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Boards Often Misunderstand What Stock Buybacks Really Cost
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Retirement Has Changed. How You Plan for It Should, Too.
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What Successful Corporate Venture Capital Funds Do Differently
Venture capital Digital ArticleWhen they work, CVCs can help large companies to stay close to innovation at the edge of the firm. -
Will Your Investors Support Your Strategic Pivot?
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Research Reveals a Fundamental Shift in How Investors View ESG
Environmental sustainability Digital ArticleESG concerns are increasingly treated like any other investment consideration—subject to constraints, opportunity costs, and changing economic realities. -
Dynamic Pricing Is Changing the Parcel Shipping Industry
Supply chain management Digital ArticleTo adapt, companies will need to manage customer expectations, operational challenges, and carrier contracts. -
Manage Your AI Investments Like a Portfolio
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleThis four-phase approach bridges the gap between technical possibility and business reality. -
To Compete in the Global Economy, Europe Needs to Boost Its VC Ecosystem
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The Case for Sharpening Your Math Skills in the Age of AI
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Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI
Corporate communications Digital ArticleNew tools are enabling anyone to infer strategic insights from seemingly innocuous information. -
How Generative AI Is Reshaping Venture Capital
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What Every Company Can Learn from Private Equity
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The New-Look CFO
Business structures Agenda NewsletterA closer look at the evolving role of the CFO and how they’re increasingly looked to as drivers of growth. -
Does Bitcoin Belong on Your Balance Sheet?
Finance and investing Digital ArticleWhat leaders need to understand about the asset and the network to right-size their company’s exposure. -
Why Startups Benefit When Big Investments Come Later
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How to Sync Your Budget with a Strategic Plan
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleAligning the two makes your strategy actionable and helps executives stop talking past each other. -
How Middle-Market Companies Can Find the Best Leadership Talent
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How Finance Teams Can Succeed with AI
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleIt’s a leadership challenge, not a technological one. -
How Private Equity Firms Are Creating Value with AI
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleGiven their mandate to create value in a relatively short time frame, PE firms offer a unique perspective on how to drive innovation in this area. -
Growth Isn’t the Only Way for Companies to Create Value
Growth strategy Digital ArticleThe strategies of “stable outperformers” offer organizations an alternate path forward.
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Good Money: Six Steps to Building a Financial Life with Purpose
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Larry Fitzgerald: Life After NFL Stardom
Finance and investing Case Study11.95View Details In September 2025, Larry Fitzgerald Jr. sat in his Phoenix, Arizona, office preparing for a meeting with potential investors in Trenches Capital, the... -
From Red Ink to Shared Savings: A Gainsharing Experiment at Cambridge Health Alliance
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case examines a gainsharing pilot program at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a mission-driven safety-net health system facing persistent financial... -
Fly, Fix, Fly at True Anomaly (B)
Business failures Case Study5.00View Details A case about how True Anomaly, a tough tech space startup, learned from the failure of its first mission. -
Fazeshift: AI for AR
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Fazeshift, founded in 2024, was an AI-native platform built to automate accounts receivable (AR), a function long dominated by spreadsheets, emails, PDFs,... -
Despegar: L Catterton Investment
Mergers and acquisitions Case Study11.95View Details In 2024, Despegar, a leading Latin American online travel agency, faced a pivotal capital structure decision. Four years earlier, at the height of the... -
Expanding Production Capacity at Michelin
Environmental sustainability Case Study11.95View Details In December 2022, Michelin was evaluating Project Gemini, a $100 million investment to expand production capacity for agricultural rubber tracks in the... -
Managing Tail Risk for Investors
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Optimax: Ownership, Management, and Culture in Precision Optics Manufacturing
Business ethics Case Study11.95View Details Following the retirement of the company's long-time owners, Pete Kupinski became the president of Optimax, an innovative precision optics manufacturer... -
BYD in the Fast Lane: Financial Performance and Valuation
Corporate finance Case Study11.95View Details In 2024, BYD surpassed Tesla to become the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) company. Its return on equity (ROE) rose from 3.2% in 2021 to 21.7% in... -
Accounting for Carbon Neutrality at Delta Air Lines
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2020, Delta Air Lines declared itself "the world's first carbon-neutral airline," relying heavily on voluntary carbon offsets while pursuing longer-term... -
Circle: Valuing a Digital Dollar
IPOs Case Study11.95View Details In early 2025, John Andrews, Circle's Head of Investor Relations and Capital Markets, was preparing for a pivotal board discussion as the company revisited... -
Eu Yan Sang: Institutionalisation of a Century-Old Heritage Company
Change management Case Study11.95View Details Richard Eu Yee Ming was the CEO of Eu Yan Sang International, a leading health and wellness company in Singapore. Founded in 1879 by Eu's great-grandfather,... -
NBIM's Wirecard Investment (A)
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In November 2019, Morten Molde, senior portfolio manager at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), came across troubling signs that Wirecard, a German... -
NBIM's Wirecard Investment (B)
Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to the (A) Case, HBS No. 125-113. In November 2019, Morten Molde, senior credit portfolio manager at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)... -
Schneider Electric and the Zero Carbon Project: Reducing Carbon Emissions Through the Supply Chain
Corporate social responsibility Case Study11.95View Details This case centers on Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management, digital automation, and sustainability, as it seeks to scale its flagship... -
Provenance Burgundy Wine Token - Asset Tokenization
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In early 2022, Intraco Ltd partnered with boutique distributor Domaine Wines to design the Provenance Burgundy Wine Token (TGB1), a blockchain-based security... -
John Elkann Keeps Tight Control of the Agnelli Empire
Investment management Case Study11.95View Details The case is about Exor, the holding company of the Italian Agnelli family, headed by John Elkann, the fifth-generation descendant of the Fiat founder... -
Carbon Robotics: Weeding Out the Competition
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Carbon Robotics, founded by technologist Paul Mikesell, rapidly grew from a backyard experiment into a global agricultural robotics company by 2025, driven... -
From Vision to Allocation: Hedge Fund Portfolio Construction at Baystone
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In March 2025, Lydia Goh worked on an investment memorandum for an upcoming board meeting, capping off months of late nights, dogged research and countless...