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- January 2000
- Article
Maxmin Expected Utility through Statewise Combinations
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Peter Klibanoff and Emre Ozdenoren
This paper provides an axiomatic foundation for a maxmin expected utility over a set of priors (MMEU) decision rule in an environment where the elements of choice are Savage acts. The key axioms are stated using statewise combinations as in Gul (1992). View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Peter Klibanoff, and Emre Ozdenoren. "Maxmin Expected Utility through Statewise Combinations." Economics Letters 66, no. 1 (January 2000): 49–54.
- Video
Dr. Silvia Gold
Dr. Silvia Gold, President of the Mundo Sano Foundation and co-founder of Grupo Insud, outlines her company’s experience with prior public health crises such as the H1N1 outbreak, which allowed them to rapidly license and start producing materials for the AstraZeneca... View Details
Steven C. Wheelwright
Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details
- Research Summary
Workforce Training and Development in Indian Companies
This study with Vivek Wadhwa and Gary Gereffi of Duke University sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation examines how 24 leading Indian companies have innovated in workforce training and development in the face of educational weaknesses and high-skilled... View Details
- 16 Feb 2017
- News
Growth uncertainty grips corporate boards: Survey
- Video
Dr. Silvia Gold
Dr. Silvia Gold, President of the Mundo Sano Foundation and co-founder of Grupo Insud, explains how patent expiration is important for innovation, recounting that her company has always won against large Western pharmaceutical companies that have sought legal action... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
One Love: Managing a Movement Against Relationship Violence
Keywords: Re: Thomas J. DeLong
- 20 Nov 2019
- Video
Shamlu Dudeja
Shamlu Dudeja, founder of Malika’s Kantha Collection and Chair of SHE Foundation based in Kolkata, India describes how she reinvented the traditional sewing craft of kantha to make luxury and art products. She... View Details
- June 19, 2023
- Article
Should You Start a Generative AI Company?
Many entrepreneurs are considering starting companies that leverage the latest generative AI technology, but they must ask themselves whether they have what it takes to compete on increasingly commoditized foundational models, or whether they should instead... View Details
De Freitas, Julian. "Should You Start a Generative AI Company?" Harvard Business Review (website) (June 19, 2023).
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Güler Sabancı
Güler Sabancı, CEO of one of Turkey’s largest family-owned business groups, Sabancı Holding, discusses the values of her group towards social responsibility. She talks about how the Sabanci Foundation was... View Details
- December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N.... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa
Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- 07 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant
being brought up in South LA are the foundation of my being, and I am proud to call South Central home. Yet, it was not often that I interacted with entrepreneurs or individuals who climbed up the ranks in the corporate world. Advanced... View Details
- February 2010
- Background Note
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Marketers frequently need to estimate the size of their markets—both for existing products so that sales forecasts can be developed and for new products so that market opportunities can be assessed. This toolkit enables students to size a market and generate a sales... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Size; Strategic Planning; Sales
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Jill Avery. "Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 510-081, February 2010.
- 2012
- Book
The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being
By: Scott Snook, Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion in the field of leadership education. This volume brings together leading international scholars across disciplines to chronicle the current state of leadership education and establish a solid foundation on which to grow... View Details
Keywords: Change; Business Education; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Management Style; Organizational Structure; Perspective; Diversification; Technology
Snook, Scott, Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, eds. The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2012.
- August 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Background Note
Emerging Networked Business Models: Lessons from the Field
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura
Provides an overview of the networked models that are revolutionizing market industries and the organizations that compete and do business within them. Teaching Purpose: To introduce students and executives to emerging networked models and to provide a foundation for... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Meredith Collura. "Emerging Networked Business Models: Lessons from the Field ." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-172, August 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- April 1996
- Case
Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group
Examines two dilemmas often faced by an operations consultant. First, the dual responsibility to both client and consulting firm. Second, the management of the often competing pressure to deliver immediate results, at the same time laying the foundation for long-term... View Details
Upton, David M., and Christine Steinman. "Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group." Harvard Business School Case 696-096, April 1996.
- 20 Nov 2019
- Video
Shamlu Dudeja
Shamlu Dudeja, founder of Malika’s Kantha Collection and Chair of SHE Foundation based in Kolkata, India describes how the revival of the kantha craft in Bengal, India, has improved the lives of artisans,... View Details
- 02 Jun 2010
- News