Publications

Clubs

Future of Work Club

December 2011 (Revised September 2017)
Case

Domino's Pizza

By: David E. Bell, Phillip Andrews and Mary Shelman

Domino's Pizza is the world's second-largest pizza company with 9,436 stores globally, 95% of which are franchised. Domino's franchisees in the U.S. market were able to purchase fresh dough, cheese, pizza toppings, and other menu ingredients and store supplies directly... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

September 1999
Background Note

Learning from Projects: Note on Conducting a Postmortem Analysis

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Steven Sinofsky

Describes how firms can learn from projects through postmortem analysis. Focuses on the step-by-step process of preparing and running a postmortem meeting as it is done at Microsoft and other software developers. View Details

Keywords: Conferences; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Projects; Software; Information Technology Industry

March 1999
Case

Australia's Telstra Corporation (A): Going Public

By: W. Earl Sasser, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

Frank Blount is named CEO of Telstra, Australia's state-owned telecommunications giant. In preparation for its 1997 IPO, he must reorganize the company from an inefficient public entity into a lean, customer-driven organization. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Initial Public Offering; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Focus and Relationships; State Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Privatization; Telecommunications Industry; Australia

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June 1988 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Alpha and Omega

Students will read the case and prepare an action plan for class. In class the students will discuss their action plan for the formation of a new company. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Planning

02 Aug 2023
Video

Entrepreneurial Insights: Dimitri Dadiomov, Co-founder and CEO of Modern Treasury

13 May 2024
Video

Entrepreneurial Insights: Yichen Guo, Co-founder and CEO of CapGo

23 Jan 2024
Video

Entrepreneurial Insights: Daniel Ross, Co-founder of Headway

9 AM – 9 AM EST, 24 Jan 2018
HBS Online

HBX Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking Value in the Real World

Negotiation Mastery, Unlocking Value in the Real World, prepares you to close deals, maximize value creation, and resolve differences before they escalate. Target audience: HBS alumni and experienced colleagues; recommend to someone from your professional or personal... View Details

Article

Incorporating the Arts to Create Technical Leaders of the Future

By: Linda A. Hill

Engineering education should be reimagined to create a new generation of technical leaders prepared to dream, invent, and steward the future. These leaders of tomorrow will need to bridge business, engineering, and the arts. View Details

Keywords: Education; Engineering; Arts; Leadership Development

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February 1996 (Revised August 1998)
Exercise

Process Flow Design Exercise (C)

By: Janice H. Hammond

Provides detailed instructions for auditors to help them prepare for the factory demonstration day. Each audit position is described and a time line outlining responsibilities for the four phases of the simulation is provided. View Details

Keywords: Business Processes

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30 Jun 2015
Video

Commencement Time Lapse

October 2019
Teaching Note

Managing the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg

This teaching note has been prepared to assist instructors with teaching HBS Case Study 818-128 "Managing the Future of Work.' This case has been designed to introduce leaders from various sectors to the Future of Work, and to give them the analytical tools and... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Employment; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities

February 1993
Background Note

Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom

By: James E. Austin

Provides guidance for the preparation of teaching notes. Sets forth the rationale for teaching notes, what they should contain and why, and how they can be prepared. Based on the experiences of Harvard Business School faculty. View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Teaching

17 Apr 2014
News

How Literature Creates A More Moral Future CEO

16 Apr 2024
Video

Entrepreneurial Insights: Katie Spies, Fouder and CEO of Maev

December 2000 (Revised March 2003)
Case

Machinery International (B)

By: David F. Hawkins

An assistant is asked to prepare illustrative derivative and hedge accounting examples for the audit committee. Students are required to complete the examples. Teaching Purpose: Introduces students to the basics of derivative and hedge accounting. View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Machinery and Machining; Activity Based Costing and Management; Currency; Cost Management; Financial Statements; Construction Industry; Accounting Industry; United States