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The Case of the Unidentified Industries-2018, Teaching Note
Desai, Mihir A.; Fruhan, William E.; Fan, LeanneTeaching Note HBS-219047-EFinanceTeaching note for case 219046.Starting at €0.00
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The Case of the Unidentified Industries - 2013
Desai, Mihir A.; Fruhan, William E.; Meyer, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-214028-EFinanceThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statementsStarting at €8.20
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The Case of the Unidentified Industries-2013, Teaching Note
Desai, Mihir A.; Meyer, Elizabeth A.; Fruhan, William E.Teaching Note HBS-214030-EFinanceHelps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14 industries. The specific task assigned to the student is to use the balance sheet data along with their basic knowledge of the operating conditions and characteristics of these 14 indust...Starting at €0.00
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The Case of the Unidentified Industries-2018
Desai, Mihir A.; Fruhan, William E.; Fan, Leanne; Bhatia, AdilCase HBS-219046-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Pinduoduo
Zhu, Feng; Palepu, Krishna G.; Yining Cao, Bonnie; Lau, DawnCase HBS-620040-EService and Operations ManagementFounded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur, Colin Huang, Pinduoduo Inc. (PDD) had become China's fastest-growing e-commerce platform in history. PDD pioneered a new approach to online shopping that allowed shoppers to share products, invite friends to form shopping teams, and purchase together at discounted prices. The company's rapid development helped it debut on the Nasdaq in July 2018, only three years after its inception. The fast growth was par...Starting at €8.20
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Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics
Narayandas, Das; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-516013-EVita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's traditional retail strategy, and how best to grow the company in Sweden. While both of these are potentially important future growth drivers, they also entail large investments in new capabi...Starting at €8.20
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Kjell & Company: Electronics Accessories Retail in the Nordics
Palepu, Krishna G.; Narayandas, Das; Herman, KerryCase HBS-116009-EService and Operations ManagementSwedish electronics accessories retailer Kjell is considering several issues as it plots its next stage of growth. How should it balance opportunities to expand retail stores into a new market (Oslo, Norway) with additional growth in its home market-Sweden-with decisions about investments to build out its nascent online channel? Simultaneously, the company is piloting a new sales associate performance management system: should store associates be...Starting at €8.20
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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
Desai, Mihir A.; Antoniou, Suzanne; Fan, LeanneCase HBS-221039-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHow should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to pushStarting at €8.20
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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations, Teaching Note
Desai, Mihir A.; Antoniou, SuzanneTeaching Note HBS-221044-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHow should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government of Tulsa to pay reparations for the massacre. In 2020, after no direct reparations and largely symbolic governmental efforts, Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, the descendant of massacre survivors, wondered if that call would...Starting at €0.00
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The Incentive Bubble
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R1203M-ELeadership and People ManagementThe past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive contracts for investors, and the rise of alternative assets have dramatically altered the nature and level of incentives and rewards in our society, on both sides of the capital market. These cha...Starting at €8.20