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- 23 Dec 2010
- News
How Social Networking Has Changed Business
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 02 Dec 2016
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Unlocking Growth & Resilience in Your Organization
Managers of companies in every industry and geography are focused on business model innovation as a way to respond to competitive threats and create new growth opportunities. Despite all of that effort and attention, the failure rate for corporate transformations is...
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Michael E. Porter
Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details
- November 2020
- Case
Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with ‘education as a benefit.’ The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by...
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Keywords:
Education;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Employees;
Social Enterprise;
Education Industry;
Technology Industry;
Colorado
Sahlman, William A., Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 821-050, November 2020.
- winter 2009
- Journal Article
Interactivity's Unanticipated Consequences for Markets and Marketing
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
The digital interactive transformation in marketing is not unfolding, as some thought it would, on the model of direct marketing. That model anticipated that marketing, empowered by digital media using rich profiling data, would intrude ever more deeply and more...
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Keywords:
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Interactive Communication;
Marketing Communications;
Consumer Behavior;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Online Technology
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Interactivity's Unanticipated Consequences for Markets and Marketing." Journal of Interactive Marketing 23, no. 1 (winter 2009): 2–12. (First Runner-up and Winner of an Honorable Mention for the Best Paper published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing in 2009.)
- October 2002 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 2002
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Masako Egawa
Carlos Ghosn, a former executive vice president of Renault, became the COO of Nissan Motor Co., a troubled auto company in Japan when Renault bought 38% of the company in 1999. This case deals with how Ghosn turned the company around. Examines in considerable detail...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Transformation;
Globalization;
Leadership Development;
Problems and Challenges;
Auto Industry;
Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Masako Egawa. "Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 2002." Harvard Business School Case 303-042, October 2002. (Revised February 2006.)
- February 2023
- Case
Germany, Europe, and Green Industrial Revolution
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Jonathan Schlefer
In 2023, Germany was racing to master yet another industrial revolution: this time in green technology. Could it transform its manufacturing and industry in time to sustain internationally competitiveness, especially with the United States and China; reach carbon...
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- March 2003
- Case
Compaq's Struggle
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and David Lane
In 1997, Compaq Computer was locked in price competition with industry leader Dell. Although Compaq sought to escape difficulty by acquiring Digital Equipment Corp. ,a maker of more lucrative servers and minicomputers, in 1998 the simultaneous effort to remain a...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Asset Pricing;
Alliances;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and David Lane. "Compaq's Struggle." Harvard Business School Case 903-021, March 2003.
- June 1, 2021
- Article
Capitalism Won't Thrive on Value Investing Alone
By: Amar Bhidé
Investors fall into two camps: value investors, who base decisions on a careful analysis of revenues and costs, looking for steady performance, and growth investors, who place bets on risky projects with very high potential payoffs. A capitalist economy needs both...
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Bhidé, Amar. "Capitalism Won't Thrive on Value Investing Alone." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 1, 2021).
- April 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
eBay, Inc. and Amazon.com (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Anant Thaker
A decade after BusinessWeek declared the competitive battle between eBay, Inc., and Amazon.com "a defining moment for e-commerce," Amazon established itself as the leader. eBay must decide what strategy to use in order to regain the upper hand: maintain its current...
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Anant Thaker. "eBay, Inc. and Amazon.com (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-406, April 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
How Minnesota companies can make ‘hybrid’ workplaces work
- 06 Mar 2020
- News
Networking Doesn’t Have to Be Self-Serving
- August 2023
- Case
Kariyer.net: Recruiting AI
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Fares Khrais and Namrata Arora
In 2017, Fatih Uysal (AMP 2021) became CEO of Kariyer.net. By then, the business was already the industry leading online job board in Turkey. However, faced with stalling growth, a turbulent macroenvironment, and growing competition from international players, Uysal...
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Keywords:
Online Technology;
Marketing;
Websites;
Artificial Intelligence;
Innovation;
Two-sided Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Job Search;
Employment;
Transformation;
Volatility;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Startups;
Talent and Talent Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Macroeconomics;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Emerging Markets;
Digital Platforms;
Employment Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Middle East;
Turkey
Zhang, Shunyuan, Fares Khrais, and Namrata Arora. "Kariyer.net: Recruiting AI." Harvard Business School Case 524-014, August 2023.
- Web
Faculty & Research
business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic and political transformation in the decades leading up to 2024. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting...
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- March 2013
- Case
Robin Ash and Printzhof Press
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Lynda St. Clair
Robin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Her first objective is to create an action plan that will achieve two seemingly contradictory corporate...
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Keywords:
United States;
Organizational Change;
Management Styles;
General Management;
Change Management;
Morale;
Communication;
Human Resource Management;
Book Publishing;
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Conflict Management;
Leading Change;
Competitive Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Planning;
Education Industry;
Publishing Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and Lynda St. Clair. "Robin Ash and Printzhof Press." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-554, March 2013.
- September 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
BT Plc: The Broadband Revolution (A)
By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Adam M. Kleinbaum
In early 2003, CEO Ben Verwaayen and Chief Broadband Officer Alison Ritchie of BT Plc. are trying to transform the former British Telecom from a stodgy telephone company into a 21st century broadband company. Their efforts to focus the firm on broadband issues within...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Innovation and Management;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Behavior;
Telecommunications Industry;
United Kingdom
Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Adam M. Kleinbaum. "BT Plc: The Broadband Revolution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-001, September 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- 28 Dec 2020
- Interview
Psychological Safety and Fearless Organisations
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Vesna Lucca
In This Podcast:
• The ugly and beauty in transformational change
• Why don’t all companies create psychological safety
• Her passion to create a better workplace
• Buckminster Fuller
• The importance of system thinking
• The power... View Details
• The ugly and beauty in transformational change
• Why don’t all companies create psychological safety
• Her passion to create a better workplace
• Buckminster Fuller
• The importance of system thinking
• The power... View Details
"Psychological Safety and Fearless Organisations." Episode 112. Corporate Unplugged (podcast), December 28, 2020.
- September 2015 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Intuit: Turbo Tax PersonalPro - A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph Fuller and Michael Roberts
The case provides a vehicle for teaching about both corporate intrapreneurship and the use of lean startup methods. It tells the story of a product manager within Intuit who develops an idea for a new product that spans two of the company's existing business...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Business or Company Management;
Applications and Software;
Accounting;
Product Development;
Financial Services Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, Joseph Fuller, and Michael Roberts. "Intuit: Turbo Tax PersonalPro - A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Case 816-048, September 2015. (Revised March 2016.)
- September 2017
- Supplement
Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)
By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,...
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- October 2018 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Khan Academy 2018
By: William Sahlman and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2008, Khan Academy was a global educational nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere in the world. By 2018, the organization had expanded into numerous content areas, product areas, and geographic markets....
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Keywords:
Entrepreneur;
Sustainability;
Scaling;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Strategy;
Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Teaching;
Education Industry;
California
Sahlman, William, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Khan Academy 2018." Harvard Business School Case 819-064, October 2018. (Revised May 2019.)