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Set Up to Fail: Economist Paul Ormerod on Strategy and Extinction
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost organizations bend over backward to avoid failure. They shouldn't, says economist Paul Ormerod. History shows that failure and success are inherently... -
Why CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleUse them to improve the sales process, not just evaluate it. -
What Big Companies Can Learn from Shark Tank
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBy utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products. -
Can Zombie Firms Survive Rising Interest Rates?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThey feast on cheap credit, which is drying up. -
One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Arenāt Compatible
Mergers and acquisitions Digital ArticleWhen tight and loose cultures merge, they often clash. -
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany executives believe that all failure is bad (although it usually provides lessons)-and that learning from it is pretty straightforward. The author,... -
Finding Your Company's Second Act
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAccelerating technological improvements have changed the speed with which new innovations penetrate markets. Graphed over time, the market adoption of... -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you're launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor... -
Fatally Flawed
Take it a step further. Which would help you learn more about your innovation's chances for success: a razor held to your throat or a spreadsheet? -
Seven Ways to Fail Big
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhat causes companies to fail spectacularly? A recent study of 750 of the biggest U.S. business disasters of the past 25 years reveals that seven popular... -
3 Reasons New Coaches and Consultants Fail
Career coaching Digital ArticleOne mistake: Not taking low-fee, brand-building work early on. -
Why Hard-Nosed Executives Should Care About Management Theory
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTheory often gets a bum rap among managers because it's associated with the word "theoretical," which connotes "impractical." But it shouldn't. Because... -
Why Do So Many Strategies Fail?
Strategy Magazine ArticleLeaders focus on the parts rather than the whole. -
Failing to Secure Your Customer
Don't assume a customer will buy your solution. Find a way to get them to demonstrate that they will. -
Maybe Failure Isn't the Best Teacher
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe conventional wisdom tells us that we learn from failure, but new research suggests it often has the opposite effect: When things go wrong, people... -
Use Failure as an Opportunity to Reflect on Your Strengths
Communication Digital ArticleRejection hurts - but it isn't the end. -
Why So Many High-Profile Digital Transformations Fail
Business models Digital ArticleThe graveyard includes GE, Ford, Burberry, Nike, Lego, and P&G. -
Selection Bias and the Perils of Benchmarking
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTo find the secrets of business success, what could be more natural than studying successful businesses? In fact, nothing could be more dangerous, warns... -
The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail
Leadership & Managing People ResearchResults from a study of 1,350 companies. -
How to Make Better Predictions When You Don't Have Enough Data
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA different way to teach algorithms.
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Lehman Brothers: Too Big to Fail?, Epilogue
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details In September 2008, Hank Paulson, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Tim Geithner, President... -
Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected... -
The Obama Stimulus
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the factors that led to the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the impact the financial stimulus... -
Baroo (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Baroo CEO Lindsay Hyde must secure venture capital funding if she wants to save her pet services startup. If she is unable to finance a series A, she... -
Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected... -
Fabricato: The phoenix of Colombian textile industry
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In March 2013, Alberto Silva, president of the newly appointed Board of Directors of Fabricato, one of Colombia's oldest textile companies, met with representatives... -
ACTC Customer Service Department
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on the young general manager of a new cable TV system and on its customer service department. Jeanne LaFrance, the general manager, has an uneasy... -
Battling Over a New York Workout: the W Hotel Strategy Loan Agreement
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details On October 11, 2006, Istithmar, a subsidiary of Dubai World, the flagship investment company of the government of Dubai, purchased the 270-room W Hotel... -
Troverie (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Resolves the questions raised in Troverie (A); recounts pivots and efforts to raise capital from strategic investors and sell Troverie; and shares the... -
Breaking Bad (the Rules): Argentina Defaults, Inflates (and Grows), 1997-2015
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In late October 2011, after losing 1 billion of dollar reserves in one month, the Argentine government began imposing a series of currency controls, limiting... -
Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design
Management Case Study5.00View Details In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking... -
Pinewood Mobile Homes, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study1.00View Details This case presents a realistic situation in which a firm in financial distress attempts an out-of-court financial restructuring by means of a debt exchange.... -
Walmart Goes Global (B)
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Quincy Apparel (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The (B) case provides post-mortem analysis from Quincy's cofounders on why their startup failed and what they could have done differently. Explanations... -
Aptera: The First Time Around (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Aptera is on its second life. It originally began as a VC-backed electric car company in the 1990s. But that first life ended badly, as the company could... -
Aereo
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Aereo aimed to disrupt television program distribution by providing consumers access to local broadcast TV programming using offsite antennas, cloud-based... -
Proday: Calling the Right Play
Management Case Study8.95View Details Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app - Proday, a home fitness... -
Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details From 1995 to 1999, the U.S. experienced a period of tremendous growth in its information technology (IT) sector. The IT industry, although it accounted... -
Hyflux Ltd in Financial Distress
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In May 2018, Singapore's publicly-listed Hyflux Ltd, which was once the world's fifth largest desalination plant supplier, filed for court-supervised... -
"Care in Every Drop": Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A)
Management Case Study8.95View Details Since 1834, eight generations of the Ayala family have used their conglomerate to fund nation-building projects in the Philippines, including investments...
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Lehman Brothers: Too Big to Fail?, Epilogue
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details In September 2008, Hank Paulson, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Tim Geithner, President... -
Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected... -
Beroni Group: Managing GP- LP Relationships, Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching Note for INS078. -
The Obama Stimulus
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the factors that led to the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the impact the financial stimulus... -
Set Up to Fail: Economist Paul Ormerod on Strategy and Extinction
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost organizations bend over backward to avoid failure. They shouldn't, says economist Paul Ormerod. History shows that failure and success are inherently... -
The Sudden Implosion of Silicon Valley Bank, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case UV8805. -
Why CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleUse them to improve the sales process, not just evaluate it. -
What Big Companies Can Learn from Shark Tank
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBy utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products. -
Baroo (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Baroo CEO Lindsay Hyde must secure venture capital funding if she wants to save her pet services startup. If she is unable to finance a series A, she... -
Can Zombie Firms Survive Rising Interest Rates?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThey feast on cheap credit, which is drying up.