Publications

February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
Supplement

Mistry Architects (C)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha

This case is a follow-up to "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability (A)" (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-064). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu Mistry founded and run an architectural firm dedicated to being both client-oriented and environmentally responsible.... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Environmental Sustainability

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

in a special issue of Management Science. Ultimately, the authors believe, neither side is likely to be forced from the battlefield—Microsoft has too much market share and OSS offers too many benefits for users. But there are strategies... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

and physical assets, not creating social value." Higher-ambition leaders, as the authors call them, also make decisions about long-term relationships with all their stakeholders in mind. "Consider United Stationers' strategy of 'enabling... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

imprint, such as a strong corporate culture, should help individuals better evaluate future employers and recognize the ways in which that first career experience may shape not simply the skills they acquire, but also their assumptions... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

01 Apr 2001
News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

Barksdale Group and former CEO of Netscape; Hank Barry, CEO of Napster; Irwin Jacobs, chairman and CEO of QUALCOMM; and Carl Yankowski, CEO of Palm, Inc. Representatives from top venture-capital and consulting firms joined a diverse mix of View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

2020
Case

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Plastic has become essential to global day-to-day activities, yet it is also causing extreme environmental degradation. Many leaders in the plastics industry are starting to question its sustainability. This case presents insights into the future of the plastic... View Details

Keywords: Plastic Waste; Environmental Sustainability; Cooperation; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry

September 2018 (Revised June 2019)
Case

THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds

By: Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Nathaniel Schwalb

After much internal debate, THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world, has been engaged to assist... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Mission-Related Investing; Foundations; Investment; Venture Capital; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Investment Funds; Decision Making; Consulting Industry; Financial Services Industry; Denmark; Europe

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

competition.t Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708477 Databank in Africa Harvard Business School Case 708-478 This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Farah Ahmed

Going outside of her comfort zone, Farah Ahmed, MBA 2015, put nine hours of distance between herself and her family, her friends, and the corporate networking opportunities she would otherwise have in her company's Houston office, to gain... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

April 2025
Teaching Note

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 725-359. View Details

July 2024
Case

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche, Carlota Moniz and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Karl Lamprecht, President and CEO of the ZEISS AG Group, mused on how far ZEISS had come in 175 years of being a pioneer in optics, and how the course he had charted since taking the helm of the company could keep it on track. In his role, he oversaw the four core... View Details

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

leaders focus on the few things that produce results and experiences for the right customers; (3) the best service operating strategies don't require tradeoffs, so leaders foster "both/and" thinking in designing winning... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Eric Chavez

accounting, theories behind good leadership and corporate accountability. I want to be put into a leadership position that can drive sustainability. The HBS mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world really resonates... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech

Profile

Aaron Chadbourne

private and public leadership Interested in an education that combined business and law, Aaron applied to both HBS and HLS and received a one-year deferral.. That year, Aaron worked for the VIP Forum of the Corporate Executive Board in... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Faculty Updates

of Business Administration, Emeritus. Yoshino is an expert in the areas of global strategy and management, competitive strategy, and general management. He served as a director of Research twice — from 1987 to 1994 and from 1997 to 2002.... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

Self-published The Speculator’s Mosaic is a speculative investment book that details the hard-earned wisdom accumulated during five decades of speculation and portfolio management. Culled from a lifetime of successes—and failures—the book offers a detailed suite of... View Details

February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
Case

Boston.com

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust

How aggressively should an incumbent move when developing an online business that threatens its core product? With Internet competitors taking direct aim at the traditional print newspaper business model, the Boston Globe fought back with its own web initiative,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Change Management; Internet and the Web; Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States