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- June 2024
- Supplement
Climate Governance at Linde plc (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce of... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Business and Shareholder Relations; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Germany; Europe; North America; London
Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud, and Vincent Dessain. "Climate Governance at Linde plc (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-141, June 2024.
- 1986
- Book
Business Policy: Text and Cases
- Article
Switching Costs and Bidding Parity in Government Procurement of Computer Systems
By: Luis Cabral and Shane Greenstein
Cabral, Luis, and Shane Greenstein. "Switching Costs and Bidding Parity in Government Procurement of Computer Systems." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 6, no. 2 (Fall 1990): 453–469.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?
By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Fisman, Raymond, Rakesh Khurana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-066, April 2005.
- 2025
- Chapter
An Appraisal on 'Teaching the Early History of IB at Harvard Business School'
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter reviews new research about the origins of International Business as an academic discipline. Contrary to conventional wisdom that it orginated in economics departments in the 1960s, this research highlights the importance of teaching at Harvard Business... View Details
Jones, Geoffrey. "An Appraisal on 'Teaching the Early History of IB at Harvard Business School'." Chap. 10 in The Historical Evolution of International Business: Growth Trajectory of an Academic Field of Study, edited by Lilac Nachum and Attila Yaprak, 227–232. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
- 2015
- Chapter
The Optimal Maturity of Government Debt
By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Joshua S. Rudolph and Lawrence Summers
Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Joshua S. Rudolph, and Lawrence Summers. "The Optimal Maturity of Government Debt." Chap. 1 in The $13 Trillion Question: How America Manages Its Debt, edited by David Wessel, 1–41. Brookings Institution Press, 2015. (Working Paper version Here.)
- January 1992 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton M. Christensen
Describes the adoption and evolution of product development teams and business teams at Quantum. Emphasizes integration of team capabilities with product development and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment. View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Groups and Teams; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Consumer Products Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Clayton M. Christensen. "Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams." Harvard Business School Case 692-023, January 1992. (Revised February 1992.)
- 2008
- Chapter
Business Archives and Overcoming Survivor Bias
By: G. Jones
Among the most longstanding criticisms of business history as an academic discipline is the bias caused towards studying successful firms rather than failures, and the related use of longevity as a major criterion for success. The grand narratives of business history... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Capital Requirements, Risk Choice, and Liquidity Provision in a Business Cycle Model
By: Juliane Begenau
This paper develops a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model in which households' preferences for safe and liquid assets constitute a violation of Modigliani and Miller. I show that the scarcity of these coveted assets created by increased bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Capital Requirement; Bank Regulation; Demand For Safe Assets; Business Cycles; Bank Lending; Risk Management; Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Capital; Banks and Banking
Begenau, Juliane. "Capital Requirements, Risk Choice, and Liquidity Provision in a Business Cycle Model." Working Paper. (Revised September 2016.)
- March 2020
- Module Note
Business Model Transformation in the Platform Age
By: Feng Zhu
Although some digital platforms are highly successful, most firms today are still traditional product- or service-based firms. To take advantage of the opportunities created by platform business models, traditional firms can work with existing platforms to become their... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Platform Businesses; Platform Disruption; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Transformation; Digital Platforms
Zhu, Feng. "Business Model Transformation in the Platform Age." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-109, March 2020.
- January 2017
- Background Note
Elements of Japanese Corporate Governance
By: Lena Goldberg and Joseph Badaracco
Goldberg, Lena, and Joseph Badaracco. "Elements of Japanese Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Background Note 317-093, January 2017.
- Research Summary
Business Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Dutch Leonard
This project focuses on how business leaders can be most effective at creating better social outcomes and vibrant, successful businesses at the same time. What forms of leadership -- and in what venues (in the community, in the corporation, in politics, ...) -- turn... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
“Predictions are risky, especially about the future,” according to a popular expression. Still, business is inescapably about the future—that’s what managers’ decisions are about. In the current crisis, we have daily grand predictions... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- Research Summary
Business Leaders and the Social Sector
By: James E. Austin
This research involed a multifaceted, multi-year study of corporate and business leader involvement in the social sector. This examined: the extent and nature of, and motivation for, Harvard Business School graduates' involvement with nonprofit and social-sector ... View Details
- 10 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods
- 05 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges Between Education and Business
How can Latin American business and academia work together to stimulate more case writing in the region? In a set of frank discussions, conference participants—academics and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- November 2013
- Case
Groupon for Local Businesses
By: Thales Teixeira and Leora Kornfeld
Local businesses' experiences with using Groupon to promote themselves ran the gamut of roaring success to absolute failure. Why is there such a large range in outcomes for firms that used daily deal sites such as Groupon? This case examines the effectiveness of online... View Details
Keywords: Online Business; Online Marketing; Digital Marketing; Marketing; Advertising Industry; North and Central America
Teixeira, Thales, and Leora Kornfeld. "Groupon for Local Businesses." Harvard Business School Case 514-047, November 2013.
- 25 Jun 2012 - 2012
- Conference Presentation
The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring
- 25 Apr 2012 - 2012
- Conference Presentation