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- 27 Sep 2017
- News
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
- April 2003
- Case
Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A)
This case explores the conflict between Shell Oil and Greenpeace over Shell's plans to sink the aging Brent Spar oil platform in the North Atlantic. It details the tactics Greenpeace employed and examines Shell's responses. View Details
Keywords: Alliances; Crisis Management; Environmental Sustainability; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; North America
Watkins, Michael D., and Samuel Passow. "Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A)." Harvard Business School Case 903-010, April 2003.
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Interns: Making an Impact
Internships by design are just ten to twelve weeks, but the impact that HBS students can make in that time can influence an organizations' success long-term. Learn about the projects that students worked on at Hubspot, Indigo Ag and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning with People Like Me: The Role of Age-Similar Peers on Online Business Course Engagement
- 31 Jul 2013
- News
How to fix China's pension system
- 22 Jun 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The Surprising Power of Age-Dependent Taxes
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 06 Oct 2011
- News
Steve Jobs's Career, Vision for Apple
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
Ruzwana Bashir is one of those talented people who could have taken a variety of paths to success. But Bashir, who grew up in North Yorkshire town in a small community of British-Pakistani families, knew from a young age that she wanted... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- News
Why employers might not offer remote work options to junior staff
- 07 Jun 2023
- News
Martine Rothblatt: Making Implausible Dreams Reality
- 24 Jan 2019
- News
Bookstores Are Making a Comeback – Here Are 3 Reasons Why!
- 05 Dec 2014
- News
Ernest Shackleton: The Entrepreneur of Survival
- Video
Madhav Chavan & Rukmini Banerji
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer of Pratham Education Foundation, traces how the organization’s objectives have changed over time, and expresses her views on the need to consider different ways that children aged 11-16 should be learning in India. View Details
- June 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
L'Oréal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
Worldwide, and in the U.S. marketplace in particular, the French cachet of L'Oréal was one of its most powerful marketing tools. However, with the opening up of emerging markets, L'Oréal had to cater to a diverse customer base: an aging population in the West, ethnic... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Change Management; Sales; Emerging Markets; Segmentation; Innovation and Invention; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; France; United States
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ryan Johnson. "L'Oréal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge." Harvard Business School Case 311-118, June 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
- January 2021
- Case
The FIRE Savings Calculator
By: Michael Parzen and Paul Hamilton
This case follows Carol Muñoz, a member of the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) lifestyle movement. At the age of 45, Carol is considering retiring and living off the $1 million she has accumulated. Using Monte Carlo simulation, Carol forecasts the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- News
Harvard Business School Professor Gordon Donaldson Dead at 87
Olivia S. Kim
Olivia Kim is an assistant professor of business administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the Entrepreneurial Management course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Kim's research examines how firms... View Details
- March 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Background Note
Making Sense of the Internet Business Landscape
Discusses the shift from the industrial to the information economy from a technological, business, and societal perspective. Compares the changes we are experiencing today with the changes experienced during the shift from the agrarian to the industrial age at the turn... View Details