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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
Associate Professor Willis Emmons's work in the area of government policy and business. In Praise of Predictability "It used to be that if you worked hard and kept your nose... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
promote entrepreneurial activities have struggled to date. A lot of times, it’s probably fair to say that there are well-meaning government officials who don’t really understand the intricacies of the process and make poor View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
deep resolve to take care of the men and women of the US Armed Forces. I saw the impact on the ground of policy decisions that were being made in Washington. And I saw that the... View Details
- 20 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
Policy team. In that role, I developed and analyzed Lyft policy positions on future of work and emerging technology View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
and environmental policy—were to their choice. Meanwhile, people who had voted for Hillary Clinton were asked how important they thought these policy issues were to “an average... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
largely tied to the discrimination many LGBTQ+ folks face), and providing sufficient parental leave for parents of all genders.” They also highlighted the importance of creating inclusive policies that do... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
to shake the effects of some lousy weather. “I think the reason why this paper is important, especially now, is that unions are a hotly debated issue within policy and within... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
job and getting banned from serving as an executive or director at any other company for five years. This consensual workplace relationship—forbidden under the iconic fast-food chain’s fraternization policy... View Details
- Web
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog
evaluation practices, to governing for excellence. The module concludes with cases that shift towards indirect approaches to scale via policy and mindset shifts. Understanding Complex Challenges &... View Details
- January 1973 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Tyler Abrasives, Inc.
Involves multinational pricing policy. Should a multinational industrial products supplier, with plants on several continents, grant a single worldwide price on given products to multinational customers who purchase on several continents? If so, what should the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Marketing Strategy; Price; Multinational Firms and Management; Sales; Industrial Products Industry
Sorenson, Ralph Z. "Tyler Abrasives, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 573-039, January 1973. (Revised March 2006.)
- June 2018
- Case
American Airlines' Value Pricing (Abridged)
By: Alvin J. Silk and Sunil Gupta
This is an abridged version of the 1992 case where American Airlines (AA) launched "Value Pricing" in an attempt to simplify the pricing structure of the airline industry. AA expected that this plan would benefit not only consumers, but also AA and the entire airline... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Marketing; Market Segmentation; Pricing; Pricing Strategy; Demand Analysis; Competition; Marketing; Segmentation; Price; Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Analysis; Air Transportation Industry
Silk, Alvin J., and Sunil Gupta. "American Airlines' Value Pricing (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 519-019, June 2018.
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
corporate attention than employee, consumer, and environmental health. In a survey of more than 80 companies attending the Building a Culture of Health conference at Harvard Business School in April 2016, a lower percentage of respondents... View Details
- Web
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
the alignment of tactics required to drive performance across a range of business activities. Case Students will develop implementation approaches for existing business problems in each module. The course will illustrate how difficult projects get done, how View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
connect alumni and friends with fellow alumni, faculty members, and other experts around a variety of issues related to the pandemic. Highlights of their efforts include the... View Details
- April 1981 (Revised January 1987)
- Case
Atlantic Aviation Corp.: Westwind Division
Raises issues on monitoring and controlling flight demonstration costs for the Westwind business jet. Atlantic's marketing vice president is concerned about rising demonstration costs, but doesn't wish to deny solid prospects an evaluation ride. He asks the general... View Details
Bonoma, Thomas V. "Atlantic Aviation Corp.: Westwind Division." Harvard Business School Case 581-142, April 1981. (Revised January 1987.)
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
was uncomfortable with many of the assumptions being made, because they had a blame-the-victim quality that I didn't like and I didn't identify with. I was trying to speak out about that, and as a... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
between Florida and Georgia, and some are among water districts within a single state, such as California. Shankar has worked on this issue as well, coauthoring the water View Details
- Article
How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva
We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S. income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only... View Details
Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva. "How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments." American Economic Review 105, no. 4 (April 2015): 1478–1508.