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- March 2017 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Corey Thomas and the IPO
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins
Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year-old company public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appeared to be the next frontier for digital technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of...
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Keywords:
Business Finance;
Capital Markets;
Private Equity;
Internet and the Web;
Initial Public Offering;
Decision Making;
Financial Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry;
United States
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Collins. "Corey Thomas and the IPO." Harvard Business School Case 317-082, March 2017. (Revised February 2020.)
- January 2022
- Case
Bee-ing Better at Bombas
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Youngme Moon and John Masko
David Heath and Randy Goldberg founded Bombas in 2013 to serve two missions: to deliver the “best socks in the history of feet,” and to donate socks (the most requested item in homeless shelters) to Americans experiencing homelessness. Eight years later, Bombas had...
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Keywords:
Social Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Digital Marketing;
Distribution;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Quality;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Human Needs;
Poverty;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Keenan, Elizabeth A., Youngme Moon, and John Masko. "Bee-ing Better at Bombas." Harvard Business School Case 522-038, January 2022.
- October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, David Lane and Courtenay Sprague
Kathy Biro, president of Digitas, an e-strategy consulting firm, has successfully grown out of the company's roots in the strategic interactive group. Her challenges now include managing the integration of the SIG with Digitas's other component, direct marketing firm...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Business Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Integration;
Expansion;
Business or Company Management;
Business Model;
Organizational Design;
Consulting Industry;
Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., David Lane, and Courtenay Sprague. "Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group." Harvard Business School Case 301-052, October 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- 26 Nov 2010
- News
Q&A: Harvard Study on Taj Employee Heroism
- June 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
Commercializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs
The transformation of technology into commercially successful products is a process fraught with risk and uncertainty, and increasing pressure on time to market is exacerbating the difficulties. This note first describes a study conducted by Hewlett-Packard to improve...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Communication Strategy;
Customers;
Design;
Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Product Development;
Research;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Commercialization;
Technology Adoption
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Commercializing Technology: Imaginative Understanding of User Needs." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-102, June 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
The Class of 2021 is facing a time unlike any other in human history. In these unprecedented times, we at HBS are so grateful that these students will lead us into a better future filled with possibility, inclusivity, innovation, and...
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- October 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Century Bank: Closing Time?
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Bill Kwon
Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family’s bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional bank, Century faced a number of challenging trends, such as digitization and market share decline in the coming...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Business Exit;
Banking;
Family;
Massachusetts;
Boston;
United States;
Acquisition;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Family Business;
Family and Family Relationships;
Interpersonal Communication;
Decision Making;
Finance;
Banks and Banking;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Emotions;
Banking Industry;
Boston;
Massachusetts;
United States
Cohen, Lauren, Grace Headinger, and Bill Kwon. "Century Bank: Closing Time?" Harvard Business School Case 223-040, October 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- 12 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify
boomers surge into retirement and fintech businesses offer new ways for investors to grow their nest eggs. While revenue from financial planning reached $65 billion in 2021, up 30 percent from 2017, many in the industry are trying to figure out how to View Details
- 25 Apr 2022
- Video
Lab to Market: Course Overview with Professor Kyle Myers
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
Applying to business school can be a stressful and time consuming endeavor. For those who hope to pursue a joint degree, the application process is doubly demanding. Joanna Cornell and Bhargav Srinivasan are both one year into their...
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- July 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Tolaram: Innovating in Africa
By: Derek van Bever and Efosa Ojomo
Tolaram is a Singaporean company that began operations selling textiles in Nigeria in the 1970s. Executives and brothers, Haresh and Sajesh Aswani, however, saw an opportunity to create an instant noodle market in the country. In 1988, they began importing Indomie...
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Keywords:
Fast Moving Consumer Goods;
Business Model;
Disruptive Innovation;
Vertical Integration;
Emerging Markets;
Consumer Products Industry;
Nigeria;
Africa
van Bever, Derek, and Efosa Ojomo. "Tolaram: Innovating in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 317-013, July 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
reshaping competition? Marco Iansiti: For the first time in many years, there’s a fundamentally different way of solving the problem of meeting a customer’s needs. Airbnb is a classic example. If I want a room to spend the night, I can go...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- January 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
OhmConnect: Energizing the Future
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Jennifer Fonstad and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2013, OhmConnect was a free consumer web app that alerted customers about peak hours of electricity demand, and paid them to lower their energy use at home during these periods. The company sold the aggregated reductions generated by thousands of households...
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Keywords:
App Development;
Renewable Energy;
Electricity Usage;
Regulations;
VC;
Technology;
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC);
Scalability;
Applications and Software;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business Model;
Venture Capital;
Energy Industry;
United States;
California;
Texas;
Europe
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Jennifer Fonstad, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "OhmConnect: Energizing the Future." Harvard Business School Case 823-065, January 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
- January 1989 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
British Airways: ""Go for It, America!"" Promotion (A)
Senior marketing executives of a major international airline are deciding on a strategy to address a crisis situation precipitated by a series of terrorist acts. The company is experiencing the worst downturn ever in its U.S.-U.K. travel business due to media reports...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Crime and Corruption;
Crisis Management;
Management Teams;
Time Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Perception;
Value Creation;
Travel Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Greyser, Stephen A. British Airways: ""Go for It, America!"" Promotion (A). Harvard Business School Case 589-089, January 1989. (Revised December 1991.)
- July 2020
- Case
Mortgage Backed Securities and the Covid-19 Pandemic
By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira and Dean Xu
In April 2020, global financial markets were still reeling as the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the world. Global equity markets had initially fallen by 30% in response to the pandemic, and high-yield credit markets had dropped by nearly 20%. In contrast,...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Mortgage-backed Securities;
Health Pandemics;
Financial Markets;
Assets;
Resource Allocation;
Financial Instruments;
Decision Making
Siriwardane, Emil N., Luis M. Viceira, and Dean Xu. "Mortgage Backed Securities and the Covid-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 221-010, July 2020.
- October 2012
- Case
Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics (Abridged)
By: Laura Alfaro and Rafael Di Tella
In October 2002, Brazilians elected a left-wing president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the first time in that country's history. As markets faltered in response, Lula sought to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal discipline, a floating exchange rate, and inflation...
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Summer R. Jackson
Summer Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Jackson is an organizational ethnographer and field researcher... View Details
- 2022
- Article
Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet...
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Keywords:
Decarbonization;
Energy Storage;
Renewable Energy;
Batteries;
Carbon Emissions;
Green Hydrogen;
Greenhouse Gas Emissions;
Energy;
Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Decision Making;
Investment;
Operations;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
North America;
South America;
Africa;
Asia
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage." Art. 2010. Nature Communications 13 (2022).