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- 09 Apr 2021
- News
The uneven rise of the healthy workplace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
Green cabled his superiors at an Allied air base in Bari, Italy. His visits to the front had been, he said, “great fun.” Morale was high, and Green was optimistic about the mission, as was his nature. To everyone’s surprise, a four-man team headed View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- News
Harvard makes climate pledge to end fossil fuel use
- 25 Sep 2016
- News
This company raised minimum wage to $70,000 — and it helped business
- June 2013
- Case
Hess Corporation
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five independent directors it wanted elected to improve the company's performance. Elliott argued that Hess lacked focus and... View Details
Keywords: Takeover Attempt; Board; Hess; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Structure; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Hess Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 413-126, June 2013.
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
whose campus occupies 26 buildings surrounded by 800 acres of forest on the northern side of an Appalachian mountain ridge. As he walks the grounds, Marietta points to evidence of what a thriving, diversified economy in eastern Kentucky... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
One week after she started, T-Mobile announced it would be acquired by AT&T. The Department of Justice sued to block the deal. Nine months later, AT&T walked away. T-Mobile had no financial plan as an independent company. Bond stayed on.... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
Amtrak needs another bailout to stay afloat
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
intense and very structured: take a concept idea and get to a real prototype for customers to interact with by the end of the day,” Sapone says. On Wednesday of that first Startup Lockdown, the group worked on a concept then called... View Details
- 24 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business
A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited from inside or outside the... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- News
Good Health is Good for Business
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Ghurka
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Walter J. Salmon and Christine Snively
Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in leather and twill luggage, handbags, and accessories. Brightwork Brand Holdings Corp. acquired it as an asset purchase in 2011. Ghurka, under CEO John Reuter, worked to re-launch the brand with a... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- News
Eight HBS Students Honored for Service to the School and Society
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Consumer Decision Making and Behavioral Research
John Gourville’s research focuses on consumer behavior, especially in the areas of pricing and consumer decision making. In the area of pricing, for instance, he has looked at the role of time on how consumers interpret and react to product costs and prices.... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
frustration through contempt, whether it’s a dismissive eye-roll or a sarcastic jab, Brooks says. Research by relationship scholar John M. Gottman found that couples who expressed contempt were more likely... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 16 Apr 2019
- News
Would You Live in a Smart City Where Government Controls Privacy?
- 29 May 2018
- News
Ask Better Questions
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
trucks unload their just-in-time goods from automated distribution centers on a weekly basis, and the variety of products available is seemingly infinite. A typical department store now stocks some 800,000 items, with that number climbing to one to two million in... View Details