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- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
regulatory requirements—thus preserving the legal right to keep operating the company. It also can mean preventing damage to the brand. Corporate investment in environmental sustainability can help the brand as well as the bottom line.... View Details
- March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Since its creation in 1964, executive search firm Egon Zehnder International (EZI) marketed its consultants as "generalists." As searches became more global and industry-specific in the 1990s, CEO Daniel Meiland decided the firm needed to offer specialized services. By... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Global Strategy; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups." Harvard Business School Case 398-052, March 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
has also begun helping employers meet their workers’ complex care issues by offering an upgrade from existing solutions such as elder care services or employee assistance programs (EAP), the latter of which essentially provide access to a... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
industry like taxicabs. It can fight hard to get the rules changed,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and chair and director of the Harvard University... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Curb Your Overconfidence
an article appearing in the January issue of Negotiation, an HBS Publishing newsletter. While overconfidence is a fundamental human bias, in the workplace it can lead to adverse consequences, says Bazerman. He poses this real-world dilemma: “You are the chief View Details
- July 2003 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
FrontPoint Partners
By: Jay O. Light
A hedge fund platform, a new and unique kind of asset management firm, contemplates various client markets for its services. View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Investment; Demand and Consumers; Digital Platforms; Service Delivery; Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O. "FrontPoint Partners." Harvard Business School Case 204-020, July 2003. (Revised June 2010.)
- March 1981 (Revised October 1984)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: Indonesia
Evaluates the market opportunities and risks by Corning and International Finance Corporation in Indonesia. View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Financial Services Industry; Indonesia
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Corning Glass Works: Indonesia." Harvard Business School Case 381-119, March 1981. (Revised October 1984.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Palo Alto, CA Business management software, solutions, and services Lionel Bony (MBA 2006) Rocky Mountain Institute Snowmass and Boulder, CO Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Cyberposium 16
The company wasn’t running on fumes, the fumes were gone,” said Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy (MBA ’85), describing his first desperate days at the firm that has now become a wildly successful online personalized radio service with 65 million... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
readers weighed in on a question posed by KitNipBox cofounder and CEO Deena Malkina (MBA 2008): How could the monthly subscription service for cat owners erect sustainable barriers to entry to the market and secure a market leadership... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
Site Credits - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
- 1999
- Chapter
The Global Financial System Project
By: Robert C. Merton and Peter Tufano
Keywords: International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Projects; Banking Industry; Banking Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Peter Tufano. "The Global Financial System Project." In The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995, edited by T. K. McCraw and J. L. Cruikshank. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- January 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Lawyers & Leases
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Profiles Rajath Chaundry, an aspiring entrepreneur, as he attempts to secure office space for his growing team, select a lawyer, and continue to build his fledgling enterprise, eLearning.com. Designed to be used in an entrepreneurial management or small business course... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Intellectual Property; Management Succession; Leasing; Negotiation; Education Industry; Education Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Lawyers & Leases." Harvard Business School Case 801-166, January 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
Decision-making and governance processes, which determine either a "yes" or a "no," can differ widely from culture to culture, not just in terms of legal technicalities but also in terms of behaviors and core beliefs.... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- Profile
Anddria Clack
business in college, I held internships across a variety of industries (including media, oil, and financial services) every summer, and held full-time positions at two Fortune 100 companies before attending HBS. The opportunity to learn... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children
Kayla Brochu (MBA/JD 1999) deployed business and legal strategies to combat some of the world's worst crimes as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Expert on Technology-Facilitated Child Abuse, Exploitation, and Trafficking.... View Details
- June 2009
- Teaching Note
Online Restaurant Promotions
By: Benjamin Edelman
Teaching Note for [909034]. View Details
- September 1976 (Revised January 1977)
- Case
Del Norte Paper Co. (C)
Designed to serve two roles: first, it provides a reasonably comprehensive description of an ongoing capital budgeting system for the international operations of a large American company. Second, it allows the student to focus upon and critically analyze a series of... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; International Relations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goals and Objectives; Service Delivery; Business Subsidiaries; Performance Evaluation; Performance Expectations; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Del Norte Paper Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 177-036, September 1976. (Revised January 1977.)
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Strategists analyze market forces—great strategists also look beyond the market
Traditionally, corporate strategists define industry structure, competitive positions, resources, and knowledge flows as the key sources of competitive advantage. Within these sources, they look for areas of opportunity in the market that... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
administration and is a reaction to the Chinese Communist Party’s own perception of insecurity at home and in the global economy. Increasing restrictions to transnational commerce in and with China are best understood in terms of security dilemma dynamics. View Details