HBSP (USA)
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Alicia Keys
Groysberg, Boris; Lobb, Annelena; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-420033-EEntrepreneurshipThis case explores the life and career of Alicia Keys, the 15-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter and producer. Set in 2019, it covers the evolution of Keys's 18-year musical career and additional passions, including acting, entrepreneurship, social justice activism, and collecting art with her husband, rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz. Now a mother of two young sons and with no intentions of slowing down, Keys considers what the next phas...Starting at €8.20
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Founder-CEO Succession at Acer
Wasserman, Noam; Shih-ta Chen, Michael; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-811062-EEntrepreneurshipStan Shih, founder-CEO of Acer, Inc., had proactively chosen and transitioned the "perfect" successor as CEO, but was now faced with major problems. Over the last two years, his heir apparent, Leonard Liu, had made the changes he had been hired to make, including revamping the organization structure and instilling a new corporate culture that emphasized accountability. However, such changes had caused numerous clashes between him and other cofoun...Starting at €8.20
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Applying Data Science and Analytics at P&G
Datar, Srikant M.; Mehta, Sarah; Hamilton, PaulCase HBS-121006-EInformation TechnologiesSet in December 2019, this case explores how P&G has applied data science and analytics to cut costs and improve outcomes across its business units. The case provides an overview of P&G's approach to data management and governance, and reviews the challenStarting at €8.20
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Hacking Heroin
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-818010-EEntrepreneurship"Hacking Heroin" was the first hackathon that Annie Rittgers, founder of Cincinnati-based 17a, had organized or even attended. "There will continue to be a lot of preventable overdose deaths and wasted potential if the opioid crisis continues unabated," she said. "Bright spots and positive momentum matter when it comes to directing the energy that exists in Cincinnati toward addressing the epidemic." Now though, days before Hacking Heroin in June...Starting at €8.20
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Swizz Beatz
Groysberg, Boris; Lobb, Annelena; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-420034-EEntrepreneurshipThis case explores the life and career of rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz. Set in 2019, it covers the evolution of Swizz's musical career and his new venture into the commercial art market.Starting at €8.20
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Magnus Resch: Transforming the Art Market Through Transparency
McGee, Henry W.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-319002-EEntrepreneurshipEconomist and entrepreneur Magnus Resch was on a mission to make the art market more transparent. To that end, in 2014, he began building the Magnus app, which catalogued the price and transaction history of millions of works of art. Users could download the app, take a photo of any flat artwork, and the app would display that piece's price along with other pertinent information. Resch believed that such radical transparency would grow the small,...Starting at €8.20
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Magnus Resch: Transforming the Art Market Through Transparency, Teaching Note
McGee, Henry W.; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-320021-EEntrepreneurshipThis teaching note pairs with a case on economist and entrepreneur Magnus Resch, who is on a mission to make the art market more transparent. He has built the Magnus app, which catalogues the price and transaction history of millions of works of art. Users download the app, take a photo of any flat artwork, and the app returns that piece's price along with other pertinent information. Resch believes that such radical transparency will grow the sm...Starting at €0.00
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Carrum Health: Scaling Bundled Payments
Huckman, Robert S.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-617017-EEntrepreneurshipFounded in 2014, Carrum Health helped self-insured employers located in three markets (San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington; and San Francisco, California) save money on their employees' planned surgeries. It did so by contracting directly with top-quality hospitals located within the area, and negotiating a set fee (known as a bundled payment) for each of five common surgical procedures: knee replacement, hip replacement, cervical spinal f...Starting at €8.20
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Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk
Ghosh, Shikhar; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-817040-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery
Huckman, Robert S.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-617018-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid-a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the rich set of data it collected from users to suggest tailored coping mechanisms for avoiding relapse. In September 2016, six months after quitting her full-time job to focus solely ...Starting at €8.20