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    Krishna G. Palepu

    KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Culture and Contemporary Political Preferences

    By: Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
    This chapter reviews the literature on the relationship between culture and political preferences. We distinguish conceptually between the direct cultural transmission of political ideology and the transmission of more primitive preferences and beliefs that influence... View Details
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    • November 2022
    • Technical Note

    Leader Action Orientations

    By: Ryan Raffaelli, Akshaya Varghese and Laura Weimer
    Leaders are responsible for planning and executing actions that advance organizational goals. As individuals gain career experience, they tend to develop and rely on implicit mental models that shape how they go about “getting things done.” Without knowing it, most... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Development; Prejudice and Bias; Cognition and Thinking; Decision Making; Behavior
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    • 2010
    • Book

    The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System

    By: as part of the Squam Lake Working Group Scharfstein, David S.
    In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform. The Squam Lake... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations
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    • June 2001 (Revised July 2001)
    • Case

    Boston Lyric Opera

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and Dennis Campbell
    The Boston Lyric Opera was the fastest growing opera company in North America during the 1990s. Having successfully completed a move to a larger facility in 1999, the board and general director recognize the need to develop a formal strategic planning and governance... View Details
    Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Strategic Planning; Arts; Growth and Development Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Fine Arts Industry; Massachusetts
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    • September 2022
    • Case

    AllSpice: GitHub for Hardware Engineers

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Mel Martin
    AllSpice, a software-as-a-service company that built a GitHub-like revision control tool for hardware engineers, was in the midst of preparing for rapid scale when the 2022 market downturn left them with big decisions to make. Cofounder and CEO Valentina Ratner had to... View Details
    Keywords: Scaling; SaaS; Strategy; Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry; United States
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    • September 2019
    • Supplement

    pymetrics (B)

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In March 2013, pymetrics CEO Frida Polli visited Harvard Business School to listen to a section of MBA students from the class of 2013 discuss her business plan and provide feedback on the tests they had taken to identify career opportunities. Polli had developed a... View Details
    Keywords: BrainTech; Hiring; Hiring Of Employees; Recruiting; Personality; Personality Traits; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Employment; Strategic Evolution; Psychodynamics; Psychology; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Business Startups; Strategy; Personal Characteristics
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    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Finding the God Particle of the Sustainability Business Case: Greener Pastures for Shareholder Value

    By: Marc L Bertoneche and Cornis van der Lugt
    The start of the 2000s saw a flurry of international publications on "the business case" for sustainability, seeking to map out the returns on investment and to differentiate recommended actions from cases of corporate philanthropy. Reports by business organisations... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Environmental Sustainability
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    • August 2002
    • Case

    Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 3

    By: John A. Deighton and Das Narayandas
    How does a $2 million software sale happen? This case traces efforts by Siebel Systems to sell lead management software to discount broker Quick & Reilly. The buying process is mapped out over four years. Covers in detail the last six months--from Siebel's initial... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Customer Relationship Management; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry
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    • 18 Feb 2015
    • News

    The National Front’s Post-Charlie Hebdo Moment

    • Article

    Advancing Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research Through Open Innovation Competitions

    By: Andrea Blasco, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Anup Jonchhe, Max Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, Jin H. Paik, Bryan Briney, Chunlei Wu, Andrew I. Su, Aravind Subramanian and Karim R. Lakhani
    Open data science and algorithm development competitions offer a unique avenue for rapid discovery of better computational strategies. We highlight three examples in computational biology and bioinformatics research where the use of competitions has yielded significant... View Details
    Keywords: Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Innovation Competitions; Research; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
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      Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape

      Even as the demand for managerial skills continues to grow, executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption caused by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication. The current offerings of many executive education program providers... View Details

      • January 2018 (Revised May 2019)
      • Case

      Adeo Health Science: Turning a Product into a Brand

      By: Elizabeth A. Keenan and Jill Avery
      For decades, American parents were warned to avoid introducing potential allergens to their babies prior to their first birthday. But two influential clinical studies caused the medical establishment to radically reverse its position. Parents were now warned that... View Details
      Keywords: Startup; Health Care; Consumer; Consumer Products; Branding; Distribution; Retailing; Go To Market Strategy; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; United States; North America
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      • 11 Mar 2014
      • Interview

      The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia

      By: Michael E. Porter
      The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given... View Details
      Keywords: Competitiveness; Economic Analysis; Economics; Philadelphia
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      • August 2002 (Revised February 2003)
      • Case

      Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 2

      By: John A. Deighton and Das Narayandas
      How does a $2 million software sale happen? This case traces efforts by Siebel Systems to sell lead management software to discount broker Quick & Reilly. The buying process is mapped out over four years. Covers in detail the last six months--from Siebel's initial... View Details
      Keywords: Business Cycles; Leadership; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Structure; Behavior; Competition; Applications and Software; Technology Industry
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      • August 2002 (Revised January 2003)
      • Case

      Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 1

      By: John A. Deighton and Das Narayandas
      How does a $2 million software sale happen? This case traces efforts by Siebel Systems to sell lead management software to discount broker Quick & Reilly. The buying process is mapped out over four years. Covers in detail the last six months—from Siebel's initial... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Structure; Behavior; Competition; Applications and Software; Technology Industry
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        Michael E. Porter

        Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

        Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
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        Consumer-Brand Relationships

        Susan M. Fournier is conducting extensive research into the relationships consumers form with brands. Her work builds on the premise that, although marketers espouse the notion of relationships in current thought and practice, none have theoretically maximized the... View Details
        • January 2007 (Revised August 2007)
        • Case

        Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard

        By: Robert S. Kaplan and Monica Nah Lee
        Illustrates the adaptation and implementation of a private sector management tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to a public school district. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the Director of Planning and Policy facilitates the development of a strategy map and... View Details
        Keywords: Education; Governance; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Education Industry
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        • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
        • Case

        Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

        By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin
        In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details
        Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai
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