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- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
driven data processing equipment. In 1927 Remington Rand, the first mover in typewriters, entered the industry by acquiring a small maker of punched-card tabulators. But during... View Details
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
powerhouses and because India is generally very far from world standards in what constitutes good corporate governance. The success and generally positive reputation of India's software firms—in contrast to... View Details
- May 2017
- Case
Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund
By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley
Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Public Sector; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Governance; Government Administration; Employee Relationship Management; Compensation and Benefits; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Experience and Expertise; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Recruitment; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Attitudes; Trust; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
Rogers, Steven, and Valerie Mosley. "Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 317-044, May 2017.
- June 2013 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Bonnie Road
By: Arthur I Segel, John H. Vogel, Jr. and Lisa Strope
Victor Alexander was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Garden State Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Bonnie Road Distribution Center in Somerset, New Jersey, for $9.7 million. It was April... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Investment; Acquisition; Buildings and Facilities; Property; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution Industry; Real Estate Industry; Texas
Segel, Arthur I., John H. Vogel, Jr., and Lisa Strope. "Bonnie Road." Harvard Business School Case 813-186, June 2013. (Revised August 2020.)
- December 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid
By: Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
Samasource sought to use work, not aid, for economic development. The company secured contracts for digital services from large companies in the United States and Europe, divided the work up into small pieces (called microwork) and then sent it to delivery centers in... View Details
Gino, Francesca, and Bradley R. Staats. "Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid." Harvard Business School Case 912-011, December 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
has borne little relationship to overall corporate performance in the United States. If the efficient market is not working, what might be done about it? Of course, there is always the regulatory route. For... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
field studies, researchers tend to think that workers submit resumes to open positions. In fact, scholars have learned a lot about discrimination in labor markets by sending... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Once the hub of American manufacturing, Detroit is in a long state of economic decline. The rubber finally hit the road last week, when the city filed for bankruptcy protection. The challenges ahead for... View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
Often the CEO is portrayed as 'the only person in the world who could do this job' You can thank the financial press for this mystique." In pointing out the futility of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
of any organization." Carol Holding associated brand value with sustainability: "As brand value will soon be included in a company's valuation ... we can more than ever monetize sustainable behavior." Others see the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
reception celebrating the release. The library’s late medieval and early Renaissance Italian business records housed in HBS’s Historical Collections in Baker Library are among the largest and most important... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
In 1994, the World Wide Web was not yet a household name. A new company called Yahoo! had just developed a way to look for sites on the Internet—the search engine. HotWired debuted as the first online... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
issued a dissenting minority report. The partisan clash of views foreshadowed the political debate now echoing in the corridors on Capitol Hill. The Case For More Regulation Looking at the historical record, Moss makes a strong case that... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
communities in the United States and the world are experiencing very different realities as the year draws to a close. While you might have an idea you believe in, I would err... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
they are not doing so. These numbers, while small relative to the total number of publicly listed companies in the world, show that interest in integrated reporting by... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
happening in Asia in clean energy is going to be of vital interest to the energy industry at large," Nanda said. This particular "green race" began as a sprint, an urgent need to bring Asian... View Details
- January 2014
- Case
Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected
By: Juan Alcacer and John Clayton
Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location—a small city–state strategically located to reach ¾ of the world... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Airlines; Multinational; Location Strategies; Geographic Location; Multinational Firms and Management; Air Transportation; Competitive Advantage; Business Strategy; Air Transportation Industry; Middle East; Dubai
Alcacer, Juan, and John Clayton. "Emirates Airline: Connecting the Unconnected." Harvard Business School Case 714-432, January 2014.
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/sturti View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
protestors. The costs and benefits to an individual thinking about getting involved depend in large part on how many other individuals are participating. In autocratic states... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
While in India, he was watching the NBA playoffs on his iPhone, very easily, with high resolution," Higgins says. "I was at Disney World with my kids, holding a place View Details