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- April 2015 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office: February 2015
By: Josh Lerner
David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate—given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores the risks...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Resource Allocation;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
Investment Funds;
Property;
Private Equity
Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: February 2015." Harvard Business School Case 815-124, April 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
- June 2014
- Teaching Note
Steve Carpenter at Cake Financial
After investing $9 million of venture capital, Cake Financial had failed to reach critical mass. In early 2010 Cake's assets were sold and the company was dissolved. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments...
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- December 2011 (Revised January 2012)
- Supplement
Pierre Frankel in Moscow (C): Results
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
After 18 months as the deputy managing director of a global technology company's Russia subsidiary, a young and upcoming French executive prepared to hand over leadership. The executive reflected on what he had achieved and how as he considered next steps. He wanted to...
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Keywords:
Management Succession;
Personal Development and Career;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
Moscow
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Pierre Frankel in Moscow (C): Results." Harvard Business School Supplement 312-072, December 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
- February 2006 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Grove International Partners
By: Robert F. Higgins, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Suzanne Petrela
Grove International Partners, one of the world's largest international real estate private equity funds, is actively seeking new investment opportunities in the seniors housing industry. The firm has identified two potential opportunities--one located in Japan and one...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Opportunities;
Financial Services Industry;
Health Industry;
Japan;
United Kingdom
Higgins, Robert F., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Suzanne Petrela. "Grove International Partners." Harvard Business School Case 806-096, February 2006. (Revised April 2006.)
- August 1996
- Case
ThermoLase
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
John Hansen, CEO of ThermoLase, must develop a plan of action to exploit the company's new development-stage revolutionary hair removal technology with negligible revenues and a $500 million market capitalization. This nascent public Thermo Electron spin out company...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Plan;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "ThermoLase." Harvard Business School Case 897-002, August 1996.
- February 1982 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
San Fabian Supply Co. (Philippines)
MacDowell Corp., a producer of construction supplies, terminated its exclusive distribution arrangement with San Fabian Supply Co., its sole distributor in the Philippines for nearly 20 years. Paul Cheng the owner of San Fabian had to decide whether to accept...
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Keywords:
Relationships;
Distribution Channels;
Construction Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Philippines
Malone, Claudine B. B. "San Fabian Supply Co. (Philippines)." Harvard Business School Case 582-104, February 1982. (Revised November 1994.)
- December 1993 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Recruiting at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.
By: John J. Gabarro, Herminia M. Ibarra, John P. Kotter and Andrew P. Burtis
Examines the recruiting process of Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (BHC), an investment banking firm known for its work with middle market companies. Specifically, presents a profile of the firm and its recruiting process and then examines that process through the firm's...
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Gabarro, John J., Herminia M. Ibarra, John P. Kotter, and Andrew P. Burtis. "Recruiting at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co." Harvard Business School Case 494-071, December 1993. (Revised March 1997.)
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Raymond Weil, Whose Swiss Watches Told More Than Time, Dies at 87
- 20 May 2013
- News
5 Ways Money Can Buy Happiness
- 08 Oct 2020
- HBS Seminar
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland
- April 1988 (Revised September 1992)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision
Prior to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, companies with private trucking fleets were generally prohibited from selling transportation services to other companies. The deregulation of the trucking industry in 1980 allowed private carriers to offer for-hire transportation...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Revenue;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Marketing Strategy;
Distribution;
Service Operations;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Transportation;
Food and Beverage Industry
Hammond, Janice H. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision." Harvard Business School Case 688-104, April 1988. (Revised September 1992.)
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
either system can lead to the subversion of expected relationships in the other. This book rejects the simple equation of capitalism with markets or with trade, in favor of a three-level system that embraces factor View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2012
- Chapter
Structuring Consulting Firms
By: Tim Morris, Heidi K. Gardner and N. Anand
This chapter presents a model of the way in which consulting and other professional-service firms organize themselves and grow. We will argue that the fundamental structural-design challenge for consulting firms, like other professional firms, is to adapt appropriately...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Management Practices and Processes;
Demand and Consumers;
Service Operations;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Projects;
Groups and Teams;
Consulting Industry;
Service Industry
Morris, Tim, Heidi K. Gardner, and N. Anand. "Structuring Consulting Firms." In The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting, edited by Matthias Kipping and Timothy Clark. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- March 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott Duncan Anthony
SMaL Camera Technologies CEO Maurizio Arienzo was trying to decide what market opportunities SMaL should target. The company had developed a revolutionary imaging technology that powered small digital still and video cameras. Its first-generation product--a kit to...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Decision Making;
Disruptive Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Electronics Industry;
Computer Industry;
Massachusetts
Christensen, Clayton M., and Scott Duncan Anthony. "Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 603-116, March 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Gender Bender Brand Hijacks and Consumer Revolt: The Porsche Cayenne Story
By: Jill Avery
Throughout history, marketers have created gendered brands, creating their brands and the stories they crafted about them in their advertising to appeal either to men or to women. Gendered brands deliver value to consumers, and therefore, deliver value to marketers....
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Keywords:
Consumer Behavior;
Brands;
Brand Positioning;
Brand Equity;
Brand Management;
Advertising Campaigns;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Avery, Jill. "Gender Bender Brand Hijacks and Consumer Revolt: The Porsche Cayenne Story." In Consumer Behavior: Human Pursuit of Happiness in a World of Goods. 3rd ed. by Jill Avery, Robert Kozinets, Arch Woodside, Banwari Mittal, and Priya Raghubir, 645–649. Cincinnati: Open Mentis, 2013.
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Limits to Network Effects Authors:Hann Hałaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets rationally prefer a platform restricting choice rather than a platform that offers...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
September 2022 Up on the Corner How Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo’s community-first approach to developing a historically vibrant section of Baltimore can offer a blueprint for reviving neighborhoods across the globe Ready for Departure Preparing for a post-pandemic comeback...
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- Research Summary
Concentrated Capital Losses and the Pricing of Corporate Credit Risk
In studying the U.S. credit default swap (CDS) market, Professor Siriwardane has discovered that the selling of CDS protection is extremely concentrated, with five sellers accounting for nearly half the market. Further, in contrast to what neoclassical theory... View Details
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The Commercialization of Internet Infrastructure
Why did commercial Internet service initially develop in some geographical areas and not others? What determines the success of businesses? What determines the value of Internet services? The research stream developed the first analysis of the Internet access... View Details