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- May 2015
- Article
What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors
By: David H. Solomon and Eugene F. Soltes
Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to meet privately with executives. Using a... View Details
Solomon, David H., and Eugene F. Soltes. "What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors." Journal of Law & Economics 58, no. 2 (May 2015): 325–355.
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Entrepreneurship flourishes in the Bayou
Kevin Wilkins (MBA 1992) is helping to make New Orleans one of the country's vibrant centers for entrepreneurship. The founder of New Orleans–based trepwise, Wilkins works with emerging entrepreneurial companies across all sectors and established organizations to... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Find your passion in business and beyond
Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, talks about finding balance between building your business and benefitting society. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund
The HBS Club of Greater New York has established a matching fund in memory of those who were lost and to assist those who are in need as a result of the September terrorist attacks. The club has set aside $10,000 to provide matching grants for alumni wishing to make... View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
organization shares with other cities the three-pronged, neighborhood-based development strategy of mixed-income housing, a cradle-to-college education pipeline, and effective community wellness programs that helped to revitalize... View Details
- February 1979 (Revised October 1982)
- Case
Fiber-Optics Industry (B): Historical Development and Competitor Profiles--1978
Keywords: Applied Optics; History; Competition; Information Technology; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Fiber-Optics Industry (B): Historical Development and Competitor Profiles--1978." Harvard Business School Case 379-139, February 1979. (Revised October 1982.)
- March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Teaching Note
France Télécom (A), (B), and (C)
By: Ashley Whillans
This case series discusses the evolution of France Télécom (now Orange) from a national telephone monopoly to a private company. During this process, the company faced numerous challenges including the entry of new competition from other countries and a workforce that... View Details
- March 1996 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Mary Connor
Founder and CEO Bill Warner is faced with critical decisions regarding the product lines, target markets, and technology platforms that his start-up, Wildfire Communications, Inc., will pursue. In addition to the question of strategic focus across these lines of... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Resource Allocation; Organizational Culture; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Mary Connor. "Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-305, March 1996. (Revised August 2000.)
- December 1986 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Motorola's Japan Strategy
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Trade; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Japan
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Motorola's Japan Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 387-093, December 1986. (Revised April 1987.)
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact
family and my community.” Giving back to the community has always been important to the Los Angeles native, who used to mentor high schoolers from minority families in South LA, helping them prepare for the college application process.... View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
okay, but Smith made a strong case for the old-fashioned, handwritten communication delivered via snail mail as a way to “float to the top” and set yourself apart from the herd. “Write the note so that there is no obligation to respond,”... View Details
- June 2018
- Supplement
Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (B)
By: Tatiana Sandino and Olivia Hull
Supplement to HBS No. 118-007, "Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (A)." Chief Human Resources Officer Tore Høylie was proud of REMA 1000 (REMA)’s strong employee engagement with Workplace, Facebook’s corporate social media platform; however, some users complained that the... View Details
Keywords: Social Network; Enterprise Social Media; Facebook; Workplace; Social and Collaborative Networks; Communication Technology; Problems and Challenges; Social Media; Retail Industry; Norway
Sandino, Tatiana, and Olivia Hull. "Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-072, June 2018.
- January 2004 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (A)
By: Scott A. Snook, Robert Kaderavek and Jeremy Schneider
Major Steckleson is facing his toughest challenge yet. As an experienced observer-controller at the U.S. Army's National Training Center, Steckleson is responsible for helping leaders of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron learn from a deadly mistake in simulated combat... View Details
Snook, Scott A., Robert Kaderavek, and Jeremy Schneider. "Major Steckleson at the National Training Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-089, January 2004. (Revised August 2004.)
- 08 Jan 2021
- News
Business Can’t Take Democracy for Granted
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
grassroots community organizations; the increasing tendency of businesses, large and small, to identify the inner city as an untapped market; a drop in urban crime rates; and the "unshackling" of inner cities from the entrenched and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
capital and labor, disconnecting business from society and posing conflicts between them. She advocates a new approach to leadership and corporate behavior in which companies exhibit, among other things, a common purpose, a long-term view, emotional engagement, and... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
around an integrated care model. For example, accompagnateurs, community healthworkers who make frequent home visits to administer drugs and check on individuals with HIV and TB, ensure timely diagnosis and adherence to therapy. This both... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
things happen to people and they are forced to live off of food stamps or go to soup kitchens and food pantries to get their meals," she says. The New Jersey native recalled that her own earliest altruistic efforts—performing Gilbert and Sullivan musicals at nursing... View Details
- Article
The Errors of Experts: When Expertise Hinders Effective Provision and Seeking of Advice and Feedback
By: Ting Zhang, Kelly Harrington and Elad Sherf
To be effective, experts need to simultaneously develop others (i.e. provide advice and feedback to novices) and advance their own learning (i.e. seek and incorporate advice and feedback from others). However, expertise, and the state of efficacy associated with it,... View Details
Keywords: Expertise; Self-efficacy; Feedback; Perspective Taking; Cognitive Entrenchment; Interpersonal Communication
Zhang, Ting, Kelly Harrington, and Elad Sherf. "The Errors of Experts: When Expertise Hinders Effective Provision and Seeking of Advice and Feedback." Current Opinion in Psychology 43 (February 2022): 91–95.