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• Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2018 (Revised August 2019)

  Amazon's HQ2 (A)

  Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin

  In September 2017, the Internet giant Amazon announced that it aimed to open a second headquarters in some city other than Seattle, its current home base. By 2032, the company projected, this “HQ2” would be home to as many as 50,000 high-paying tech jobs and up to $5 billion of investment. The company invited North American cities to submit proposals to be the site of HQ2. The announcement set off a flurry of activity across the continent as civic leaders scrambled to prepare proposals by Amazon’s deadline. The case allows students to debate what companies should ask of cities and what cities should ask of companies.

  Keywords: economic development; headquarters; local government; incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics;

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  Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-494, February 2018. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | May 2019

  Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices

  Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin

  This supplement discusses Amazon’s 2018 decision to split its HQ2 between two locations--Long Island City in New York and National Landing outside Washington, DC—as well as the ensuing response from local politicians and the public.

  Keywords: economic development; headquarters; local government; incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics;

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  Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-465, May 2019.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | July 2018 (Revised March 2019)

  Hilti (A): Fleet Management?

  Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jan Rivkin

  This Teaching Note accompanies the case HBS No. 718-419, “Hilti (A): Fleet Management.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan and transcripts of the associated videos, Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements.
  The associated case explores the strategic decision-making process of premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 1999, when the company was considering implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would substantially differentiate the company from its competitors. While fleet management had the potential to significantly improve the customer experience, Hilti was already a successful firm under its extant model and had to decide whether the restructuring of its business model was worth the risk.

  Keywords: business model innovation; total customer value; innovation; Inventions; business models; Value chains; Transformations; focusing on customers; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Liechtenstein; Switzerland; Europe;

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  Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jan Rivkin. "Hilti (A): Fleet Management?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-404, July 2018. (Revised March 2019.)  View Details

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