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- August 2018 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Revenue Recognition at HBP
By: Paul Healy and Siko Sikochi
In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills noted that the performance of Corporate Learning, one of HBP’s three business units, would be... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
Healy, Paul, and Siko Sikochi. "Revenue Recognition at HBP." Harvard Business School Case 119-029, August 2018. (Revised July 2020.)
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
The Weather Company
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
New CEO David Kenny transformed The Weather Company in less than two years from a primary identity as a cable television channel to a multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and... View Details
- January 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind
In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Elizabeth Kind. "Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth." Harvard Business School Case 813-147, January 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- July 2011
- Article
Kidney Paired Donation
By: C. Bradley Wallis, Kannan P. Samy, Alvin E. Roth and Michael A. Rees
Kidney paired donation (KPD) was first suggested in 1986, but it was not until 2000 when the first paired donation transplant was performed in the U.S. In the past decade, KPD has become the fastest growing source of transplantable kidneys, overcoming the barrier faced... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Success; Problems and Challenges; Programs; System; United States
Wallis, C. Bradley, Kannan P. Samy, Alvin E. Roth, and Michael A. Rees. "Kidney Paired Donation." Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation 26, no. 7 (July 2011): 2091–2099.
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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research
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- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
at how frequently we’re asked to give—by email, at the grocery store, by postcards, from community organizations—we can’t always say yes. So, the fact that people are looking for excuses not to give doesn’t necessarily mean they’re... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
so many images from going to visit factories. And then, Cleveland was a real melting pot. So almost every community that fled Europe after the First World and Second World Wars, and then also the Great Migration from the South when... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
leadership; ways the School can promote stronger, and more scalable, community building amongst its alumni in the future; and the implications of Generative AI for academia. The audience questions spanned several topics, including the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
the variety of sources of communications about the Prizes, the advent of new high-value awards, and the effects on the Nobel brand of recent troubling events in partner organizations. The “essence of the brand” is a focus. Includes brand... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
a second-hand truck for $120. This purchase set McLean on his lifelong career in the transportation industry. McLean soon began hauling dirt, produce, and other odds and ends for the farming community in Maxton, where reliable... View Details
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
7 Content Week - Implement: Communication and Structure Assess developer and user perspectives for bias, apply frameworks to communicate an innovation's value, and reflect on management skills for sustaining... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
that, but the effects are huge. And this is striking Brown and Black communities at a staggering, alarming rate. Frazier: Absolutely. Neeley: Unmasking is the right word. I want to pivot and ask you about George Floyd's devastating death.... View Details
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Leadership - Health Care
joining HBS, Krys worked as a health program developer and outreach coordinator in both Boston and Philadelphia. Outside of HBS, he enjoys spending time with his wife and cats. Lanika Clark Coordinator Lanika has been a Harvard Business School (HBS) View Details
- 20 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators
two-thirds of our innovation skills still come through learning—from first understanding the skill, then practicing it, and ultimately gaining confidence in our capacity to create. This is one reason that individuals who grow up in societies that promote View Details
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
business owner and tech entrepreneur from Arizona Programming & System Analysis, Biomedical Engineering, Estrella Mountain Community College Small Business Administration, Northern Arizona University Apply tools and frameworks to... View Details
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Katie Sadler
art scene. Above all, the community is unparalleled; I still go back to my high school, Forest Hills Northern, to visit my old teachers. What has changed about your understanding of leadership? While it’s important to have an opinion,... View Details
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Angela Q. Crispi | About
active in the School’s two capital campaigns, the most recent of which surpassed its $1 billion goal. Angela has held a succession of roles at HBS including serving on the MBA Admissions Board and directing the offices of Financial Aid, Housing, Registrar, Student... View Details
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Geography of Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
dramatically improves outcomes and controls health care costs. By expanding strategically and integrating with community providers, those already renowned for innovation and excellence and patient care can widen access, improve... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
"bridge the communications gap" between lawyers and managers. Sean Silverthorne: You argue that managers shouldn't just view the law as a compliance issue, but rather something that can be used actively to increase the firm's... View Details