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- March 2024
- Case
Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads
By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort
In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party...
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- February 2024
- Case
Adventures Inc: 21st Century Brand Building
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Founded in 2020, Adventures worked with celebrities in Brazil to create and launch digitally native brands. The idea was to match the celebrity’s skill in creating content and entertaining fans with Adventures’ skill in consumer packaged goods marketing and operations....
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- January 2024
- Case
Fusion Industry Association: Igniting the Future of Clean Energy
Fusion energy is evolving from a scientific idea to a commercial possibility, drawing large investments and regulatory discussions; how should the FIA navigate this evolution?
The Fusion Industry Association (FIA) is at the forefront of transforming fusion... View Details
The Fusion Industry Association (FIA) is at the forefront of transforming fusion... View Details
Keywords:
Science-Based Business;
Engineering;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Government and Politics;
Government Legislation;
Industry Clusters;
Industry Growth;
Industry Structures;
Energy Industry;
United States
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Jim Matheson, Kyle R. Myers, and Henry Tao. "Fusion Industry Association: Igniting the Future of Clean Energy." Harvard Business School Case 624-064, January 2024.
- January 2024
- Case
Runa
By: Paul Gompers and Carla Larangeira
In early 2022, Courtney McColgan, founder and CEO of Runa, a human resources and payroll Software-as-a-Service platform, faced an unexpected tech market downturn. Founded in 2018, Runa catered to small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico, offering an affordable and...
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- November 2023
- Teaching Plan
Geely SEA: New Electric Vehicle Platforms
By: Willy Shih
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 622-001. Kent Bovellan, the Chief Engineer and Head of the Vehicle Architecture Center for Geely Holding, the Hangzhou, China headquartered global automotive group, was debating the platform choice for an upcoming "D" segment midsized...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
The Optimal Stock Valuation Ratio
By: Sebastian Hillenbrand and Odhrain McCarthy
Trailing price ratios, such as the price-dividend and the price-earnings ratio, scale prices by trailing cash flow measures. They theoretically contain expected returns, yet, their performance in predicting stock market returns is poor. This is because of an omitted...
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Keywords:
Price;
Investment Return;
AI and Machine Learning;
Valuation;
Cash Flow;
Forecasting and Prediction
Hillenbrand, Sebastian, and Odhrain McCarthy. "The Optimal Stock Valuation Ratio." Working Paper, November 2023.
- September 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
TetraScience: Noise and Signal
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
In 2019, TetraScience CEO “Spin” Wang needed advice. Five years earlier, he had cofounded a startup that saw early success with a hardware product designed to help laboratory scientists in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical spaces more easily collect data from...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Organization;
Restructuring;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Digital Platforms;
Analytics and Data Science;
AI and Machine Learning;
Organizational Structure;
Network Effects;
Competitive Strategy;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Boston
- August 2023
- Article
Can Security Design Foster Household Risk-Taking?
By: Laurent Calvet, Claire Célérier, Paolo Sodini and Boris Vallée
This paper shows that securities with a non-linear payoff design can foster household risk-taking. We demonstrate this effect empirically by exploiting the introduction of capital guarantee products in Sweden from 2002 to 2007. The fast and broad adoption of these...
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Keywords:
Financial Innovation;
Household Finance;
Structured Products;
Stock Market Participation;
Finance;
Innovation and Invention;
Household;
Personal Finance;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Behavior;
Market Participation
Calvet, Laurent, Claire Célérier, Paolo Sodini, and Boris Vallée. "Can Security Design Foster Household Risk-Taking?" Journal of Finance 78, no. 4 (August 2023): 1917–1966.
- June 2023
- Case
Tractor Supply Co
By: David L. Ager and Michael A. Roberto
In February 2023, Hal Lawton, CEO of Tractor Supply Co, the largest farm and ranch retailer in the United States reflected on the company’s 70% growth between 2019 and 2022. Economists had begun to predict an economic downturn and experts were predicting softening...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Demand and Consumers;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Retail Industry
Ager, David L., and Michael A. Roberto. "Tractor Supply Co." Harvard Business School Case 923-302, June 2023.
- May–June 2023
- Article
Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit?: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs
By: Cait Brumme and Brian Trelstad
Years ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those of the best for-profits, and for-profits can deliver as much social value as charities. Despite the blurred...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Mission and Purpose;
Nonprofit Organizations;
For-Profit Firms;
Decision Choices and Conditions
Brumme, Cait, and Brian Trelstad. "Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit? A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 3 (May–June 2023): 136–145.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Rule by Market: The Chinese State in Factor Markets
By: Meg Rithmire
Political economy on China and beyond generally has been premised on a trade-off between state and market power. In the context of China’s reforms, markets and market mechanisms were hypothesized to replace state power in allocating important economic resources. Yet,...
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Rithmire, Meg. "Rule by Market: The Chinese State in Factor Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-040, March 2023.
- February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive
By: Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards and Lydia Begag
In January 2023, Raja Al Mazrouei became the Managing Director and Acting CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) in Dubai, UAE. In her previous role as the Executive Vice President of the DIFC Fintech Hive, she successfully built and led an accelerator program for...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Management;
Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Information Infrastructure;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Digital Marketing;
Digital Strategy;
Digital Transformation;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Banks and Banking;
Corporate Finance;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Financial Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
Banking Industry;
Middle East;
Singapore;
London;
United Arab Emirates;
Dubai
Hill, Linda A., Emily Tedards, and Lydia Begag. "Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive." Harvard Business School Case 423-064, February 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- January–February 2023
- Article
External Interfaces and Internal Processes: Market Positioning and Divergent Professionalization Paths in Young Ventures
By: Alicia DeSantola, Ranjay Gulati and Pavel Zhelyazkov
We explore how the initial market positioning of entrepreneurial ventures shapes how they professionalize over time, focusing specifically on the development of functional roles. In contrast to existing literature, which has presumed a uniform march toward...
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Keywords:
Market Positioning;
Professionalization;
Scaling;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development;
Organizational Structure
DeSantola, Alicia, Ranjay Gulati, and Pavel Zhelyazkov. "External Interfaces and Internal Processes: Market Positioning and Divergent Professionalization Paths in Young Ventures." Organization Science 34, no. 1 (January–February 2023): 1–23.
- December 2022 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Applegate Farms
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Food;
Consumer Behavior;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Brands and Branding;
Integration;
Strategy;
Change Management;
Change;
Organizational Structure;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L., José B. Alvarez, and Natalie Kindred. "Applegate Farms." Harvard Business School Case 723-025, December 2022. (Revised July 2023.)
- December 2022
- Article
Conflicting Interests and the Effect of Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities
By: Mark Egan, Shan Ge and Johnny Tang
We examine the variable annuity market to study conflicts of interest and the effect of fiduciary duty in brokerage markets. Insurers typically pay brokers higher commissions for selling more expensive annuities. Our results indicate that sales are four times as...
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Keywords:
Variable Annuity;
Brokers;
Fiduciary Duty;
Finance;
Investment;
Insurance;
Conflict of Interests;
Financial Services Industry;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Egan, Mark, Shan Ge, and Johnny Tang. "Conflicting Interests and the Effect of Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities." Review of Financial Studies 35, no. 12 (December 2022): 5334–5386.
- 2022
- Article
Pills in a World of Activism and ESG
By: Guhan Subramanian and Caley Petrucci
Easterbrook and Fischel’s The Economic Structure of Corporate Law advances their now famous passivity thesis, which posits that managers should remain passive in the face of an unsolicited tender offer for the company’s shares. Consistent with the broader...
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Subramanian, Guhan, and Caley Petrucci. "Pills in a World of Activism and ESG." University of Chicago Business Law Review 1 (2022): 417–439.
- November 2022
- Case
Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
This case teaches key success factors for both startup and established MedTech firms. It examines how to structure a firm to maximize innovation and financial returns with organizational structures that better align the incentives for the different skill sets...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Success;
Innovation Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financial Strategy;
Business Model;
Partners and Partnerships;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Technology Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ben Creo. "Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 323-043, November 2022.
- November 2022
- Case
GE: A New Way Forward?
By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
One of the most iconic American companies, General Electric (GE) was founded in 1892 in New York state. Named among the original dozen companies on the Dow Jones index in 1896, it was the list’s most tenacious holdout, maintaining its “blue chip” stock status for over...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
GE;
Conglomerate;
Conglomerates;
Corporate Strategy;
Management;
History;
Leadership;
Problems and Challenges;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Strategic Planning;
Value Creation;
New York (state, US)
Collis, David J., and Haisley Wert. "GE: A New Way Forward?" Harvard Business School Case 723-373, November 2022.
- October 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate
By: Boris Vallee and Fares Khrais
Masdar City broke ground in 2008 and was conceived by the Abu Dhabi government to be an international beacon of innovation in sustainable energy and real estate. It was also to be a profitable investment for the government. At first glance, the two goals pulled in...
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Keywords:
Analysis;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Decisions;
Public Sector;
Financial Crisis;
Construction;
Climate Change;
Green Technology;
Borrowing And Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Capital;
Capital Budgeting;
Capital Structure;
Cost Of Capital;
Equity;
REIT;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Innovation;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Urban Development;
Middle East;
United Arab Emirates;
Sustainable Cities;
Green Building;
Business and Government Relations;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financing and Loans;
Real Estate Industry;
Construction Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Abu Dhabi
Vallee, Boris, and Fares Khrais. "Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 223-036, October 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
- October 2022
- Article
A Structural Model of Organizational Buying for Business-to-Business Markets: Innovation Adoption with Share-of-Wallet Contracts
By: Navid Mojir and K. Sudhir
The paper develops the first structural model of organizational buying to study innovation diffusion in a B2B market. Our model is particularly applicable for routinized exchange relationships, whereby centralized buyers periodically evaluate and choose contracts,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Buying Behavior;
Healthcare Marketing;
B2B Markets;
B2B Innovation;
New Product Diffusion;
New Product Adoption;
Organizations;
Acquisition;
Behavior;
Health Care and Treatment;
Marketing;
Innovation and Invention
Mojir, Navid, and K. Sudhir. "A Structural Model of Organizational Buying for Business-to-Business Markets: Innovation Adoption with Share-of-Wallet Contracts." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 59, no. 5 (October 2022): 883–907.