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- 18 Jun 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How Natural Winemaker Frank Cornelissen Innovated While Staying True to His Brand
- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies
- May 2016
- Article
Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of Opinion Leaders
By: Joanne Disch, Thomas W. Feeley, Diana J. Mason, Richard L. Schilsky, Ellen L. Stovall and Shelley Fuld Nasso
"What Health System Transformations Do You Believe Are Necessary for the Future of Health Care?" We need to transform to a true value-based health care delivery system. That means organizing care around medical conditions, not simply around hospitals and doctors. We... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics By: Davenport, Thomas H., and Jinho Kim Abstract—Managers today need to be able to analyze and make sense of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Reclaiming the Land of Purple: Purpl’s Mission to Unlock Finance in Lebanon
By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
Karl Naim, Co-Founder and CEO of Purpl, embarked on a venture to lower remittance costs for his native Lebanon. Since October 2019, the Lebanese economy had entered a free fall as its banking sector collapsed and large swathes of its population were plunged into... View Details
Keywords: Business Startup; Fintech; Inflation; Deflation; Cross-border Frictions; Remittances; Business Startups; Diasporas; Financial Crisis; Money; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Poverty; Financial Institutions; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Lebanon
Cohen, Lauren, and Grace Headinger. "Reclaiming the Land of Purple: Purpl’s Mission to Unlock Finance in Lebanon." Harvard Business School Case 222-078, March 2022. (Revised May 2022.)
- February 2009 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A)
By: Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide Financial as an example. Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Labor Unions; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
Ferri, Fabrizio, and James Weber. AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A). Harvard Business School Case 109-009, February 2009. (Revised March 2009.)
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
face of public transportation in cities and smaller communities? HBS professor Benjamin G. Edelman weighs the benefits and opportunities for entrepreneurs and for society. "Right now, the field is wide open," he says. TOP 5... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
inequality affects behaviour towards the rich and poor. In Experiment 1, participants who became aware that wealthy individuals donated a smaller percentage of their income switched from rewarding the wealthy to rewarding the poor. In Experiments 2 and 3, participants... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
chains. They enter upstream partnerships with public sector research institutions, and later form commercialization alliances with established, downstream firms. We examine the alliance activity in a large sample of biotechnology firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which was created by the passage of the 1906 Federal Food and Drugs Act, regulates companies and industries accounting for one-quarter of all consumer spending, roughly $1.5 trillion worth of consumer View Details
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
collection of research and readings about head-on collisions between corporations and consumers, how to think through potential problems in advance, and course-correcting when the inevitable disaster occurs. A Good Place to Start... View Details
- Article
Heuristics Guide the Implementation of Social Preferences in One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma Experiments
By: Jillian J. Jordan, Valerio Capraro and David G. Rand
Cooperation in one-shot anonymous interactions is a widely documented aspect of human behavior. Here we shed light on the motivations behind this behavior by experimentally exploring cooperation in a one-shot continuous-strategy Prisoner’s Dilemma (i.e. one-shot... View Details
Jordan, Jillian J., Valerio Capraro, and David G. Rand. "Heuristics Guide the Implementation of Social Preferences in One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma Experiments." Art. 6790. Scientific Reports 4 (2014).
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
in the ways they do business. Moreover, hub firms themselves must do a better job leading responsibly for the good of all, not just creating and capturing value but doing more to sustain other players in the ecosystem. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
File-Sharing and Copyright
- June 2024
- Article
Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets
By: Geoffrey Jones
This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... View Details
Jones, Geoffrey. "Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets." Investigaciones de historia económica 20, no. 2 (June 2024): 1–4.
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
interests of the employer. Why? Financial disclosures are read by labor markets, that is, potential future employers. An executive who has an interest in career advancement may take actions that look good in mandated disclosure but might... View Details
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
and running in that direction and is good at it.) It turns out that its vision is "excellent public schools for every child in New Orleans." Every child, not just the children in charter schools.... View Details
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- October 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Bizongo and e-B2B in India
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Radhika Kak
Bizongo, an Indian e-B2B platform was co-founded by three college graduates in 2015 with the goal of creating the "Alibaba of India" when the B2B e-commerce landscape was practically non-existent. The founders saw a significant opportunity in connecting mid-sized... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; E-commerce; Business Strategy; India
Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and Radhika Kak. "Bizongo and e-B2B in India." Harvard Business School Case 824-100, October 2023. (Revised February 2024.)