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- June 1988
- Supplement
General Electric Co.: Jack Welch Question and Answer Session, October 28, 1987, Video
By: James L. Heskett
Jack Welch updates an MBA class on events which have taken place since 1984. Answers questions about his job and the task of leading a global company. View Details
Heskett, James L. "General Electric Co.: Jack Welch Question and Answer Session, October 28, 1987, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 888-525, June 1988.
- July 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Foxconn Technology Group (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Beiting Cheng
In 2010, Foxconn Technology Group, the largest and fastest growing multinational company in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry, came under public scrutiny after a string of employee suicides reached the international press. Although the company was... View Details
Keywords: Multinational; Labor Market; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Health & Wellness; Robots; Automation; Social Responsibility; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Stocks; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Capital Markets; Supply Chain Management; Safety; Environmental Accounting; Human Capital; Human Resources; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Beiting Cheng. "Foxconn Technology Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 112-002, July 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
continue to engage with government than users who did not receive such evidence. Class Matters: The Role of Social Class in High-Achieving Women's Career Narratives By: Clair,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1988 (Revised November 1990)
- Supplement
Precista Tools AG (B)
The family holds a meeting to talk about the future of the business. Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (C) in a one class period. View Details
Keywords: Family Business
Barnes, Louis B. "Precista Tools AG (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 488-047, April 1988. (Revised November 1990.)
- 2 Jun 2010
- Keynote Speech
Creating Shared Value
Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School spoke to an audience of senior corporate giving professionals at CECP's Corporate Philanthropy Summit on June 2, 2010 about the role of business in social and economic development.... View Details
Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Society; United States
Porter, Michael E. "Creating Shared Value." Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, New York, NY, June 2, 2010.
- Research Summary
Building Career Foundations
Building Career Foundations is a multi-dimensional longitudinal project that focuses on the career development of MBAs from HBS, the Class of 1996. Employing a relational approach to career development, Higgins... View Details
- September 2022
- Article
Giving a Buck or Making a Buck? Donations by Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to Independent Patient Assistance Charities
By: Leemore Dafny, Christopher Ody and Teresa Rokos
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits biopharmaceutical manufacturers from directly covering Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket spending for the drugs they manufacture, but manufacturers may donate to independent patient assistance charities and earmark donations... View Details
Keywords: Cost Sharing; Prescription Drugs; Drug Spending; Medicare; Dual Eligibility; Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Pharmaceutical Industry
Dafny, Leemore, Christopher Ody, and Teresa Rokos. "Giving a Buck or Making a Buck? Donations by Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to Independent Patient Assistance Charities." Health Affairs 41, no. 9 (September 2022).
- April 1995
- Supplement
Montague Corporation (B)
By: Norman A. Berg
Presents David Montague's evaluation of the progress so far and the basic problems that he believes prevent him from achieving higher sales. Designed as a class handout after discussion of the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Problems and Challenges; Bicycle Industry
Berg, Norman A. "Montague Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-143, April 1995.
- July 1989 (Revised August 1993)
- Supplement
Kanthal (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes actions taken by senior management of Kanthal after seeing the results of the newly installed account management system. Designed as a class handout. A rewritten version of an earlier case by the same author. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-003, July 1989. (Revised August 1993.)
- Article
How to Use Heuristics for Differential Privacy
By: Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Zhiwei Steven Wu
We develop theory for using heuristics to solve computationally hard problems in differential privacy. Heuristic approaches have enjoyed tremendous success in machine learning, for which performance can be empirically evaluated. However, privacy guarantees cannot be... View Details
Neel, Seth, Aaron Leon Roth, and Zhiwei Steven Wu. "How to Use Heuristics for Differential Privacy." Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) 60th (2019).
- February 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Ample Hills Creamery
By: Tom Eisenmann, Lindsay N. Hyde and Tom Quinn
Ample Hills Creamery started in 2010 as a temporary ice cream pushcart in Brooklyn, New York City. On the strength of inventive flavors and clever marketing, husband-and-wife founders Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna built a premium, artisanal dessert empire of 16 retail... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Business Growth and Maturation; Partners and Partnerships; Logistics; Profit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Food and Beverage Industry
Eisenmann, Tom, Lindsay N. Hyde, and Tom Quinn. "Ample Hills Creamery." Harvard Business School Case 822-073, February 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- June 2017
- Case
Harmonie Water: Refreshing the World Naturally
By: John A. Quelch and John L. Teopaco
The marketing director of Harmonie Mineral Water—the second-best selling bottled water in the world—is using findings from two project studies to assess how to establish a global brand identity for Harmonie via television advertising. He must decide what product... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Advertising; Marketing Communications; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A., and John L. Teopaco. "Harmonie Water: Refreshing the World Naturally." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-527, June 2017.
- June 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Procter & Gamble: Marketing Capabilities
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
P&G had become known and recognized as a marketing machine. It was the largest advertiser in the world, with 2010 spending of $8.68 billion. From the company's early exploitation of broadcast media (radio and television) for its soap products to more recent experiments... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Change Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Innovation Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ryan Johnson. "Procter & Gamble: Marketing Capabilities." Harvard Business School Case 311-117, June 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
- February 2020
- Supplement
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Christina R. Wing and John Masko
This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos’ other legal challenges and chronicles the final demise of the company in 2019. View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; California; United States
Hsieh, Nien-he, Christina R. Wing, and John Masko. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-091, February 2020.
- August 1993 (Revised August 2002)
- Exercise
Work Methods Design Exercise
Teams of students receive identical product design specifications, a sample unit of the product, and a series of assignment questions that entail time and motion studies, which they must both understand and perform before class discussion. In class, teams explain how... View Details
"Work Methods Design Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 694-026, August 1993. (Revised August 2002.)
- December 1996 (Revised December 2006)
- Background Note
Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering
By: Peter Tufano
Describes the content of the Corporate Financial Engineering (CFE) course at HBS. Used on the first day of class to let students know what the course will cover and the main ideas to be developed in CFE. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance
Tufano, Peter. "Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-053, December 1996. (Revised December 2006.)
- April 2001
- Supplement
Russell Reynolds Associates
By: Tarun Khanna
Features a presentation by Managing Directors Peter Drummond-Hay and Steve Scroggins of Russell Reynolds, to a class of MBA students at the Harvard Business School about the challenges of developing institutions of management and the labor market. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Russell Reynolds Associates." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-804, April 2001.
- March 2000
- Supplement
Charles Schwab Corporation, The: A Presentation by David Pottruck Co-CEO
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
David Pottruck, Co-CEO of Charles Schwab Corp., discusses the company's information technology and competitive strategy with an Executive Education (Program for Management Development) class at Harvard Business School, October 22, 1999. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Charles Schwab Corporation, The: A Presentation by David Pottruck Co-CEO." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 300-507, March 2000.
- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Stock Options; Stock Shares; Annual Reports; Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt." Harvard Business School Case 112-003, July 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 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
Jick, Todd D. "Alpha and Omega." Harvard Business School Case 488-003, June 1988. (Revised August 1988.)