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- October 1998
- Case
CRA Managed Care, Inc. (A)
By: Myra M. Hart and Jennifer Starr
Silverman and her co-founder, Don Larson, own the largest privately held injury-management and cost-containment services firm in the United States. When their $80+ million company attracts substantial interest of investment bankers and venture capitalists, the two must...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Leadership Development;
Venture Capital;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Investment;
Business or Company Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Personal Development and Career;
Entrepreneurship;
Service Industry;
United States
Hart, Myra M., and Jennifer Starr. "CRA Managed Care, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-068, October 1998.
- June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
An Tai Bao is the world's largest open-pit coal mine and is located in China's Shanxi province. After eight years of planning and negotiating, Occidental Petroleum, the foreign partner in the deal, is about to sign an ownership and financing agreement for $475 million...
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Keywords:
Planning;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Equity;
Partners and Partnerships;
Negotiation Deal;
Joint Ventures;
Mining Industry;
China
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "An Tai Bao Coal Mining Project." Harvard Business School Case 288-041, June 1988. (Revised December 1991.)
- November 2018
- Case
Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Small Businesses Program
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Aldo Sesia
In 2008, Goldman Sachs started the 10,000 Small Businesses program to help small businesses in the United States by providing education and a network of support—at no cost —and access to capital. It required the firm to create a new business ecosystem with a wide...
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Keywords:
Ecosystem;
Public/private Partnership;
Small Business;
Programs;
Education;
Partners and Partnerships;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Aldo Sesia. "Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Small Businesses Program." Harvard Business School Case 319-005, November 2018.
- January 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Lean Forward Media
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston
Jeff Norton and Michelle Crames, the co-founders of Lean Forward Media, face several options for producing the world's first interactive DVD film for children. Their vision is to build a company whose products simultaneously entertain children, engage them actively in...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Early Childhood Education;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Creativity
Amabile, Teresa M., and Victoria Winston. "Lean Forward Media." Harvard Business School Case 805-063, January 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- December 2005 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
SchoolNet: Pursuing Opportunity beyond Federal Mandates
Settling into his seat on the train bound for New York, CEO Jonathan Harber reflected on the evolution of SchoolNet's position in the educational technology market and its important relationship with Philadelphia. Specifically, how could it transition from a project to...
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Keywords:
Customers;
Education;
Performance Improvement;
Partners and Partnerships;
Expansion;
Technology Adoption;
Philadelphia
Childress, Stacey M., and Kristin Campbell. "SchoolNet: Pursuing Opportunity beyond Federal Mandates." Harvard Business School Case 806-050, December 2005. (Revised December 2008.)
- July 2013 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation
By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation has a horizontal firm structure in an industry that is predominantly organized vertically. While it has been successful in up markets, in the current down market its strategic rationale was being tested. As a capital-intensive...
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Keywords:
Industry Structures;
Organizational Structure;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competition;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration;
Semiconductor Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy, and Chen-Fu Chien. "Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 609-063, July 2013. (Revised July 2013.)
- January 2022
- Case
Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen
By: Dennis Yao and Alpana Thapar
In January 2020, Paddy Padmanathan, president and CEO of ACWA Power, was reflecting on the company’s sixteen-year record of success and thinking about its future growth plans. Founded in 2004, ACWA Power was a Saudi Arabian developer, owner, and operator of power and...
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Keywords:
Green Hydrogen;
Energy;
Climate Change;
Supply Chain;
Business Model;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Green Technology;
Projects;
Alliances;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Energy Industry;
Saudi Arabia;
Middle East;
North Africa
Yao, Dennis, and Alpana Thapar. "Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen." Harvard Business School Case 722-381, January 2022.
- May 20, 2016
- Comment
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
By: John A. Quelch
When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives...
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Keywords:
Global Health;
World Health Organization;
World Bank;
Pandemics;
Emergency Preparedness;
Experience and Expertise;
Decisions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Communication Strategy;
Nonverbal Communication;
Framework;
Governance;
Government and Politics;
Health;
Management;
Practice;
Problems and Challenges;
Projects;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Human Needs;
Civil Society or Community;
Social Issues;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
Biotechnology Industry;
Health Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Travel Industry;
Africa;
Asia;
Europe;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
South America;
West Indies
Quelch, John A. "World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 20, 2016).
- June 2016
- Case
The Redevelopment of Palazzo Tornabuoni (A)
By: Sid Yog, Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Andrade
In the spring of 2004, Byrne Murphy and his partners at Fingen Group discussed options to redevelop Palazzo Tornabuoni, an iconic 15th century palace in the heart of Florence, Italy. The possibilities included turning the upper floors into office space, hotel rooms,...
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Keywords:
Palazzo Tornabuoni;
Private Residence Club;
Florence;
Italy;
Timeshare;
Fractional Ownership;
Property;
Real Estate Industry;
Italy;
Europe
Yog, Sid, Arthur I Segel, and Ricardo Andrade. "The Redevelopment of Palazzo Tornabuoni (A)." Harvard Business School Case 216-069, June 2016.
- November 2013 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
'These People are Fiduciaries...'
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Amy W. Schulman
The fiduciary duties of loyalty and care, the corporate opportunity doctrine and the business judgment rule are introduced in the context of three vignettes drawn from decided cases that explore: a classic test of loyalty when one partner elects to take advantage of an...
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Keywords:
Fiduciaries;
Fiduciary Duties;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Business Processes
Goldberg, Lena G., and Amy W. Schulman. "'These People are Fiduciaries...'." Harvard Business School Case 314-067, November 2013. (Revised August 2023.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners?
By: Michael Ewens and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
This paper investigates whether individual venture capitalists have repeatable investment skill and to what extent their skill is impacted by the VC firm where they work. We examine a unique dataset that tracks the performance of individual venture capitalists'...
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Keywords:
Investing;
Persistence;
Performance Persistence;
Theory Of The Firm;
Venture Capital;
Organizations;
Human Capital;
Performance Evaluation
Ewens, Michael, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-097, April 2012. (Revised January 2013, June 2013. Revise and Resubmit Journal of Finance. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19120, June 2013)
- March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Honda-Rover (A): Crafting an Alliance
By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
Faced with vexing financial challenges in 1993, British Aerospace (BAe) is determined to shed its loss-making automaker, Rover. It offers to sell its stake in Rover to Honda, Rover's partner since 1979, but Honda is reluctant to raise its stake in Rover. Meanwhile, BMW...
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Keywords:
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Joint Ventures;
Alliances;
Knowledge Sharing;
Strategy;
Contracts;
Negotiation Process;
Change Management;
Negotiation Tactics;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Auto Industry;
United Kingdom
Nanda, Ashish, James K. Sebenius, and Ron Fortgang. "Honda-Rover (A): Crafting an Alliance." Harvard Business School Case 899-223, March 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- 06 Jul 2021
- News
Leading with Trust
- 30 May 2018
- News
First “HBS Hacks” Event in San Francisco
- October 2003 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Shared Decision Making
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Karen Sepucha and Laura Feldman
The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision-Making has created an interactive videodisc system that provides patients with customized support regarding medical treatment or screening decisions when they face a choice between two equally effective courses of action....
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Product Marketing;
Distribution Channels;
Production;
Partners and Partnerships;
Research and Development;
Information Technology
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Karen Sepucha, and Laura Feldman. "Shared Decision Making." Harvard Business School Case 604-001, October 2003. (Revised January 2005.)
- Career Coach
Lauren Murphy
Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate,...
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Keywords:
Consumer Products;
Investment Management;
Financial Services (All);
Manufacturing;
Publishing / Communications / Advertising;
Retail;
Health Care;
Clean Technology;
Energy;
Commercial Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Consulting;
Education;
Entertainment / Media;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Services (All);
Government;
Hospitality;
Investment Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Private Equity;
Financial Services (All);
Real Estate;
Search Fund;
Financial Services (All);
Sports;
Technology;
Telecommunications;
Venture Capital;
Financial Services (All)
- Web
Hiring Organizations
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- July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
The Mozilla Foundation: Launching Firefox 1.0 (A)
Explores the Mozilla Foundation's decisions leading up to the launch of Firefox 1.0, including its default browser, managing corporate partnerships, managing product development, and moving toward a revenue-based model. Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Commercialization;
Open Source Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Technology;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Applications and Software;
Innovation and Invention;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
O'Mahony, Siobhan, and Nikhil Raj. "The Mozilla Foundation: Launching Firefox 1.0 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 907-015, July 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- Program
Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East
prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment. Potential candidates may apply through the HBS Executive Education website. Harvard Business School Executive Education...
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