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- 2021
- Book
Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Why the gender gap persists and how we can close it. For years women have made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States. In 2019, the gap between the percentage of women and the percentage of men in the workforce was the smallest on record. But...
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- March 2021
- Technical Note
Competitive Strategy in International Construction
By: John D. Macomber and Emrah Ergelen
Construction of buildings and infrastructure is one of the largest industries in the world in terms of volume. It is also one of the most physically risky, financially uncertain, and politically impacted. The industry is highly fragmented since there are few economies...
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- March 4, 2021
- Article
Are Your Managers in Sync with Your Change Strategy?
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Bill Theofilou
According to new research conducted by the authors, C-suite executives and upper management often don’t agree on how their organizations need to remake themselves for a post-COVID world. As a result, when CEOs and their teams begin implementing their plans, they are...
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- March 2021
- Case
Apax Partners and Duck Creek Technologies
By: Josh Lerner, Terrence Shu and Alys Ferragamo
This case follows Jason Wright and Umang Kajaria at Apax Partners as they consider an investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent...
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- March 2021
- Module Note
Markets and Marketplaces: Core Concepts
- March 2021
- Case
The U.S. Home Improvement Sector in 2020
By: Jose Alvarez and David Lane
Provides an overview of the U.S. home improvement sector in 2020, reviewing sources of growth in the decade ending in 2020, with special attention to the impact of Covid-19 on market leaders Home Depot and Lowe’s and the spike in online revenues for both. Also noted...
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- March 2021
- Module Note
Creating Value through Financial Technology
By: Marco Di Maggio
Keywords:
Fintech
- March–April 2021
- Article
Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand: Know When to Avoid, Engage, or Drop Them
By: Jodi L Short and Michael W. Toffel
The pandemic has placed a new spotlight on working conditions in factories that supply global companies. To avert problems, firms often impose codes of conduct on their suppliers and perform audits to assess compliance. Do these measures help identify unethical...
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Keywords:
Auditing;
Supply Chain;
Agency Cost;
Quality And Safety;
Quality;
Quality Management System;
Quality Management;
Unions;
Wages;
Environmental Management;
Globalization;
Goods And Commodities;
Governance;
Labor;
Labor Unions;
Working Conditions;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Safety;
China;
Bangladesh;
Asia;
Pakistan
- March–April 2021
- Article
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
By: Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven Kaplan and Ilya Strebulaev
For decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they’ve backed—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and more—are constantly in the headlines, very little is known about what VCs actually...
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- March 2021
- Case
Dasra: From Strategic Philanthropy to Field Building
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tanya Bijlani
Dasra, a pioneer in the Indian Strategic Philanthropy space founded by a husband and wife team, had grown and evolved with the fast changing philanthropy scene in India. By 2017 it had managed to raise nearly $100 million of new capital for NGOs and Nonprofits in...
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- March 2021
- Case
Nayana Mawilmada: Transforming Urban Development in Sri Lanka
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
In February 2018, Nayana Mawilmada (Nayana), investment head for the Sri Lankan government’s ambitious $40 billion Megapolis project, must weigh an attractive job offer to move from the public sector to the private sector. A massive government project aimed at...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Public Sector;
Experience And Expertise;
Strategic Planning;
Work-life Balance;
Transportation;
Risk And Uncertainty;
Power And Influence;
Real Estate Industry;
Rail Industry;
Transportation Industry;
South Asia;
Sri Lanka;
Boston;
Virginia;
United States
- February 2021
- Teaching Note
Digital Marketing at HBS Online Teaching Note
By: Sunil Gupta and Rajiv Lal
- February 2021
- Supplement
Digital Marketing at HBS Online Teaching Note Supplement
By: Sunil Gupta and Rajiv Lal
- February 2021
- Case
White Claw: Defending Market Share as Competition Encroaches
By: Jill Avery
By the end of 2019, two brands accounted for 84% of hard seltzer sales, a segment that had recently taken the U.S. beer market by storm, growing from $3 million in 2015 to over $2.7 billion by the start of the summer of 2020. White Claw was the dominant market leader...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Brands And Branding;
Brand Management;
Alcoholic Beverages;
Beer/brewing Industry;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Brand Positioning;
Growth;
Competitive Positioning;
Consumer Products;
Beverage Industry;
Consumer Behavior;
Value Proposition;
Marketing;
Brands And Branding;
Competitive Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food And Beverage Industry;
United States