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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Dialysis Giant DaVita Defends Itself In Court And At The Polls
W. Earl Sasser
Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details
- December 1982 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Futures Contracts
By: David E. Bell
Provides an introduction to futures contracts, what they are, what their use in hedging is, and their usefulness in providing forecasts. Also covers basic risk. Includes a list of commodities currently traded in futures markets and the necessary properties of a...
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Futures and Commodity Futures
Bell, David E. "Note on Futures Contracts." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-126, December 1982. (Revised November 2006.)
- 06 Jun 2012
- News
Trade secrets of oldest family firm in US
- August 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Lawrence v. Texas, The
Explains the difference between civil law and common law systems and explores the role of precedent in a common law jurisdiction, such as the United States. Includes extensive excerpts from both the majority and the dissenting opinions in Lawrence v. Texas, in which...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Lawrence v. Texas, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-016, August 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 07 Apr 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
The Key to Keeping Resolutions? Betting Against Yourself
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Re: Leslie K. John
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
At a young, growing company, there is always more work to be done. There are strategies to build, projects to complete, partnerships to forge, data to crunch, employees to develop – the list goes on. That’s why bringing on an intern to...
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Entrepreneurship
- September 1995
- Case
Benjamin Rosen and Compaq
By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
Addresses the challenges faced by Ben Rosen and the company board of directors as continuing problems force it to make a decision about the ongoing governance of the firm. The issues are complicated by the current CEO and founder, Rod Canion, who has had, until...
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Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Business or Company Management;
Corporate Governance;
Problems and Challenges;
Decision Making;
Information Technology Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Jason Green. "Benjamin Rosen and Compaq." Harvard Business School Case 296-002, September 1995.
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
answers to understand that laxity including political contributions to politicians and even proximity to SEC headquarters. Heese had a different thought. Do Regulators Play Favorites? What if companies were...
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by Michael Blanding
- February 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
MW Petroleum Corporation (B)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman, Peter Tufano and Barbara Wall
Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties at different stages of engineering, development, and production. The proposed acquisition is a large one for...
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Business Subsidiaries;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Risk Management;
Financing and Loans;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., Peter Tufano, and Barbara Wall. "MW Petroleum Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 295-045, February 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
makes the leadership and management of all kinds of change easier. There is a catchy, popular, oft-repeated view that “culture eats strategy for lunch.” This implies a...
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by Avery Forman
- Program
Managing Turbulence
Summary Even before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19...
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- 2016
- Case
Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang and Shanshan Cao
Founded in 1983, China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. ("CNMC") is one of the earliest and largest global Chinese nonferrous metal industrial enterprises. It has investments and projects in 27 countries and trade networks in nearly 100 countries with a...
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Cross-cultural Management;
Global Strategy;
Globalization;
International Business;
Strategy Management;
Africa;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang, and Shanshan Cao. "Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group." Tsinghua University Case, 2016.
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
Julia J., Francesca Gino, Daniel M. Cable, and Bradley R. Staats Abstract—Working in teams often leads to productivity loss because the need to feel accepted prevents individual members from making a unique...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting
School, along with actions you can take now to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause View Details
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All Industries
- March 2020
- Article
Is This My Group or Not? The Role of Ensemble Coding of Emotional Expressions in Group Categorization
By: Amit Goldenberg, Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Shpigel and James J. Gross
When exposed to others’ emotional responses, people often make rapid decisions as to whether these others are members of their group or not. These group categorization decisions have been shown to be extremely important to understanding group behavior. Yet, despite...
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Categorization;
Ensemble Coding;
Summary Statistical Perception;
Social Cognition;
Emotions;
Perception;
Groups and Teams
Goldenberg, Amit, Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Shpigel, and James J. Gross. "Is This My Group or Not? The Role of Ensemble Coding of Emotional Expressions in Group Categorization." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 149, no. 3 (March 2020).
The Academy of Fisticuffs
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the eighteenth century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the nineteenth, they paradoxically... View Details
- 27 Apr 2014
- News
Hello, Stranger
- 16 Mar 2012
- News
The price of happiness in the workplace
- Forthcoming
- Article
Differentiating on Diversity: How Disclosing Workforce Diversity Influences Consumer Choice
By: Maya Balakrishnan, Jimin Nam and Ryan W. Buell
Companies are facing increased pressure to “walk the talk” on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their operations. One specific call-to-action from stakeholders is the public disclosure of EEO-1s. Companies with 100+ employees are federally mandated to annually...
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Balakrishnan, Maya, Jimin Nam, and Ryan W. Buell. "Differentiating on Diversity: How Disclosing Workforce Diversity Influences Consumer Choice." Production and Operations Management (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 7, 2024.)