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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | November 2019

  Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

  Boris Groysberg, Sarah Mehta and Matthew Preble

  This video supplement pairs with “Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.” (case no. 418011). It contains eight individual clips that range in length from 5 to 12 minutes. Instructors can use the videos, either in whole or in part, as an additional teaching element. The case is set in April 2017. It finds Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company—a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise—discussing how the company should proceed with its planned U.S. expansion. Kids & Company already has five U.S. childcare centers in and around Chicago, Illinois, and one under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, but before going any further, the two leaders plan to discuss what they have learned so far from their U.S. experience and how that should inform their strategic growth decisions moving forward.

  Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Leadership; Marketing; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Product Design; Product Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Selection and Staffing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Canada; United States;

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  Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Mehta, and Matthew Preble. "Kids & Company: Entering the U.S." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-704, November 2019.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | November 2019

  Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

  Chiara Farronato, Alan MacCormack and Sarah Mehta

  This teaching note accompanies the case “Innovation at Uber: the Launch of Express POOL” (case no. 619-003). Set in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. The teaching note offers guidance for instructors who wish to use the case either with or without its supplementary dataset (courseware no. 619-702) and supplementary video short (courseware no. 620-702).

  Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Technology; Mobile Technology; Software; Technology Platform; Technology Industry; California; San Francisco;

  Citation:

  Farronato, Chiara, Alan MacCormack, and Sarah Mehta. "Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 620-034, November 2019.  View Details

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | October 2019

  Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF Partners)

  Shawn A. Cole and Vikram S Gandhi

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  Cole, Shawn A., and Vikram S Gandhi. "Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF Partners)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 220-708, October 2019.  View Details

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