Publications

November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
Case

Body Shop International

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Management Teams; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

Article

Transition to Clean Technology

By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William R. Kerr

We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and dirty technologies compete in production and innovation, in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry

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09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

School professor Josh Lerner, an expert in intellectual property protection and commercialization. He believes many companies have failed to recognize the growing importance of IP in the global economy.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

Course MaterialsAdobe Systems: Working Towards a 'Suite' Release (A) Harvard Business School Case 409-014 The case examines the tools a manager can use to keep her project on track and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

Doing Business in a Divided World: The Changing Role and Responsibilities of the American Firm A Conversation with Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

independent consultants, vetted to meet specific company needs. Expert360 Freelance management platform and marketplace allowing businesses and individuals to come together to... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

Student Research Student Research Examining critical issues in management Featured Research A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018 By: Carolyn San Soucie,... View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

watchmaking revival began when Nicolas Hayek, a former management consultant, bought up several of the industry's suffering brands and production companies and consolidated... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Management faced several problems: criticism of multinational companies, anti-trust legislation, expropriations, and rising competition from international and local rivals.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

1982), and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is the Co-Chairman of Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm based in Boston. Steve is also the View Details

20 May 2020
News

How Will COVID-19 Change Demand for Office Space?

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

year at Google, and it still felt like a dream. I loved my role. My coworkers and managers were expert mentors. I felt like the company’s top priority (so did everyone else!).... View Details

January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Pioneer Natural Resources: Enhancing the Capital Return Strategy with Variable Dividends

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Elisabeth Kempf and E. Scott Mayfield

In February 2021, Scott Sheffield, the CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources (an independent oil and gas company based in Texas), was considering the possibility of enhancing the firm’s capital return strategy by introducing a variable dividend tied to cash flows in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Return; Profit; Policy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; United States; North America; Texas

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

Abstract—Why do so many firms publicly espouse a "purpose" beyond simple profit maximization? And why do so many managers and employees... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2003
Conference Paper

Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

By: John D. Macomber

Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain

December 2011
Case

Roger Caracappa: Package Deals for the Estée Lauder Companies

By: James K. Sebenius

Roger Caracappa must negotiate a cost-saving, innovative proposal from a potential French supplier that could displace the otherwise satisfactory, long-time incumbent supplier. Shortly after being promoted to executive vice president of the Estée Lauder Companies with... View Details

Keywords: Operations; Supply Chain Management; Change; Innovation and Invention; Cost vs Benefits; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry