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  • June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
  • Case

Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)

By: Debora L. Spar
In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Chemical Industry; United States; India
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  • January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
  • Case

Currency Crises

Briefly describes six historical currency crises. Presents actual data on 11 disguised countries and asks students to consider which is most likely to experience a crisis. View Details
Keywords: Currency; Problems and Challenges; Macroeconomics
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  • 25 May 2023
  • News

All the Words, All the Wisdom

  • 27 Apr 2023
  • Video

IFC Intro: Paul Gompers

  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

Startups are exciting to HBS MBA students for many reasons, including the opportunity for impact, exposure to multiple functions, and the ability to practice skills they are learning at HBS. But, why should a startup hire an HBS MBA?... View Details
Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship
  • May 2015
  • Teaching Note

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Pamela Sud
This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value. View Details
Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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  • 27 Apr 2015
  • News

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

  • 22 Mar 2018
  • News

More Companies Teach Workers What Colleges Don’t

  • 18 Feb 2020
  • Video

Industry Spotlight Series: Education

  • May 2021
  • Simulation

Customer Compatibility Exercise Application

By: Ryan W. Buell
Customers impose considerable variability on the operating systems of service organizations. They show up when they wish (arrival variability), they ask for different things (request variability), they vary in their willingness and ability to help themselves (effort... View Details
Keywords: Customer Compatibility; Customer Relationship Management; Strategy; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Performance Efficiency; Analysis; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science
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  • Web

Apply - Doctoral

Apply Apply APPLICATION DEADLINE Applications for Fall 2026 will open in September! Apply Introduce Yourself Our PhD programs train students to produce innovative, rigorous, and relevant research and encourage View Details
  • September 2003 (Revised September 2018)
  • Exercise

RetailMax: Role for Regan Kessel

By: Kathleen McGinn and Dina Witter
This exercise requires students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer, a star employee, and Regan Kessel, a VP trying to attract the MBA into his department. The exercise presents a one-issue, distributive negotiation that... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Retail Industry
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  • September 2003 (Revised October 2020)
  • Exercise

RetailMax: Role for Cam Archer

By: Kathleen McGinn and Dina Witter
This exercise requires students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer, a star employee, and Regan Kessel, a VP trying to attract the MBA into his department. The exercise presents a one-issue, distributive negotiation that... View Details
Keywords: BATNA; Decision Trees; Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Personal Development and Career; Retail Industry
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  • June 1992 (Revised May 1996)
  • Case

Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (B)

Provides an evaluation of the "Leadership Through Quality" effort at Xerox. The assessment includes both negative and positive factors based on extensive interviews and surveys. Based on this assessment, a plan of action is determined and presented which was endorsed... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Quality; Service Industry; Electronics Industry
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  • 21 Nov 2014
  • News

Pension Funds Lambaste Private-Equity Fees

  • 16 Dec 2008
  • News

The Innovation Economy

  • 11 Apr 2022
  • News

Why Don’t Wharton and Harvard Have Online MBA Programs?

  • 11 Aug 2016
  • Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would... View Details
Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

    Mihir A. Desai

    Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

    • 14 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    A PRIDE Farewell

    When we assumed our PRIDE co-president roles in the Spring of 2019, we could not have imagined the state of the world into which we would graduate. We imagined the halls of Aldrich bustling until the very last cold call, families gathering on Baker Lawn to celebrate... View Details