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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources
wisely to meet those needs. The board, a diverse group of almost fifty MBA, Doctoral, and Executive Education graduates, works with the School’s leadership to develop programs and resources for alumni. Over... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
agree that Patterson needs to broaden his reader base, and that the publishing industry should get away from the agricultural or "broadcast" mode of marketing, which provides little feedback on what View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
social impact is important and deeply satisfying for many alumni. That’s what we’re interested in understanding and sharing, for the benefit of students who are looking for role models as well as for alumni who are eager to make a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
- February 2013
- Case
Diamond Foods, Inc.
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray
The Diamonds Foods, Inc. case describes the major accounting blow up at the company in late 2011 that was triggered by a report by Off Wall Street, a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a walnut farmers'... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Short Selling; Revenue Recognition; Board Of Directors; Audit Committees; Auditing; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Agribusiness; Accrual Accounting; Earnings Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Revenue; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California; Cambridge
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Tim Gray. "Diamond Foods, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 113-055, February 2013.
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
contribute to decision theory and management. Their work most applicable to business, however, was often overshadowed by that of economists. But as the assumptions of rational... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 04 Dec 2023 My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service Rhea Choudhury Author MBA Students tag Nonprofit / Government Student & Alumni Stories Summer Internships Hi all, my name is Rhea! I was lucky enough to View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
of Cote and his leadership team and asks them to consider the choices they would have made in the face of the extreme uncertainty surrounding future business conditions in the... View Details
- March 2022
- Article
Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinician Ambulatory Electronic Health Record Use
By: A Jay Holmgren, Lance Downing, Mitchell Tang, Christopher Sharp, Christopher Longhurst and Robert S. Huckman
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic changed clinician electronic health record (EHR) work in a multitude of ways. To evaluate how, we measure ambulatory clinician EHR use in the United States throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials and Methods: We use EHR... View Details
Materials and Methods: We use EHR... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Electronic Health Records; Productivity; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; United States
Holmgren, A Jay, Lance Downing, Mitchell Tang, Christopher Sharp, Christopher Longhurst, and Robert S. Huckman. "Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinician Ambulatory Electronic Health Record Use." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 29, no. 3 (March 2022): 453–460.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Post-market Surveillance of Software Medical Devices: Evidence from Regulatory Data
By: Alexander O. Everhart and Ariel D. Stern
Medical devices increasingly include software components, which facilitate remote patient monitoring. The introduction of software into previously analog medical devices as well as innovation in software-driven devices may introduce new safety concerns—all the more so... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Safety; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Everhart, Alexander O., and Ariel D. Stern. "Post-market Surveillance of Software Medical Devices: Evidence from Regulatory Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-035, November 2022.
- January 2018
- Article
The Effect of Cost Sharing on an Employee Weight Loss Program: A Randomized Trial
By: Leslie K. John, Andrea Troxel, William Yancy, Joelle Y. Friedman, Jingsan Zhu, Lin Yang, Robert Galvin, Karen Miller-Kovach, Scott Halpern, George Loewenstein and Kevin Volpp
Purpose: We tested the effects of employer subsidies on employee enrollment, attendance, and weight loss in a nationally-available weight management program.
Design: A randomized trial tested the impact of employer subsidy: 100%; 80% 50% and a hybrid 50% subsidy... View Details
Design: A randomized trial tested the impact of employer subsidy: 100%; 80% 50% and a hybrid 50% subsidy... View Details
Keywords: Affordable Care Act (ACA); Subsidies; Weight Loss; Obesity; Incentives; Behavioral Economics; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; United States
John, Leslie K., Andrea Troxel, William Yancy, Joelle Y. Friedman, Jingsan Zhu, Lin Yang, Robert Galvin, Karen Miller-Kovach, Scott Halpern, George Loewenstein, and Kevin Volpp. "The Effect of Cost Sharing on an Employee Weight Loss Program: A Randomized Trial." American Journal of Health Promotion 32, no. 1 (January 2018): 170–176.
- Third Quarter 2022
- Article
How Global Upheaval Influences Board Decision-Making: What Is the Effect of Cold War II on Corporate Governance?
What should boards and companies do or not do when confronting the impact of geopolitical crises? It may be helpful to consider the broader context giving rise to these issues, namely why we’re in the situation, the lessons we’re learning about geopolitical risk in... View Details
Montelongo, Michael. "How Global Upheaval Influences Board Decision-Making: What Is the Effect of Cold War II on Corporate Governance?" Directors & Boards 46, no. 5 (Third Quarter 2022): 30–31.
- October 2019
- Case
A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Ellen J. Kullman, the retired Chairman and CEO of DuPont, describes how she guided the storied science and technology company through a contentious proxy battle with activist investor Trian Partners, which acquired DuPont shares in 2013 and sought to break up the... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Transformation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015." Harvard Business School Case 320-017, October 2019.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading the way in times of crisis
After an unsuccessful run for mayor of New York in 2013, Lhota is now chief of staff at New York University Langone Medical Center, where he works closely with the CEO... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events
networking reception in New York City in January at Ten Degrees bringing together alumni working in the energy sector and current students to discuss the future of the... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
The Value of an MBA in Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital
Do you currently work in tech, entrepreneurship, or venture capital? Or, do you aspire to work in these dynamic sectors in the future? If you find yourself in either of these... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
pitfalls in the future? Many of our cases were about Western figures — such as Isaac Singer of Singer sewing machine or famed designer Coco Chanel. They were great, rapturous stories. But as GDP... View Details
- December 2014
- Article
The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty
By: Tiziana Casciaro, Francesca Gino and Maryam Kouchaki
To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences for an individual's morality. Unlike... View Details
Keywords: Networking; Morality; Dirtiness; Power; Networks; Moral Sensibility; Identity; Power and Influence
Casciaro, Tiziana, Francesca Gino, and Maryam Kouchaki. "The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty." Administrative Science Quarterly 59, no. 4 (December 2014): 705–735.
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Harvard Club of Boston Hits Historic Milestone
Boston frequently work together to host joint events. For those HBS alumni who belong to both, it’s a dual centennial year. Visit the Harvard Club at www.harvardclub.com and the HBS Association of Boston at... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
Associate Professor George Serafeim (photo by Susan Young) Michael E. Porter was an associate professor at HBS when he first developed his now-renowned five forces framework for strategy. Likewise, Clayton M. Christensen advanced the concept View Details