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- 17 Apr 2015
- HBS Seminar
Leemore Dafny, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- December 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future
By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble
Chef Wolfgang Puck oversees a disparate business empire that includes fine dining restaurants, a catering business, and various licensed products that run from cookware, to soup, to fast-casual restaurants. His businesses activities are divided among three separate... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Growth and Development; Management Systems; Business Processes; Leadership; Transition; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Matthew G. Preble. "Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 419-001, December 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- August 2019
- Case
Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'
By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho and Paul Green
Simón Cohen—Founder of Henco Logistics—transformed a small Mexican logistics company into a major player within the industry. Cohen credits the firm’s focus on employee happiness as the key ingredient to its success, an approach he developed following a personal... View Details
Keywords: Work/life Balance; Growth Strategy; Corporate Culture; Motivation; Values; Authentic Leadership Development; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Values and Beliefs; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
Gino, Francesca, Jeff Steiner, Arianna Camacho, and Paul Green. "Simón Cohen at Henco: Sustaining 'High Performance, Happy People'." Harvard Business School Case 920-005, August 2019.
- January–February 2021
- Article
Food and Drug Administration Guidance Documents and New Medical Devices: The Case of Breast Prostheses
By: Rachel E. Weitzman, Ariel Dora Stern and Daniel B. Kramer
As pressure mounts on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed its review process for novel devices, and budgetary pressures further strain its resources, the critical role of guidance documents in assuring consistent, rigorous, and scientifically grounded... View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices; FDA; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Information; Standards
Weitzman, Rachel E., Ariel Dora Stern, and Daniel B. Kramer. "Food and Drug Administration Guidance Documents and New Medical Devices: The Case of Breast Prostheses." American Journal of Therapeutics 28, no. 1 (January–February 2021).
- July 1991 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
KPMG Peat Marwick: The Shadow Partner
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
KPMG Peat Marwick executives needed to decide whether to fund full development of "The Shadow Partner," the name coined to describe a worldwide information network that would link all KPMG professionals to each other and to a wealth of data bases and information... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Data and Data Sets; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "KPMG Peat Marwick: The Shadow Partner." Harvard Business School Case 492-002, July 1991. (Revised October 1995.)
- Article
National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018
By: David Classen, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth and David Bates
Importance Despite the broad adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems across the continuum of care, safety problems persist.
Objective To measure the safety performance of operational EHRs in hospitals across the country during a 10-year period.
Design,... View Details
Keywords: Electronic Health Record Systems; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Performance; Safety; Measurement and Metrics; United States
Classen, David, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth, and David Bates. "National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018." JAMA Network Open 3, no. 5 (May 2020).
- September 1996 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
InterSoft of Argentina (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Stacy Palestrant
Focuses on InterSoft of Argentina, a growing software company in Argentina. In 1993, InterSoft acquires a Russian software company and Emilo Lopez, the vice president and director of InterSoft's Systems Software Lab, must manage a creative, cross-cultural, "virtual"... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology Industry; Argentina; Russia
Hill, Linda A., and Stacy Palestrant. "InterSoft of Argentina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 497-025, September 1996. (Revised June 1998.)
- 09 May 2012
- News
Erasing the Regifting Taboo
- 2003
- Article
Effect of Assessment Method on the Discrepancy between Judgments of Health Disorders People Have and Do Not Have: A Web Study
By: Jonathan Baron, David A. Asch, Angela Fagerlin, Christopher Jepson, George Loewenstein, Jason Riis, Margaret G. Stineman and Peter A. Ubel
Baron, Jonathan, David A. Asch, Angela Fagerlin, Christopher Jepson, George Loewenstein, Jason Riis, Margaret G. Stineman, and Peter A. Ubel. "Effect of Assessment Method on the Discrepancy between Judgments of Health Disorders People Have and Do Not Have: A Web Study." Medical Decision Making 23, no. 5 (2003): 422–434.
- May 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
Outsourcing IT: The Global Landscape in 2004
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Profiles the history and context of outsourcing, with particular focus on information technology. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Outsourcing IT: The Global Landscape in 2004." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-104, May 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- December 2013
- Article
How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
By: Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang
The well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater propensity to maintain SBs. We analyze the causal question using a natural experiment... View Details
Keywords: Staggered Board; Takeover Defense; Antitakeover Provision; Proxy Fight; Tobin's; Firm Value; Agency Cost; Delaware; Chancery Court; Airgas; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance
Cohen, Alma, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment." Journal of Financial Economics 110, no. 3 (December 2013): 627–641.
- May 2025
- Teaching Note
Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Teaching Note helps instructors teach students the HBS Case, Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City. In late 2016, Bridj was expanding its digital platform to help address urban mobility problems faced by cities across the country... View Details
Keywords: App Development; Innovation; Stakeholder Engagement; Collaboration; Ride-sharing; Entrenchment; Digital; Transportation; Urban Development; Disruption; Business Startups; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion
- December 2014
- Technical Note
The Thermostat Industry: Transformation from Analog to Digital
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Kerry Herman and Christine Snively
This note examines the evolution of the thermostat industry as it transitioned from analog to digital technologies. It presents an overview of key industry participants and the shift in value creation and value capture models for firms. View Details
Keywords: Digital; Digital Convergence; Business Models; Digital Transition; Technology Change; Technology Strategy; Information Technology; Digital Transformation; United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Kerry Herman, and Christine Snively. "The Thermostat Industry: Transformation from Analog to Digital." Harvard Business School Technical Note 615-038, December 2014.
- March 2011
- Book Review
Book review of From Predators to Icons: Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero, by Michel Villette and Catherine Vuillermot. Translated by George Holoch. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 2009.
By: Rakesh Khurana
Keywords: Information
Khurana, Rakesh. "Book review of From Predators to Icons: Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero, by Michel Villette and Catherine Vuillermot. Translated by George Holoch. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 2009." American Journal of Sociology 116, no. 5 (March 2011). (Pp. xviii+249. $24.95 (paper))
- 07 Mar 2016
- HBS Seminar
Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management
- August 1996 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Nicholson File Company Takeover (A), The
By: Thomas R. Piper
The financial vice president must decide the value and form of an acquisition offer to be made to a small hand tool company. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Valuation; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Nicholson File Company Takeover (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 297-011, August 1996. (Revised June 2007.)
- May 1999
- Article
The Effect of Adding a Constant to All Payoffs: Experimental Investigation, and a Reinforcement Learning Model with Self-Adjusting Speed of Learning
By: Ido Erev, Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Alvin E. Roth
Erev, Ido, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Effect of Adding a Constant to All Payoffs: Experimental Investigation, and a Reinforcement Learning Model with Self-Adjusting Speed of Learning." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 39, no. 1 (May 1999): 111–128.
- October 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Augusta National Golf Club Controversy, The (A)
By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
The prestigious Augusta National Golf Club's secret membership is widely believed to exclude women. When feminist advocate Martha Burk receives a mysterious list of "members," she must decide how best to use this information in her efforts to crack the glass ceiling.... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Attitudes; Decision Making; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Gender; Non-Governmental Organizations; Communication Strategy; Sports Industry
Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Melissa Tritter. "Augusta National Golf Club Controversy, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-029, October 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- January 1996
- Article
Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance: Reply
Kashyap, Anil, Jeremy Stein, and David Wilcox. "Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance: Reply." American Economic Review 86, no. 1 (January 1996): 310–314.
- 2024
- Working Paper
What Makes Players Pay? An Empirical Investigation of In-Game Lotteries
By: Tomomichi Amano and Andrey Simonov
In 2020, gamers spent more than $15 billion on loot boxes, lotteries of virtual items in video
games. Paid loot boxes are contentious. Game producers argue that loot boxes complement
the gameplay and expenditures on loot boxes reflect players’ enjoyment of the game.... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Policy; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Product Design; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Video Game Industry
Amano, Tomomichi, and Andrey Simonov. "What Makes Players Pay? An Empirical Investigation of In-Game Lotteries." Columbia Business School Research Paper Series, No. 4355019, June 2024.