Filter Results:
(1,416)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,416)
- People (9)
- News (396)
- Research (778)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (258)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,416)
- People (9)
- News (396)
- Research (778)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (258)
- December 2021
- Case
Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-free Online Insurance Platform
By: Amit Goldenberg, Max Bazerman and Ruth Page
"Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-Free Online Insurance Platform" engages students with the challenge of how to influence other parties to not engage in fraud in the context of digital insurance. The case is centered around Slice, a digital insurance company that was... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Insurance; Digitization; Honesty; Negotiation; Fraud; Ethics; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Types; Social Psychology; Conflict and Resolution; Trust; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Insurance Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Canada
Goldenberg, Amit, Max Bazerman, and Ruth Page. "Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-free Online Insurance Platform." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 921-712, December 2021.
- Web
Marketing - Doctoral
engage in a broad spectrum of disciplinary bases. Curriculum & Coursework Our programs are full-time degree programs which officially begin in August. Students are expected to complete their program in five years. Typically, the first two... View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
annually in the United States equaled the crash of one fully loaded 747 airplane every one-and-a-half days. “At first, these campaigns are great—they bolster the frequency with which solutions are shared by a significant margin....[But]... View Details
Ashish Nanda
Ashish Nanda is Senior Lecturer and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School. From 2018 to 2021, he was course head for the MBA Required Curriculum course in Strategy. Beginning in 2022, he is teaching an MBA Elective... View Details
Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; asset management; banking; brokerage; consulting; e-commerce industry; education industry; executive search; financial services; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; legal services; management consulting; professional services; real estate; service industry; sports; tourism
- Article
The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History
By: G. Jones, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Stephen Broadberry
Three leading scholars in the fields of business, economic, and social history review the current state of these disciplines and reflect on their future trajectory. Geoffrey Jones reviews the development of business history since its birth at the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Business History; History; Asia; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
Jones, G., Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, and Stephen Broadberry. "The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History." Scandinavian Economic History Review 60, no. 3 (2012): 225–253.
- August 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Camera IQ and the Metaverse: Building Augmented Reality Brand Experiences
By: Jill Avery and Rayan Nahas
Camera IQ, a camera marketing software company that empowered brands to create and launch augmented reality experiences (AREs) across social platforms, had just raised an additional $5 million to fund further product development and expand its marketing and sales... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; B2B; Technology Platform; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Growth Management; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Social Media; E-commerce; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Advertising Industry; United States
Avery, Jill, and Rayan Nahas. "Camera IQ and the Metaverse: Building Augmented Reality Brand Experiences." Harvard Business School Case 522-002, August 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
In contrast, power is obtained by engaging in exchanges with numerous alternative exchange partners, whose exchange opportunities are limited. These distinctions yield powerful insights into dynamics and consequences of power and status.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Jim Johnson's Re-election to the Goldman Sachs Board
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Kelly Baker
The case presents the opposition by a leading institutional investor in Goldman Sachs to the re-election of Jim Johnson to the board of directors of the company. The investor, Sequoia Fund, opposes the re-election citing Jim Johnson's prior track record as the CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Director Elections; Goldman Sachs; Reputation; Institutional Investing; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Accountability; Banking Industry; New York (city, NY)
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Kelly Baker. "Jim Johnson's Re-election to the Goldman Sachs Board." Harvard Business School Case 113-050, October 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- November 2019
- Case
Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan
In 2018, Lindsay Kaplan is preparing to meet with Carolyn Childers about the possibility of co-founding Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives. Kaplan is currently the vice president of communications and brand engagement at a successful mattress... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan." Harvard Business School Case 920-020, November 2019.
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
develops. But how do companies embed these principles throughout the organization such that decisions are based upon them? A: It's not the words; it's the conversations. Leaders must engage employees broadly in discussions of what these... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2014 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Whole Foods: The Path to 1,000 Stores
By: David F. Drake, Ryan W. Buell, Melissa Barton, Taylor Jones, Katrina Keverian and Jeffrey Stock
The case examines the operations strategy of Whole Foods, one of the largest natural grocery chains in the United States. In late 2013, Whole Foods was expanding rapidly, with a publicly-stated goal of growing from 351 to 1,000 domestic stores by 2022. It was also... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Food; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Drake, David F., Ryan W. Buell, Melissa Barton, Taylor Jones, Katrina Keverian, and Jeffrey Stock. "Whole Foods: The Path to 1,000 Stores." Harvard Business School Case 615-019, September 2014. (Revised June 2016.)
- Web
Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge
New England, shares his journey from environmental science to state and federal leadership roles. He highlights how the clean energy transition in the United States is being driven by public policy,... View Details
- June 2016
- Case
Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency
By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble
This case discusses the evolution of Big Spaceship, an advertising and marketing agency, from a product-focused business to a relationship-oriented one as clients seek deeper and more meaningful long-term partnerships. The 15-year-old company had already evolved... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social Media; Advertising Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
Groysberg, Boris, and Matthew G. Preble. "Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency." Harvard Business School Case 416-003, June 2016.
- 14 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need
the 1990s, she was initially concerned with work processes—but, as it turns out, successful work processes are driven by engaged workers. The employee experience is having a moment. “It used to be: How do we get the work done? But... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
goals, they are less likely to engage in such frenetic trading. Instead, the Internet's real impact, according to Jay Light, will not be as an electronic trading mechanism but as a powerful new distribution channel-a way for mutual fund... View Details
- Web
Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
Speaker: Tsedal Neeley , Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration Video Recording (login required) What's Next for the United States and the World? 10:40–11:40 a.m. EST Speaker: Rawi Abdelal , Herbert F. Johnson Professor of... View Details
- December 2010
- Article
Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry
By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
This study focuses on the imprinting of institutional environments, particularly how founding institutions impact intra-organizational capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Banking; Organizations; Theory; Policy; Government and Politics; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Competency and Skills; United States
Marquis, Christopher, and Zhi Huang. "Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010): 1441–1473.
- October 2013 (Revised April 2016)
- Case
StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local Education Ecosystem
By: Allen Grossman, Ann Lombard and Noah Fisher
StriveTogether aimed to improve education outcomes by coordinating the actions of diverse community stakeholders—nonprofit service providers, school districts, government, parents, businesses and others. StriveTogether had an intense focus on collective impact—"the... View Details
Keywords: Education Reform; Not For Profit; Communities; Collaboration; Collective Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; United States
Grossman, Allen, Ann Lombard, and Noah Fisher. "StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local Education Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 314-031, October 2013. (Revised April 2016.) (available here.)
- Working Paper
Benchmarking Against the Performance of High Profile 'Scandal' Firms
By: Emre Karaoglu, Tatiana Sandino and Randy Beatty
In recent years, several high profile firms engaged in accounting fraud that resulted in severe investor losses and erosion of trust in the capital markets. We examine high profile accounting "scandals" prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unlike most... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Ethics; Executive Compensation; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry; United States
Karaoglu, Emre, Tatiana Sandino, and Randy Beatty. "Benchmarking Against the Performance of High Profile 'Scandal' Firms." American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Paper, July 2006.
- August 1998
- Case
General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996
By: Peter Tufano
The fourth in a four-part series, the case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This case describes the set of financial decisions taken by the firm as its business recovered, and focuses on an immediate decision faced by... View Details
Tufano, Peter, Markus Mullarkey, and William J Widlern. "General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996." Harvard Business School Case 299-009, August 1998.