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- February 2020 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jonah S. Goldberg and Calvin O. Liou
ISS is the world’s largest provider of corporate governance research, data, analytics, and voting services. The case uses the effort of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose an array of new regulations that would severely restrict the functioning of...
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Keywords:
Proxy Advisory Services;
Corporate Governance;
Research;
Investment;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Institutional Investing
Srinivasan, Suraj, Jonah S. Goldberg, and Calvin O. Liou. "Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS." Harvard Business School Case 120-085, February 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
Fortune Tellers
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who...
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- January–February 2018
- Article
The New CEO Activists
By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Though corporations have been lobbying the government and making campaign donations for a long time now, in recent years a dramatic new trend has emerged in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their...
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Keywords:
Government Policy;
Rights;
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Sustainability;
Leadership;
Corporate Accountability;
Policy;
Social Issues;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
United States
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "The New CEO Activists." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 78–89. (Winner of the 2019 HBR Warren Bennis Prize as best 2018 HBR article on leadership. Featured in the HBR Ideacast podcast and an HBR Webinar.)
- 01 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes
volume) would fall in response to a price increase. Understanding broad trends in elasticities and underlying demand is critical for making companywide decisions about whether to change prices, or where on the premium-to-value spectrum to...
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- Research Summary
Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity
Distributed innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. As education levels rise and communication costs fall, more people have the means and motivation to innovate. Supply chains now stretch around the world as firms outsource...
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- December 2023
- Case
Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia
By: Jorge Tamayo, Raffaella Sadun and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Set in 2022, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda— a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate—and the bank’s upskilling and reskilling...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Digital Strategy;
Digital Transformation;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
Banking Industry;
Latin America;
Central America;
South America;
Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Raffaella Sadun, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 724-425, December 2023.
- Article
B Corps: Can It Remake Capitalism in Japan?
By: Geoffrey Jones
This article examines the B Corporation movement that originated in the United States in 2006. The founders sought to create a new type of company whose governance structure mandated them to consider financial, social and environmental performance. A certification...
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Keywords:
Corporate Responsibility;
Sustainability;
B Corporations;
Stakeholder Capitalism;
Governance;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Japan
Jones, Geoffrey. "B Corps: Can It Remake Capitalism in Japan?" Keizaikei [Kanto Gakuin Journal of Economics and Management] 284 (November 2021): 1–12.
- March 2018
- Article
How Context Affects Choice
By: Raphael Thomadsen, Robert P. Rooderkerk, On Amir, Neeraj Arora, Bryan Bollinger, Karsten Hansen, Leslie John, Wendy Liu, Aner Sela, Vishal Singh, K. Sudhir and Wendy Wood
Due to its origins in the literature on judgment and decision-making, context effects in marketing are construed exclusively in terms of how choices deviate from utility maximization principles as a function of how choices are presented (e.g., framing, sequence,...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Situation or Environment;
Consumer Behavior
Thomadsen, Raphael, Robert P. Rooderkerk, On Amir, Neeraj Arora, Bryan Bollinger, Karsten Hansen, Leslie John, Wendy Liu, Aner Sela, Vishal Singh, K. Sudhir, and Wendy Wood. "How Context Affects Choice." Special Issue on 2016 Choice Symposium. Customer Needs and Solutions 5, nos. 1-2 (March 2018): 3–14.
- Article
What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?
By: Eric D. Werker and Faisal Z. Ahmand
Nongovernmental organizations are one group of players who are active in the efforts of international development and increasing the welfare of poor people in poor countries. Nongovernmental organizations are largely staffed by altruistic employees and volunteers...
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Keywords:
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Growth and Development;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
Poverty;
Service Delivery;
Crime and Corruption;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Decision Making;
Resource Allocation;
Product Development;
Framework
Werker, Eric D., and Faisal Z. Ahmand. "What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 22, no. 2 (Spring 2008).
- 25 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Non-Governmental Organizations Do?
Keywords:
by Eric D. Werker & Faisal Z. Ahmed
- 2023
- Working Paper
Effects of Structured Sharing of Best Practices in an Unstructured Information Sharing System
By: Shelley Xin Li and Tatiana Sandino
Unstructured information sharing systems, such as certain enterprise social networks (ESNs), can
supplement top-down knowledge transfer with a wide array of ideas through peer-to-peer
knowledge sharing. However, the unstructured nature of such systems can also lead...
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Keywords:
Retail;
Best Practices;
Enterprise Social Media;
Management Accounting And Control Systems;
Knowledge Sharing;
Networks;
Management Systems;
Management Practices and Processes;
Social Media;
Europe
Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino. "Effects of Structured Sharing of Best Practices in an Unstructured Information Sharing System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-085, February 2021. (Revised March 2023.)
- July–August 2020
- Article
Make the Most of Your Relocation
Although the COVID-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Geographic mobility can pay off...
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Keywords:
Relocation;
Mobility;
Personal Development and Career;
Geographic Location;
Work-Life Balance
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Make the Most of Your Relocation." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 4 (July–August 2020): 104–113.
- July 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Peabody Essex Museum: What Next?
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jeffrey F. Rayport
The case describes the 25-year transformation of Peabody Essex Museum, which was created in 1993 by the merger of two sub-scale predecessor cultural institutions, operating since 1799, in Salem, Massachusetts. Dan Monroe, its founding CEO, began a process of building...
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jeffrey F. Rayport. "Peabody Essex Museum: What Next?" Harvard Business School Case 520-009, July 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
- October 2013
- Case
FasterCures: Removing Barriers to Treatments
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and James Weber
In mid-2013, as FasterCures celebrated its 10th anniversary as a center of the Milken Institute, Executive Director Margaret Anderson thought about what the organization should do to ensure it had even more impact in its next 10 years. FasterCures was a non-profit... View Details
Keywords:
Health Care;
Health Care Industry;
Health Care Policy;
Health Services;
Healthcare;
Healthcare Reform;
Healthcare Ventures;
Nonprofit;
Non-profit Management;
Not-for-profit;
Incubator;
Accelerator;
Venture Philanthropy;
Medical Services;
Medical Solutions;
Medical Research;
Medical Treatment;
Clinical Trials;
Drug Reimbursement;
Early Stage;
Early Stage Research Funding;
Early Stage Funding;
Milken Institute;
Michael Milken;
David Baltimore;
Partnering For Cures;
National Institutes Of Health;
Cancer Care In The U.S.;
Cancer Care Services;
Policy-making;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health;
Health Testing and Trials;
Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Policy;
Health Industry;
United States;
District of Columbia
Hamermesh, Richard G., and James Weber. "FasterCures: Removing Barriers to Treatments." Harvard Business School Case 814-003, October 2013.
- May 28, 2019
- Other Article
How Russia Found a Disinformation Haven in America
By: Rawi Abdelal and Galit Goldstein
The Mueller Report established that “the Russians” undertook information operations campaigns to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Though this has been clear for a long time, Americans continue to discuss Russian information operations in the wrong way....
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Keywords:
Elections;
Donald Trump;
Political Elections;
National Security;
Information Technology;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Social Media;
Russia;
United States
Abdelal, Rawi, and Galit Goldstein. "How Russia Found a Disinformation Haven in America." National Interest (May 28, 2019).
- 2013
- Book
Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men...
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Keywords:
Forecasting And Prediction;
Economic History;
Economics;
History;
Risk and Uncertainty;
United States
Friedman, Walter A. Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters. Princeton University Press, 2013.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Economic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services
By: Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis and Alvin J. Silk
This paper addresses a longstanding puzzle involving the unbundling of services that has occurredover more than two decades in the U.S. advertising agency industry: How can the shift from the bundling to the unbundling of services be explained and what accounts for the...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Framework;
Service Operations;
Decisions;
Relationships;
Price;
Diversification;
Geography;
Cost;
Advertising Industry;
United States
Arzaghi, Mohammad, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk. "Economic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14345, September 2008.
- Web
South Asia - Global
be a major force within the world economy. As a result, the School supports its faculty with their research interests on the emerging trends that are quickly transforming and shaping the region. To date, the IRC has supported most of the...
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- Web
Asia Pacific - Global
Nancy Dai and Adina Wong in Jakarta on March 20. Prof. Kim shared recent trends in the education sector and 10 alumni in Jakarta shared their insights about recent political changes and economic and business View Details
- Program
Compensation Committees
trends in executive compensation Examine the impact of regulatory issues in different countries Respond to a more vigilant investor community Create successful compensation plans and processes Design better incentive systems and know the...
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