Publications

February 2017 (Revised June 2017)
Supplement

ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (B)

By: George Serafeim, Shiva Rajgopal and David Freiberg

The case presents ExxonMobil's response to growing pressure to disclose how climate change will impact their business. This includes multiple asset impairments and losing a proxy vote to shareholders to increase climate change related reporting. Supplements the (B)... View Details

Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; Asset Impairment; Predictive Analytics; Sustainability; Environmental Impact; Innovation; Disclosure; Accounting; Valuation; Energy Sources; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Governance Compliance; Climate Change; Financial Reporting; Energy Industry; United States

March 1993
Supplement

Eastwind Trading Company (B)

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Describes the aftermath of the (A) case. Describes the actions taken and the possible consequences for the company and its principals. Also describes the principals' attitudes at this point. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Finance; Management; Opportunities

September 1996 (Revised March 2002)
Background Note

Project Management Manual

By: H. Kent Bowen

A descriptive manual for how to manage the process of project management. Major sections are: 1) define and organize the project, 2) plan the project, and 3) track and manage the project. 12 processes are described in detail. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Planning; Projects

TeachingInterests

General Management Program (GMP)

By: Sunil Gupta

As global business challenges become more complex, companies are turning to cross-functional leaders who can drive change across the organization. The General Management Program (GMP) is a unique modular program that provides the latest management thinking and best... View Details

29 Jun 2011
News

Reach for the next big thing, or die trying

Program

Advanced Management Program

Summary Market volatility, digital transformation, and innovation are changing the way companies compete in every industry—and increasing the demand for business leaders who are global changemakers. Whether... View Details

February 2020
Supplement

Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal

The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details

Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East

Web

Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management Course Number 6334 Senior Lecturer Randolph Cohen Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Weekly, 2 hour sessions Project Enrollment: Limited to 80... View Details

29 May 2012
News

Changing the Conversation in Your Company

22 Dec 2014
News

Good Deeds Help Companies Evade Regulatory Scrutiny

01 Mar 2004
News

Reforming Company Boards

taken to achieve them, and there was a need for new and practical solutions to improve governance and increase accountability. How can you tell when a company is playing the “share price game”? The biggest warning sign is when View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

business performance. What does matter, it turns out, is having a strong grasp of the business basics. Without exception, companies that outperformed their industry peers... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: company information

How can I get detailed company information in Bloomberg? Type [ticker], hit EQUITY, and hit GO to browse main menu or type a shortcut to go directly to specific information. e.g., VOD LN [EQUITY] HP [GO] for... View Details

September 1953 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Bramos Printing Company

A printing company, founded in 2000 as a one-man-job printing firm, is experiencing rapid growth together with a move and modernization of its facilities. Presents a problem in depreciation. View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Accounting; Service Industry

February 1997 (Revised December 1997)
Case

Arbor Health Care Company

By: Myra M. Hart and Stephanie Dodson

A venture-funded start-up runs into trouble when health care reimbursement policies change radically. With the help of its board, the company develops a new strategy, becomes profitable, and makes a public offering. The second wave of changes introduced by Clinton... View Details

Keywords: Industry Structures; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Business Startups; Transformation; Strategy; Venture Capital; Policy; Initial Public Offering; Health Industry

September 2010
Case

Quanta Research Institute: Rainforest or Hothouse?

By: Willy C. Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Ho Howard Yu

Barry Lam, the CEO and founder of Quanta Computer (the largest notebook computer manufacturer worldwide), has recognized for many years that he had to transform the company to decrease its dependence on producing commodity hardware for other global brands and move the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development; Computer Industry; Taiwan

August 1996 (Revised June 2007)
Case

Nicholson File Company Takeover (B), The

By: Thomas R. Piper

Management of a small hand tool company must decide on the terms and conditions of its sale to a "friendly" acquirer. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Participants; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry