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- January 2022
- Background Note
The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Tonia Labruyere. "The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?" Harvard Business School Background Note 122-065, January 2022.
- January 2022
- Case
Tomorrow.io Goes to Space
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Abhishek Nagaraj and James Barnett
This case study explores the evolution of Tomorrow.io, a weather forecasting technology company, as it pivoted toward building and launching space-based weather radar satellites. This strategic shift was driven by the company's ambition to overcome data limitations in... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Competency and Skills; Engineering; Globalization; Innovation and Invention; Performance; Information Technology; Aerospace Industry
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Abhishek Nagaraj, and James Barnett. "Tomorrow.io Goes to Space." Harvard Business School Case 822-005, January 2022.
- January 2022
- Technical Note
Accounting for Climate Change
- January 2022 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Expanding the Culture of Learning at Kraft Heinz
By: Ashley V. Whillans and Carolyn Watson
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) was an American food company formed in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group, Inc and the H.J. Heinz Company. The company sold food products like Heinz Ketchup, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kool-Aid, and Philadelphia cream cheese to supermarkets,... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Culture; Work Culture; Workplace Practices; Mergers; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competitive Advantage; Human Capital; Training; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development; Personal Development and Career; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry
Whillans, Ashley V., and Carolyn Watson. "Expanding the Culture of Learning at Kraft Heinz." Harvard Business School Case 922-036, January 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
- January 2022
- Case
Hybrid Classroom - an Opportunity or a Threat?
By: V.G. Narayanan
When the Covid pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, HBS pivoted to remote instruction while maintaining the interactive and engaged discussions which distinguished the case system pedagogy. In fall 2020 HBS adopted a hybrid approach, fitting out its classrooms with... View Details
Keywords: Education; Teaching; Higher Education; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Opportunities; Education Industry
Narayanan, V.G. "Hybrid Classroom - an Opportunity or a Threat?" Harvard Business School Case 122-075, January 2022.
- January 2022
- Technical Note
Introduction to Capital Structure Analytics
By: Samuel Antill and Ted Berk
This technical note provides an overview of key analytical approaches that are useful in assessing the appropriateness of a firm’s capital structure and funding plan. This note introduces basic quantitative tools and metrics that are commonly used as inputs to this... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Business Plan; Forecasting and Prediction; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Financing and Loans
Antill, Samuel, and Ted Berk. "Introduction to Capital Structure Analytics." Harvard Business School Technical Note 222-061, January 2022.
- January 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Teaching Note
MicroStrategy: Accounting for Cryptocurrency
By: Jonas Heese
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-066. View Details
- January 2022
- Technical Note
The Professional Pledge
By: Ashish Nanda
Nanda, Ashish. "The Professional Pledge." Harvard Business School Technical Note 722-416, January 2022.
- January 2022
- Teaching Note
TXU (A) and (B): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History
By: Trevor Fetter
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 320-064 and 320-065. View Details
- January 2022 (Revised September 2022)
- Teaching Note
White Claw: Defending Market Share as Competition Encroaches
By: Jill Avery
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-073. View Details
- January 17, 2022
- Article
Reducing Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes
By: Kathy Giusti and Richard G. Hamermesh
A disproportionate number of Black patients die from cancer in the United States. A key to addressing this problem is enrolling more Black patients in clinical trials. A strategy consisting of these three parts can help accomplish this goal: 1) centralize information... View Details
Giusti, Kathy, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Reducing Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 17, 2022).
- 2022
- Article
Alleviating Time Poverty Among the Working Poor: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Field Experiment
By: A.V. Whillans and Colin West
Poverty entails more than a scarcity of material resources—it also involves a shortage of time. To examine the causal benefits of reducing time poverty, we conducted a longitudinal feld experiment over six consecutive weeks in an urban slum in Kenya with a sample of... View Details
Keywords: Time; Subjective Well Being; Administrative Costs; Friction; Poverty; Well-being; Money; Perception; Kenya
Whillans, A.V., and Colin West. "Alleviating Time Poverty Among the Working Poor: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Field Experiment." Art. 719. Scientific Reports 12 (2022).
- January 2022
- Background Note
Native American Incarceration
By: Reshmaan Hussam, Sophus A. Reinert and Jordan Naylor
In the early twenty-first century the Native American populations of the United States continued to live with the legacy of colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and cultural destruction. Although other minority groups had increasingly been able to make their voices heard,... View Details
Hussam, Reshmaan, Sophus A. Reinert, and Jordan Naylor. "Native American Incarceration." Harvard Business School Background Note 722-042, January 2022.
- January 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Second Harvest Heartland: Ending Hunger Together
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
In March 2020, Second Harvest Heartland, one of six Foodbanks serving Minnesota, was caught in the COVID-19 emergency with considerably more people exposed to hunger and food insecurity. Its management team led by CEO Allison O’Toole and COO Thierry Ibri alertly... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Food Insecurity; Social Enterprise; Food; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Social Issues; Mission and Purpose; Decision Making; United States; Minnesota
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "Second Harvest Heartland: Ending Hunger Together." Harvard Business School Case 522-062, January 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- 14 Jan 2022
- Interview
Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific Uses, Interview with Adi Ignatius
By: Tsedal Neeley and Adi Ignatius
HBR professor Tsedal Neeley has focused for years on a pair of essential business imperatives: how to go global, and how to become truly digital. More recently she has established herself as an expert in the nitty gritty aspects of the new workplace – how to hire and... View Details
"Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific Uses, Interview with Adi Ignatius." The New World of Work, Harvard Business Review Video Series Series, Harvard Business Publishing, January 14, 2022.
- January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Module Note
Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Information for Forecasting Performance
This note describes the main themes and cases of a teaching module on the analysis of information from, and outside of, financial statements for forecasting firms’ future financial performance. The module’s pedagogical goal is to deepen students’ understanding of the... View Details
Wang, Charles C.Y. "Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Information for Forecasting Performance." Harvard Business School Module Note 122-071, January 2022. (Revised March 2022.)
- January 2022 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Hollie Haynes: An Unanticipated Crossroads
By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Abdul Al-Asaad
Keywords: Private Equity
Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Abdul Al-Asaad. "Hollie Haynes: An Unanticipated Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 822-084, January 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- January 13, 2022
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Succeed at Failure
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Succeed at Failure." The Atlantic (January 13, 2022).
- January 2022 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Introducing EVA at ISS: A Better Way to Evaluate CEO Performance and Compensation?
By: Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang and James Weber
In early 2019, Anthony Campagna, the global director of fundamental research at ISS EVA, a unit of the proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), was preparing to release ISS's analyses of public company performance and CEO compensation ahead of Say... View Details
Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Compensation and Benefits; Performance; Performance Productivity; Measurement and Metrics; Analytics and Data Science; Value; Business or Company Management; Performance Evaluation; Business and Shareholder Relations
Heese, Jonas, Charles C.Y. Wang, and James Weber. "Introducing EVA at ISS: A Better Way to Evaluate CEO Performance and Compensation?" Harvard Business School Case 122-061, January 2022. (Revised February 2022.)
- January 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Technical Note
Legal Analysis: Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace
By: J.S. Nelson and Trevor Fetter
This background piece describes the spectrum of sexual misconduct, from sexual assault through sexual harassment to gender discrimination. It outlines the patterns involved in this behavior, the legal process for reporting it, and its prevalence both domestically and... View Details
Nelson, J.S., and Trevor Fetter. "Legal Analysis: Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace." Harvard Business School Technical Note 322-085, January 2022. (Revised January 2023.)