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  • 20 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

own drivers). Uber routinely frustrates regulators as much as it pleases consumers. It has fielded cease and desist orders from governments all over the world, often continuing operation even when ordered to stop. Yet venture capitalists... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance
  • Web

Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

documents, and materials by and about Stanley Pratt and the field of venture capital. The collection also includes Pratt's testimonies before various government institutions, his work on committees related to small business and venture... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

that of rigorous enforcer of management-science principles, could coexist with a more personable side, softened by the glow of Camelot. Decisions and policies had to be made regarding history-shaping issues such as the nuclear arms race,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
  • Teaching Note

Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; Alabama; United States
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  • 2010
  • Report

Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010

By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh and Do Hong Hanh
The 2010 Vietnam Competitiveness Report contains a broad assessment of Vietnam's current competitiveness, an analysis of the key challenges and opportunities ahead, and a proposal for an economic strategy to enable Vietnam to reach a higher level of sustainable growth.... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Labor; Industry Clusters; Performance Capacity; Performance Productivity; Competitive Strategy
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  • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Supplement

Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (C)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
After posting its first-ever quarterly loss in 2008, Goldman Sachs surpassed market expectations for the first quarter of 2009 but came under intensive fire for, among other things, announcing its intention to repay TARP thereby avoiding its compensation limitations. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Corporate Disclosure; Policy; Executive Compensation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
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  • October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
  • Case

Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and... View Details
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Rail Industry; United States
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  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

exploring the conditions under which investable tax credits may be the most effective mechanism to deliver a production subsidy and discusses the desirability of employing investable tax credits in other policy domains. Estimates of tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
  • Supplement

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (B)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia
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  • August 1993 (Revised April 1994)
  • Case

Flanders of Springfield

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
Flanders is a catalog merchandiser. Various decisions on catalog distribution policy, ordering and inventory policy, and catalog format design are considered. This was a final examination, and serves as a review for a number of topics in the course. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Policy; Distribution; Product Design; Supply Chain; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

a number of modifications to the current set of risk-based capital requirements, to the leverage ratio, and to the Federal Reserve’s stress-testing framework. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53243 forthcoming View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

His work with the GFI aims to accelerate the development of alternative proteins through international scientific research and innovation, industry investment, and public policy support—with a “global battle cry” for View Details
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

incentives, as tax policy is a blunt tool for a complicated problem. Here are two relevant links: For available empirical evidence: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b9b40fee-9236-11e2-851f-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2mwFbo8Gh For a different... View Details
Keywords: ask the expert; Finance
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

policy would be in the best interest of the United States, and what levers (if any) the U.S. government could pull in order to insure that such a policy would be carried out.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 1: HBS/HKS Faculty Reflections

slender sprout that was planted in the midst of the Great Recession has given flower to a strikingly successful, robust program that sets the standard globally for joint degree programs integrating business management and public policy... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

industry and gradually spreading elsewhere. Small, state-owned enterprises were slimmed down under Premier Zhu Rongji--basically cut loose and left to go bankrupt and be restructured--while the government focused on larger enterprises.... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

framework for understanding the links between manufacturing and innovation that will enable them to make better outsourcing decisions. They also detail how government must change its support of basic and applied scientific research and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

Tata & Sons helped revolutionize business practices in India. From instituting the eight-hour work day and paid leave to providing a retirement gratuity, Tata's policies created a standard to which other companies—and eventually... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

to realize, the investment horizon of hedge funds makes them unsuitable overseers of management. Firms that would benefit from modest changes in operating policy or governance, or for which a reduction in CEO pay is to be desired, are not... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

  Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract Tax policy toward American multinational firms would... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace