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- June 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Bankruptcy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Strategy;
Risk Management;
Executive Compensation;
Cash Flow;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Media;
Advertising;
Restructuring;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Publishing Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers." Harvard Business School Case 213-142, June 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- May 2022
- Case
Byte
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley
In January 2021, Byte co-founders Scott Cohen and Blake Johnson reflected on how far their Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics company had come since launching its clear aligners just a little over two years earlier. Cohen and Johnson were both...
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- January–February 2021
- Article
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino and Metin Aksoy
By aligning executives’ financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard to get pay packages right. In this article four experts break down the key elements of compensation and explain how to...
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Keywords:
Executive Compensation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Strategy;
Performance
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino, and Metin Aksoy. "Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 102–111.
- October 2016 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Essent: From a State-Owned Utility to a Commercial Company
By: Ananth Raman and Elena Corsi
Patrick Lammers, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for the Dutch energy company Essent NV, once a state-owned company, was pleased with the progress Essent’s consumer (“B2C”) business had made: Earnings Before Income Tax (EBIT) for B2C had gone from a loss of €18 million...
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Keywords:
Lean Management;
Operation Management;
Service Management;
Commercialization;
Operations;
Management;
Energy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Service Operations;
Performance;
Energy Industry;
Europe
Raman, Ananth, and Elena Corsi. "Essent: From a State-Owned Utility to a Commercial Company." Harvard Business School Case 617-026, October 2016. (Revised October 2020.)
- June 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Hennes & Mauritz, 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2012, Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M) was the second-largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $18.1 billion and operating profits were $3.3 billion. H&M operated 2,776 stores, 93% of them outside its home base of Sweden. Over the past...
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Keywords:
Fashion;
Strategic Decision Making;
Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Fashion Industry;
Europe;
Sweden
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Hennes & Mauritz, 2012." Harvard Business School Case 713-512, June 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- November 2009
- Article
Telegraphs—Shrinking Economic Distances? A Preliminary Enquiry, 1870s-1912
By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This is a very preliminary report on sources and data for my research on telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analysed in the context of railway expansion and the literature has somewhat neglected the role of telegraphic communication for the development of steamship...
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Keywords:
Economic History;
Communication Technology;
Rail Transportation;
Ship Transportation;
Telecommunications Industry
Fernandes, Felipe Tamega. "Telegraphs—Shrinking Economic Distances? A Preliminary Enquiry, 1870s-1912." Business Archives, no. 99 (November 2009).
- December 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Barbara Krakow Gallery
By: Jose Alvarez and Nyssa Liebermann
The Barbara Krakow Gallery is a successful contemporary art gallery located in Boston. It utilizes a very rare "no haggle pricing" strategy and extended sales cycle when selling pieces to collectors. Though it remains profitable and very respected, the size and scope...
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Keywords:
Barbara Krakow Gallery;
Art Gallery;
Art Market;
Art World;
Artist;
Auction House;
Primary Art Market;
Secondary Art Market;
Exhibition;
Contemporary Art;
Art Collector;
Art Dealer;
Art Fair;
No Haggle Pricing;
Extended Sales Cycle;
Christie's;
Sotheby's;
Online Art Seller;
Barbara Krakow;
Andrew Witkin;
Catalogue Raisonne;
Arts;
Small Business;
Business Model;
Transition;
Customer Relationship Management;
Fine Arts Industry;
Boston
Alvarez, Jose, and Nyssa Liebermann. "Barbara Krakow Gallery." Harvard Business School Case 514-033, December 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- April 2011 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Talismark
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Talismark, which helped its customers manage their waste, was considering re-engineering its business fundamentals to dramatically increase profitability by changing its sales and information processes. Implementing the changes would be expensive and would interrupt...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Business Processes;
Information Management;
Sales;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Wastes and Waste Processing
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Talismark." Harvard Business School Case 211-097, April 2011. (Revised January 2019.)
- October 1997 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Best Buy
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Balaji Chakravarthy
Documents the evolution of Best Buy, an electronics retailer, from its founding in 1966 to its very successful "Concept 2" strategy in 1996, boosting its sales ($7.2 billion) past industry #1 Circuit City. Its CEO Richard Schulze offers a new vision (Concept 3) to...
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Keywords:
History;
Business Model;
Competitive Strategy;
Adaptation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customization and Personalization;
Retail Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Balaji Chakravarthy. "Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 598-016, October 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
- March 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Hundred-Year War, A: Coke vs. Pepsi, 1890s-1990s
By: Chiaki Moriguchi and David Lane
Through their competitive battle, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have created a stable and highly profitable duopoly in the U.S. soft drink industry. As the domestic industry matured and the cola wars moved to international markets, Coke and Pepsi tried to redesign their...
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Moriguchi, Chiaki, and David Lane. "Hundred-Year War, A: Coke vs. Pepsi, 1890s-1990s." Harvard Business School Case 799-117, March 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
- 15 Aug 2012
- News
Nonprofits quantify their success
- 01 Apr 2009
- News
Professor James Austin Wins Social Entrepreneurship Award
- 28 Jun 2018
- News
If You Want to Do Good, Expect to Do Badly
- May 2019
- Case
Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman
The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president of marketing and product development at Caesan, must recommend to the Board of Directors whether to launch the product...
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Keywords:
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Management;
Product Marketing;
Product Positioning;
Marketing Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A., and Katherine B. Hartman. "Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Brief Case 919-521, May 2019.
- 2009
- Book
Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Organization
By: Ranjay Gulati
In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your customers. Sure, most companies say they're "customer focused," but they don't deliver solutions to customers' thorniest problems. Why?...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Profit;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Cooperation
Gulati, Ranjay. Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Organization. Harvard Business Press, 2009.
- May 2012
- Case
Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Alisa Zalosh
Shelby Givens, a new MBA, is the general manager of Westlake Lanes, a near-bankrupt bowling alley that her grandfather founded decades earlier. Givens has been given one year to turn a profit; if the goal is not met Westlake will close. During the first few days on the...
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Keywords:
United States;
Operations Management;
Small And Medium-sized Enterprises;
Turnarounds;
Strategy;
Leading Change;
Marketing Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Operations;
Transformation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 124-431, May 2012.
- May 2014 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Unilever's Lifebuoy in India: Implementing the Sustainability Plan
Unilever's new Global Brand VP must not only revitalize Lifebuoy soap's sagging market performance, but simultaneously impact the health of one billion people worldwide. The latter challenge comes from Unilever's new CEO who has introduced the Unilever Sustainable... View Details
Keywords:
Multinational Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Strategy Implementation;
Marketing Strategy;
Mission And Purpose;
Change Management;
International Business;
Global;
Fast-moving Consumer Goods;
Soap;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Health Care and Treatment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Global Strategy;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Health Industry;
India
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Unilever's Lifebuoy in India: Implementing the Sustainability Plan." Harvard Business School Case 914-417, May 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
- October 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft
In July 1991, Microsoft has achieved record growth and profitability in the PC software industry. The case focuses on Microsoft's founder and CEO, Bill Gates, and his top management team, as they seek to retain the innovation and spirit of a small company in a rapidly...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth Management;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 392-019, October 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- 06 Feb 2015
- News
U.S. corporate tax reform: why Obama’s good ideas don’t add up
- Web
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