Filter Results
:
(4,470)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(4,470)
- People (9)
- News (1,870)
- Research (1,459)
- Events (20)
- Multimedia (144)
- Faculty Publications (951)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(4,470)
- People (9)
- News (1,870)
- Research (1,459)
- Events (20)
- Multimedia (144)
- Faculty Publications (951)
- Video
Dr. Silvia Gold
Dr. Silvia Gold, President of the Mundo Sano Foundation and co-founder of Grupo Insud, describes her foundation’s pursuit to make meaningful social change by decreasing barriers to treatment for “neglected tropical diseases” (NTDs).
View Details
- November 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Incentive Pay for Portfolio Managers at Harvard Management Company
By: Brian J. Hall and Jonathan Lim
This case describes the compensation system for portfolio managers at Harvard's portfolio management company, including its formulaic and bonus bank features. Harvard Management Co. President Jack Meyer explains the philosophy behind the incentive pay at his company.
View Details
Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Investment Portfolio;
Compensation and Benefits;
Financial Services Industry
Hall, Brian J., and Jonathan Lim. "Incentive Pay for Portfolio Managers at Harvard Management Company." Harvard Business School Case 902-130, November 2001. (Revised December 2003.)
- 05 May 2017
- News
Former CFO Paula Price makes her career teaching, serving on boards
- February 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Brinkerhoff International, Inc. (A)
Presents a study of two oil rigs and their team relationships within a context of dissension in lower management ranks and a president who is trying to expand the business in a changing economy.
View Details
Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Conflict and Resolution;
Energy Sources;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry
Barnes, Louis B. "Brinkerhoff International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-110, February 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- 03 Sep 2013
- News
Congress to Decide U.S. Involvement in Syria as World Watches
- September 1983 (Revised December 1988)
- Case
Cleveland Twist Drill (A)
Deals with the problems of implementing strategy in a declining industry and the negotiation of strategy with external constituencies, particularly labor unions. Traces Jim Bartlett's first nine months as president and asks for a plan of action.
View Details
Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Style;
Negotiation Tactics;
Labor and Management Relations;
Corporate Strategy
Hamermesh, Richard G. "Cleveland Twist Drill (A)." Harvard Business School Case 384-083, September 1983. (Revised December 1988.)
- April 2015
- Case
Dutch Bros. Coffee: A Compelling Future
By: Joshua Margolis and Christine Snively
Travis Boersma, co-founder and President of the Dutch Bros. coffee chain, faces three operational decisions that will shape the company's growth trajectory and distinctive culture. First, should they offer a specialty coffee at a subset of their stores in one region...
View Details
Keywords:
Culture And Community;
Service Management;
Retail;
Food;
Managing Growth;
Family Business;
Small Business;
Leadership;
Culture;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Oregon
Margolis, Joshua, and Christine Snively. "Dutch Bros. Coffee: A Compelling Future." Harvard Business School Case 415-010, April 2015.
- Video
Amina Laraki Slaoui
Amina Laraki Slaoui, President of AMH Group, emphasizes the importance of music as a way to encourage joy and resilience for patients in their rehabilitation center as well as children at their school, the Institution Tahar Sebti.
View Details
- 18 Nov 2019
- Video
Alberto Grimoldi
Alberto Grimoldi, President of the Argentina-based apparel and footwear company Grimoldi, S.A., describes the massive deterioration of the business under family leadership and his successful efforts, in the...
View Details
- August 2024
- Case
No Labels and the 2024 Presidential Insurance Plan
By: Robert F. White and Tom Quinn
After observing record voter dissatisfaction with the choices in the 2024 U.S. presidential election – Democratic nominee President Joe Biden and Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump – the bipartisan nonprofit No Labels decided to reserve ballot access...
View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- News
Kura Sushi Will Return Its $6 Million Federal Loan After Outrage
- October 2015
- Case
DRW Technologies
By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
Ed Claiborne is a newly hired corporate vice president of procurement for DRW Technologies, a company that produces advanced military systems with 21 plants in the United States. Claiborne was hired from another company from within the industry, and the news of his...
View Details
Keywords:
Announcements;
Management Style;
Organizational Structure;
Leadership Style;
Human Resources
Greyser, Stephen A., and William Ellet. "DRW Technologies." Harvard Business School Brief Case 916-535, October 2015.
- March 1997 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
S1 Corporation
S1 is a fast growing subsidiary of the Samsung Group in South Korea that sells business security products. S1 has implemented a number of marketing initiatives that the company president would like to have evaluated.
View Details
Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Price;
Salesforce Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Service Industry;
South Korea
Chun, Samuel S. "S1 Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 597-044, March 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
- 01 Nov 2019
- Video
José Alejandro Cortés
José Alejandro Cortés, President of the Colombia-based diversified business group Grupo Bolìvar, discusses the diversification of his business from insurance to other financial services, especially banking, and...
View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Video
Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses how the firm met the challenge of creating a dynamic corporate culture after seven regional companies were...
View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- Video
Christoph Schiess
Christoph Schiess, President of TANICA, a Chilean business group with diversified activities in real estate, tourism and hotels, mineral water, and other activities, explains that diversification is his...
View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
Trump’s China Deal Leaves the Global Economy as Uncertain as Ever
- 26 Apr 2017
- News
A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses
- 2011
- Article
Fundamental Freedom or Fringe Benefit?: Rice University and the Evolution of Academic Tenure, 1935-1963
In 1935, fewer than half of a sample of seventy-eight prominent universities employed formal tenure policies, but by 1973 almost 100 percent had instituted tenure. The intervening years generated many of the policies that still govern practices at American...
View Details
Rosenthal, Caitlin C. "Fundamental Freedom or Fringe Benefit? Rice University and the Evolution of Academic Tenure, 1935-1963." AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom 2, no. 1 (2011).