Publications

17 Sep 2019
Blog Post

What to Expect from your First Week at HBS

each other. The Surprises in Store The social experience really stands out to me. I’m consistently surprised at the how many events are taking place both formally and informally. Beyond the HBS sponsored events, students are taking the initiative to View Details

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back to basics. The central tension in t... Machine Learning for Social Impact Greg Lipstein 21 Dec 2017 When social sector organizations think about data, the conversation often begins and ends with me... Social Enterprise Scale-Ups:... View Details

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which clienteles with strong preferences... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

allocated to sustainable funds that invest in companies with specific environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and goals. Since 2015, when the US Department of Labor began allowing pension fund managers to incorporate ESG... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

April 2020
Case

The Board's Role in Refocusing Bahrain Development Bank

By: Paul M. Healy and Alpana Thapar

In March 2016, Bahrain Development Bank’s (BDB) existing board term came to an end and Khalid Al Rumaihi was appointed the new chairman. Determining a need for change, he immediately overhauled the board and replaced BDB’s long-standing CEO. The new board quickly... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Banking Industry; Bahrain

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

Summing Up Respondents to the December column produced such a lengthy list of reasons why managers fail to act on their predictions that it is a wonder that organizations are ever able to respond with the foresight needed to avert... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

ignored health care altogether, leaving it to government or dutifully paying their mandated health contributions. Many U.S. employers are dropping health benefits or hoping for reforms that will transfer responsibility for health... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

Article

Making Sense of Accountability: Conceptual Perspectives for Northern and Southern Nonprofits

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Perspective; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Accountability

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June 1994
Background Note

The Development and Strategic Use of Organizational Capabilities: Business Policy Seminar Outline and Reading List

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Policy; Conferences

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April 2003 (Revised September 2003)
Case

Harold Morton and the Rivendell Board (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Ingrid Vargas

Describes what happens as the trustee reflects on his first several years' experience. View Details

Keywords: Governance; Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards

01 Sep 2007
News

Faculty Books

Jane Wei-Skillern, James E. Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson (Sage Publications) This book presents HBS research and cases about international and U.S. organizations in the nonprofit, for-profit, and View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 13

Abstract Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2002
News

Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse

In early April, nearly ninety HBS faculty members came together for a half-day symposium on “Strategy, Values, and Governance in the Rise and Fall of Enron.” Organized by the School's Division of Research... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Enron; faculty; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

April 2025
Case

Setting a CEO Agenda: Ole Rosgaard at Greif

By: Krishna Palepu and Kerry Herman

Since taking over as CEO of industrial packaging giant Greif, Ole Rosgaard has focused on growing the company and improving the perception of its value by the capital markets. He and his senior leadership team have made inroads to this end, including adjusting the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Valuation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Industrial Products Industry; North America; Europe

March 1992 (Revised April 2000)
Case

Adam Opel AG (A)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Focuses on the strategic issue of how to approach the East German market after the Berlin wall came down in late 1989. Within an unusually rich economic-political and organizational-personal context, the chairman of GM's German subsidiary has to respond to Volkswagen's... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Government and Politics; Organizations; Business and Government Relations; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Germany