Publications

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

stories of the families we work with are not unlike my story,” says Owusu-Kesse. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, he was raised by his mother in a distressed Worcester, Massachusetts, neighborhood. “I experienced firsthand the sacrifices parents make to move the next... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

29 Feb 2024
News

Harvard Business School Students Are Being Encouraged To Use Generative AI In The Classroom

27 Oct 2013

General Outreach Event in Mumbai

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include a short presentation from an Admissions Board Member followed by an alumni panel. Registration is Required. View Details

24 Oct 2013

General Outreach Event in Toronto

This event is for prospective students to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include a panel of HBS alumni. It will take place from 7:00-9:00pm. Please review the MBA Program and MBA Admissions... View Details

The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance

There is a growing belief that scalable and low-cost AI assistance can improve firm decision-making and economic performance. However, running a business involves a myriad of open-ended problems, making it hard to generalize from recent studies showing that generative... View Details

12 Apr 2019
Video

Celebrating General Shoe Company, the Inaugural HBS Case

January 2014 (Revised December 2014)
Case

GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble

GenapSys, a California-based startup, was soon to release a new DNA sequencer that the company's founder, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, believed was truly revolutionary. The sequencer would be substantially less expensive—potentially costing just a few thousand dollars—and... View Details

Keywords: DNA Sequencing; Life Sciences; Business Model; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Business Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

July 1999
Case

Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Presents the new pay-for-performance scheme adopted by General Motors (GM) in its 1999 reorganization of its sales and marketing organization. Once in operation, many administrative problems developed requiring a reconsideration of the scheme's basic architecture. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Compensation and Benefits; Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Auto Industry; North America

09 Sep 2015
News

Alumni Survey on U.S. Competitiveness: U.S. Economy’s Failure to Generate Shared Prosperity a Concern for Business

July 2003 (Revised September 2003)
Case

Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A), The

By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen

The CFO of General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai, Shanghai General Motors (SGM), wants to refinance almost $900 million of project finance it raised to begin operations. The highest priority is improving the terms of the financing with regard to costs and specific... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Auto Industry; Shanghai

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

describe the new conjoining of responsible environmental practices with sound business principles. Defined in 1984 by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development as business and... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

27 Nov 2013

General Outreach Event in Shanghai

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include a short presentation from an Admissions Board Member followed by an alumni panel. Registration is Required. View Details

18 Nov 2013

General Outreach Event in London

This event is an opportunity to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include a short presentation from an Admissions Board Member followed by an alumni panel. Registration is Required. View Details

17 Sep 2013

General Outreach Event in Munich

This event is for prospective students to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. It will take place from 7:00-9:00pm. Please review the MBA Program and MBA Admissions presentations in advance and come with questions.... View Details

regulating — and competing with — decentralized software platforms

New platforms reinvent traditional markets as varied as transport, short-term accomodations, and media. (Consider Uber, Airbnb, and YouTube.) With new business models come new questions of regulation which Edelman and coauthor Damien Geradin assess in View Details

January 1989 (Revised March 2009)
Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (F)

By: Robert L. Simons

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Pennsylvania

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04 May 2023
News

How Generative AI Changes Productivity

June 2015 (Revised September 2017)
Supplement

Generating Higher Value at IBM

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield

This case analyzes IBM's financial performance and its capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004-2013, during which IBM returned more than $140B to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. During this time, CEO Sam... View Details

Keywords: Dividends; Share Repurchases; Earnings Guidance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Ratios; Payout Policy; Earnings Per Share (EPS); Earnings Management; Change Management; Leadership; Transformation; Financial Strategy