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  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region of the United States in August 2005, it destroyed homes and lives. A paradoxical effect, however, is that the storm's aftermath created an opening in New Orleans for school leaders to consider anew the direction... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 14 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

public service, because it makes this data, most of which exist in archival databases of the EPA, much more readily accessible," says Michael Toffel, an expert on industry self-regulation and an assistant professor in the Technology... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • HBS Seminar

Garrett Van Ryzin, Columbia & Amazon

  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

By: Eric D. Werker
This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Liberia
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    Krishna G. Palepu

    KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing
    • February 2025 (Revised May 2025)
    • Case

    Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (A)

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Billy Chan
    For years, institutional investors had experienced very limited success in influencing the management of listed companies through shareholder activist campaigns in Korea. The common practice of circular ownership and public resentment toward foreign shareholder... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; Public Equity; Stocks; Investment Activism; Music Entertainment; Corporate Governance; Success; Business and Shareholder Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; South Korea
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    • 2021
    • Book

    The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity to reputable sources of factual information are all in alarming decline. A 2018 report published by the RAND Corporation... View Details
    Keywords: Higher Education; Information; Civil Society or Community
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    • 16 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

    economy. I know that a lot of things have been done to address these problems already, but my own sense is that what we've seen is incomplete. Too much of our public discussion has operated on the surface of the problems. We need to go a... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
    • 25 Aug 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers

    Keywords: by Julia Rose Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer & Michael W. Toffel; Health
    • 2012
    • White Paper

    Robust Enforcement Should Complement Voluntary Regulation

    By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
    Spurred by the anti-regulation movement that started in the 1970s, voluntary self-regulation programs have emerged in many regulatory agencies, seeking to increase cooperation between government and industry to achieve greater and more cost-effective compliance.... View Details
    Keywords: Governance Compliance; Business and Government Relations
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    • 22 Jan 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

    model incorporating this idea that predicts that although more ideas will be produced during slack time, they will have higher average complexity and perhaps even higher average value. Using data on 165,410 projects posted on Kickstarter (2009–2015), we View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • March 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Supreme: Remaining Cool While Pursuing Growth

    By: Jill Avery and Sandrine Crener
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-006. Following VF Corporation’s acquisition of cult streetwear brand Supreme, consumers and industry pundits were nervous that becoming part of a large, public corporation would put an end to Supreme’s slow and careful growth... View Details
    Keywords: Cultural Branding; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Growth Management; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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    • February 2025
    • Supplement

    Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (B)

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Billy Chan
    Supplements the (A) case, HBS No. 125-065. For years, institutional investors had experienced very limited success in influencing the management of listed companies through shareholder activist campaigns in Korea. The common practice of circular ownership and public... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; Public Equity; Stocks; Investment Activism; Music Entertainment; Corporate Governance; Success; Business and Shareholder Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; South Korea
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    • July 2002 (Revised March 2005)
    • Case

    Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) (Abridged)

    By: William J. Bruns Jr. and F. Warren McFarlan
    Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecasted higher earnings for 1993, then the company's revenue recognition... View Details
    Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards; Accounting Audits; Computer Industry
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    • 22 Mar 2016
    • First Look

    March 22, 2016

    counter this ambiguity, this paper proposes that the strength of the greedy signal relates to an individual's volunteer reputation. Results from an online experiment support this possibility: the crowd out in response to public incentives... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • April 1994 (Revised November 1998)
    • Case

    Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)

    By: William J. Bruns Jr.
    Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. As sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, the company sold stock to the public for the first time and analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993. However, when the company's revenue... View Details
    Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards; Accounting Audits; Computer Industry
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    • November 2006 (Revised March 2008)
    • Case

    Kendall Square Research Corporation

    By: F. Warren McFarlan
    Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993 and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993, then the company's revenue recognition... View Details
    Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards; Accounting Audits; Computer Industry
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    • 11 Mar 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: March 11

      Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity By: Bellezza, Silvia, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research demonstrates that, under certain circumstances, people wearing... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Heating Sector Transformation in Rhode Island

      In a heating transformation study presented to Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo,... View Details

      • 19 Dec 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      $15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

      meaningful patterns have begun to emerge.” Such themes are striking in their contrast with the approaches taken by other mega-donors, who often establish perpetual foundations, focus on specific issues, and exercise considerable control through View Details
      Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran