Publications

Research Summary

Great Negotiator Study Initiative

By: James K. Sebenius

What can be legitimately be learned from closely studying great negotiators at work? Since 2000, the Program on Negotiation (PON)—an active inter-university consortium mainly comprised of numerous faculty from across... View Details

25 Oct 2010
HBS Case

Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

preselected assortment. Q: The company did a serious amount of homework before entering the United States, including sending 50 British executives to live with California families. But it seems the advance team didn't learn all that it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Anywhere Sikochi : Recipient of a W. Edward and Kay M. Hastings Graduate Scholarship, 2012 and 2015. Eugene F. Soltes : Winner of the Best Paper Award at the 2015 California Corporate Finance Conference for “Being Surprised by the... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Tirtanadi structure the relationship between the two offices to maximize efficiency and impact? Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Law ; Management ; Social Enterprise ; Society ; Legal Services Industry ; United States ; California ; Los... View Details

January 2011 (Revised October 2014)
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Dropbox: 'It Just Works'

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Michael Pao and Lauren Barley

Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a "freemium" (free + premium offers) business model. The case recounts Dropbox's history from conception through... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Distribution; Product Design; Product Development; Internet; Service Industry; California

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

changes greatly reduced the canal's economic value to the United States: the dieselization of the railroads, the Interstate Highway System, and the rise of California as a market for its own natural resources. The first two meant that by... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

High School Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI NY Diana Rayappa Archbishop Molloy High School New York, NY ID Richard Raynor New Vision High School Post Falls, ID Subjects: U.S. Government, Government B CA Sean Reagan California High School... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors - MBA

serves on the board of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Harvard Business School California Research Center, and the Volunteer Council of the SETI Institute. Dan Nevius SB ’11, Electrical Engineering/Computer... View Details

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

insurance at a time and only pay for coverage on the days they actually drive. The high cost of the uninsured While 13 percent of drivers nationwide are uninsured, the problem is even worse in some states like California (17 percent),... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Physics Department. From January 1992 to September 1998 he served as the Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean of Engineering, as well as Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation Download Sant profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1931 Born, Los Angeles, California 1955 Earns BS, Business Management, Brigham Young University 1955... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

January 2023 (Revised June 2023)
Case

Replika: Embodying AI

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Shweta Bagai and Marilyn Morgan Westner

Replika was a virtual AI companion that provided a way for people to process their emotions, build connections in a safe environment, and get through periods of loneliness. The chatbot fulfilled a user's need for a friend, romantic partner, or purely an emotional... View Details

Keywords: AI; AI and Machine Learning; Applications and Software; Human Needs; California

September 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?

By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg

In late 2018, evidence emerged that many of Google’s temporary help agency workers, vendors, and independent contractors (“TVCs”) were unhappy with the company. TVCs, who reportedly made up 49.95% of Google’s 170,000-person global workforce, had raised concerns of... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

the case “Nestlé: The World’s Largest Food Company Confronts Climate Change” to explore how the company is striving to achieve its sustainability objectives without sacrificing short- term performance and shareholder value. The event was sponsored by the center and HBS... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Profile

Rachel H Chung

Southern California is home to the best food in the country, especially Korean food. I inherited being a foodie from my dad, and even after visiting 35+ states, I still think that LA is the mecca for foodies. View Details

February 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Case

The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta

It is March 2017, and TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Maya Chorengel,... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; California; San Francisco