Publications

July 1996 (Revised September 1998)
Case

Coming Soon: A Theater Near You

Designed to illustrate the complexity of buyer-seller arrangements in an established industry. When movie studios negotiate with theater operators to show new films, the costs to the studios of making the films are largely sunk. Similarly, the costs to the theaters of... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Industry Structures; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

08 Sep 2010
News

Emerging Scholar Award

August 2019
Case

Preserving Trust at Care.com (A)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Julia Kelley

Care.com was an online platform designed to match caregivers with individuals seeking care for themselves, others, and pets, through job postings, caregiver profiles, and directories of local day care centers. In March 2019, the Wall Street Journal had just published a... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Governance; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Emerging Markets; Trust; Technology Industry; United States

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

monitoring firm, estimates that there are now up to 9 million simultaneous file sharers, up from about 4 million in early 2003. In view of our evidence and these new trends, even the Recording View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

include them in the contracts of new and prospective employees, and most new employees are not in a position to negotiate against the inclusion... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

March 2001 (Revised February 2009)
Case

HDFC (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Suma Raju

The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the emergence of intense competition at the end of the 1990s. Having founded the industry and dominated it for nearly 20 years, the well-respected company faces a bevy of new... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Management Style; Management Teams; Competition; Financial Services Industry; India

2017
Other Teaching and Training Material

Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change

By: Ryan Raffaelli

This reading combines conceptual frameworks and research-based knowledge to provide practical guidance about how to lead organization change. The essential reading outlines key choices leaders must make when managing a change and the common traps that can cause a... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management

10 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: EF Education First

opportunities to partner with HBS students and clubs on and off campus. We’ve recently moved into our beautiful new North American headquarters on the banks of the Charles... View Details

21 Jul 2022
News

The 12 Must-Read Books of the Summer, According to Adam Grant

Web

Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

requires questioning traditional practices to explore new directions. “You’ll often hear [that] things have always been done a certain way in a company, but it’s okay to ask, ‘Is this the way we want to keep doing things?’” Courage,... View Details

19 Aug 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future

Lightsource bp has partnered on a specific program to train veterans and their new construction skills are transferable to other solar projects across the country. Overall, Diana said, an estimated 250,000... View Details

October 2007
Background Note

Price Formation

By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford

Investigates how prices are formed in competitive capital markets. Focuses on a single security called AOE. Students compete with computer traders and each other for market making and informed trading profits. Participants receive a variety of public news in the form... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Price; Profit; Corporate Disclosure; Newsletters; Industry Structures; Business Processes; Competitive Strategy

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

originating catalyst for the Industrial Revolution and modern capitalism casts new light on American credit markets, practices of offshore investment, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

which the directors toured a newly-created "beauty park" in the US, where companies cooperating to create and manufacture new fashion beauty products are located together in one light View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

Anthony Mayo

Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS). He currently teaches and serves as the course head for... View Details

Keywords: education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 09 Dec 2015
Webinars: Career

How to Stay Current in the Tech Space

Are you currently working in the tech industry? Or, are you thinking of exploring a new career within the space? In an industry that is constantly changing, it can be difficult to keep up with current trends. Mark Hardie, a product innovator with years of experience... View Details

January 2011 (Revised April 2011)
Case

CME Group

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and James Weber

The case describes CME Group, the world's largest commodities exchange, futures and options on futures contracts, history, regulation, and the strategic choices the company faced. CME Group was formed from the oldest and most well-known exchanges in the world. Traders... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Stocks; Goods and Commodities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk Management; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; United States