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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
required 807,615, despite a reported personal investment of $5.2 million. Breaking up California, Draper reasons, would essentially offer a chance to return to first principles and get a fresh perspective on state government’s shape and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 Oct 2019
- News
The Race for Space, and the Invasion of the Electric Scooters
- 08 May 2015
- News
An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
Do corporations do well by doing good? Or do firms that engage in environmental and social initiatives destroy shareholder wealth? George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, has studied how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
said at the time to be the world’s biggest — by focusing on organizational, technology, and global competitiveness issues. From 1998 to 2004, he served as the firm’s chairman. Donald P. Nielsen (MBA ’63) view full profile Nielsen is the... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Seer of Wellesley Hills: Roger Babson and the Babson Statistical Organization
Roger Babson was a pioneer of the business-forecasting industry in the United States in the early twentieth century. He built the largest private economic forecasting agency in the period and published a great range of economic statistics in his weekly newsletters. As... View Details
- 21 Oct 2016
- News
The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable
- December 2009
- Article
Aspects of the Political Economy of Development and Synthetic Biology
By: Rachel Wellhausen and Gautam Mukunda
Wellhausen, Rachel, and Gautam Mukunda. "Aspects of the Political Economy of Development and Synthetic Biology." Systems and Synthetic Biology 3, nos. 1-4 (December 2009): 115–123.
- Fast Answer
Cost of living data
produced C2ER, Council for Community and Economic Research.. International Comparisons: SalaryExpert Cost of Living... View Details
- Web
The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
him an early awareness of the stark economic discrepancies between residents living in luxury high-rises just a few hundred feet from those surviving in slums. “The statistical unlikelihood View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- December 2015
- Article
Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises
By: Julie Battilana, Metin Sengul, Anne-Claire Pache and Jacob Model
We examine the factors that influence the social performance of hybrid organizations that pursue a social mission, and sustain their operations through commercial activities, by studying work integration social enterprises (WISEs). We argue that social imprinting and... View Details
Keywords: Hybrid Organizations; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Organizations; Performance Productivity
Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul, Anne-Claire Pache, and Jacob Model. "Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises." Academy of Management Journal 58, no. 6 (December 2015): 1658–1685.
- October 2024
- Article
Strategic Decision Making at Platform Transitions: The Case of Nokia (2010-2011).
By: Timo O. Vuori and Michael Tushman
We studied Nokia’s decision to adopt the Windows platform in 2011 to induce new theory on the emotional dynamics of incumbent firms’ strategic decision making at platform transitions. We find that platform companies’ entry into an established industry activates a... View Details
Vuori, Timo O., and Michael Tushman. "Strategic Decision Making at Platform Transitions: The Case of Nokia (2010-2011)." Strategic Management Journal 45, no. 10 (October 2024): 2018–2062.
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Games in Barcelona in 1992. With its dream in hand and the Olympics in its pocket, Atlanta quickly turned to Frazier to lead its implementation effort. In 1991t. In 1991, ACOG and Frazier began the planning and organizational process that will culminate in sixteen days... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- June 2025
- Article
Transitory and Permanent Cash Flow Shocks in Debt Contract Design
By: Le Ma, Anywhere Sikochi and Yajun Xiao
We examine how lenders design contracts to account for transitory and permanent cash flow shocks facing borrowers. We find that volatile transitory cash flow shocks are associated with fewer liquidity covenants, indicating financial flexibility that enables firms to... View Details
Keywords: Debt Covenants; Cash Flow Shocks; Debt Contracting; Likelihood Of Default; Cash Flow; System Shocks
Ma, Le, Anywhere Sikochi, and Yajun Xiao. "Transitory and Permanent Cash Flow Shocks in Debt Contract Design." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 60, no. 4 (June 2025): 1925–1964.
- December 2020
- Article
The Parable of the Auctioneer: Complexity in Paul R. Milgrom's Discovering Prices
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alexander Teytelboym
Designing marketplaces in complex settings requires both novel economic theory and real-world engineering, often drawing upon ideas from fields such as computer science and operations research. In Discovering Prices, Milgrom (2017) explains the theory and design... View Details
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Alexander Teytelboym. "The Parable of the Auctioneer: Complexity in Paul R. Milgrom's Discovering Prices." Journal of Economic Literature 58, no. 4 (December 2020): 1180–1196.
- November 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Background Note
Mental Health and the American Workplace
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Mental illness has been described as an epidemic affecting nearly a quarter of all Americans in their lifetimes, often during their most productive working years. Managers who can design organizations that maximize mental health can minimize these risks and boost... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Productivity; Competitiveness; Stress Management; Depression; Absenteeism; Presenteeism; Work Culture; Business or Company Management; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity; Organizational Culture; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Mental Health and the American Workplace." Harvard Business School Background Note 515-062, November 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
the second, protagonist Anne Mulcahy, then COO of Xerox, copes with possible bankruptcy, an SEC investigation, and dwindling morale. An interdisciplinary group of senior faculty spent a year developing LCA... View Details
- 1962
- Book
Spearheads of Democracy: The Role of Labor in Developing Countries
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. Spearheads of Democracy: The Role of Labor in Developing Countries. Harper & Row, 1962.
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Joseph J. Spengler Award for "Best Book in History of Economics"
- July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles
By: Geoffrey Jones and Megumi Takada
This case examines the entrepreneurial career of Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-born Japanese entrepreneur who pioneered instant boodles with his Chicken Ramen (1958) and Cup Noodle (1971) products. It begins by reviewing his many previous unsuccessful ventures,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Failure; Success; Globalization; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey, and Megumi Takada. "Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles." Harvard Business School Case 320-006, July 2019. (Revised November 2022.)