Publications

July 1997 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Jeremy Cott

Depreciation policies at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines are compared and contrasted against a summary of operating data from each airline. Questions focus attention on differing depreciation policies. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Policy; Financial Statements; Air Transportation Industry

July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang

The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details

Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

region. After all, while it might have a Silicon Valley–like valuation and aggressive expansion plan, the organization can’t simply hire more software engineers in order to grow. And unlike the NBA’s efforts to operate in China, where it had to deal with only one View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

13 Jan 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Private Equity and Industry Performance

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg

2022
Book

Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present

By: Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi

How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of competent and capable leaders are central challenges for any society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic... View Details

Keywords: Merit; Meritocracy; Society; Government and Politics; History; Power and Influence; Leadership; Competency and Skills; China; India

March 2007 (Revised August 2009)
Case

Grupo Bimbo

By: Jordan I. Siegel

In 2007 Grupo Bimbo, a leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global strategy.... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; China; Mexico; United States; South America

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

founder took on the government, says Takeuchi. “He basically disobeyed a government mandate and said we’re entering anyway He always had a fighting spirit with others, and with the government.” 6. Encourage the development of practical... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

the U.S. medical profession are still large. In India, the same depth of pool of engineering and mathematical talent for software, offshoring, and outsourcing is there for medicine, too. In the 1950s and '60s, the Indian government... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

April 2002 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Nghe An Tate & Lyle Sugar Company (Vietnam)

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Frank J. Lysy and Carrie Ferman

In September 1998, Paul Cooper, Tate & Lyle's finance director for international investments, asked the International Finance Corp. (IFC) to consider lending up to $45 million to finance a $90 million sugar mill in northern Vietnam. Ewen Cobban, an IFC agricultural... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Viet Nam

Web

Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

vulnerable areas more resilient and decide when to rebuild, restrict development, or retreat Economic development and innovative technologies have contributed to climate change—and are also essential to address it. Government policies can... View Details

June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Case

Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

The case, “Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust,” starts with the crisis Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing in March 2018 over Cambridge Analytica’s accessing data from 87 million Facebook accounts in order to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential... View Details

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

to government estimates. And, in 2020, 3,142 people were killed in car crashes involving distracted drivers. With automation gaining more momentum, Sadun hopes car designers will double down on safety features. After all, commuters may... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

faculty ventures, and are governed by a similar policy: Student involvement in faculty ventures is prohibited until the student is no longer enrolled at HBS or the faculty member is no longer employed by HBS. HBS faculty members should... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Strategic Grant Partners Download Jacobson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1960 Born, Framingham, Massachusetts 1982 Earns BA, International Relations, University of Pennsylvania 1982 Joins Greenwich... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Jan 15 2024
Testimonial

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Advisor of the Year by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Graduating Class of 2014. Max H. Bazerman : Winner of the 2014 Academy of Management Distinguished Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management. Francesca Gino : Selected... View Details

2013
Book

Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability

By: John Ehrenfeld and Andrew J. Hoffman

Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Culture; Behavior; Society

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