Publications

June 2018
Case

Relax (Boston): Innovating and Growing an Entrepreneurial Business

By: Paul Marshall and Carole Carlson

The Relax case traces the history of a massage services company from its founding in 2007 to mid-2017, when it is considering the best strategy for growth and an acquisition. The company's owner and top managers wonder how the firm should reorganize to cope with the... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Design

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

causing them to place a lower value on the product or service being offered. To address this problem, managers should experiment with operational transparency—the deliberate design of windows into and out of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

February 2003 (Revised May 2008)
Case

AFP Provida

By: Michael E. Porter, Arturo L. Condo and Andrea Prado

Describes the evolution of AFP Provida, one of the early entrants into the Chilean pension fund system established in 1981. By 1999, AFP Provida was not only the largest pension fund administrator in Chile, but also the largest in Latin America in terms of number of... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Industry Clusters; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Chile

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Leadership Initiative - Leadership

As the Associate Director of the Leadership Initiative, Letty primarily focuses on program design and implementation. She oversees the highly successful executive education programs at the Harvard Business School main campus and also in... View Details

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Spangler Center | About

interaction. The 122,000-square-foot, red brick and limestone building, which complements McKim, Mead & White’s 1920s master plan for the campus, was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and is considered the main student center for... View Details

14 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

Business Administration and Political Science. Prior to my return to academia at Harvard, I was a management consultant advising clients in the financial services industry and a residential real estate broker primarily serving first-time... View Details

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South Sea Bubble | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content South Sea Bubble, 1720 Contact Us Baker Library Special Collections and Archives More Exhibitions Search Contact Us Baker Library Special Collections and Archives More Exhibitions Baker... View Details

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FAQ - MBA

JD/MBA Harvard Law School FAQ What are the benefits of the JD/MBA program? The JD/MBA program is designed to provide valuable training and knowledge for careers where expertise in both law and business is essential. For example, business... View Details

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

Drop it on the ground. Sprinkle water on its surface. Let it sit in the sun and expose it to swarms of dust—the XO laptop is designed to handle most any abuse from a child. But the journey of the XO laptop from concept to the educational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

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HBS - The year in Review

pandemic travel restrictions, the program pivoted to focus on US challenges and opportunities, taking more than 1,000 students to one of 15 domestic locations. With a lens on the course’s three modules—contextual intelligence, team effectiveness, and View Details

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808026 'Doer's Profile' Nelson Mandela (1918- ) Harvard Business School Case 808-040 Profile of Nelson Mandela designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) - MBA

Some reasons include the following: Partners also attending HBS Relatives also attending HBS Former employer also attending HBS Close relationship with an HBS faculty or staff member Mobility issues Please note that the MBA Program is unable to accommodate View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

that the two companies should at all times pay dividends of equivalent value in sterling and guilders. There were two head offices—in London and Rotterdam—and two chairmen. Until 1996 the "chief executive" role was performed by a three-person View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

07 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

Team Work: Learnings from How Teams Adapted Their Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic, which will appear in the journal Information and Organization. Perlow, Whillans, and HBS doctoral student Aurora Turek interviewed 51 knowledge workers at a professional View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

January 2006 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Wikis at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein: (A)

In October 2005, Myrto Lazopoulou, head of user centered design at the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), contemplates how to spread the usage of wikis inside the company. As a "social software" like chats and blogs (both already in use at DrKW),... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Investment Banking; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

September 2012
Case

SCMS: Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa

By: Ananth Raman, Noel Watson, Santiago Kraiselburd and Emmanuel Akili

In 2005, USAID and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), created the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) to procure and distribute essential medicines and supplies; provide technical assistance to transform existing supply chains; and... View Details