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- 20 Jan 2022
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
We’re approaching year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no clear end in sight. During this time, companies have had to make difficult decisions about whether employees should work from home, wear masks in the office, and get... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- March 2007 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Anne Dwojeski, William Grundy, Erica Helms and Katherine Miller
Madam C. J. Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights movement, her company gave employment to thousands... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Business History; Race; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Saint Louis
Koehn, Nancy F., Anne Dwojeski, William Grundy, Erica Helms, and Katherine Miller. "Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist." Harvard Business School Case 807-145, March 2007. (Revised April 2011.)
The Effects of Quota Frequency: Sales Performance and Product Focus
This study investigates the comprehensive and multidimensional effects of quota (goal) frequency on sales force performance. The study provides a theory of salespeople’s behavior—aggregate effort and the product type focus—in response to the temporal length of a... View Details
- April 2025
- Article
Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure
By: Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile and Lotte Bailyn
This paper explores the psychological, social, and behavioral ways in which professionals end their corporate careers and reorient themselves and their lives in the transition from employment to retirement. Framed within life course theory, specifically the adult... View Details
Crary, Marcy, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile, and Lotte Bailyn. "Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure." Working, Aging and Retirement 11, no. 2 (April 2025): 175–196.
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
resources, or finance. By exploring the emergence and evolution of these positions, the authors examine the ways in which power at the apex of complex organizations is structured through roles and... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
for the development and the smooth functioning of capital markets. At the same time, they are often motivated by their own private incentives. This, along with the trade-offs they face View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- March 2018
- Case
IBM: Watson and the Internet of Things
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
IBM has recently launched a business unit devoted to the Internet of Things. The group's leadership team needs to figure out the best way to quickly scale its business in a fragmented and nascent market. View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
Kyle Leahy (MBA 2011) stepped into the CEO role of Glossier in May 2022 ready to take the brand to new heights. Since its founding in 2014, Glossier had disrupted the beauty industry, created a powerful community-driven brand, and was... View Details
- March 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Identifying and Realizing Investments in Eastern Europe (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Robert E. Kennedy and Laure Mougeot Strook
A Greek milling firm wants to invest in Eastern Europe. The case explores the firm's search strategy and its due diligence process after a potential investment, and considers how the company should structure its bid. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Financial Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe
Goldberg, Ray A., Robert E. Kennedy, and Laure Mougeot Strook. "Identifying and Realizing Investments in Eastern Europe (A)." Harvard Business School Case 701-086, March 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- Web
Antitrust & Competition Policy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and new ideas—drive growth in productivity. Antitrust policy, however, remains focused on static goals. While the need for a vigorous antitrust policy is greater than ever, antitrust authorities must use new... View Details
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International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Research & Applications Research & Applications National... View Details
- November 2007 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis
By: Tom Nicholas and Laura Gaie Singleton
Control Data Corporation is considering its response to the assassination of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Four months prior, William Norris, president of the Minneapolis-based computer firm had already committed to building a plant in a low-income... View Details
Keywords: Urban Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Scope; Computer Industry; District of Columbia; Minneapolis
Nicholas, Tom, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 808-096, November 2007. (Revised April 2022.)
- 2020
- Book
Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire from the nineteenth century until the present. It places the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Corruption; Business History; Ethics; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Middle East; Central Asia; Turkey
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2020.
Africa Research Center Webinar Series: COVID-19: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Harvard Business School (HBS) leadership urged faculty seeking to contribute to not overthink their engagement—to do what they could for whom they could. That hit home with HBS faculty member Euvin Naidoo.... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
behavior and election outcomes. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55006 Harvard Business School 518-108 Casper Sleep Inc. (B): Growth Strategy No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- November 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe
The anthrax attacks of 2001 exposed serious inadequacies in the response of the U.S. public health system to meet such grave threats. The public health infrastructure required rebuilding to respond to any type of large-scale health emergency. The Public Health... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Change Management; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, and Minu Ipe. "County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response." Harvard Business School Case 806-089, November 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
tech enterprise applications. Randi Altschul, a prolific inventor and the founder of Dieceland Technologies Corporation, which licenses and develops her inventions, said she... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
outcomes for every patient. January 2018 HBS Case Collection Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape by Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Alee Hernandez Medtronic is adapting its strategy to changes... View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
We document the loan provisions in 401(k) savings plans and how participants use 401(k) loans. Although only about 22% of savings plan participants who are allowed to borrow from their 401(k) have such a loan at any given point in time, almost half had used a 401(k)... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Finance; Retirement; Financing and Loans; Microeconomics
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans." In Investigations in the Economics of Aging, edited by David A. Wise, 145–172. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
critical role in developing institutions for better—and occasionally for worse. The boundaries between business and government need to be clearly defined, said several panelists. Mauritius is one example of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace