Publications

April 1992 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Grappling with Garbage: The Bandung Municipal Cleansing Enterprise, P.D. Kerbersihan

Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Environmental Sustainability; Indonesia

April 1992 (Revised August 1993)
Case

Clipper Ventures, Inc.

1997
Working Paper

Social Enterprise Series No.4: Business Leadership Lessons from the Cleveland Turnaround

2001
Working Paper

Social Enterprise Series No. 22: Marketing's Role in Cross-Sector Collaboration

April 1991 (Revised February 1997)
Case

MAVESA

April 1990 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Abridged)

Keywords: Aerospace Industry; Brazil

April 1990 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Daidong Mould & Injection Co. (Abridged)

April 1990 (Revised December 1992)
Case

Cut Flower Industry in Colombia (Abridged)

The Colombian Cut Flower Exporting Association faces several problems concerning local government regulations and import restrictions from the U.S. government. The Colombian Export Promotion Agency also faces decisions as to its policy stance toward the industry. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Business or Company Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Colombia

April 1990 (Revised November 1992)
Case

Packages Ltd. (Abridged)

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

negotiation has become a key part of daily management. "Instead of being an important skill for special occasions - making deals and managing disputes - negotiation is increasingly a way of life for managers," notes James K. Sebenius, the... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Feb 1999
News

Newman's Own Brand of Charity

Newman's Own, Inc., lunched with Dean Kim B. Clark, and fielded students' questions at an informal hour-long gathering sponsored by the Social Enterprise Club. The case, written by Initiative on Social Enterprise chair Professor James... View Details

Web

Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Consequences of Financial Models Anderson, James E. "Quotas as Options: Optimality and Quota License Pricing Under Uncertainty." Journal of International Economics 23, nos. 1-2 (August 1987): 21-39. Arrow,... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Faculty Books

How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth (MBA 2010), and Karen Dillon (HarperBusiness) At a time of intense personal reflection, Christensen, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, began... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
News

The Camel and the Unicorn

an integral part of Silicon Valley culture, we first need to understand how Silicon Valley came to be. Nancy Koehn: My name is Nancy Koehn. I'm a historian at the Harvard Business School where I hold the James View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

(MBA 2013), James E. Lysinger (MBA 2013), Cory Rothschild (MBA 2014), Thiago Santelmo (MBA 2013), Jordan Strebeck (MBA 2014), and Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012). At each of the HBS Campaign regional events, Dean... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

January 2, 2020
Article

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace

The United States has serious health care problems: More than 27 million uninsured people, costs that are growing faster than income, and a staggering $37 trillion of unfunded liabilities in the Medicare program. Perhaps most alarming: The US ranks lowest among... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Public Option; Medicare; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management; Problems and Challenges; United States

Read Now

November 2003 (Revised September 2008)
Case

Circle Gastroenterology Products (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Weber

A new, minimally invasive medical device has achieved only one-third of its budget. Was the problem one of marketing strategy, sales, reimbursement, and/or clinical trials? View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Sales; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Educators

Purchase

November 2002 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Forest Stewardship Council

By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco

In just a few years the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) made impressive progress toward its mission of promoting "environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests." By 2001, 25.5 million hectares of forests in... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Corporate Governance; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Strategy

Educators

Purchase

September 2001
Case

Charitableway

By: James E. Austin and Elizabeth Kind

In early 2001, Charitableway, an ePhilanthropy application service provider that enabled the collection of charitable donations online; faced major strategic decisions relating to its alliance with United Way of America to foster workplace giving online. One of the... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving