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- June 2022
- Teaching Plan
Lifebank Nigeria
By: Brian Trelstad, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
The aspiration of addressing maternal deaths in Nigeria, which were mostly caused by blood shortages, led Temie Giwa-Tubosun to found LifeBank in 2015. LifeBank developed an online platform that enabled hospitals to connect and purchase blood from local blood banks and...
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- February 1998
- Case
Creating the International Trade Organization
By: David A. Moss, George R. Appling and Andrew D Archer
In the late 1940s, officials at the U.S. State Department began campaigning for the creation of an International Trade Organization (ITO). This new organization would oversee global negotiations on trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, cartels, and commodity...
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Economic Systems;
International Relations
Moss, David A., George R. Appling, and Andrew D Archer. "Creating the International Trade Organization." Harvard Business School Case 798-057, February 1998.
- Research Summary
Choice Amnesia: Motivated Forgetting of Difficult Choices
Imagine having to choose between your two favorite flavors of ice cream, chocolate and mint chip. Previous work suggests that whichever option you pick (say, chocolate) will become even more appealing after your decision, and the rejected option (mint chip) will get...
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- March 2024
- Case
Katharine Graham: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the life of Katharine Graham from housewife to publisher of the Washington Post. Born into a family of wealth, Graham described herself as a “doormat wife” after she married Phil Graham and stayed at home to raise their children. His unexpected death...
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Values and Beliefs;
Power and Influence;
Personal Characteristics;
Leadership Style;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
News;
Newspapers;
Media;
Gender;
Publishing Industry
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Katharine Graham: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 124-035, March 2024.
- September 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul
Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used their professional and leadership experience to...
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Keywords:
Gun Violence;
Guns;
Advanced Leadership;
Advanced Leadership Initiative;
Innovation;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Social Change;
Social Responsibility;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Experience and Expertise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Policy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Leading Change;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Social Issues;
Innovation and Invention;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joseph Paul. "Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 320-004, September 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- Article
Why Hospitals Don't Learn from Failures: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics That Inhibit System Change
By: A. Tucker and A. Edmondson
The importance of hospitals learning from their failures hardly needs to be stated. Not only are matters of life and death at stake on a daily basis, but also an increasing number of U.S. hospitals are operating in the red. This article reports on in-depth qualitative...
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Tucker, A., and A. Edmondson. "Why Hospitals Don't Learn from Failures: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics That Inhibit System Change." California Management Review 45, no. 2 (Winter 2003). (Winner of Accenture Award For the article published in the California Management Review that has made the most important contribution to improving the practice of management.)
- 14 Dec 2017
- News
The best thing I read all year — 2017
- 07 Jun 2020
- News
Standing and acting together for racial justice
- July 2020
- Case
Michael Solomonov: Jerusalem in a Bowl
By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Katherine Connolly Baden
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook had begun to wonder whether it might be time to rethink their opportunistic approach to the expansion of their small restaurant empire in Philadelphia, CooknSolo. The pandemic, however, caused an...
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Keywords:
Restaurant Industry;
Entrepreneur;
COVID-19;
Crisis;
Crisis Response Plans;
Entrepreneurship;
Food;
Health Pandemics;
Crisis Management;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Creativity;
Strategy;
Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Situation or Environment;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Michael Solomonov: Jerusalem in a Bowl." Harvard Business School Case 421-016, July 2020.
- October 2023
- Article
Laboratory Safety and Research Productivity
By: Alberto Galasso, Hong Luo and Brooklynn Zhu
Are laboratory safety practices a tax on scientific productivity? We examine this question by exploiting the substantial increase in safety regulations at the University of California following the shocking accidental death of a research assistant in 2008....
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Keywords:
Economics Of Science;
Risk Perception;
Safety Regulations;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Working Conditions;
Safety;
Performance Productivity
Galasso, Alberto, Hong Luo, and Brooklynn Zhu. "Laboratory Safety and Research Productivity." Art. 104827. Research Policy 52, no. 8 (October 2023).
- November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Marilyn Morgan Westner and Reza Satchu
Wes Hall founded Kingsdale Advisors and built it into one of Canada’s leading shareholder services and advisory firms. Influenced by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and a series of social injustices—specifically the death of George Floyd in police custody—Hall...
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Keywords:
Racism;
Cultural Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Diversity;
Race;
Social Issues;
Ethics;
Canada;
North America
Ghosh, Shikhar, Marilyn Morgan Westner, and Reza Satchu. "Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 821-056, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States
By: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons
Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes....
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Gethin, Amory, and Vincent Pons. "Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32342, April 2024.
- April 2009 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Golden Rule
By: Andrew Wasynczuk, Katherine Dowd and Sara del Nido
Jim Golden wants to radically change how catastrophic trucking accident lawsuit claims are handled by his trucking company. He wants to “do the right thing” for both the claimant and his company. Golden is a former litigator with 16 years of experience defending...
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Keywords:
Business Ethics;
Business Law;
Law;
Executives;
Management Education;
Management;
Negotiator's Dilemma;
Negotiations;
Value;
Moral Compass;
Moral Leadership;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Corporate Accountability;
Negotiation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Value Creation
Wasynczuk, Andrew, Katherine Dowd, and Sara del Nido. "Golden Rule." Harvard Business School Case 909-017, April 2009. (Revised October 2010.)
- March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Ginzel et al v. Kolcraft Enterprises et al (A)
Examines the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of an infant who died after a portable crib collapsed. The manufacturer, Kolcraft, licensed the Playskool brand name from the co-defendant, Hasbro Industries. Raises difficult questions about what the two...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Product;
Negotiation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Legal Liability;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Wheeler, Michael A. "Ginzel et al v. Kolcraft Enterprises et al (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-059, March 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Status and Mortality: Is There a Whitehall Effect in the United States?
By: Tom Nicholas
Do white collar workers with lower social status in the occupational hierarchy die younger? The influential Whitehall studies of British civil servants identified a strong inverse relationship between employment rank and mortality, but we do not know if this effect...
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Nicholas, Tom. "Status and Mortality: Is There a Whitehall Effect in the United States?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-080, January 2021.
- October 2020
- Case
LifeBank Nigeria
By: Brian Trelstad, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
The aspiration of addressing maternal deaths in Nigeria, which were mostly caused by blood shortages, led Temie Giwa-Tubosun to found LifeBank in 2015. LifeBank developed an online platform that enabled hospitals to connect and purchase blood from local blood banks and...
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Keywords:
Systems Design;
Social Business;
Business At The Base Of The Pyramid;
Health Care;
Blood;
Social Enterprise;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Finance;
Health Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Africa;
Nigeria
Trelstad, Brian, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Wale Lawal. "LifeBank Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 321-082, October 2020.
- 26 May 2016
- News
Dean Nohria Addresses the Class of 2016
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
Golden Rule
By: Andrew Wasynczuk
Jim Golden wants to radically change how catastrophic trucking accident lawsuit claims are handled by his trucking company. He wants to “do the right thing” for both the claimant and his company. Golden is a former litigator with 16 years of experience defending...
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Coming Through in a Crisis: How Chapter 11 and the Debt Restructuring Industry Are Helping to Revive the U.S. Economy
During the recent financial crisis, U.S. bankruptcy courts and debt restructuring practitioners were faced with the largest wave of corporate defaults and bankruptcies in history. In 2008 and 2009, $1.8 trillion worth of public company assets entered Chapter 11... View Details