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- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA
By: Richard Vietor
Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY--not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Initially proposed six years ago, in 2001, the wind farm would be... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Projects; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Community Relations; Public Opinion; Power and Influence; Energy Industry; Massachusetts
Vietor, Richard. "Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA." Harvard Business School Case 708-022, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
"CEO activism" can influence public opinion and consumer attitudes. Our field experiment examines the impact of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s public statements opposing a pending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
CEOs face difficult choices when deciding to speak out under the company's brand. Credit: fizkes Summing Up: Should Boards Specify Limits on CEO Activism? Opinions about suitable CEO activism—taking public... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
Summing Up Questions concerning grade disclosure, voluntary or not, elicited a great deal of response from those readers exposed to every facet of the issue. Opinion on the immediate issue of disclosure was evenly divided. But a third... View Details
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
Summing Up The predominance of opinions expressed a concern about what happened in Microsoft's dispute with the Government and laid the blame at the feet of both the company's leadership and of board members who either supported the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their core business. In the first study of this phenomenon, we investigate how CEO activism can influence public View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
that web-based businesses would benefit from such expert curators. On the web, options for products, services, and information are virtually endless, too. It's daunting for customers, and there's an increasing body of academic research showing that the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
way that rubbed people the wrong way or made them feel hurt,” he says. McCray had strong opinions on the case, but decided she would focus on listening and learning from the different perspectives of her classmates. In their trepidation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
school in one ranking fail to make the top five in others? The answer lies in the methods the publications use to evaluate schools. The big five — Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, the Financial Times, and the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
spending your time on disruptive innovations!" M. P. Singh, a manager in the public sector, suggests, "Expecting corporate culture to tolerate or encourage radical change or innovation is like expecting a country to encourage... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
impacts our communities and the ordinary people trying to address this unprecedented global challenge. “It is an effort to bridge the massive divide between what the experts know and public opinion in a way... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
third-party opinions about the credit-worthiness of a firm or a security. Over the past decades, the financial system has come to rely more and more on such ratings. For example, many institutional investors are legally obliged to hold... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
headquarters in Washington. You chose to become head of one of America's least popular institutions. Why? A number of factors had coalesced -- public discontent, mounting congressional criticism, technological advances, to name a few.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
(MBA 1986), founder of Second Opinion Wealth Management and author of five novels, including The Pell Heist (2018) and Windfall (forthcoming) MUST READ Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (And How to Fix It) by Tomas... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
inefficiencies and waste we document in our book could be eliminated by the adoption of meaningful campaign-finance reform. Unfortunately, the majority of the public does not press its leaders on this issue. Q: You discuss a number of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- October 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting All Boats, or Leveling Down?
By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella and Elena Corsi
Since 1978, Spain had struggled to control unemployment. The country’s labor law was protective of employees hired long-term and companies used temporary contracts as buffers. In 2012, amid economic recession and a 23.6% unemployment rate, a center-right government of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Labor Market; Unemployment; Recession; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; International Relations; Working Conditions; Employment; Labor Unions; Contracts; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Spain; European Union
Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella, and Elena Corsi. "The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting All Boats, or Leveling Down?" Harvard Business School Case 722-008, October 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Aligning Strategy and Sales By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract— Much current opinion asserts that strategy is less important (and may, in fact, be an impediment) in an era of constant change. This publication... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
Pundits love a political horse race, parsing the latest polls to predict who might win an election. And in the final runup to the US presidential contest, these forecasts can influence markets and shape public View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- November 2016
- Case
Pete & Gerry's
By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: ＂Pete ＆ Gerry's; ＂ Eggs; Egg Industry; Avian Flu; Cage Free; Free Range; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Industry Structure; Industry Evolution; Price Volatility; Small Business; Strategy Formulation; Branding; Marketing; Premium Brand; Growth; Consumer; Consumer Behavior; Animal Welfare; Retail; Grocery; Food Labeling; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Advertising Campaigns; Business Model; Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transition; Trends; Volatility; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Food; Ethics; Health; Problems and Challenges; Operations; Sales; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Public Opinion; Value; Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "Pete & Gerry's." Harvard Business School Case 517-048, November 2016.
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
separating corporate leaders from their rank-and-file workers has become a hot-button issue in the upcoming presidential election. And in public opinion polls, business moguls are cushioned from the bottom... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish