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  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

public policy and management at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Brian Trelstad is the William Henry Bloomberg Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

activity sponsored by Harvard Business School. That study sought to examine questions of M&A strategy and execution with a new rigor. Our in-depth findings will emerge over the next year or two, in the form of various books, articles,... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 29 Oct 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Robots in the Boardroom

the businesses they deal with. Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small BusinessArtificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data is transforming financial services for small-business. Companies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

isolation, can also be a benefit. "Isolation is not all that bad," he said, because it forces introspection into your basic beliefs. Kent Bowen, professor of business administration at HBS,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
  • January 2016 (Revised April 2017)
  • Case

The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies

By: W. Carl Kester
This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and option pricing for beginning finance students. Analysis of the case requires students to compare the prices of put and call options with various exercise prices and maturity dates on two... View Details
Keywords: Options; Option Contract; Option Pricing; Derivatives; Mutual Funds; Call Options; Put Options; Stock Options; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

German Soccer League over a season. Our research results show that leaders can reinvigorate a failing business using team members already in charge, and without large-scale change of direction. We observed that View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports
  • 10 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

Business is about making money, not measuring macho. The scrap heap of business disasters is littered with managers whose ego drive overwhelmed good business sense. Founder and... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
  • August 1994 (Revised May 1995)
  • Case

Engineering Inspection & Insurance Company

By: Robert H. Hayes
Engineering Inspection & Insurance Co. (EIIC) is a small but highly successful company that offers machinery and boiler inspection and insurance services. After years of above-average growth and profits, both are retreating toward the industry average, policy delivery... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Business Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Insurance; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • 07 Nov 2023
  • Blog Post

Get to Know the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

In honor of Veterans Day, we checked in with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, the club on campus for student veterans. The mission of the Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA) is to help talented veterans transition out of the military to Harvard View Details
  • Web

Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

Organizational Behavior In the field of Organizational Behavior, researchers draw on the methods and concepts of psychology and sociology to examine complex organizations and the ways that people behave within them. Scholars in the doctoral program in Organizational... View Details
  • September 2008
  • Case

Yucheng Technology

By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Chang Chen and Aldo Sesia
The founder and CEO of an IT company servicing the needs of the financial services industry in China needs to raise capital for the company to grow and survive. He has two options. He can try and obtain financing from private equity investors, or he can accept a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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  • June 2003 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Molded Dimensions, Inc.

By: H. Kent Bowen, Virginia Fuller and Doren Spinner
Mike Katz, an MBA with several years of manufacturing management experience, talks about purchasing Molded Dimensions, Inc. (MDI), a Wisconsin-based plastics manufacturer, with his wife Linda, who also has a manufacturing background. The case describes at length... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Jobs and Positions; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Negotiation Process; Manufacturing Industry; Wisconsin
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  • April 1994 (Revised October 2001)
  • Case

Mrs. Fields, Inc. (1977 - 1987)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Keri O. Pearlson
Describes a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage of MIS... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizations; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen Revolution?

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ryland Matthew Willis
The challenges faced in establishing hydrogen fuel cell-powered transportation in the United States, which promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported oil is examined. Foremost among these challenges is a "chicken-and-egg" dynamic: consumers... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government Administration; Energy Sources; Business and Government Relations; Network Effects; Transportation; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry; European Union; Japan; United States
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  • October 2021
  • Article

Can Self-Regulation Save Digital Platforms?

By: Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer and David B. Yoffie
This article explores some of the critical challenges facing self-regulation and the regulatory environment for digital platforms. We examine several historical examples of firms and industries that attempted self-regulation before the Internet. All dealt with similar... View Details
Keywords: Self-regulation; Government Regulation; Digital Platforms; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

prudent approach for knowledge workers is to harness the potential of AI as a complementary tool, amplifying their capabilities and adapting to the evolving landscape of work. Iavor Bojinov is an Assistant Professor of Business View Details
  • 08 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

Ten years before Harvard Business School published its first case study, activists across Europe celebrated the first International Women’s Day. They demanded, among other things, the right for women to hold public office and an end to... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
  • 10 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

you need heroic leaders in order to have meaningful, sustained change. Why Change Efforts Fail "Change is one of the few areas where experts have been in violent agreement for decades," declares David A. Garvin, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
  • 17 May 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

the resume screening process at companies throughout the United States, says Katherine A. DeCelles, the James M. Collins Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman