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A Projection of Global Prospects: The World Bank Study Imagines the Year 2030--And Implications for the Future of Capitalism
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8616BC-EEven before the global financial crisis of 2008, the future of capitalism had become a matter of concern to business leaders around the world. That much became clear in a series of discussion forums in Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and the United States, hosted by Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine in 2007 and 2008. In this chapter, the authors present the context for their discussions with the lea...Starting at €8.20
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Cyber Breach at Target
Srinivasan, Suraj; Paine, Lynn S.; Goyal, NeerajCase HBS-117027-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn November and December of 2013, Target Corporation suffered one of the largest cyber breaches till date. The breach that occurred during the busy holiday shopping season resulted in personal and credit card information of about 110 million Target customStarting at €8.20
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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (A)
Paine, Lynn S.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Adamsons, LaraCase HBS-313146-EKnowledge and CommunicationTwo members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social concerns from its origins in student protests against labor conditions in the supply chain in the 1990s through the development of a board-level corporate responsibility (CR) committ...Starting at €8.20
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Leading Through Innovative Business Models: How Individual Companies and Entrepreneurs Can Sustain Global Capitalism
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8624BC-ETwo sets of forces--one from outside the economic system and one arising naturally from within it--have created a series of large-scale challenges that threaten the foundations and future of market capitalism. The threats come from many sources: lack of education and opportunity in some parts of the world, the rise of radical political movements in others, global climate change, and the growing disparity in the distribution of income in many coun...Starting at €8.20
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Rethinking the Role of Business: Imagining the Future of Global Capitalism--New Capabilities and Mind-Sets Required of Twenty-First Century Leaders
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8626BC-EThe decades since the end of World War II have seen unprecedented economic growth on a worldwide scale. A host of nations have chosen to join the free-market system and have prospered in it. A global network of enterprise has emerged, linking giant corporations in developed nations with small businesses in emerging nations. Increasingly, the world operates as one economic system. In this chapter, Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, H...Starting at €8.20
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Corning: 156 Years of Innovation
Bowen, H. Kent; Purrington, CourtneyCase HBS-608108-EService and Operations ManagementThe executive team at Corning has committed to double the rate of new business creation per decade, while at the same time growing the company's current businesses, including glass substrates for LCD displays. Their strategy, built on more than 150 years of successful innovation, is to invent "keystone components" which uniquely enable other companies' products and earn high margins from its proprietary technology. As part of the company's missio...Starting at €8.20
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China Vanke: Supplement
Paine, Lynn S.; Macomber, John D.; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-314108-EStarting at €8.20
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China Vanke (A-2)
Paine, Lynn S.; Macomber, John D.; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-314105-EChina Vanke's president and his team must decide on a plan of action after reviewing the quality issues the company faced in early 2012 after a series of highly publicized incidents concerning the quality of the homes they built.Starting at €8.20
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China Vanke (B)
Paine, Lynn S.; Macomber, John D.; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-314107-EThe case describes Vanke's response to the decisions posed in the A1, A2, and A3 cases and asks whether Vanke should expand its strategic scope by defining itself as an "urban facilities provider" rather than a "residential housing developer." The management team is also reviewing the company's forays in places such as Hong Kong, Singapore, the U.S., and Europe.Starting at €5.74
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Cyber Breach at Target, Teaching Note
Srinivasan, Suraj; Paine, Lynn S.Teaching Note HBS-118073-ETeaching note for case 117027.Starting at €0.00