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- September 2017 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
North Forty: Managing a Microsoft Family Office
By: Luis M. Viceira, Cameron Parker and William Simmons
Viceira, Luis M., Cameron Parker, and William Simmons. "North Forty: Managing a Microsoft Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 218-036, September 2017. (Revised February 2019.)
- 2021
- Article
To Thine Own Self Be True? Incentive Problems in Personalized Law
By: Jordan M. Barry, John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
Recent years have seen an explosion of scholarship on “personalized law.” Commentators foresee a world in which regulators armed with big data and machine learning techniques determine the optimal legal rule for every regulated party, then instantaneously disseminate... View Details
Keywords: Personalized Law; Regulation; Regulatory Avoidance; Regulatory Arbitrage; Law And Economics; Law And Technology; Law And Artificial Intelligence; Futurism; Moral Hazard; Elicitation; Signaling; Privacy; Law; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Technology; AI and Machine Learning
Barry, Jordan M., John William Hatfield, and Scott Duke Kominers. "To Thine Own Self Be True? Incentive Problems in Personalized Law." Art. 2. William & Mary Law Review 62, no. 3 (2021).
- Article
On Derivatives Markets and Social Welfare: A Theory of Empty Voting and Hidden Ownership
By: Jordan M. Barry, John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
In the past twenty-five years, derivatives markets have grown exponentially. Large, modern derivatives markets increasingly enable investors to hold economic interests in corporations without owning voting rights, and vice versa. This leads to both empty... View Details
Barry, Jordan M., John William Hatfield, and Scott Duke Kominers. "On Derivatives Markets and Social Welfare: A Theory of Empty Voting and Hidden Ownership." Virginia Law Review 99, no. 6 (October 2013): 1103–1168.
- Blog Post
Five Challenges China Must Meet by 2034
By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Regina M. Abrami
Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Regina M. Abrami. "Five Challenges China Must Meet by 2034." Harvard Business Review Blogs (November 27, 2013). http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/11/five-challenges-china-must-meet-by-2034/.
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
University before heading to HBS. His business thinking was influenced by faculty giants such as Georges Doriot, who taught industrial management and is widely considered the father of venture capital, and commercial banking authority View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
asking her, "Tell me why you're here at HBS taking a place away from a man." HBS professors' attitudes toward women were a mixed bag, too. As early as the 1940s and into the 1960s, several HBS faculty members would cross the View Details
- June 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Background Note
Question of LIFO or FIFO, The; Which Is Preferable?
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Sharon M. Bruns
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of alternative inventory flow assumptions allowed in the United States. A single exhibit shows that in Year 2, a company using LIFO in Year 1 could report higher net income by switching to FIFO at a cost of higher income... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Sharon M. Bruns. "Question of LIFO or FIFO, The; Which Is Preferable?" Harvard Business School Background Note 104-087, June 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
incentives and opportunities as influential precursors of bridging ties. Working PapersSocial Enterprise Series No. 32: Value Creation in Business—Nonprofit Collaborations Authors:James E. Austin and M. May Seitanidi An abstract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
medium of photography since the author first took up a camera. Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do about It by Charles Ellis (MBA 1963), Alicia H. Munell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth (Oxford University Press) A concise... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
strategy, decision making, and innovation. Download the paper (HBS only): http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/papers/1011/11-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsChina Construction America (A): The Road Ahead Regina M. Abrami and Weiqi... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
it to market is so low that it remains a risky proposition." Profitable firms such as Genentech, Genzyme, and Biogen already have products on the market, as does Amgen, where Gordon M. Binder (MBA '62) served as CEO until his retirement... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
little impact. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-065.pdf What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns Authors:Glenn Ellison, Edward L. Glaeser, and William Kerr Abstract Many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
University. She is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. David M. Porter David M. Porter, Ph.D has... View Details
- October 2014 (Revised December 2015)
- Background Note
China's Environmental Challenge
By: William C. Kirby, Nora Bynum, Erica M. Zendell and Brittany Crow
China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis that faces the world's fastest-growing economy. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Economies and Regions; History; Crisis Management; Environmental Sustainability; China
Kirby, William C., Nora Bynum, Erica M. Zendell, and Brittany Crow. "China's Environmental Challenge." Harvard Business School Background Note 315-026, October 2014. (Revised December 2015.)
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
(New York: HarperCollins, 2001) Amy C. Edmondson, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth (Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley & Sons, 2019) Francesca Gino, Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules At Work... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- October 2022
- Case
EducationSuperHighway 2.0
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
In 2012, Evan Marwell launched EducationSuperHighway (ESH) to address a major problem: though most public K-12 schools in the US had access to the Internet, only roughly 30% had true broadband access that would enable every student to have high speed connectivity. ... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Leading Change; Early Childhood Education; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Telecommunications Industry; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States; San Francisco
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "EducationSuperHighway 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 823-060, October 2022.
- November 2021 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
QuantumScape CEO Jagdeep Singh juggles the many activities required to lead the next-generation battery pioneer. Founded in 2010, QuantumScape’s mission was to develop new “solid-state” car batteries that would improve upon traditional lithium-ion batteries in key... View Details
Keywords: Batteries; Electric Vehicles; SPACs; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; Energy Industry; California; San Jose
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future." Harvard Business School Case 822-044, November 2021. (Revised May 2022.)
- 10 Jun 2015
- News
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- Web
Research Resources | Baker Library
in Industrial Research.” Charles F. Kettering Award Address, June 17, 1965, Washington, D.C. Land, Edwin H. “One-Step Photography,” Paper delivered to the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, May 31, 1949. The Photographic Journal... View Details