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01 Jun 2014
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mission to develop great general managers by capitalizing on the case method. In recent years, the School has added myriad initiatives that appear to celebrate complexity rather than strategic simplicity. Please draw these initiatives... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2018
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success

John Rice (MBA 1992) founded Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit organization, to equip underrepresented minorities with the skills, coaching, and relationships they need to become high-impact leaders in... View Details

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

business is simplistic, said Reinhardt. Companies always operate based on imperfect information about their competitive arena. To succeed as a viable concern with an environmental conscience, "you have to look deeper. And look... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

May 2002 (Revised May 2003)
Exercise

Endeca Negotiation, The: Charlie Yie

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Students play the role of Charlie Yie, a venture capitalist considering an investment in a venture-backed enterprise software company. In the challenging financing climate of the Fall of 2001, he is trying to decide what terms to offer the company as an outside... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Offer; Management Teams; Venture Capital; Valuation; Software; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

01 Dec 2007
News

Exec Ed in India

HBS senior faculty will teach the School’s first-ever Exec Ed program in India February 10–15 in Hyderabad. The program, Building a Global Enterprise in India, offered in conjunction with HBS’s India Research Center, will feature cases tailored to the needs of... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Dec 2006
News

Forestalling Terror

forestall the deadliest attack ever on U.S. soil. The case is dedicated to Waleed Iskandar (MBA ’93), a colleague of Rivkin’s at Monitor Company, who died in the 9/11 attacks. The focus of your work is on how to manage integration within... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
News

More Faculty Honors

teaching and research. Professor Joseph Bower is the coeditor of From Resource Allocation to Strategy, which was named Best Management Book of 2006 by strategy + business magazine. A book coauthored by Professor Sunil Gupta, View Details

Keywords: awards; Information; Information; Information; Information

01 Oct 1997
News

After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus

whose new office is located in Concord, Massachusetts, will continue to pursue independent research in areas such as performance-based pricing, software pricing, and professional-service pricing; the management of large, industrial sales... View Details

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

books about leadership. First, Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World by Donald Sull and Kathy Eisenhardt distills years of research down to several core principles, accompanied by a wealth of real-life examples, to help us all make sense of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Information

Article

Managerial Commitments and Technological Change in the U.S. Tire Industry

By: D. Sull, R. Tedlow and R. Rosenbloom

Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Change; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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01 Mar 2013
News

We Invest in HBS Because...

undergraduates or executives, realize they can do more in life for themselves and for those around them." The Kramers support fellowships that enable nonprofit leaders to attend Executive Education programs and rising seniors to travel to HBS for the Summer Venture in... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Stephen Fuller Remembered

Soldiers Field, he served for two years as the first president of the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines and, from 1971 to 1982, as a vice president at General Motors, where he focused on employee relations and workplace... View Details

November 2020
Teaching Note

DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-010. DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals.... View Details

June 2012 (Revised June 2012)
Case

PunchTab, Inc. Investor Presentation Deck

By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda

This case examines the PowerPoint presentation that Ranjith Kumaran, founder of the start-up PunchTab, Inc., is using for his investment pitches to venture capital firms. Students can discuss the materials that Kumaran has included, his presentation style, and what... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management; Presentations; Venture Capital; Business Startups

November 2004
Case

The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global Food System

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James Weber

The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a successor to the Uniform Product Code and will improve the efficiency and traceability of the global food system. This case focuses on how best to implement this new system and respect the privacy of the ultimate consumer, and the... View Details

Keywords: Information; Rights; Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Management Systems; Technology Adoption; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry

March 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Chevron Corp.: Corporate Image Advertising

By: John A. Quelch

Describes a series of advertising research studies conducted by Chevron to monitor the effectiveness of its corporate advertising. Specific research approaches covered include the McCollum-Spielman and Communications Techniques. The Vals Typology developed by Stanford... View Details

Keywords: Surveys; Multinational Firms and Management; Research; Advertising; Brands and Branding; Energy Industry; United States

January 2024
Case

The Financial Times (FT) and Generative AI

By: Andrew Rashbass, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell

In September 2023, John Ridding, CEO of the Financial Times, was considering the possible impact of Generative AI on the industry and his business. Having navigated successfully the seismic shift from print to digital, and reporting record results, the company... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Change Management; Journalism and News Industry