Publications

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

Alumni Relations Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA16, 2017), the discussion focused on differences between the state of the COVID-19 crisis in Canada, the US, and the rest of the world. The webinar touched upon most... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Feb 2016
News

Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other and with HBS in powerful ways as a School, as a community, and as individuals, as we... View Details

Mar 03 2017
Testimonial

Learning to lead Change through the Boardroom

January 1991 (Revised October 1994)
Exercise

Bidding Exercises

By: David E. Bell

Illustrates different issues in the analysis of a bidding situation, including the celebrated problem of the winner's curse. View Details

Keywords: Bids and Bidding

April 2015 (Revised April 2015)
Case

Yale University Investments Office: February 2015

By: Josh Lerner

David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate—given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores the risks... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Resource Allocation; Investment; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Property; Private Equity

February 1992 (Revised January 1999)
Background Note

Selected Profitability Data on U.S. Industries and Companies

Describes the importance of industry structure and competitive positioning to the profitability of U.S. corporations between 1981 and 1994. Cites recent research indicating that persistent industry differences and persistent competitor differences account for 19% and... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Industry Structures; Profit; United States

Blog

Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

When you attend an HBS Executive Education program, you never know what opportunities the experience may present. In fact, you could even find yourself becoming part of the teaching team. Ask Deb Barnes, Senior Managing Director of Fund... View Details

Profile

Ruth Cenat

Ruth Cenat (MBA 2015) has a new-found interest in economic development, especially in her native Haiti, and plans to make a difference as a philanthropist. View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services

28 Oct 2022
News

HBS Announces New RISE Career Fellow Program

April 1993 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Colgate-Palmolive Co.: The Precision Toothbrush

By: John A. Quelch

Colgate-Palmolive Co. is considering how to position its new technological toothbrush, Precision. The case explores issues concerned with new product launches and requires students to do profitability analyses of different positioning alternatives. View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Positioning; Product Launch; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; United States

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

left the workforce during the pandemic. The figure for men is a tenth of that, so there’s a very different impact on men and women.” Michelle Banik, Heather Stark, Penny Collenette, Jen Lee Koss The panelists each shared a View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 May 2007
Working Paper Summaries

The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Faisal Z. Ahmed

April 2015
Case

Who Owns the Whale? (Abridged)

By: Thales S. Teixeira and David E. Bell

Judge William Wright considers the case of the dispute of a whale carcass wherein several whaling ships claim ownership based on each one's contribution to its killing. The judge must weigh in the differing efforts and costs of three ships who each played a role at... View Details

Keywords: Whaling; Attribution; Norms-of-ownership; Transaction Costs; Deadweight Losses; Free-rider Problem; Advertising; History; United States; United Kingdom

15 May 2013
News

Third Point Said to Urge Sony for Entertainment IPO

21 Aug 2015
News

Tsipras' second chance: Greece to hold elections

Research Summary

Overview

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

I study strategic interaction between organizations that operate different business models. View Details

19 Oct 2020
Video

Professor Jim Cash: Why it’s hard to talk about race

July 1997 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Jeremy Cott

Depreciation policies at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines are compared and contrasted against a summary of operating data from each airline. Questions focus attention on differing depreciation policies. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Policy; Financial Statements; Air Transportation Industry