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- March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Opportunity Insights: Research and Policy for Social Mobility
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Jeffrey Huizinga and Allison Ciechanover
Opportunity Insights -- a non-profit that researches drivers of economic opportunity and develops policy solutions to help families achieve better life outcomes -- seeks to expand its impact. View Details
Keywords: Economic Opportunity; Social Mobility; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Housing; Policy; Opportunities
Kominers, Scott Duke, Jeffrey Huizinga, and Allison Ciechanover. "Opportunity Insights: Research and Policy for Social Mobility." Harvard Business School Case 820-714, March 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- March 2007 (Revised August 2007)
- Supplement
Dell Computers (B): The Transition
By: Frances X. Frei and Christine van Keuren
The case presents the outcome of the (A) case and explores challenges in the PC industry up to early 2007. Michael Dell's return as CEO is also discussed. View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Managerial Roles; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Hardware; Technology Industry
Frei, Frances X., and Christine van Keuren. "Dell Computers (B): The Transition." Harvard Business School Supplement 607-081, March 2007. (Revised August 2007.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Learning by Investing: Entrepreneurial Spillovers from Venture Capital
By: Josh Lerner, Jinlin Li and Tong Liu
This paper studies how investing in venture capital (VC) affects the entrepreneurial outcomes of individual limited partners (LPs). Using comprehensive administrative data on entrepreneurial activities and VC fundraising and investments in China, we first document that... View Details
Lerner, Josh, Jinlin Li, and Tong Liu. "Learning by Investing: Entrepreneurial Spillovers from Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-029, November 2023.
- May 2016 (Revised November 2018)
- Supplement
Moleskine (B)
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Raffaella Sadun and Kathy Qu
This case discusses the decisions and outcomes of CEO Arrigo Berni and founder Maria Sebregondi that the Moleskine (A) case laid out. View Details
Keywords: Creative Industries; Brand Building; Digital Innovation; Digital Services And Strategy; Process Improvement; Organization Change And Adaptation; Culture; Identity Construction; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Creativity; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry
Raffaelli, Ryan, Raffaella Sadun, and Kathy Qu. "Moleskine (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-464, May 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
preferred outcome and think in reverse about how to get there. Here are the basic steps: 1. Draw a "map" of the parties who are currently involved and those who might potentially get onboard, along with their interests and their... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- Research Summary
Managing in the Creative Economy
In the early 21st Century, especially in developed economies, work increasingly makes use of specialized knowledge, skill, and talent and creates value through transformation of symbols and other intangible materials to achieve outcomes different from what has been... View Details
- 2012
- Dictionary Entry
Learning from Failure
By: Mark D. Cannon and Amy C. Edmondson
Failure is defined as an outcome that deviates from expected and desired results. Learning from failure describes processes and behaviors through which individuals, groups and organizations gain accurate and useful insights from failures and modify future behaviors,... View Details
Cannon, Mark D., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Learning from Failure." In Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, edited by Norbert M. Seel, 1859–1863. New York: Springer, 2012.
- 2011
- Working Paper
Better-reply Dynamics in Deferred Acceptance Games
In this paper we address the question of learning in a two-sided matching mechanism that utilizes the deferred acceptance algorithm. We consider a repeated matching game where at each period agents observe their match and have the opportunity to revise their strategy... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Marketplace Matching; Outcome or Result; Game Theory; Mathematical Methods; Strategy
Haeringer, Guillaume, and Hanna Halaburda. "Better-reply Dynamics in Deferred Acceptance Games." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-126, June 2011.
- March 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Choices in U.S. Trade Policy
By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Courtenay Sprague
Describes the moments leading to the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations and the outcome of those negotiations. Discusses some of the options facing the Clinton Administration with respect to its international trade policy. View Details
Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Negotiation; Outcome or Result; United States
Wells, Louis T., Jr., and Courtenay Sprague. "Choices in U.S. Trade Policy." Harvard Business School Case 796-117, March 1996. (Revised June 1996.)
- December 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks (B)
By: Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang and Theresa Morin Hall
This is the (B) case supplement to "P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks." It details the outcome of the drastic reduction in office space from eight floors to three floors. View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Human Resources; Change Management; Transition; Consumer Products Industry; Canada
Hall, Brian J., Tiffany Y. Chang, and Theresa Morin Hall. "P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 916-024, December 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
- Article
Navy Medicine Introduces Value-Based Health Care
By: Alee Hernandez, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, C. Forrest Faison III and Michael E. Porter
In 2016 the newly appointed surgeon general of the Navy launched a value-based health care pilot project at Naval Hospital Jacksonville to explore whether multidisciplinary care teams (known as integrated practice units, or IPUs) and measurement of outcomes could... View Details
Hernandez, Alee, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, C. Forrest Faison III, and Michael E. Porter. "Navy Medicine Introduces Value-Based Health Care." Health Affairs 38, no. 8 (August 2019): 1393–1400.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking
By: Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
Humans use subtle sources of information—like nonverbal behavior—to determine whether to act cooperatively or antagonistically when they negotiate. Handshakes are particularly consequential nonverbal gestures in negotiations because people feel comfortable initiating... View Details
Schroeder, Juliana, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton. "Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-117, May 2014.
- February 2023
- Supplement
Dr. Andrea Pusic, Video Supplement
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Video supplement to aid in the teaching of "Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS case no. 122-010. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Dr. Andrea Pusic, Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 123-709, February 2023.
- Article
Better Accounting Transforms Health Care Delivery
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Mary L. Witkowski
The paper describes the theory and preliminary results for an action research program that explores the implications from better measurements of health care outcomes and costs. After summarizing Porter's outcome taxonomy (Porter 2010), we illustrate how to use process... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Research; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Mary L. Witkowski. "Better Accounting Transforms Health Care Delivery." Accounting Horizons 28, no. 2 (June 2014): 365–383.
- 16 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Making the Gambler’s Fallacy Disappear: The Role of Experience
Keywords: by Gregory M. Barron & Stephen Leider
- April 2010
- Supplement
Bill Nichol Negotiates with Walmart: Hard Bargains over Soft Goods (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
This case describes the multi-prong negotiating approach that Bill Nichol, Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co. CEO, took to deal with an ultimatum from his largest customer, as well as the outcome of this process. It concludes with a number of Nichol's observations about... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Management Practices and Processes; Negotiation Deal; Outcome or Result; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Retail Industry
Sebenius, James K., and Ellen Knebel. "Bill Nichol Negotiates with Walmart: Hard Bargains over Soft Goods (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 910-044, April 2010.
- Research Summary
Epistemic Conditions for Iterated Admissibility (with H. Jerome Keisler)
Iterated weak dominance, also called iterated admissibility (IA), has long been known as a powerful but conceptually puzzling solution concept. We give an epistemic foundation for IA. That is, we give conditions on the rationality of the players in the game, on what... View Details
- October 26, 2015
- Article
Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Robin P. Blackstone, Derek A. Haas and Nikhil G. Thaker
The goal of a health care system should be to deliver the most value to patients: the outcomes achieved for treating a medical condition relative to the costs incurred over a complete care cycle. We have found that a radar (spider web) chart is an effective means to... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Robin P. Blackstone, Derek A. Haas, and Nikhil G. Thaker. "Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 26, 2015). (A collaboration of the editors of Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine.)
- Research Summary
Overview
Eric's research interests include strategy, human capital, and executive compensation. His current work explores how accumulated leadership experience drives compensation outcomes among executives moving jobs across firms. View Details
- February 1993
- Background Note
HRM Course Overview Note
By: Michael Beer
Provides an overview of the first-year required course in Human Resource Management. It argues that commitment, coordination, and competence are critical organizational outcomes and that skills in organizational diagnosis, design, and change are central to obtaining... View Details
Keywords: Change; Competency and Skills; Human Resources; Organizations; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Behavior
Beer, Michael. "HRM Course Overview Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 493-062, February 1993.