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- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in India
By: Andy Zelleke, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Saloni Chaturvedi
The case is set in August 2012—a time when India was undergoing policy stasis as several key reforms were stalled and the government faced allegations of misallocation of coal production licenses. The first part of the case provides a brief background on India's... View Details
- September 2007
- Article
Assessing the Performance of Business Unit Managers
By: J. Bouwens and Laurence van Lent
Using a sample of 140 managers, we investigate the use of various performance metrics in determining the periodic assessment, bonus decisions, and career paths of business unit managers. We show that the weight on accounting return measures is associated with the... View Details
Bouwens, J., and Laurence van Lent. "Assessing the Performance of Business Unit Managers." Journal of Accounting Research 45, no. 4 (September 2007): 667–697.
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 01 May 2020
- News
The Business of Medicine in the Era of COVID-19
- 18 Sep 2013
- News
Sell-Off of Tower Business Logical for AT&T
- 12 Dec 2023
- HBS Seminar
R. Edward Freeman, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- Article
Health as a Way of Doing Business
By: Howard Koh, Sara J. Singer and Amy C. Edmondson
For too long, the worlds of business and health have been mired in a checkered, sometimes contentious, history. Millions of deaths worldwide can be attributed to risk factors including tobacco use, alcohol and drug misuse, and suboptimal dietary intake linked to... View Details
Koh, Howard, Sara J. Singer, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Health as a Way of Doing Business." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 321, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 33–34.
- December 2014
- Article
The Discipline of Business Experimentation
By: Stefan Thomke and Jim Manzi
The data you already have can't tell you how customers will react to innovations. To discover if a truly novel concept will succeed, you must subject it to a rigorous experiment. In most companies, tests do not adhere to scientific and statistical principles. As a... View Details
Thomke, Stefan, and Jim Manzi. "The Discipline of Business Experimentation." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 12 (December 2014): 70–79.
- December 1994
- Article
Benefits of Narrow Business Strategies
By: J. J. Rotemberg and Garth Saloner
Keywords: Business Strategy
Rotemberg, J. J., and Garth Saloner. "Benefits of Narrow Business Strategies." American Economic Review 84, no. 5 (December 1994): 1330–1349.
- December 2000 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Ventro: Builder of B2B Businesses (Condensed)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura
Enables a condensed analysis of Ventro (formerly known as Chemdex), which builds and operates multiple B2B marketplace companies. Part of the Building-E-Business Online series. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Management; Strategy; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Meredith Collura. "Ventro: Builder of B2B Businesses (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 801-274, December 2000. (Revised July 2001.)
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
The Role of Business in Collective Impact
- 07 Apr 2011
- News
Productivity Secrets of a Very Busy Man
- Research Summary
Deep Indicators of Business Model Success
By: James L. Heskett
The purpose of this study is to develop ways of helping practitioners identify and measure deep indicators of success in the business models being pursued by their organizations. The hypothesis is that success is dependent on these deep indicators. The indicators are... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- News
The Heart of Business with Hubert Joly
- 08 Nov 2018
- HBS Seminar
Jun Li, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
- 07 Oct 2015
- HBS Seminar
Ann Majchrzak, USC Marshall School of Business
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
weekends in a row. He spoke with associate editor Julia Hanna about everything from his approach to a film’s business plan, to the challenges of managing internal growth on his teams—and how the Lego Movie... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- News
Hubert Joly on the Heart of Business
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers