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  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both development economists and... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services
  • 22 Feb 2018
  • Book

The New History of American Capitalism

questions with the tools generated by the innovation of past decades, including the relationship between money and power, commerce and politics, exchange View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 30 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

players, poor customer service, and regional variations in quality of care. "By virtually any standard, it's an underperforming industry," says Richard Hamermesh, faculty chair of Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology
  • November 2019 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Bayer Crop Science

By: David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin, Natalie Kindred and James Barnett
In mid-2019, a year after German conglomerate Bayer Group closed its acquisition of U.S.-based seeds giant Monsanto, the leadership of Bayer’s Crop Science division (which absorbed Monsanto) is reflecting on the opportunities ahead. Some observers have questioned... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Change Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Germany
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  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

but they must also think about how to manage the entire firm's portfolio. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809072 Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2019
  • Article

Go-Shops Revisited

By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
A go-shop process turns the traditional M&A deal process on its head: rather than a pre-signing market canvass followed by a post-signing “no shop” period, a go-shop deal involves a limited pre-signing market check, followed by a post-signing “go shop” process to find... View Details
Keywords: Go-shop Process; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Deal; Performance Effectiveness; Technological Innovation
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  • 30 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative View Details
  • 09 May 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

But the ascendancy of agency theory—the idea that shareholders are owners of the corporation and managers their agents in a quest to maximize shareholder value—need not be one of them. Agency theory will not be a problem if we bend it to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-414 Huaxia: Building a U.S.-Style Dairy in China In 2015, Charles Shao, chairman of Huaxia, considered the alternatives to ensure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

The HBS Business and Environment Initiative launched the Climate Rising podcast in 2019 to elicit insights from leaders working at the intersection of business View Details
  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207069 ThedaCare: System Strategy Harvard Business School Case 708-424 Over the 1980s and 1990s, America's changing health care payer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

deliberating the global business imperative for sustainability in the face of climate change. The conference “Re.Invent: Leadership for a Sustainable Future” explored the role... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key aspects of Google’s strategy in mobile, focusing on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2013
  • News

The 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

  • Web

California - Global

From workforce disruption and customer trust to business model innovation and ethical oversight, the Salesforce story raises critical questions... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

independently from their parent organizations. Even in ventures with comparable staffing levels and start dates, those that had separated from the core business were more View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
  • March 2025
  • Case

Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits

By: Michael W. Toffel and Adam Chen
This case describes how rating agencies and other organizations are seeking to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market to organizations seeking to use them to supplement their internal decarbonization efforts to meet their net zero... View Details
Keywords: Service Design; Certification; Auditing; Auditor Reputation; Carbon Credits; Carbon; Rating Agency Disagreement; Ratings; Climate Change; Business Model; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict of Interests; Reputation; Business Strategy
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  • 31 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

significant economic development of 2013. Use the "Comments" link to tell us what and why. Most Popular Stories In 2012 1. Clayton Christensen's "How Will You Measure Your Life?" Published: May 9, 2012 World-renowned... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

drumming up hundreds of dollars households may not be able to afford. How technology can help Innovations in insurance technology can address the problems of high fees by automating away many of the transaction costs, indexing the amount... View Details
Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance