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- October 1989
- Case
Exxon Corp.: Trouble at Valdez
Discusses the events leading to and repercussions following the 11 million gallon oil spill in Prince William Sound off the Alaskan coast. This was the largest spill in U.S. history. Examines the response to the spill by Exxon management, government agencies, and... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Shipping Industry; Energy Industry; Alaska
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Exxon Corp.: Trouble at Valdez." Harvard Business School Case 390-024, October 1989.
- June 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Coach Roy Williams: What Next? (A)
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Christoper Chang and Scott Schweitzer
Roy Williams, head coach of the Kansas University Men's Basketball Team, was facing a major decision. The recent resignation of the coach at the University of North Carolina (UNC) had lead to speculation that Williams, a UNC alumnus, would be named as its new coach.... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Job Offer; Leading Change; Management Succession; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Sports; Kansas; North Carolina
DeLong, Thomas J., Christoper Chang, and Scott Schweitzer. "Coach Roy Williams: What Next? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-070, June 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
Summing Up Was Warren Bennis's Optimism Regarding the Future of Leadership Warranted? In a recent obituary for Warren Bennis in the New York Times, former executive and HBS Professor Bill George was quoted as writing that "I look at... View Details
- 30 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies
It's not often that a best seller inspires academic research. If anything, it's usually the other way around. But Harvard Business School Associate Professor Diego A. Comin was motivated by reading Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond's... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
Summing Up The variety of responses stimulated by this month's column may help explain why our public institutions are so often perceived as responding slowly to natural or man-made "meltdowns." First, as Ravindra Edirisooriya... View Details
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
“Engagement comes from spirit, and if the organization has little or no spirit—if it see mission as simply ‘maximizing shareholder value’—then engagement will remain an elusive thing.” George Yurieff added that “as long as the order entry... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
entrepreneurs in this book broke with multiple conventions. Not surprisingly, they were often treated by contemporaries as crazy. It turns out that yesterday’s crazies are the historical origins of the sustainable world of the... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
acknowledged both. While stabilizing the economy is a satisfying challenge, "the kind of public attention you get can be negative," he said. "I don't like my kids reading some of the stuff that's written about me But policy makers have to accept that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
the temptation just not to bother protecting people's privacy. But I would hope that the virtuous marketer would resist that temptation." To read more: For detailed accounts of research by Leslie John, Alessandro Acquisti, and View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Competitiveness: Paths Forward," an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
services. Health plans will eliminate their restrictive networks, allowing members to choose in a competitive (and regional or even national) marketplace the providers that offer the best value for their condition. Plans will help patients make the best decisions View Details
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman. "After interviewing seven or eight founders, I was struck by the fact that a far more critical moment in a founder's life is when that person is told he can no longer lead the company he started." With the help of... View Details
- September 1988
- Case
Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)
Reveals that Vicks chose a multi-condition positioning for the product. Describes testing of name and concept, and extensively reports on a four-city test market. Students are expected to evaluate both the design and results of the test, and face options ranging from... View Details
Kosnik, Thomas J. "Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)." Harvard Business School Case 589-008, September 1988.
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
fair. To someone who holds this view, the case for more progressive taxation is self-evident, especially in an environment like ours of high and rising inequality. In contrast, the right tends to emphasize that we are “together by... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
that eight of the 10 most-read HBS Working Knowledge stories of the year were COVID-focused. Readers sought insights from HBS faculty about everything from managing large-scale remote work to leading during a crisis. The year was also marked View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
spirituality in business. Can Spirituality Drive Success? Should It? In a session exploring how spirituality can lead to business success, panelist Tony Schwartz confessed to one distinction: he was perhaps the only person in the world who was "driven to the... View Details
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
reactor" in accelerating the rise in health-care costs. Why is this system such a problem? A: By some estimates, 50 percent of all health care is driven by physician and hospital supply, not View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
widespread skepticism for the possibility of fair regulation. The power of big business is limited by the need to work with a range of powerful but diffuse societal groups. In his new book, Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett