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How Venture Capital Works
Venture capital Magazine ArticleBefore you can understand the industry, you must first separate myth from reality. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
Customer Experience in the Age of AI
Customer experience Magazine ArticleThe case for building “intelligent experience engines” -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
What Makes a Good Salesman
Sales team management Magazine ArticleBefore they have received even a day of training, the best salespeople already have two seemingly incompatible qualities in abundance: empathy with customers and a need to overcome their hesitation to buy. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSales departments tend to believe that marketers are out of touch with what's really going on in the marketplace. Marketing people, in turn, believe the... -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
Intellectual property Digital ArticleShould companies control all the ways people experience art? -
A Blueprint for Financial Reconstruction
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleAmerica’s banking crisis presents choices both perilous and promising. Perilous, because the failure to act intelligently will lead to the most serious economic collapse since the Great Depression. As much as 25% of the U.S. banking system—representing assets of more than $750 billion—has begun to post such massive loan losses that it must focus on […] -
What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities
Economics Digital ArticleThe attributes metros must have to thrive in the digital economy. -
Manage Your Human Sigma
Performance indicators Magazine ArticleWhen the Gallup Organization applied Six Sigma principles to sales and service groups at several companies, it learned how much performance variation exists between seemingly similar work groups. Managing that variability can raise overall performance by orders of magnitude and can create organic growth. -
PayPal’s CEO on Creating Products for Underserved Markets
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleThe company decided to “bust the paradigm that ‘it is expensive to be poor.’” -
How Blockchain Applications Will Move Beyond Finance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAny type of digital asset can be tracked and traded. -
The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers how nanotechnology will affect commerce, what role hope plays in leadership, and why, in an age that practically enshrines accountability, we need to beware of “accountabalism.” -
Finding the Profit in Fairness
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleIn an industry widely viewed as exploitative, Germany’s TeamBank has built a brand on being equitable. -
A Better Way to Manage Risk
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleThrough an innovative insurance policy, Honeywell has taken a first step toward making integrated risk management a reality. -
The New Old-Fashioned Banking
Economics Magazine ArticleFifteen minutes south of Chicago’s Loop, the inner-city neighborhood of South Shore has an old-fashioned bank with a radical twist. For those of us at South Shore Bank, banking means knowing the borrower, the neighborhood, property values, and the economic environment. It means tough credit standards, cautious qualification of borrowers, and close monitoring of the […] -
When Will We See More Gender Equality in Investing?
Gender Digital ArticleWomen hold a paltry 4% of the sector’s top jobs.
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Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An analyst at Vaux Gibson Inc., a fund that managed a portfolio of North American equities, was tasked with reviewing the fund's holdings of Under Armour... -
Chengwei Ventures and the hdt Investment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business... -
Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details A major trust company attempts to implement a major software system while simultaneously reengineering business processes. Providian Trust, a previously... -
Jones Lang LaSalle: Reorganizing around the Customer (2005)
Organizational Development Case Study6.95View Details Peter Roberts, CEO of Jones, Lang, LaSalle (JLL) Americas division, has been charged with expanding the company's presence in its core geographic markets... -
Hyundai Securities: International Expansion
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Firms in Korea's securities and brokerage industries have experienced fierce competition in the domestic market, which has led to international expansion... -
Upjohn Co.: The Upjohn - Pharmacia Merger
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 1995, the Upjohn Co. and Pharmacia AB announced a "merger of equals." This case provides background information on the industry, the position... -
The Market Power of Platform-Mediated Networks
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This note provides criteria to evaluate the power of a platform-mediated network. For a company considering building such a network or an investor considering... -
Beijing Dream
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The purchase of a single-family home is generally the major investment for most young couples in China. Shows in detail the process that a young couple... -
Visa Inc.: Accounting for Marketing
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details A job candidate at Visa Inc., the technology payments company, prepares herself for her interview by considering what she can uncover about the company's... -
Steven A. Cohen: From Industry Pariah to Industry Standard-Bearer? (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 417013. This (C) case provides events in late 2014 and 2015. In March 2016, Point72 Asset Management is contemplating whether it should... -
Corporate Governance at Citic Pacific
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of 20 October 2008, Citic Pacific, the Hong Kong arm of the CITIC Group, China's largest state-owned investment company, stunned the stock... -
The Knight Management Center
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), Bob Joss, must decide whether to make the school's new campus LEED certified. LEED stands... -
Phu My Hung
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in 20 year, 4000 acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi... -
McArthur/Glen Realty Corp.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Jonathan Potter is considering an investment in the newly formed McArthur/Glen Real Estate Investment Trust. The case gives some background on real estate... -
Cailyn Isaac: Cryptocurrencies and the Moving Average Strategy
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In early 2021, an investor wanted to invest in Bitcoin. However, because of the high volatility of the currency, she wanted to know when to buy and sell... -
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Financial executive Alexi is considering a job change. Will his long-ago association with a company currently embroiled in a scandal hurt his chances... -
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (D)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (C) case. -
Ecobank Ghana: Change Management in an Acquisition
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Ecobank Ghana had branches in every region of Ghana and wanted to expand its client base to include more small and medium enterprises. At the end of 2011,... -
Mahindra Financial Services: Restructuring for Growth
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Mahindra Financial Services (MMFSL) is an Indian non-banking financial services organization largely involved with financing of tractors, commercial,... -
Accelerating Russia: The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) is a venture capital (VC) fund plus start-up accelerator launched in 2013 by Russia's Agency for Strategic...
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How Venture Capital Works
Venture capital Magazine ArticleBefore you can understand the industry, you must first separate myth from reality. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
Customer Experience in the Age of AI
Customer experience Magazine ArticleThe case for building “intelligent experience engines” -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
What Makes a Good Salesman
Sales team management Magazine ArticleBefore they have received even a day of training, the best salespeople already have two seemingly incompatible qualities in abundance: empathy with customers and a need to overcome their hesitation to buy. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSales departments tend to believe that marketers are out of touch with what's really going on in the marketplace. Marketing people, in turn, believe the... -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An analyst at Vaux Gibson Inc., a fund that managed a portfolio of North American equities, was tasked with reviewing the fund's holdings of Under Armour...