Business history

By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, in 2014 Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness...

Presents recommendations for hurdle rates of Marriott's divisions to select by discounting appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each...

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Taiwan. It highlights Taiwan's economic transformation in the decades leading...

We're living in the Age of Persuasion. Leaders and organizations of all kinds--public and private, large and small--fulfill their missions only by competing...

In 1730, Japanese merchants petitioned shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune to officially authorize trade in rice futures at the Dojima Exchange, the world's first...

In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear...

Supplement to case UV7532. In October 1720, John Hanger, governor of the Bank of England (BoE), and his fellow directors confronted the imminent collapse...

In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After...

Astor, the wealthiest American of his time, engages in fur trading, shipping, real estate investment, and general merchandise trading. Astor's career...

Taught in the second-year MBA elective on the Evolution of Global Business. Examines the costs and benefits of the Brazilian government's policies to...

The prescription eyeglass lens industry was complicated and highly fragmented, and even though many of the tools and techniques employed have been relatively...

Novartis, the world's leading healthcare company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies....

In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million...

Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product...

This engaging roleplay brings to life the everyday challenges facing entrepreneurs and workers in informal settlements in Kenya. The roleplay serves...

This three-part case-study illustrates key concepts and lessons about leading adaptive change in organizations in the context of turning around Deutsche...

Covers history of PC&D from 1960 to 1975 as it grows from a single business firm to a diversified firm. Emphasizes the use of subsidiaries for product...

Foxconn, well known as the iPhone maker, was the largest electronic manufacturing service provider in the world. Foxconn was founded in Taiwan in 1974....

This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the...

On April 17, 1994, Kidder, Peabody & Co. announced a $350 million charge against earnings resulting from the discovery of false trading profits. That...

We are living in a critical moment in time, as the advance of digital technologies drives the creation of whole new markets and industries. This kind...

Kondo, the head of a successful consulting business and the author of several best-selling books about tidying, talks about her motto--"Keep only what...

Technology is constantly changing, and new technologies are regularly being introduced. Business has been revolutionized by various technologies over...

By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, in 2014 Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness...

An implicit assumption of the "war for talent" perspective is that departing workers are lost to competitors. Managers should consider two criteria --...

Nancy Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, tells the life stories of three influential leaders: the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the pacifist Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the ecologist Rachel Carson. They all overcame personal challenges to achieve and inspire social change. In Koehn’s new book, “Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times,” she argues that tomorrow’s leaders of social change will come from the business world.

Presents recommendations for hurdle rates of Marriott's divisions to select by discounting appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each...

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Taiwan. It highlights Taiwan's economic transformation in the decades leading...

We're living in the Age of Persuasion. Leaders and organizations of all kinds--public and private, large and small--fulfill their missions only by competing...

The story of a royal trading company comes to life on an 18th-century stock certificate.