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38 companies
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Hindustan Unilever Limited exemplifies adaptive radiation in business - the rapid diversification that occurs when an organization encounters new envi...
Hermès
Luxury Goods
Hermès spent its first 100 years on a single Paris street perfecting saddles and harnesses for horses. When the automobile arrived, the company pivote...
Haier Group
Consumer Electronics / Home Appliances
China's largest appliance manufacturer ($55.9B revenue) that killed the org chart and replaced it with 4,000 competing micro-enterprises. Under CEO Z...
Hanseatic League
Trade Confederation (Historical)
The Hanseatic League, a 13th-century commercial confederation of German merchant guilds, demonstrates that symbiotic mesh networks aren't a modern inv...
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
Consumer Goods (FMCG)
HUL demonstrates adaptive radiation identical to Darwin's finches. From one ancestor (Lever Brothers selling imported soap in 1888), HUL diversified i...
Hollywood Video
Video Rental
Hollywood Video is mentioned as one of Blockbuster's traditional competitors. Blockbuster's selective membrane served them well defending against trad...
HP
Technology & Printing
HP is mentioned briefly as the company that dominated the printer market when Kodak attempted a late pivot from photography. After failing to compete...
Huawei
Telecommunications / Consumer Electronics
Huawei is a $90 billion telecommunications giant that did something remarkable: it survived an existential attack from the world's most powerful count...
H&M
Fashion Retail
Fashion retailer used as comparison to Zara's fast-fashion model. H&M operates with 6-9 month design-to-store cycles, achieving 53% gross margins with...
H&M
Fashion Retail
H&M pioneered fast fashion through vertical integration compressing trend-to-store time. Resource partitioning targets value-conscious fashion consume...
H&R Block
Tax Services
H&R Block is a tax preparation company providing assisted and do-it-yourself tax services. The company helps clients complete income tax returns throu...
Halfords Group
Retail
Halfords is the UK's leading retailer of automotive and cycling products. The company operates retail stores and garages providing car servicing and r...
Hamilton Lane
Asset Management
Hamilton Lane is a private markets investment management firm providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors. The compan...
Hanger Inc.
Healthcare Services
Hanger is a provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services and distributes O&P devices and components. The company operates patient care cl...
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology
Security & Surveillance
Hikvision is the world's largest manufacturer of video surveillance equipment, providing AI-powered security solutions and smart city infrastructure.
Harman International
Automotive Technology/Audio
Harman is a Samsung subsidiary focused on connected car technologies and audio systems, representing one of Samsung's three major business divisions....
HCL Technologies Limited
Information Technology
HCL Technologies is a major IT services company offering software development, infrastructure management, and business process outsourcing. The compan...
HDFC Bank Limited
Banking & Finance
HDFC Bank is India's largest private sector bank by assets and market capitalization. The company is known for technology-driven banking, excellent cu...
HealthEquity Inc.
Healthcare Services
HealthEquity is a provider of health savings accounts and other consumer-directed benefits. The company administers HSAs, flexible spending accounts,...
HealthStream Inc.
Healthcare Technology
HealthStream is a provider of workforce and provider solutions for healthcare organizations. The company develops learning, clinical development, cred...
Heineken N.V.
Brewing
Heineken is a Dutch brewing company and the world's second-largest brewer, competing with AB InBev and Carlsberg in the consolidated global brewing in...
Henkel
Chemicals/Adhesives
German multinational producing adhesives, laundry detergents, and beauty care products with €21.6 billion revenue (2024). Henkel exemplifies B2B mutua...
Herbalife Nutrition
Nutritional Products
Herbalife Nutrition is a global multi-level marketing company that develops and sells dietary supplements, weight management, sports nutrition, and pe...
Herc Holdings (Herc Rentals)
Equipment Rental
Herc Holdings is an equipment rental company providing solutions to customers through approximately 400 locations. The company rents aerial, earthmovi...
Herman Miller
Office Furniture
American furniture company whose Aeron chair (1994-present) exemplifies successful good genes signaling. The distinctive mesh design at $1,200 honestl...
Hershey
Confectionery
Hershey dominates U.S. chocolate with first-mover advantage and vertical integration from cocoa sourcing to retail. Trust ownership provides patient c...
Hitachi Chemical
Chemicals
Hitachi Chemical operated a plant in Fukushima prefecture that produced 60% of global supply of certain epoxy resins essential for semiconductor packa...
Hitachi, Ltd.
Technology & Infrastructure
Hitachi is a multinational conglomerate focused on social innovation through information technology, energy, and infrastructure systems. The company h...
Home BancShares
Regional Banking
Home BancShares is a bank holding company operating Centennial Bank, which provides a range of commercial and retail banking services. The company ser...
Home Depot
Home Improvement Retail
Home Depot exhibits economies of scale in home improvement retail through massive purchasing power. First-mover advantage in big-box hardware retail c...
HomeStreet Inc.
Regional Banking
HomeStreet is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Seattle serving the Pacific Northwest, California, and Hawaii. The company pro...
Honeywell International
Industrial Conglomerate
Honeywell operates across aerospace, building technologies, and industrial automation with vertical integration. Resource partitioning serves distinct...
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Financial Services
HKEX operates the stock exchange and derivatives markets in Hong Kong, serving as a critical gateway for international investors accessing Chinese mar...
Horizon Bancorp
Regional Banking
Horizon Bancorp is a bank holding company operating Horizon Bank, which provides commercial and retail banking services in northern and central Indian...
Houlihan Lokey
Investment Banking
Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank providing merger and acquisition, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation advisory services...
HSBC
Banking
HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations, serving approximately 39 million customers globally. The bank operate...
HubSpot
Enterprise Software
SaaS company demonstrating deliberate succession management through sustained intermediate stage (2006-present). After pioneer phase (2006-2010), the...
Hyundai Motor
Automotive
Hyundai Motor is South Korea's largest automotive manufacturer, producing vehicles from sedans to SUVs and rapidly expanding its electric vehicle line...