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- June 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Course Overview Note
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
By: Willy C. Shih
This Module Note for Instructors outlines the structure and content of the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise MBA second year elective course at the Harvard Business School. The course focuses on giving students a solid grounding in the construction of... View Details
- Sep 11 2022
- Testimonial
Finding New Solutions to Organizational Challenges
- December 2020
- Article
The Parable of the Auctioneer: Complexity in Paul R. Milgrom's Discovering Prices
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alexander Teytelboym
Designing marketplaces in complex settings requires both novel economic theory and real-world engineering, often drawing upon ideas from fields such as computer science and operations research. In Discovering Prices, Milgrom (2017) explains the theory and design... View Details
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Alexander Teytelboym. "The Parable of the Auctioneer: Complexity in Paul R. Milgrom's Discovering Prices." Journal of Economic Literature 58, no. 4 (December 2020): 1180–1196.
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
scanrail SUMMING UP: Is Modern Monetary Theory a Fancy Term for Today’s Reality? Modern monetary theory (MMT) is “silly thinking” (Andy), “a totally unproven theory” (Alex), a “free lunch” (John), and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Nov 2010
- News
What Darwin Can Teach Us About Leadership
- Article
Howard Raiffa: The Art, Science, and Humanity of a Legendary Negotiation Analyst
Rightly known as the “father of negotiation analysis,” Howard Raiffa was my thesis advisor, colleague, and friend for over 30 years. The bulk of this article develops an account of his intellectual trajectory from game theory to statistical decision theory to decision... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Analysis; Bargaining; Howard Raiffa; Negotiation; Personal Development and Career
Sebenius, James K. "Howard Raiffa: The Art, Science, and Humanity of a Legendary Negotiation Analyst." Negotiation Journal 33, no. 4 (October 2017): 283–307.
- February 1991 (Revised May 2016)
- Background Note
Note on Organizational Structure
By: Ethan Bernstein and Nitin Nohria
Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be taken into account in designing organizational structures. In the second section, some archetypal forms of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure
Bernstein, Ethan, and Nitin Nohria. "Note on Organizational Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 491-083, February 1991. (Revised May 2016.)
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, recently published by Harvard Business Press, aims to give the topic its intellectual due. Edited by Khurana and Nitin Nohria, who will become the new Dean of Harvard Business School on July 1,... View Details
- March 1994 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
Why Manage Risk?
By: Peter Tufano
Conventional finance theory demonstrates that, under simplistic assumptions, firms cannot add to shareholder value through the use of risk management activities. Modern finance theory has begun to carefully consider and examine those circumstances under which firms can... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management
Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Why Manage Risk?" Harvard Business School Background Note 294-107, March 1994. (Revised February 2001.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Theory; Corporate Finance; Financial Management; Investment; Market Timing; Behavioral Finance; Prejudice and Bias; Economics; Forecasting and Prediction
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey." In Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Volume 2A: Corporate Finance, edited by George M. Constantinides, Milton Harris, and Rene M. Stulz, 357–424. Handbooks in Economics. New York: Elsevier, 2013.
- January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
- Background Note
Note on Currency Crises
Introduces students to theories about why currency crises occur. Discusses whether crises can be predicted. View Details
Kennedy, Robert E., and Brian Irwin. "Note on Currency Crises." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-089, January 1999. (Revised March 1999.)
- July 2003
- Case
Day Aristotle Went Missing, The: A Parable
Aristotle disappears during a festival in his honor. The citizens of Athens use various representations of Aristotle to find him. Sets off a discussion of which theories are most realistic, complex, and useful. View Details
Austin, Robert D. "Day Aristotle Went Missing, The: A Parable." Harvard Business School Case 604-009, July 2003.
- July 2011 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (A)
By: Dorothy Leonard and Susan S. Harmeling
Professor Gupta faces three major problems in teaching cases: 1) his students, accustomed to lectures, don't know how to conduct a case discussion; 2) the students are using the Internet to discover the outcome of managerial dilemmas posed in the case; 3) he wants to... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Teaching; Cases; Outcome or Result; Internet and the Web; Theory; Education Industry
Leonard, Dorothy, and Susan S. Harmeling. "Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (A)." Harvard Business School Case 912-405, July 2011. (Revised December 2015.)
- May 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Harvard Management Company (2001)
By: Jay O. Light
Harvard Management Co. uses portfolio theory to help consider the asset allocation issues for its endowment. View Details
Keywords: Asset Management
Light, Jay O. "Harvard Management Company (2001)." Harvard Business School Case 201-129, May 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- 15 Dec 2016
- HBS Seminar
Joel Isaac, University of Cambridge
- 2018
- Book
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis
By: Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan
Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice and theory into the text. This acclaimed, market-leading text emphasizes the basic theme of “different costs for... View Details
Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan. Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis. 16th ed. Pearson Education, 2018.
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
everything is not equally worth doing.— Jeff Bradach Bradach said when he moved from the classroom to consulting he was surprised to find so many nonprofits lacking a basic business theory to run their organizations. The philosophies of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 2009
- Chapter
Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations
By: Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
Although the literatures on both organizational creativity and organizational improvisation have been expanding in recent years, the links between these literatures have not been deeply explored. This chapter explores those links to create a conceptualization of... View Details
Keywords: Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Research; Creativity; Theory
Fisher, Colin M., and Teresa M. Amabile. "Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations." In The Routledge Companion to Creativity, edited by Tudor Rickards, Mark A. Runco, and Susan Moger. Oxford, U.K.: Routledge, 2009.