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January 1990
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Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (A)

This case series involves a crisis in business ethics and management decision making, when one of the company's diesel fuel storage tanks collapses, releasing nearly one million gallons of oil into the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Divided into four cases guiding the... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Energy Industry

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October 1987 (Revised January 1989)
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Purchasing a Business: The Search Process

Describes the steps necessary to purchase a small to medium size company. Provides an eight-part analytical framework. Issues covered in the framework include the following: the self-assessment, deal criteria, deal sources, resources necessary to purchase a business,... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Framework; Resource Allocation; Negotiation Deal; Business Processes; Valuation

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01 Jun 2024
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Outside Voices

In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

10 Dec 2021
News

New NYC Law Restricts Hiring Based on Artificial Intelligence

10 Mar 2016
News

In the Spotlight: Jeff Walker (MBA 1981)

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Mar 2006
News

The Real Conflict

BY PERMISSION OF JOHN DEERING AND CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Nowadays, mighty Wal-Mart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and more like a war room. There is a groundswell of criticism of the company, largely focused on its... View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

unconventional way. We typically think of commitments as deep, abiding pledges that individuals and organizations will do absolutely all they can to make good on. In contrast, the kind of commitments that matter critically today are... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

March 2014
Module Note

Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations

By: Michael W. Toffel

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July 2001 (Revised September 2005)
Case

USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (A)

By: Michael L. Tushman, Michael J. Roberts and David Kiron

Describes the evolution of USA TODAY Online, the electronic version of the newspaper, within the organizational structure of the newspaper. Describes the tensions and issues that develop and the pressure from the Online division to be spun off. At the same time, CEO... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Internet and the Web; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Newspapers; Innovation and Invention; Journalism and News Industry

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29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

off the dime is the central challenge in Step 1. The histories leading up to this story and to "Bosses' Approval" share many common elements. Both organizations had experienced a considerable amount of success over the years.... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

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Books - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... View Details

Profile

Luc Sirois

way: a project leader pinpoints problem areas and organizes a hackathon that is attended by an audience of 200 to 300 participants. Doctors and nurses on the front line engage with software developers who are eager to break through the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology; Nonprofit / Government

30 May 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Sound Society

people to go to shows if your friends don’t share the exact same music tastes. Sound Society, however, can help students organize trips to shows whether it’s a local gig at The Sinclair all the way to the Coachella music festival in... View Details

Student-Faculty-Profile

Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

wants to dispose of something that might be useful to someone else, like a used umbrella? You could always donate the umbrella, but that would require making a trip to goodwill or holding onto the umbrella until a donation-based View Details

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s urging, they based the organization on venture capital principles: locate visionaries and invest in them; run a lean, frugal institution; and take the risk on bold ideas with enormous promise. Having... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

08 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

controlled.” He noted that nonprofit (or “tax-exempt,” as he prefers) organizations operate under the same restraints as startups. Given that reality, nonprofit leaders and fundraisers need to have a nimble, entrepreneurial mindset. The... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 Apr 2012
Working Paper Summaries

What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews

Keywords: by Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca & Alberto Motta; Information; Publishing

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

When Dean Nitin Nohria stepped onto the Burden Auditorium stage on the morning of October 1 to welcome a standing-room-only reunion crowd back to Harvard Business School, his audience was as attentive as any he had experienced in his 22-year teaching career. Although... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education