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  • September 1989 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Depreciation at Delta and Pan Am

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Depreciation policies of Delta Air Lines and Pan Am Corp. are compared and contrasted against a summary of operating data from each airline. Questions with the case require projection of future depreciation on a new aircraft using the policies of each company. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Management Systems; Economic Growth; Policy; Cost; Financial Strategy; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Air Transportation Industry
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Bruns, William J., Jr. "Depreciation at Delta and Pan Am." Harvard Business School Case 190-035, September 1989. (Revised June 1993.)
  • 10 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points

Editor's note. Although he doesn't officially hold the title, Howard H. Stevenson is considered the father of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. After all, he invented the definition most in use today: "Entrepreneurship is the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Driving economic growth and job creation

capital, supporting more than $100 billion in lending to small businesses during her tenure. Heading up an agency of more than 3,000 employees, she prioritized overhauling and strengthening programs and... View Details
  • 2012
  • Discussion Paper

Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades

By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano
Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details
Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity; Quality; Economic Growth; Singapore
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Nomura, Koji, and Tomomichi Amano. "Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades." Discussion Paper, Keio Economic Observatory, 2012.
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

LinkedIn to connect with fellow HBS alumni Join local or global online networking groups Attend interactive webinars and follow up with speakers/fellow participants Related Resources Informal Communication View Details
  • July 2017 (Revised July 2018)
  • Case

Upwork: Creating the Human Cloud

By: Dylan Minor and David Yoffie
Stephane Kasriel, the new CEO of Upwork, the leading platform for freelance labor, needs to decide on how to redesign its business model. While the firm has been growing rapidly since the merger of Odesk and eLance, the newly combined firm continues to face problems of... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Platform; Platform Businesses; Technology; Business Model; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Labor
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Minor, Dylan, and David Yoffie. "Upwork: Creating the Human Cloud." Harvard Business School Case 718-402, July 2017. (Revised July 2018.)
  • 24 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

naming conventions. Perhaps the most pressing problem is the lack of a standardized software component naming schema. “Until one exists, strategies for software security, transparency, and more will have... View Details
Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
  • March 2021
  • Teaching Plan

The Black New Venture Competition

By: Karen G. Mills, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin A. Sinozich and Gabriella Elanbeck
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business, some stemming from deep systemic discrimination. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Startup; Start-up; Startup Financing; Financing; Startups; Start-ups; Business And Community; Business And Society; Business Growth; Discrimination; Women; Women-owned Businesses; African Americans; African-american Entrepreneurs; African-american Investors; African-American Protagonist; African-American Women; Early Stage Funding; Early Stage; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Innovation Competitions; Entrepreneurial Financing; Business Plan; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Small Business; Leadership; Information Technology; Competition
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Mills, Karen G., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin A. Sinozich, and Gabriella Elanbeck. "The Black New Venture Competition." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 821-094, March 2021.
  • 31 Mar 2023
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2023 HBS New Venture Competition: Bringing Out the Best in HBS Students and Alumni, With Ideas and Ventures to Change the World

  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models

By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
This handbook provides the first systematic attempt to generate a framework and industry-specific models for the measurement of impacts on customers and the environment from use of products and services, in monetary terms, that can then be reflected in financial... View Details
Keywords: Impact Measurement; Product Impact; Customer Welfare; Environment; ESG; Product; Customers; Well-being; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Accounting; Financial Statements; Analysis; Framework
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Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-141, June 2021.
  • December 2005 (Revised May 2007)
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Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Ingrid Vargas
Describes the start up of Viacord, a Boston-based medical services firm founded by Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA) in 1993. Told from Fisher's perspective, the entrepreneur details the conceptualization and launch of the business and the many obstacles and expenses faced in... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Service Industry; Health Industry; Boston
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Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Ingrid Vargas. "Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell." Harvard Business School Case 806-002, December 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
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Large Banks and Small Firm Lending

By: Vitaly Bord, Victoria Ivashina and Ryan D. Taliaferro
We examine the long-lasting effects of the 2007 real estate price collapse on small business credit supply. Banks affected by the decline in real estate prices systematically contracted their credit to small firms. At the same time, regional and local banks, many of... View Details
Keywords: Small Firms; Credit Supply; Banking Competition; Small Business; Credit; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Competition
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Bord, Vitaly, Victoria Ivashina, and Ryan D. Taliaferro. "Large Banks and Small Firm Lending." Journal of Financial Intermediation 48 (October 2021).

    Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment

    What’s behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge... View Details
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets

    We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax reform in Germany to explore the link between corporate governance and internal capital markets. We find that firms with more concentrated ownership are less diversified and have... View Details
    Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Taxation; Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Diversification; Germany
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    Sautner, Zacharias, and Belen Villalonga. "Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-100, May 2010.
    • September 2012
    • Case

    Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company

    By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
    Overview of the strategic re-orientation and diversification of Ringier, a Swiss based media company, as they confront the challenges of staying competitive and profitable in the new and increasingly digital media landscape. View Details
    Keywords: Media And Publishing; Publishing; Media; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Diversification; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Switzerland
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    Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company." Harvard Business School Case 713-423, September 2012.
    • 12 Feb 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency

    Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda; Computer
    • 02 Oct 2017
    • What Do You Think?

    Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

    persuade staff members that hedging both securities and commodities contracts was an acceptable investment strategy and not mere speculation. Eventually, we succeeded in... View Details
    Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services
    • September 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Can Goodr Fight Food Insecurity at Scale?

    By: William R. Kerr, Daniel Isenberg and Ria Mazumdar
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-143. View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneur; African-american Entrepreneurs; Food Waste; Food Insecurity
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    Kerr, William R., Daniel Isenberg, and Ria Mazumdar. "Can Goodr Fight Food Insecurity at Scale?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 823-045, September 2022.

      Eaton Corp.: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital

      In 2000, Eaton Corporation was broadly diversified industrial conglomerate.  But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed... View Details
      • March 2019
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      Open Source Software and Firm Productivity

      By: Frank Nagle
      As open source software (OSS) is increasingly used as a key input by firms, understanding its impact on productivity becomes critical. This study measures the firm-level productivity impact of nonpecuniary (free) OSS and finds a positive and significant value-added... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Performance Productivity; Information Technology; Strategy
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      Nagle, Frank. "Open Source Software and Firm Productivity." Management Science 65, no. 3 (March 2019): 1191–1215.
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