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- October 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Chantal Cookware Corp.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Paul W. Marshall and Stephanie Dodson
Chantal Cookware is a small, private company with a 15-year record of success in the design, assembly, and sale of high-end cookware. It experiences serious setbacks when consumers' tastes shift from colorful enamel-on-steel products to commercial-style cookware....
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Consumer Behavior;
Strategic Planning;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product Positioning;
Trends;
Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, Paul W. Marshall, and Stephanie Dodson. "Chantal Cookware Corp." Harvard Business School Case 699-023, October 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
- April 1991
- Background Note
Implementing Change: Note
Highlights the challenges of implementing major change in an organization. It first describes the common pitfalls so that implementors will be "forewarned." Next, it characterizes the guidelines for successful implementation as the "ten commandments", while offering a...
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Jick, Todd D. "Implementing Change: Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 491-114, April 1991.
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Dear Internet: You Are Extraordinary, But Not Exceptional
- 26 Jun 2015
- News
New Wine, New Bottle
- 27 May 2020
- News
Why the SpaceX manned mission is critical to the private space race
- 01 Aug 2019
- News
With local connections and quirkiness, indie bookstores thrive
- 22 Jan 2012
- News
Achievement dilemmas
- 07 Feb 2013
- HBS Seminar
Scott Cook, Intuit
- 12 Apr 2021
- News
Savvy Self-Promotion
- Program
Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization
Summary Given today's turbulent environment, business leaders are seeking a new path to success for their companies. But while many firms talk about transforming themselves around current trends such as digitization and remote work, most...
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- October 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Customer-Centric Design with Artificial Intelligence: Commonwealth Bank
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo
As Commonwealth Bank (CommBank) CEO Matt Comyn delivered the full financial year results in August 2021 over videoconference, it took less than two minutes for him to make his first mention of the organization's Customer Engagement Engine (CEE), the AI-driven customer...
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Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence;
Customer-centricity;
Banks and Banking;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Technological Innovation;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance;
AI and Machine Learning;
Financial Services Industry;
Australia
Lakhani, Karim R., Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Jin Hyun Paik, and Steven Randazzo. "Customer-Centric Design with Artificial Intelligence: Commonwealth Bank." Harvard Business School Case 622-065, October 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- October 2018
- Case
BBVA: Corporate Governance & Corporate Strategy
By: Krishna Palepu and Jordi Canals
BBVA is a very successful Spanish bank facing a number of challenges as a result of significant industry and regulatory changes. The company takes pride in its board structure and excellent corporate governance. The Chairman of the Board was wondering how best to...
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Las Microfinanzas: Creación simultánea de impacto social y valor comercial
By: Michael Chu
Microfinance is the best known and most successful expression of inclusive business. When the disbursement of financial services in small sizes to enterprising people in the informal sectors of the economy is capable of yielding superior commercial returns, it enables...
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Keywords:
Microfinance;
Economy;
Investment Return;
Service Operations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Poverty
Chu, Michael. "Las Microfinanzas: Creación simultánea de impacto social y valor comercial." Debates IESA 15, no. 3 (July–September 2010): 26–30.
- 17 Mar 2011
- News
The gods that have failed—so far
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
For Your Team's Success, Remember the How
Bridging Present Capabilities and Future Success: Organizational Ambidexterity
IESE presentation - 21 September 2014 - Madrid
Large, incumbent firms are often handicapped by their inability to explore new opportunities. Great firms, on the other hand, are able to overcome the tension between present and future success by exploiting and... View Details
Large, incumbent firms are often handicapped by their inability to explore new opportunities. Great firms, on the other hand, are able to overcome the tension between present and future success by exploiting and... View Details
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers Economics for Managers $1,850 Next 8-week session starts September 18th Apply See the world through the lens of economics and gain the knowledge and skills to craft View Details
- May 2020
- Case
Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?
By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
Four college friends market a beverage that combines ingredients like those in a drink they consumed in college bars. It includes a caffeinated energy drink, malt liquor, and a soft drink flavoring. They launch the business, Big Boom Beverages (BBB), with their own...
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Keywords:
Alcoholic Beverages;
Energy Drinks;
Regulation;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Marketing Communications;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Reputation;
Communication Strategy;
Decision Making
Greyser, Stephen A., and William Ellet. "Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 920-557, May 2020.
- March 2022
- Case
In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Pierre Marchesseault
To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology platform to lower transaction costs for free, Jeannot launched FinTech company Be Mobile Africa in May 2020....
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Keywords:
Finance;
Fintech;
Emerging Market;
Fundraising;
Financial Inclusion;
Strategy;
Expansion;
Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Finance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
Africa;
Togo;
Nigeria;
Ghana
Cohen, Lauren, Grace Headinger, and Pierre Marchesseault. "In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent." Harvard Business School Case 222-073, March 2022.
- 24 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World
believed you could praise people to success.” Bill Wilson: Eliminate ego Bill Wilson isn’t a household name in business circles—and that’s intentional. The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was adamant that successful organizations need a...
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by Avery Forman