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Finding Your Next Core Business
Zook, ChrisArticle HBS-R0704D-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. How do you know when your core needs to change? And how do you determine what should replace it? From an in-depth study of 25 companies, the author, a strategy consultant, has discovered that it's possible to measure the vitality of a business's core. If it needs r...Starting at €8.20
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China or the World A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets
Ramanna, Karthik; Yu, Gwen; Donovan, G.A.Case HBS-112035-EEconomicsSet in 2010, the case discusses the strategic directions Hong Kong could pursue, particularly vis-a-vis China, as it seeks to preserve its preeminence in the region. In 2010, the Hong Kong Exchange announced that it would allow listed Chinese companies to report using Chinese GAAP without reconciliation to IFRS The exchange was responding to the demands of its largely Chinese clientele and also coping with increased global competition to attract ...Starting at €8.20
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Lehman Brothers and Repo 105
Mikes, Anette; Yu, Gwen; Hamel, DominiqueCase HBS-112050-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was the largest bankruptcy in US history. The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to the collapse, and highlights the corporate governance challenges in situationStarting at €8.20
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For-Profit Higher Education: University of Phoenix, Teaching Note
Yu, Gwen; Noe, Christopher F.; Weber, JosephTeaching Note HBS-114032-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for 114024.Starting at €0.00
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Microsoft's aQuantive Acquisition, Teaching Note
Yu, GwenTeaching Note HBS-115048-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 115039.Starting at €0.00
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Stick to the Core--Or Go for More? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Waite, Thomas J.; McCallum, Gordon; Whitney, John O.; Rust, Roland T.; Zook, ChrisArticle HBS-R0202A-EStrategyGeorge Caldwell, cofounder of Advaark, a cutting-edge ad agency, was listening hard to his biggest client, John McWilliams, CEO of GlobalBev. McWilliams ran a multibillion-dollar holding company for an assortment of food and beverage brands but was giving credit to Advaark for his latest product line. "We were completely blindsided by this whole 'energy drink' craze," McWilliams was saying, clearly delighted that Advaark had steered his company i...Starting at €8.20
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The Great Repeatable Business Model
Zook, Chris; Allen, JamesArticle HBS-R1111G-EStrategyThe sharper a company's differentiation, the greater its competitive advantage. In studying companies that sustained a high level of performance over many years, the authors, both partners at Bain, have found that more than 80% of them had a well-defined and easily understood differentiation at the center of strategy. But differentiation can wear with age: The growth it generates creates complexity, and complex companies tend to forget what they'...Starting at €8.20
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Finding Your Next Core Business (Spanish version)
Zook, ChrisArticle HBS-R0704DStrategyits understanding of, and access to, customers in the RV market. The company took advantage of a boom in that market to refocus on complete systems for live-in vehicles. The Danish company Novozymes, which produced relatively low-tech commodity enzymes such as those used in detergents, realized that its underutilized biochemical capability in genetic and protein engineering was a hidden asset and successfully refocused on creating bioengineered ...Starting at €8.20
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The Great Repeatable Business Model (Spanish version)
Zook, Chris; Allen, JamesArticle HBS-R1111GStrategyThe growth it generates creates complexity, and complex companies tend to forget what they're good at. Often they respond by trying to reimagine their entire business models quickly and dramatically. That's rarely the answer, the authors write. Really successful companies relentlessly build on their fundamental differentiation, going from strength to strength. They learn to deliver it to the front line, creating an organization that lives and br...Starting at €8.20
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Auditing in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley World
Mikes, Anette; Yu, Gwen; Hamel, DominiqueCase HBS-112059-EAccounting and ControlNo abstract available.Starting at €8.20