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- August 2023
- Supplement
Reimagining Hindustan Unilever (B)
By: Sunil Gupta and Rachna Tahilyani
In April 2023, as the CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever (HUL), India’s largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firm, prepared to hand over the firm’s reins to his successor, he proudly reflected on the last decade. His quest to digitally transform HUL into an...
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- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
pricing decisions on a daily basis. Rue La La is in the online fashion sample sales industry, where they offer extremely limited-time discounts on designer apparel and accessories. One of the retailer's main challenges is pricing and predicting demand for View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
practices that act exactly as a new technology would, like advanced machinery might help companies increase output. Universal management practices can help increase a company’s productivity, just as View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- June 2018
- Case
The Grommet in 2018
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Karen Gordon Mills and Lena Goldberg
The Grommet, an online product launch platform, was at the brink of scaling its business. The Grommet's daily launch and sale of innovative consumer products, using personal videos created by product makers, had led to its initial success. In 2014, the company launched...
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- 2019
- Book
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
By: Shoshana Zuboff
In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in...
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Keywords:
Consumer Profiling;
Consumer Behavior;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Information Technology;
Power and Influence;
Ethics;
Society;
Transformation
Zuboff, Shoshana. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.
Srikant M. Datar
Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details
- August 2019
- Case
Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes Walmart's omnichannel strategy in 2018 as it battled Amazon for online retail market share. The case discusses Walmart's early forays into online retail, as well as its 2018 strategy, which aimed to integrate Walmart's enormous brick and mortar...
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Acquisition;
Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Competition;
Retail Industry;
Bentonville;
Arkansas;
New Jersey;
Seattle;
United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" Harvard Business School Case 720-370, August 2019.
- 27 May 2017
- News
The Dumb Politics of Elite Condescension
- January 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Metapath Software: September 1997
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Bill Wasik
In September 1997, John Hansen called together his board to debate an interesting choice that his company had to make. Hansen--the CEO of Metapath Software, a provider of software and services to wireless carriers--had two offers to describe. The first was an offer to...
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Private Ownership;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Stocks;
Public Ownership;
Negotiation Deal;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Bill Wasik. "Metapath Software: September 1997." Harvard Business School Case 899-160, January 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- August 2022 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Bajaj Finance: Building an Omnipresent Financial Services Firm
By: Das Narayandas and Rachna Tahilyani
Bajaj Finance, India’s largest consumer finance firm with $20.9 billion of assets across 50.5 million customers, is on a journey to transform itself from a traditional firm that sells loans and other financial products through brick-and-mortar outlets to an omnipresent...
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Financial Institutions;
Transformation;
Financial Instruments;
Customer Satisfaction;
Internet and the Web;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
India
Narayandas, Das, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Bajaj Finance: Building an Omnipresent Financial Services Firm." Harvard Business School Case 523-040, August 2022. (Revised October 2023.)
- 09 Mar 2017
- News
IDEO is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking
- August 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
Beyoncé
By: Anita Elberse and Stacie Smith
In December 2013, music superstar Beyoncé is about to surprise her fans with the release of her self-titled album. The team at her company Parkwood Entertainment, which general manager Lee Anne Callahan-Longo described as "a management, music, and production company...
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Marketing;
Beyoncé;
Internet and the Web;
Music Entertainment;
Distribution Channels;
Product Launch;
Music Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Stacie Smith. "Beyoncé." Harvard Business School Case 515-036, August 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- June 2016 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Growing from One Thousand to One Million Customers
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Morgan Brown
By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest growing internet startups around. These marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable...
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Airbnb;
Etsy;
Uber;
Growth Hacking;
Two Sided Markets;
Digital Platforms;
Marketing;
Digital Marketing;
Growth Management;
Service Industry
Teixeira, Thales S., and Morgan Brown. "Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Growing from One Thousand to One Million Customers." Harvard Business School Case 516-108, June 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
- Web
Career Path - MBA
Products Entertainment / Media Financial Services Health Care Manufacturing Nonprofit / Government Retail / Trading Services Technology Student Insights & Career Advice Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
XTV ventures, however, could produce products for "leading-edge" users, who emphasized technological performance over careful documentation. Giving Up Control Like independent venture capitalists,...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
Publications December 2014 Journal of Political Economy Transition to Clean Technology By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and...
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Carmen Nobel
- April 1993 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal
By: Robert J. Dolan
The business products division has developed a business proposal asking for $50 million to fund the creation of a new telephone system for the small business market. The company's last entry into this marketplace lost $70 million. The new product would face 100...
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Risk and Uncertainty;
Communication Technology;
Market Entry and Exit;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Product Development;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada
Dolan, Robert J. "Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 593-103, April 1993. (Revised May 1993.)
- June 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
E Ink in 2005
By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack
Explores the challenges of commercializing a bleeding-edge technology. After seven years, E Ink has spent more than $100 million to commercialize electronic ink. With business momentum picking up, but resources running out, the case examines the key trade-offs in...
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Technological Innovation;
Commercialization;
Mathematical Methods;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Barbara Mack. "E Ink in 2005." Harvard Business School Case 705-506, June 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- October 1990 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Zenith: Marketing Research for High Definition Television (HDTV)
Managers at Zenith must decide what marketing research, if any, needs to be done now in order to assess market potential and consumer preference for a technological innovation, high definition television (HDTV) that is yet to be introduced. The case describes various...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Research;
Marketing;
Television Entertainment;
Electronics Industry
Sultan, Fareena. "Zenith: Marketing Research for High Definition Television (HDTV)." Harvard Business School Case 591-025, October 1990. (Revised July 1991.)
- October 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)
By: Clayton M. Christensen
A small ceramics company started by a group of MIT professors struggles with some basic technology strategy issues. A plan to take "one commercializable step" at a time in order to get a foothold in the market goes awry because of incompatibility between the company's...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Market Entry and Exit;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Research and Development;
Production;
Manufacturing Industry;
Cambridge
Christensen, Clayton M. "Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 691-028, October 1990. (Revised November 1992.)