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- May 2018
- Case
Harvest City: The Intelligent Procurement System Project
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ramiro Montealegre
The Harvest City case describes the implementation of a cloud- and IoT-based intelligent procurement system at a new convention complex in the U.S. Midwest. The decision to build a convention complex is a strategic initiative for this city and involves extensive use of... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Projects; Management; Decision Making; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Ramiro Montealegre. "Harvest City: The Intelligent Procurement System Project." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-507, May 2018.
- 22 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines
- 08 Jun 2015
- News
It's Not Just Modi Alone Who Goes to China
- March 1996
- Case
FASB and Employee Stock Options, The
Summarizes the accounting principles governing employee stock options, including the recently issued accounting standard SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Presents the theoretical issues involved with valuation and measurement of employee stock-based... View Details
Rapier, Donella. "FASB and Employee Stock Options, The." Harvard Business School Case 196-137, March 1996.
- November 2001
- Background Note
Sexual Harassment Law and Policy
By: Michael A. Wheeler, Georgia Levenson and Arturo Corso
Outlines the recent development of legal principles regarding sexual harassment, including procedures in the United States and state courts, what circumstances constitute harassment, the resolution of these conflicts and the resulting consequences for the individuals... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Policy; Working Conditions; Code Law; Outcome or Result; Conflict and Resolution; United States
Wheeler, Michael A., Georgia Levenson, and Arturo Corso. "Sexual Harassment Law and Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-007, November 2001.
- October 1998
- Background Note
Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Summarizes information on the national issue of hiring people from the welfare roles. Organized by topics relevant to business, this note reviews research findings and statistics and poses questions to assist business decision-makers in assessing a company's current or... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Recruitment; Risk Management; Planning; Programs; Research; Welfare
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-064, October 1998.
- 18 Mar 2015
- News
Did Fear-Mongering Make Ebola's Impact Worse?
- 07 Jun 2013
- News
New Guru: Michael Norton of Harvard Business School
- 30 Oct 2019
- Video
Kutayba Alghanim
Kutayba Alghanim, Chairman of Kuwait-based Alghanim Industries, a highly diversified business group, talks of his activities facilitating education, including his involvement with the US non-profit organization... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood about the area's development was... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Eric Wood (A)
By: Myra M. Hart
Describes the early career of an MBA who went to work in a small business, bought the company, and is now contemplating an acquisition to expand the business. The issues involve personal/business finance and financial risk, as well as valuation and financial... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty
Hart, Myra M. "Eric Wood (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-074, October 1996. (Revised April 2004.)
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace
Consists of several vignettes and discussion points around issues of conflict in the workplace. Issues presented are differences of race, gender, nationality, culture, religion; access to power, training, advancement; tolerance of style of management, language,... View Details
Gentile, Mary C., and Sarah Gant. "Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace." Harvard Business School Case 395-090, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- Research Summary
Clinical Research
Dr. Simpson has been a consulting statistician for clinical research, especially in studies of post-traumatic stress disorder. Most recently, he has been involved in a clinical trial comparing a pharmacological treatment and an exposure-based psychological treatment... View Details
- August 1976
- Case
Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)
Presents the estate plan worked out by the son to deal with an estate planning issue. The plan involves the use of deferred compensation employment contract with the family business, a key-man life insurance policy, and a split-dollar life insurance policy. View Details
Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Family Business; Personal Finance; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry
Butters, J. Keith. "Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 277-029, August 1976.
- August 1997
- Case
Natural Blends, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Ramchandran Jaikumar and Karen Krause
Describes the continuous flow process used to generate orange juice concentrate. Production involves several tightly coupled process steps with varying production rates and setup times. Given production constraints and customer requirements, management choices must be... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product; Performance Capacity; Performance Productivity
Bowen, H. Kent, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and Karen Krause. "Natural Blends, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-012, August 1997.
- 27 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance
- February 2009 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
Note on Socially Responsible Investing
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Ian McKown Cornell
This note describes Socially Responsible Investing, providing a brief history, description of different socially responsible investing approaches, and overview of selected players and institutions involved in the socially responsible investing field. It has been... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
Sucher, Sandra J., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Note on Socially Responsible Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 609-060, February 2009. (Revised August 2012.)
- 31 Aug 2010
- News
How to Become a Servant Leader
- 02 Jan 2016
- News