Publications

January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (A)

By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter A. Hecht and Christopher Edward James Payton

In 1997, the U.S. Treasury was deciding whether to proceed with a proposal to issue inflation-indexed bonds. This case explores the challenges facing innovation in the financial markets as the Treasury tries to determine whether to introduce Treasury... View Details

Keywords: Inflation; Innovation; Federal Government; Securities; Debt Securities; Risk Management; Bonds; Investment Portfolio; Capital Markets; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; United States

February 2010
Case

Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel

By: Gary P. Pisano and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

In 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert sugarcane into both renewable fuels and renewable chemicals. The Amyris' marketing team was investigating the commercial interest for both types of products, while the... View Details

Keywords: Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Risk Management; Product Marketing; Product Development; Production; Environmental Sustainability; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Brazil

11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

choices that you're making today are going to affect the choices that you're going to make tomorrow." The findings “contrast with the idea that higher quality and more experienced job candidates are better shielded from labor market risks... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Apr 2003
What Do You Think?

Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

what some perceive to be a narrowing between the rewards and risks of such ventures? Whether because of reduced market expectations or increased transactional costs resulting from deteriorating international relations, tighter regulation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2025
News

Crucible: Relocation

Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details

Keywords: Zhang, Qian

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of InGenia Uruguay, an outsourcing and strategic consultancy services company based in Montevideo. Established in 2003, InGenia specializes in risk management for Uruguay’s financial sector.... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2024

is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging. The theme for ClimateCAP 2024 was Sustainability in Motion which... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

New Releases

the current system functioning, while leadership should inspire change. "It is possible to have too much or too little of either," Kotter writes. "Strong leadership with no management risks chaos," while "strong management with no... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

16 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 16

effectiveness because people were not accountable to each other for progress, did not have shared understanding of their work, and faced interpersonal risks when reaching out to other roles. The redesign introduced new mesolevel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

to take that risk with my portfolio because I'm taking a risk as it is. You just put a new level of risk in this whole thing." I have written a case called Zipcar, about... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

cause serious adverse effects, including more hospitalizations, life-threatening incidents, and deaths. The findings come at a time when regulatory agencies around the world are considering end-of-the-year emergency applications for COVID-19 vaccines developed with... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

March 2024
Simulation

'Storrowed'

By: Mitchell Weiss

The game was built to accompany "Storrowed": A Generative AI Exercise, available through Harvard Business Publishing. The game adds a timing element to "Storrowed" and enables the teacher to reward teams for strong prompts or penalize teams for believing AI... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty

May 2019
Case

Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

This short case provides an update to Elon Musk's strategy and tactical moves with Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX from 2016-2019. View Details

August 1998
Case

Record Masters

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz

Kent Dauten, a former general partner at the Chicago private equity firm of Madison Dearborn Partners, has engaged in a search to personally sponsor a buyout in which he can play an active management role. He has received a selling memorandum for Record Masters, a... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Leveraged Buyouts; Valuation; Negotiation Deal; Investment