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- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-044. The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Shareholder Activism; Dollar Tree; Sustainability Reporting; ESG Reporting; Board Of Directors; Shareholder Engagement; GHG; Environmental Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Trends; Communication; Announcements; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Reports; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Retail Industry; United States; Virginia
- March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Technical Note
Technical Note: The Traits of Entrepreneurs
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
Why do some entrepreneurs succeed and others do not? Are there personality traits that lead someone to become an entrepreneur? Although many questions still remain, there has been significant research on the “entrepreneurial personality.” This note provides an... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Innovation; Personality; Personality Traits; Risk Preference; Big Five; Locus Of Control; Success; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Technical Note: The Traits of Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Technical Note 823-099, March 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- March 2023
- Case
Woven Planet - Designing Software for the Car of the Future
By: Gary P. Pisano and Catherine Piner
Founded in 2021, Woven Planet Holdings—a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation—was developing Arene, an automotive software platform consisting of an operating system, development and simulation tools, and a cloud-based service that could store and analyze vehicle... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Automated Driving; Innovation; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Safety; Product Launch; Product; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Catherine Piner. "Woven Planet - Designing Software for the Car of the Future." Harvard Business School Case 623-064, March 2023.
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Copper Nationalization in Chile
By: Jeremy Friedman
Teaching Note for HBS Case 722-016. View Details
- March 2023
- Case
On
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger and Sascha Mader
Founded in 2010, in just one decade, the Swiss company On had established itself as a main player in global sports footwear and apparel. Based on an unconventional strategy which one of the founders labeled as “obsessively distinct,” On grew its sales with a compound... View Details
- March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Golden Agri-Resources and the Challenge of Sustainable Palm Oil
By: Mattias Fibiger and Adina Wong
Fibiger, Mattias, and Adina Wong. "Golden Agri-Resources and the Challenge of Sustainable Palm Oil." Harvard Business School Case 723-059, March 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- March 9, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: Nostalgia Is a Shield Against Unhappiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Nostalgia Is a Shield Against Unhappiness." The Atlantic (March 9, 2023).
- March 9, 2023
- Article
Linking Growth and the Frontline
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Jay Galeota and Michael Wong
Most strategies are about growing the business. But about one quarter of companies do not grow at all and, even before the pandemic, only one in eight achieved more than 10% revenue growth annually, according to data from S&P Global regulatory filings. One reason is a... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V., Jay Galeota, and Michael Wong. "Linking Growth and the Frontline." Sales & Marketing Management (website) (March 9, 2023).
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-030. View Details
- March 8, 2023
- Article
How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential
By: Anthony J. Mayo
To better understand the leadership challenges and development opportunities facing high-potential employees, researchers analyzed more than 3,000 applications to Harvard Business School’s High Potentials Leadership Program over a nearly 20-year period. The... View Details
Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Business Education
Mayo, Anthony J. "How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 8, 2023).
- March 2023
- Teaching Plan
Into the Raging Sea: Final Voyage of the SS El Faro
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Mel Martin
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-014. View Details
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change
By: Debora L. Spar, George Serafeim and Julia Comeau
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-042. View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Remote Work across Jobs, Companies, and Space
By: Stephen Hansen, Peter John Lambert, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Raffaella Sadun and Bledi Taska
The pandemic catalyzed an enduring shift to remote work. To measure and characterize
this shift, we examine more than 250 million job vacancy postings across five
English-speaking countries. Our measurements rely on a state-of-the-art language-processing
framework... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Hybrid Work; Work From Home (WFH); Pandemic; Labor Market; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Trends
Hansen, Stephen, Peter John Lambert, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Raffaella Sadun, and Bledi Taska. "Remote Work across Jobs, Companies, and Space." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 31007, March 2023. (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-059, March 2023.)
- March 2023
- Case
Roche: ESG and Access to Healthcare
By: George Serafeim, Susanna Gallani and Benjamin Maletta
In May 2022, Roche Group, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, hosted its first ESG investor event focused exclusively on its efforts to impact access to healthcare. While Roche had recently set an ambitious goal to double the number of patients that... View Details
Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Sustainable Finance; Growth Strategy And Execution; Sustainability Targets; Impact Evaluation; Healthcare Access; Healthcare Innovation; Healthcare Systems; Healthcare Operations; Finance; Strategy; Health Testing and Trials; Health Care and Treatment; Growth Management; Measurement and Metrics; Innovation Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland; North America; Europe; Asia; Latin America; Africa
Serafeim, George, Susanna Gallani, and Benjamin Maletta. "Roche: ESG and Access to Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 123-075, March 2023.
- March 2023 (Revised August 2023)
- Supplement
Russia: A Drama in Three Acts (B)
By: Rawi Abdelal, Kateryna Olkhovyk and Davit Gasparyan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Abdelal, Rawi, Kateryna Olkhovyk, and Davit Gasparyan. "Russia: A Drama in Three Acts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-057, March 2023. (Revised August 2023.)
- March 2023 (Revised November 2023)
- Module Note
The Social Purpose of the Firm
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
The Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to “make a difference in the world” – that is, to address a significant societal problem as a... View Details
Keywords: Social Accounting; Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; United States; Sweden; Kenya; Netherlands
Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The Social Purpose of the Firm." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-051, March 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
- March 2023
- Case
Best Buy: Renew Blue (A)
By: Sunil Gupta, Dave Habeeb and Amram Migdal
Preabstract: The A Video Case should be assigned to students in advance of class. The B case is intended to be used in class by educators and the C case can be assigned to students during or after class. The product is designed as a low-prep case for students, with... View Details
- March 2023
- Supplement
Best Buy: Renew Blue (B)
By: Sunil Gupta, Dave Habeeb and Amram Migdal
Gupta, Sunil, Dave Habeeb, and Amram Migdal. "Best Buy: Renew Blue (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 523-712, March 2023. (Click here to access this case.)
- March 2023
- Supplement
Best Buy: Renew Blue (C)
By: Sunil Gupta, Dave Habeeb and Amram Migdal
Gupta, Sunil, Dave Habeeb, and Amram Migdal. "Best Buy: Renew Blue (C)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 523-715, March 2023. (Click here to access this case.)
- March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Accelerating AI Adoption in the U.S. Air Force
By: Maria P. Roche and Alexander Farrow
In August 2022, the Pentagon tasked U.S. Air Force Captain Victor Lopez to launch a new office for AFWERX, an Air Force innovation unit that leveraged commercial developers and military talent to acquire advanced technologies. This task was particularly arduous because... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; AI and Machine Learning; Adoption; Technology Adoption; United States
Roche, Maria P., and Alexander Farrow. "Accelerating AI Adoption in the U.S. Air Force." Harvard Business School Case 723-429, March 2023. (Revised March 2024.)