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Use Failure as an Opportunity to Reflect on Your Strengths
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleRejection hurts — but it isn’t the end. -
Why Start-ups Fail
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleIt’s not always the horse or the jockey. -
The Overvaluation Trap
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2007, Chuck Prince, then the CEO of Citigroup, made a notorious comment about the subprime mortgage market: "As long as the music's playing, you've... -
Marketing Myopia
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAt some point in its development, every industry can be considered a growth industry, based on the apparent superiority of its product. But in case after... -
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... -
What Every CEO Should Know About Creating New Businesses
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA Harvard Business School professor distills decades of research into the 10 most important insights that should guide every corporate venturer. -
Let's Talk About Our Career Failures
Strategy & Execution First PersonWhen we give voice to our setbacks, we can rebuild confidence and take back control of our journeys. -
One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren't Compatible
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWhen tight and loose cultures merge, they often clash. -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't undervalue the overlooked. -
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,... -
Why Do So Many Strategies Fail?
Strategy Magazine ArticleLeaders focus on the parts rather than the whole. -
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... -
Why We're Seeing So Many Corporate Scandals
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA combination of digital technology, flat corporate structures, and unethical leaders. -
Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
When the CEO Dies, What Comes First: His Company or His Family? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleShortly after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Priya Gowda learns that the company he built from a small dairy farm into a major Indian conglomerate... -
The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail
Change management ResearchResults from a study of 1,350 companies. -
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 CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful
Customer experience Digital ArticleUse them to improve the sales process, not just evaluate it. -
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... -
Here's Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail
Leadership & Managing People ResearchBased on a study of 55 strategists.
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Pinewood Mobile Homes, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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.... -
Schlitterbahn: Tragedy at the Waterpark
Management Case Study11.95View Details Jeff Henry, owner of and creative visionary behind Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts, created one of the most sought-after water park companies in the... -
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new... -
Katerra (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In May 2020, SoftBank executives, having invested nearly $2 billion in Katerra, decided the vision of an end-to-end, vertically-integrated construction... -
Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner
Strategy & Execution Book30.00View Details If you're aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better? Whether you're rolling out a new product from a city-view office... -
Paramount Equipment
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Paramount Equipment, Inc., based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a large manufacturer of cranes and compact construction equipment, aerial work platforms,... -
Battling Over a New York Workout: the W Hotel Strategy Guaranty 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... -
European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case discusses the origins and development of the European Integration process from the post-war period up to 2007, focusing particularly on the efforts... -
ACTC Customer Service Department
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View 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... -
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... -
Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View 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... -
Crisis at the Mill: Cash Flow Forecasting Exercise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Emerging markets are challenging and require special expertise. India in particular is known to be a tricky business environment. The case follows two... -
BrisConnections (A): The Vested Interests of an Australian Toll Road
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details BrisConnections won the bid to construct the Airport Link toll road under a BOOT (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer) PPP model just as the global financial... -
Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View 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... -
GoPro: The Disruptive Innovator Faces Challenges
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details GoPro, Inc. was an American action camera and software manufacturer founded in 2002 by a young entrepreneur. The company introduced innovative action... -
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ever since ex-Ben and Jerry's CEO Perry Odak took over as CEO of Wild Oats in 2001, he has been trying to turn the company around. After some apparent... -
First National Bank of Westhaven (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Describes the events leading to deterioration of a goose farming operation. -
Tuplastibog: Is it Worth Continuing?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Although Tuplastibog is a fictitious name, it is based on a real company that was created in 2014 by Juan Carlos Ordoñez, using financing from his family's... -
Nebula: The Fall of a Company
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the rise and fall of Nebula Inc., a company that industry experts had originally predicted would become the market leader in the hybrid... -
Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company
Management Case Study11.95View Details On the morning of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company became aware that the company had been the victim of a malicious ransomware attack that had stolen...
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Pinewood Mobile Homes, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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.... -
Use Failure as an Opportunity to Reflect on Your Strengths
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleRejection hurts — but it isn’t the end. -
Schlitterbahn: Tragedy at the Waterpark
Management Case Study11.95View Details Jeff Henry, owner of and creative visionary behind Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts, created one of the most sought-after water park companies in the... -
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new... -
Katerra (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In May 2020, SoftBank executives, having invested nearly $2 billion in Katerra, decided the vision of an end-to-end, vertically-integrated construction... -
Why Start-ups Fail
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleIt’s not always the horse or the jockey. -
Why Giants Stumble
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhy do large, successful public companies and their CEOs suddenly weaken? To find out, we studied 45 large European and U.S. stumbles. Our case studies... -
The Overvaluation Trap
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2007, Chuck Prince, then the CEO of Citigroup, made a notorious comment about the subprime mortgage market: "As long as the music's playing, you've... -
Marketing Myopia
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAt some point in its development, every industry can be considered a growth industry, based on the apparent superiority of its product. But in case after... -
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...