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- 2024
- Working Paper
Corporate Actions as Moral Issues
By: Zwetelina Iliewa, Elisabeth Kempf and Oliver Spalt
We study how a representative sample of the U.S. population evaluates a broad range of corporate actions from a nonpecuniary perspective. Our core findings, based on large-scale online surveys, are that (i) self-reported nonpecuniary concerns are large, both for stock... View Details
Iliewa, Zwetelina, Elisabeth Kempf, and Oliver Spalt. "Corporate Actions as Moral Issues." Working Paper, December 2024.
- May 2025
- Case
Humana Commits to Value-Based Care
By: V.G. Narayanan, Henry Eyring and David Lane
In late 2023, CEO Bruce Broussard reviewed health insurer Humana’s transformation into a value-based care ecosystem. Under its CenterWell brand, the several millions of members in Humana Medicare Advantage plans now had access to Humana-provided primary care, home... View Details
- 2025
- Report
High Stakes: A Framework for Geopolitical Risk Management
By: Meg Rithmire and David Fagan
Rithmire, Meg, and David Fagan. "High Stakes: A Framework for Geopolitical Risk Management." Report, Washington, DC, USA, 2025.
- April 2025
- Supplement
Columbia's Final Mission (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M. Bohmer and Michael A. Roberto
Pre-abstract:
Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., Richard M. Bohmer, and Michael A. Roberto. "Columbia's Final Mission (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 325-703, April 2025.
- April 2025
- Supplement
Transformative Social Impact: Health Leads (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
Pre-abstract:
Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. View Details
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sarah Appleby. "Transformative Social Impact: Health Leads (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 525-702, April 2025.
- April 2025
- Supplement
#FutureFresenius: "Committed to Life" in 2024 and Beyond (B)
By: David J. Collis, Benjamin C. Esty and Haisley Wert
From February 2024 onward, Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA continued to make progress on the #FutureFresenius transformation that CEO Michael Sen had initiated in October 2022. The company had completed the initial "reset" phase and moved into the "revitalize" portion of the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Finance; Health Industry; United States; Germany
Collis, David J., Benjamin C. Esty, and Haisley Wert. #FutureFresenius: "Committed to Life" in 2024 and Beyond (B). Harvard Business School Supplement 725-415, April 2025.
- April 2025
- Case
#FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care
By: David J. Collis, Benjamin C. Esty and Haisley Wert
In February 2024, Fresenius CEO Michael Sen reflected on the company’s transformation journey from his office in Bad Homburg, Germany. With revenues of €22 billion and a mission to advance patient care, Fresenius had built a strong reputation through decades of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Transformation; Finance; Health Industry; Germany; United States
Collis, David J., Benjamin C. Esty, and Haisley Wert. "#FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 725-361, April 2025.
- April 8, 2025
- Other Article
Commentary: How Financial Influencers Can Make or Break Investment Platforms like Chocolate Finance
By: Daniel Rabetti
Rabetti, Daniel. "Commentary: How Financial Influencers Can Make or Break Investment Platforms like Chocolate Finance." Channel News Asia (CNA) (April 8, 2025).
- April 8, 2025
- Article
Creating Workplaces Free of Forever Chemicals
By: Joseph Allen, Heather Henriksen and Michael W. Toffel
Forever chemicals are toxic and widely used in buildings and yet they remain on the rise globally with little regulation to control them. In the United States, for example, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations currently cover only forever chemicals in... View Details
Allen, Joseph, Heather Henriksen, and Michael W. Toffel. "Creating Workplaces Free of Forever Chemicals." Harvard Business Review (April 8, 2025).
- April 3, 2025
- Article
How to Build a Life: To Be Happier, Stop Resisting Change
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: To Be Happier, Stop Resisting Change." The Atlantic (April 3, 2025).
- 2025
- Working Paper
Navigating Choppy Waters: How U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty Affects Small Businesses
By: David Atkin, Zoë Cullen and Ebehi Iyoha
This paper explores the impact of recent changes in the US trade policy environment
on small businesses. Drawing on a survey of more than 4,000 small businesses conducted
between March 22 and 31, 2025, we examine firms’ knowledge, expectations, and
decisions during... View Details
Atkin, David, Zoë Cullen, and Ebehi Iyoha. "Navigating Choppy Waters: How U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty Affects Small Businesses." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-048, April 2025.
- 2025
- White Paper
Governors Reshaping Workforce Development: Turning WIOA Challenges into Workforce Solutions
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Kerry McKittrick, Nathalie Gazzaneo, Ariel Higuchi, Justine Gluck, Zoe Butler, Jack Porter and Malena Dailey
- 2025
- Working Paper
Training Within Firms
By: Brayan Diaz, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo
Training investments are essential for improving worker and firm productivity, yet their
implementation is often hindered by low participation rates and insufficient worker engagement.
This study uses data from three firms–a car manufacturer, a quick-service... View Details
Diaz, Brayan, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun, and Jorge Tamayo. "Training Within Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-045, April 2025.
- April 2025
- Supplement
ZEISS: Commercializing Science
By: Maria P. Roche and Richie Zitomer
Spreadsheet Supplement for HBS Case No. 725-359. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Organization; Decisions; Business Strategy; Competition; Business History; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Organizational Culture; Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Commercialization; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Technology Industry; Germany; Europe
- 2025
- Working Paper
Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution
By: Tommaso Giommoni, Gabriel Loumeau and Marco Tabellini
We study the fiscal determinants of the French Revolution, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in the salt tax—a large source of royal revenues and one of the most extractive forms of taxation of the Ancien Régime. Implementing a Regression Discontinuity... View Details
Giommoni, Tommaso, Gabriel Loumeau, and Marco Tabellini. "Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-047, April 2025.
- March–April 2025
- Article
Getting Value from Digital Technologies
By: Frank Cespedes and Georg Krentzel
Companies need digital technologies in an omni-channel buying world where online and in-person interactions are complements, not either/or substitutes. Multi-channel hybrid sales solutions are required, but what are the key requirements for using the available... View Details
Cespedes, Frank, and Georg Krentzel. "Getting Value from Digital Technologies." European Business Review (March–April 2025): 6–9.
- March 27, 2025
- Article
How to Build a Life: You Can Do Leisure Better, Seriously
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: You Can Do Leisure Better, Seriously." The Atlantic (March 27, 2025).
- April 2025
- Article
Serving with a Smile on Airbnb: Analyzing the Economic Returns and Behavioral Underpinnings of the Host’s Smile
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Elizabeth Friedman, Kannan Srinivasan, Ravi Dhar and Xupin Zhang
Non-informational cues, such as facial expressions, can significantly influence judgments and interpersonal impressions. While past research has explored how smiling affects business outcomes in offline or in-store contexts, relatively less is known about how smiling... View Details
Keywords: Sharing Economy; Airbnb; Image Feature Extraction; Machine Learning; Facial Expressions; Prejudice and Bias; Nonverbal Communication; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Perception
Zhang, Shunyuan, Elizabeth Friedman, Kannan Srinivasan, Ravi Dhar, and Xupin Zhang. "Serving with a Smile on Airbnb: Analyzing the Economic Returns and Behavioral Underpinnings of the Host’s Smile." Journal of Consumer Research 51, no. 6 (April 2025): 1073–1097.
- March 2025
- Case
Bidding for the Bunker: Crown Wine Cellars’ Complex Negotiations
By: Alex Chan and Rachel Lau