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- July 2015
- Background Note
The State of U.S. Public Health: Challenges and Trends
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Howard Koh and Pamela Yatsko
The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many Americans, the World Health Organization's definition of true health seems unattainable, given... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko. "The State of U.S. Public Health: Challenges and Trends." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-001, July 2015.
- 2003
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No. 28--Social Entrepreneurship and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?
By: James Austin, Howard H. Stevenson and Jane Wei-Skillern
- February 1990 (Revised November 1990)
- Case
Thunder Partners III
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Thomas M. Claflin II
Stevenson, Howard H., and Thomas M. Claflin II. "Thunder Partners III." Harvard Business School Case 390-028, February 1990. (Revised November 1990.)
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
pioneering work of Howard Raiffa and often expressed in the pages of the Negotiation Journal, the emergent prescriptive field of "negotiation analysis" progressively developed from Raiffa's early contributions to game theory and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance
chosen field is, paradoxically, a matter of accepting your limitations. A book excerpt by Harvard Business School's Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson. Key concepts include: If we value achievement and adopt celebrity standards, we will... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how Schultz and his team saved Starbucks from near collapse, by both executing a deep,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
"having more richness to it than other relationships."' And Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz illustrated the importance of the partnership to Starbucks when he said: "We have to weigh what's affordable against what... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
before. By the end of the course, they really get it." The BBCL course, developed by Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus Howard Stevenson, has been offered since 2008. Kraus taught the course last year when she was serving as an HBS... View Details
- Article
Health as a Way of Doing Business
By: Howard Koh, Sara J. Singer and Amy C. Edmondson
For too long, the worlds of business and health have been mired in a checkered, sometimes contentious, history. Millions of deaths worldwide can be attributed to risk factors including tobacco use, alcohol and drug misuse, and suboptimal dietary intake linked to... View Details
Koh, Howard, Sara J. Singer, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Health as a Way of Doing Business." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 321, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 33–34.
- October 2006
- Article
The Tools of Cooperation and Change
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Matt Marx and Howard H. Stevenson
Christensen, Clayton M., Matt Marx, and Howard H. Stevenson. "The Tools of Cooperation and Change." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2006).
- December 1999
- Article
The Core Ideas for Better Decision-Making
By: John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa
Keywords: Decision Making
Hammond, John S., Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa. "The Core Ideas for Better Decision-Making." OR/MS Today 25, no. 6 (December 1999): 8–9.
- 1995
- Working Paper
The Path-Dependent Evolution of Organizations
By: Michael C. Moldoveanu, Nitin Nohria and Howard H. Stevenson
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
promising area, XTV recruited Howard Shao and John Newton, both former engineering executives at the Ingress Corporation (a relational database manufacturer), to lead the technical effort. Shao spent the first six months assessing the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
steps to re-virtualize the company under his leadership. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813057-PDF-ENG Peter Jepsen Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Jim SharpeHarvard Business School Case 813-046 Peter Jepsen, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
Davis Boatworks
By: Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and Matthew C. Lieb
A successful entrepreneur is considering his need for growth financing and his desire to achieve some personal liquidity. He has arguably the most successful sportfishing boat made, but sees the need both to grow further and to reduce his personal exposure to a... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Personal Finance; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., Michael J. Roberts, and Matthew C. Lieb. "Davis Boatworks." Harvard Business School Case 899-248, April 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- August 1996
- Exercise
Financial Investigation Group Exercise
By: William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson and Andrew S. Janower
Keywords: Finance
Sahlman, William A., Howard H. Stevenson, and Andrew S. Janower. "Financial Investigation Group Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 897-008, August 1996.
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
working definition of entrepreneurship is Howard Stevenson's assertion that entrepreneurship is "the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources controlled." If this is correct, then most entrepreneurs, after figuring out what... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
revised version to ensure it could not justify discrimination against gay and lesbian customers. But the results of a CEO climbing into the bully pulpit don’t always work out as intended. As Chatterji notes, “Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
New Line of Inquiry By: Moss, David, Anant Thaker, and Howard Rudnick Abstract—The substantial increase in inequality in the United States over the past three decades has provoked considerable debate, with some analysts characterizing... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino