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- November 2012
- Case
Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Penelope Rossano
The case relates to understanding and comparing the performance of two leading retail companies—Ahold and Tesco. The case introduces the tools of Dupont and Modified Dupont Decomposition. While performance as measured by return on equity has been similar for the two... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Penelope Rossano. "Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance." Harvard Business School Case 113-040, November 2012.
- May 2011
- Article
Challenge the Boss or Stand Down
By: W. Earl Sasser
This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this reprint is also available in two other versions: case study-only, reprint R1105X, and commentary-only, R1105Z. Tom Green, an aggressive young sales executive at self-service... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Conferences; Service Industry
Sasser, W. Earl. "Challenge the Boss or Stand Down." R1105M. Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).
- January 2011
- Case
Masdar and Tianjin: Eco-Cities
By: John D. Macomber
Compares Masdar City and Tianjin Eco-City, two high profile "sustainable cities." Each showcases technological and financial innovation. Is it real? Is it replicable and defensible? The case is intended to introduce main concepts and tradeoffs with respect to rapid... View Details
- January 2025 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade
The A case describes Colbún Chile’s plans for the Angostura dam in the Bío Bío River, a hydroelectric construction venture with major challenges given the region’s history of indigenous resistance. This context was especially unfavorable given the highly contentious... View Details
- Research Summary
Reforming Social Science
By: Max H. Bazerman
Social science research affects all of us. When researchers learned organ donation rates are higher in countries where human organs are automatically available for donation unless you specifically “opt-out” of the system, as opposed to countries like the U.S., where... View Details
- April 2023
- Article
Inattentive Inference
By: Thomas Graeber
This paper studies how people infer a state of the world from information structures that include additional, payoff-irrelevant states. For example, learning from a customer review about a product’s quality requires accounting for the reviewer’s otherwise irrelevant... View Details
Graeber, Thomas. "Inattentive Inference." Journal of the European Economic Association 21, no. 2 (April 2023): 560–592.
- September 2017
- Case
From 80 Thoreau to Mooncusser Fish House & Moon Bar (A)
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Sandra Bahous
After extensive planning, Ian Calhoun, (MBA 2010) who was also a chef trained in Paris at Le Cordon Bleu, and two co-founders launched 80 Thoreau, a “progressive fine dining” restaurant in Concord, Massachusetts, that became a local favorite as well as a special... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston; Cambridge
Goldberg, Lena G., and Sandra Bahous. "From 80 Thoreau to Mooncusser Fish House & Moon Bar (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-065, September 2017.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Exchange Rates and Firms
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on how firms identify, measure, and manage currency exposures. The cases first introduce students to foreign exchange exposures and the tools used to manage... View Details
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Exchange Rates and Firms." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-123, March 2006.
- 26 Nov 2013
- News
Managing People on a Sinking Ship
- 19 Oct 2021
- HBS Seminar
Cynthia Rudin, Duke University
- Web
Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and develop the project scope, develop key deliverables, conduct necessary analysis, and ultimately prepare recommendations for review. Projects run from October through April. Education Club The club aims to provide students with a platform for shared View Details
- Web
Academics - Health Care
student-initiated learning enables students to choose their faculty sponsor and the organization where they will work. Recent projects include: Quantifying the size of the medical tourism market Identifying applications for multiplex... View Details
David A. Thomas
David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change. He recently served as a... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Activity-Based Costing
calendar (once a quarter or annually), you get a much more accurate reflection of current conditions. Any time analysts learn about a significant shift in the costs of resources supplied or the practical capacity of those resources, or... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
companies more sustainably manage their water resources. Like all her favorite projects, it has the potential to help people on Earth using technology designed for space. “I’m using my interest in space technology by assessing how satellite imagery could combine with... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
academic studies on the periphery of HRM are beginning to adopt such a view. We argue that the HRM studies so far have given us much valuable learning but that the subject has now reached a point where we need to take a wider, more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
organizations successfully integrate new technologies into their operations. "In an industry context in which individual heroism and skill are assumed to be critical determinants of important outcomes," they write, "this study produces evidence that... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
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Client Success Stories
Long-Lasting Impact The world's top companies and organizations turn to Harvard Business School for assistance with challenges that demand a new level of skill, leadership, and inspiration from their executives. We help many different types of organizations create... View Details
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
In randomized control trials all over the world, instead of giving access to a loan, a one-time cash grant was found to have transformative impacts on livelihoods and businesses six months, one year, five years, 10 years later. We learned... View Details