implement meaningful change and challenge the status quo. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career."...
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- April 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Growing Financial Services in India: Aditya Birla Financial Services Group
By: Paul M. Healy and Rachna Tahilyani
Aditya Birla Financial Services Group is a large, broad-based, Indian financial services institution offering products ranging from life insurance and mutual funds to private equity. The company has witnessed a turnaround in recent years and regained lost market share....
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Keywords:
Regulatory Environment;
Finance;
Asset Management;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Transformation;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Business Processes;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Competitive Strategy;
Diversification;
Segmentation;
Financial Services Industry;
Insurance Industry;
India
Healy, Paul M., and Rachna Tahilyani. "Growing Financial Services in India: Aditya Birla Financial Services Group." Harvard Business School Case 113-059, April 2013. (Revised November 2013.)
- August 2012
- Case
Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg (Abridged)
By: David A. Garvin and Michael Norris
In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-presidents Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had built specialized in managing digital risk and uncovering digital evidence and had grown very rapidly....
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Change Management;
Transition;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Consulting Industry
Garvin, David A., and Michael Norris. "Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 313-023, August 2012.
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
management philosophy driven, in large part, by nearly three generations of engineers as entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who have created a somewhat concentrated community? People who share a strong belief in new ways to organize...
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Ramana Nanda
Ramana Nanda is Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance and Academic Lead of the Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London. His research examines financing frictions facing new ventures, with an aim to help entrepreneurs with fundraising and... View Details
- 6 PM – 7 PM EST, 04 Mar 2021
- Virtual Programming
Water & Climate Change: Innovating for Access and Efficiency
The Harvard Business School Business & Environment Initiative and Food, Agriculture, & Water Club invite you to join us for Water & Climate Change: Innovating for Access and Efficiency. This discussion will aim to highlight the connection between climate change and...
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- October 1997 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke, Ashok Nimgade and Paul Pospisil
Describes how Eli Lilly and Co. tries to accelerate its new drug development process with the aid of "combinatorial chemistry"--a rapidly emerging and revolutionary approach to preclinical drug discovery. The product manager of a potential blockbuster migraine drug...
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Keywords:
Chemicals;
Finance;
Innovation and Invention;
Time Management;
Markets;
Product Development;
Organizations;
Business Processes;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Competition;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., Ashok Nimgade, and Paul Pospisil. "Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-010, October 1997. (Revised September 2003.)
- June 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?
By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
This case describes the development of the Boeing 737 Max airplane model and the events leading up to two tragic plane crashes, in which a total of 346 people died: the crash of Lion Air flight 610 on October 29, 2018, in Indonesia, and the crash of Ethiopian Airlines...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Communication Strategy;
Forms of Communication;
Announcements;
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Governance Controls;
Human Resources;
Resignation and Termination;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Skills;
Management Style;
Management Systems;
Risk Management;
Time Management;
Markets;
Demand and Consumers;
Digital Platforms;
Supply and Industry;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Industry Structures;
Operations;
Product Development;
Organizations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Outcome or Result;
Failure;
Success;
Planning;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Safety;
Strategy;
Transportation;
Air Transportation;
Aerospace Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
Africa;
Ethiopia;
Asia;
Indonesia;
North and Central America;
United States;
Seattle;
Chicago
George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?" Harvard Business School Case 320-104, June 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
You've done everything—endured diets, purged your freezer of Ben & Jerry's, and educated yourself on fat, sugar, and calories. Yet, you can't manage to lose weight. What's wrong with you? According to standard economic theory, which...
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