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- August 2016
- Teaching Note
Mahindra Lifespace Developers' Venture into Affordable Housing
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Monica Baraldi
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited (MLDL) was the infrastructure and real estate arm of the Mahindra Group, an Indian conglomerate with revenues of $16.5 billion in 2014. Employing 400 experts in land acquisition, design, project management, sales and marketing, and...
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Business Conglomerates;
Business Startups;
Development Economics;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Housing;
Emerging Markets;
Business and Government Relations;
Human Needs;
Social Issues;
Urban Development;
Real Estate Industry;
India
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
material in one annual report. This case outlines the history and trends of corporate social responsibility reporting to encourage a discussion around the decision points and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- July 1993 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Sears Auto Centers (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
The CEO of Sears must decide how to respond to allegations that the company's auto repair division has been misleading consumers and charging them for unnecessary repairs.
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Corporate Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Ethics;
Organizational Culture;
Compensation and Benefits;
Management Teams;
Employees;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Performance Improvement;
Auto Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Sears Auto Centers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-009, July 1993. (Revised December 2003.)
- September 2023
- Teaching Note
Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'
By: Brian Trelstad, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris and Susan Pinckney
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-057. Patagonia’s change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company’s profit to fight the environmental crisis and be a model for future businesses.
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Trusts;
Business Ventures;
Business Organization;
Family Business;
Restructuring;
Change;
Disruption;
Transition;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Finance;
Financial Management;
Governance;
Corporate Governance;
Investment Activism;
Innovation Leadership;
Labor;
Law;
Common Law;
Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Ownership;
Ownership Type;
Family Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Social Enterprise;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Society;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Value;
Value Creation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
- June 2020
- Case
MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan and Matthew Preble
This is an abridged version of “MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?” HBS Case No. 416-004. Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow MOD from 45 stores as of May 2015...
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Entrepreneurship;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Service Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, John D. Vaughan, and Matthew Preble. "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 420-118, June 2020.
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509024 Breaking through Action Plan Harvard Business School Exercise 409-059 The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on the book, Breaking Through: The...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
Madam C.J. Walker helped invent what have become staples of our modern country and economy: national sales forces, corporate social responsibility, and, yes, even basic haircare. Orphaned at age 8, married...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
social media, responses are immediate.” Also, votes allow companies to perform consumer research cheaply, generating new ideas for products or flavors, or testing consumer preference for options it might be...
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- July 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (B)
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
On Tuesday March 15, 2011, all 1,200 global Partners of McKinsey & Co. gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center near Washington, DC for their annual Partners' conference. The atmosphere was tense as Partners, in addition to their normal agenda,...
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Keywords:
Board;
McKinsey;
CONSULTING Firms;
Risk;
Risk Assessment;
Partnerships;
Insider Trading;
Confidentiality;
Personal Investing;
Reputation;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk Management;
Construction Industry;
United States;
California
Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-022, July 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
sustainability research and engagement, Steve Waygood. The case describes Aviva Investors' policies on materiality, engagement, and its corporate responsibility voting policy. It then explores how the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, and Chia-Jung Tsay Publication:Emotion Review (forthcoming) Abstract Moral problems often prompt emotional responses that invoke intuitive judgments of right and wrong. While emotions inform judgment across...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
diversified business groups in contemporary developed economies of Western Europe, North America, and Oceania. It aims to come up with a new theoretical understanding of diversified business groups and other comparable models of corporate...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
responsibility for preserving the vitality of a successful organization and taking it to the next level. Put another way, in realignments you have to reinvent the business; in sustaining-success situations you have to invent the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
organization? What Are The Best Techniques For Fostering Innovation In Multicultural Teams? Innovating at the World's Crossroads: How Multicultural Networks Promote Creativity HBS professor Roy Y.J. Chua proposes that cultivating a culturally diverse View Details
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Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
abstract available. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213051-PDF-ENG Kirkpatrick Corporation Hawkins, David F. Harvard Business School Case 113-070 No abstract available. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/113070-PDF-ENG...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
proposition. It aims to explore effective curricular and programmatic responses as opportunities for MBA programs to innovate. The paper also aims to call for collective action across the business school field to effectively address these...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2023
- Supplement
Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design
By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal
In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The...
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Buildings and Facilities;
Design;
Training;
Working Conditions;
Business or Company Management;
Production;
Business Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Outcome or Result;
Performance Improvement;
Programs;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Groups and Teams;
Labor and Management Relations;
Rank and Position;
Safety;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Trust;
Well-being;
Consulting Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
India
Graeber, Thomas, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Amram Migdal. "Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design." Harvard Business School Supplement 923-034, March 2023.
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
different methods of selecting peers, sampling, different proxies and estimation techniques. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55265 Corporate Legal Structure and Bank Loan Spreads By: Sikochi,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
integrating the latest research about the interplay between human behavior, societal needs, and regulatory institutions. The book concludes by setting out a potential research agenda for the social sciences. Creating Value through View Details
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Martha Lagace