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- April 1989 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Burlington Northern (A)
Describes the forces that led to the development of a logistics analysis program by the Burlington Northern Railroad. The first half of the case describes changes in industrial structure, technology, demographics, shipper practices, and government regulation that led...
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Hammond, Janice H. "Burlington Northern (A)." Harvard Business School Case 689-081, April 1989. (Revised August 1989.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors
By: William R. Kerr
The ethnic composition of US scientists and engineers is undergoing a significant transformation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual patent records granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to document these trends with greater...
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Inventors;
Scientists;
Engineers;
Information Technology;
Patents;
Ethnicity;
Innovation and Invention;
Research and Development;
Immigration;
China;
United States;
India
Kerr, William R. "The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-006, May 2007. (Permanent working paper describing ethnic-name patenting data, revised December 2008.)
- April 1990 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
SouthPark IV
A young entrepreneur examines an 80,000 square foot office/warehouse building as a potential acquisition. The building is currently fully leased but all four leases will expire shortly. Due to changing market conditions, the protagonist has to look at current market...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Valuation;
Property;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Leasing;
Cash Flow;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J. "SouthPark IV." Harvard Business School Case 390-181, April 1990. (Revised December 1995.)
- 08 Jan 2015
- News
Healthcare strategy 2015 — Back to the basics: 12 key thoughts
- 28 May 2013
- News
10 Questions to Ask When Determining Your Salary
- 10 Mar 2020
- News
Why Capitalists Need to Save Democracy
The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose
Most forward-thinking executives have embraced the notion that purpose-driven companies can solve social and environmental problems while also generating wealth, creating win-win outcomes that benefit everyone. But ideal solutions are rare. Many...
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- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
behaving strategically to ensure the victory of their second best. We rationalize our findings by a model in which different types of voters trade off expressive and strategic motives. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52728 Harvard...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and... Load More
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- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
the moral issues that negotiation inevitably raises. Acknowledging the distributive aspect of the process makes them confront the issue of fairness. "How much do we owe the other side?" he asks. "Is there an ironclad rule, or does it vary from View Details
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by Katie Johnston
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
Tolga Sinmazdemir Abstract—Attitudes toward the acceptability of settling with one's enemies versus the need to continue fighting for an all out victory are central to the course of any conflict and its legacy. On the one hand, in cases...
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Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
onto the exec team.” "When there's more scarcity and higher demand, that puts a premium on the type of person and on your willingness to pay." That push for gender diversity in senior management could spell an opportunity for women to make a View Details
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by Kristen Senz
- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
becomes clear you can raise $4 billion for your next fund instead of the planned $1 billion. Professor of Management Practice Nabil N. El-Hage coauthored the case with HBS professor and Finance unit head Richard Ruback. "Very few...
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- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
workforce diversity initiatives. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-019.pdf Cases & Course Materials Accounting for Business Combinations: Acquisition Method Harvard Business School Note 108-067 A technical note...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsAT&T v. Microsoft (A): IP Litigation Strategy Harvard Business School Case 608-080 This case examines a hard...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-046.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBroadcast Television in the Broadband World Harvard Business School Note 707-486 What strategies have the top four (NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX) broadcast television...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
reads for hospital customers. We examine more than 2.7 million cases read by 97 radiologists for 1,431 customers and find evidence supporting the benefits of customer-specific experience accumulated by individual radiologists....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University...
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by Avery Forman