Publications

September 1983 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Orthoteks USA (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

A series on implementing strategy as the head of the U.S. subsidiary of a successful Swiss medical products firm. Traces the actions of the CEO over a four year period and highlights his negotiations with the Swiss parent and the way functional components of the... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Style; Agreements and Arrangements; Strategy; Health Industry; Switzerland; United States

Educators

March 1979 (Revised December 1982)
Case

Allied Chemical Corp. (B)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Describes Allied's cooperative approach to government relations and the approach of some of the regulatory agencies Allied deals with. Based mainly on quotes from Allied and government officials. Asks the student to evaluate Allied's government relations--in general... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Cooperation; Chemical Industry

Educators

April 1992 (Revised July 1993)
Case

Conoco's: "Green" Oil Strategy (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Conoco faces challenges in formulating a proactive environmental strategy for its proposed oil development in Ecuador's pristine tropical rain forest region. The case outlines the innovative process in which Conoco collaborated with a wide range of often conflicting... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict Management; Ecuador

Educators

October 1984
Background Note

Goals: The Problem of Balancing Multiple Constituencies

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Problems and Challenges; Balance and Stability

September 1984
Background Note

Balancing General Management Responsibilities

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes

01 Dec 2000
News

Faculty News

Associate Professor of Business Administration Joseph B. Lassiter Professor of Management Practice Paul W. Marshall Professor of Management Practice Ashish Nanda Associate Professor of Business Administration Forest View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2021
News

Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path

commitments. Hsieh, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration and the Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow, guides students through some of the most challenging dilemmas in the business world. In... View Details

September 1983 (Revised July 1986)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (C)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

September 1983 (Revised September 1985)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (B2)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; United States

November 1984
Background Note

Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Innovation Leadership

October 1984
Background Note

Allocating Resources

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Resource Allocation

May 2024
Teaching Note

Lina Khan at the FTC: Redefining Antitrust in the Age of Big Tech

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Susan Pinckney

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-018. View Details

Article

A 680,000-Person Megastudy of Nudges to Encourage Vaccination in Pharmacies

By: Katherine L. Milkman, Linnea Gandhi, Mitesh S. Patel, Heather N. Graci, Dena M. Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Jake Rothschild, Jonathan E. Bogard, Ilana Brody, Christopher F. Chabris, Edward Chang, Gretchen B. Chapman, Jennifer E. Dannals, Noah J. Goldstein, Amir Goren, Hal Hershfield, Alex Hirsch, Jillian Hmurovic, Samantha Horn, Dean Karlan, Ariella S. Kristal, Cait Lamberton, Michael N. Meyer, Allison H. Oakes, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Maheen Shermohammed, Jaochim H. Talloen, Caleb Warren, Ashley V. Whillans, Kuldeep N. Yadav, Julian J. Zlatev, Ron Berman, Chalanda N. Evans, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, Nina Mazar, Sendhil Mullainathan, Christopher K. Snider, Jann Spiess, Eli Tsukayama, Lyle Ungar, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp and Angela L. Duckworth

Encouraging vaccination is a pressing policy problem. To assess whether text-based reminders can encourage pharmacy vaccination and what kinds of messages work best, we conducted a megastudy. We randomly assigned 689,693 Walmart pharmacy patients to receive one of 22... View Details

Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccines; Nudges; Communication Strategy; Communication Technology; Consumer Behavior; Health Care and Treatment