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- September 2019
- Case
JTC: Stronger Together with Shared Ownership
By: Ethan Bernstein and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Nigel Le Quesne, CEO of Jersey-based financial services firm JTC, firmly believed that "shared ownership" was at the heart of his company’s successful track record. The firm had seen its revenues, profits, and number of clients and staff grow steadily throughout its...
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Keywords:
Ownership;
Employee Ownership;
Leadership Style;
Compensation and Benefits;
Organizational Culture;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Going Public;
Mission and Purpose;
Management Practices and Processes;
Human Resources;
Financial Services Industry;
Channel Islands;
Europe;
United States
Bernstein, Ethan, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "JTC: Stronger Together with Shared Ownership." Harvard Business School Case 420-008, September 2019.
Edward J. Riedl
Eddie Riedl is an Associate Professor in the Accounting and Management Unit. He currently teaches Business Analysis and Valuation in the second-year MBA curriculum, as well as several execution education programs. He previously taught Financial Reporting... View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 30 Mar 2020
- HBS Online
HBS Online Courageous Leadership
Professor Nancy Koehn will demonstrate how to lead with courage and conviction through challenging organizational scenarios, and bring others along in service of a greater mission.
Program Dates: May 5-June 6, 2020
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- 11 Jan 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?
- 2013
- Book
Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline
By: Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills
Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Government and Politics;
Macroeconomics;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Rosefielde, Steven, and Daniel Quinn Mills. Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- 21 Sep 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders
- October 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
By: Michael Chu, Brian Trelstad and John Masko
In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made their first...
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Keywords:
Fast Moving Consumer Goods;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Social Marketing;
Mission and Purpose;
Prejudice and Bias;
City;
Urban Scope;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Ohio;
United States
Chu, Michael, Brian Trelstad, and John Masko. "Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance." Harvard Business School Case 320-008, October 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
- Article
Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews
By: Gerald R. Faulhaber and Dennis A. Yao
This paper presents a model that permits third-party information provision in a market characterized by information asymmetries and reputation formation. The model is used to examine how the market for information provision affects prices and supply in the primary...
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Keywords:
Markets;
Reputation;
SWOT Analysis;
Mathematical Methods;
Price Bubble;
Inflation and Deflation;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Cost;
Information;
Quality;
Price;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Industry
Faulhaber, Gerald R., and Dennis A. Yao. "Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews." Journal of Industrial Economics 38, no. 1 (September 1989): 65–77. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- November 2011 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
Customer Discovery and Validation for Entrepreneurs
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Thomas Eisenmann and Steven G. Blank
Provides practical guidelines for conducting market research to explore and validate demand for entrepreneurial offering. Explains how the research objectives of entrepreneurs might differ from those relevant to managers evaluating product or service offerings to...
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Cespedes, Frank V., Thomas Eisenmann, and Steven G. Blank. "Customer Discovery and Validation for Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-097, November 2011. (Revised August 2012.)
- September 1999
- Case
Sally Jameson - 1999
By: George C. Chacko, Henry B. Reiling, Peter Tufano and Matthew Bailey
Sally Jameson has a large block of appreciated stock, which she is contemplating selling to purchase a home. She is comparing an outright sale, borrowing against the stock, shorting against the box, and a stock loan proposed by a small financial services firm.
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Keywords:
Asset Pricing;
Asset Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Stocks;
Stock Options;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Services Industry
Chacko, George C., Henry B. Reiling, Peter Tufano, and Matthew Bailey. "Sally Jameson - 1999." Harvard Business School Case 200-006, September 1999.
John A. Quelch
John A. Quelch is the Leonard M. Miller University Professor and Vice Provost at the University of Miami and Dean of Miami Business School. He is also the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Until 2017, he... View Details
- 13 Aug 2019
- Video
Using micromobility to reduce carbon emissions
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
Harvard Finds New Partner in City Hall's 'Urban Mechanics'
- January 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Change;
Disruption;
Volatility;
Communication;
Competency and Skills;
Customers;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Fairness;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Finance;
Cash Flow;
Financial Condition;
Financial Liquidity;
Goods and Commodities;
Corporate Governance;
Health Pandemics;
Human Resources;
Executive Compensation;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Resignation and Termination;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Innovation and Invention;
Jobs and Positions;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Job Design and Levels;
Job Interviews;
Job Offer;
Labor;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Working Conditions;
Law;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Management Succession;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Risk Management;
Operations;
Distribution;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Logistics;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Supply Chain;
Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Outcome or Result;
Personal Development and Career;
Retirement;
Work-Life Balance;
Planning;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Business and Community Relations;
Labor and Management Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Safety;
Science;
Strategy;
Retail Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
Minnesota
George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 321-073, January 2021. (Revised April 2022.)
- August 2009
- Case
Intuit
This case study provides an overview of Intuit's growth and, in particular, the sales and service initiatives that historically fueled the company's growth from start-up to a corporation. It also outlines certain processes and cultural values, as well as specific...
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- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
Travel Date: May 2006 Location Visited: Cairo Purpose: Research on three global companies with Egyptian operations. Report: Sean Silverthorne: What was the nature of your visit? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: I traveled to Cairo in May 2006 with...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 5 Jan 2011
- Other Presentation
Rethinking Capitalism
Michael E. Porter, Harvard University professor, explains why business leaders must focus on shared value—creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. He is the coauthor of the HBR article Creating Shared Value.
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"Rethinking Capitalism." Harvard Business School, January 5, 2011.
- March 2018 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Chewy.com (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
In late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of online pet products retailer Chewy.com, faces a “bet the company decision”—whether to stay with a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for all of its e-commerce fulfillment or to take the function in house. Cohen worries...
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Keywords:
Pet Food;
Pet Products;
Retail;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Operations;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
E-commerce;
Service Industry;
Service Industry;
Florida;
United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Chewy.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 818-079, March 2018. (Revised September 2019.)
- 31 Oct 2022
- Video
Health Minute: Susanna Gallani
- August 1996
- Supplement
Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change
By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino
Remarks by William (Bill) Barnard, partner-in-charge for Strategic Services in the subregion of Western Europe, in a conversation he had with Professors Ashish Nanda and Michael Yoshino of the Harvard Business School on November 1, 1995.
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Nanda, Ashish, and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 397-501, August 1996.