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- 27 Feb 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry
- February 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem
By: Joseph L. Bower and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Viacom has reached a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and very bold acquisitions. Now its further expansion is challenged by the moves of Rupert Murdock's News Corp. Different businesses within Viacom have contradictory positions... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Entertainment; Global Strategy; Management; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Thomas R. Eisenmann. "Viacom, Inc.: Carpe Diem." Harvard Business School Case 396-250, February 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of U.S. Elections
By: Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons and Jesse M. Shapiro
Many observers have forecast large partisan shifts in the US electorate based on demographic trends. Such forecasts are appealing because demographic trends are often predictable even over long horizons. We backtest demographic forecasts using data on US elections... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Voting; Political Elections; Trends; Forecasting and Prediction; Demographics
Calvo, Richard, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro. "Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of U.S. Elections." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33016, October 2024.
- August 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Amandla Capital: Real Estate in Côte d‘Ivoire
By: John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Botha
This case describes Amandla Capital, a fledgling company in Cote d’Ivoire, facing three opportunities in the real estate and hospitality industries in Africa. It introduces students to several concepts: decision-making and cost-benefit analysis in real estate,... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Finance; Assets; Asset Management; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Project Finance; Relationships
Macomber, John D., Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Dilyana Botha. "Amandla Capital: Real Estate in Côte d‘Ivoire." Harvard Business School Case 220-029, August 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- 08 Jan 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation
- August 1996 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Nicholson File Company Takeover (B), The
By: Thomas R. Piper
Management of a small hand tool company must decide on the terms and conditions of its sale to a "friendly" acquirer. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Participants; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Nicholson File Company Takeover (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 297-012, August 1996. (Revised June 2007.)
- September 2023 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
To Found or to Cofound? That Is the Question
By: Christina Wallace and Jo Tango
Entrepreneurs often struggle with the question of whether to found solo or alongside one or more cofounders. This case is comprised of three vignettes detailing common founding scenarios: the first-time technical founder; the serial commercial founder; and the MBA... View Details
Wallace, Christina, and Jo Tango. "To Found or to Cofound? That Is the Question." Harvard Business School Case 824-034, September 2023. (Revised January 2025.)
- April 1975 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Consolidated Edison Co. (Abridged)
By: Thomas R. Piper
Faced with large external financing needs and a low stock price, Con Ed management must decide whether to pay a cash dividend in April 1974. Based on Consolidated Edison by G.C. Lodge. View Details
Piper, Thomas R. "Consolidated Edison Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 275-116, April 1975. (Revised December 1991.)
- July 2017 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Entrepreneurship for All
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Julia Kelley
Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) is a Lowell, Massachusetts–based nonprofit that hosts business accelerators for entrepreneurs in underserved communities. By mid-2017, EforAll has five office locations in Massachusetts, and its leadership and the Board of Directors... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Julia Kelley. "Entrepreneurship for All." Harvard Business School Case 818-007, July 2017. (Revised July 2018.)
- January 2011
- Case
Exit Strategy (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Justine Kelly Lelchuk
Jeff Brown wondered whether now was the right time to call his boss, and friend, Bernard Tubiana. Brown was a rising star at Deloitte Consulting and three weeks into an important project for Aflac. He was about to receive an offer from Aflac's major competitor,... View Details
Rose, Clayton S., and Justine Kelly Lelchuk. "Exit Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-075, January 2011.
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Module Note
Truman and the Bomb Summary: Balancing Benefits and Harms
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the eleventh class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "Truman and the Bomb Summary: Balancing Benefits and Harms." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-075, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- December 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
The Pilgrim Assurance Building
A local real estate developer has to decide how much to bid for a Boston office building in 2005. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decisions; Investment; Bids and Bidding; Real Estate Industry; Boston
Greenwood, Robin, David S. Scharfstein, and Arthur I Segel. "The Pilgrim Assurance Building." Harvard Business School Case 206-078, December 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- 21 Oct 2014
- News
Before You Respond to that Email, Pause
- 03 Oct 2009
- News
"I Read Playboy for the Articles"
- Article
Towards the Unification and Robustness of Perturbation and Gradient Based Explanations
By: Sushant Agarwal, Shahin Jabbari, Chirag Agarwal, Sohini Upadhyay, Steven Wu and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As machine learning black boxes are increasingly being deployed in critical domains such as healthcare and criminal justice, there has been a growing emphasis on developing techniques for explaining these black boxes in a post hoc manner. In this work, we analyze two... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Black Box Explanations; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Information Technology
Agarwal, Sushant, Shahin Jabbari, Chirag Agarwal, Sohini Upadhyay, Steven Wu, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "Towards the Unification and Robustness of Perturbation and Gradient Based Explanations." Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 38th (2021).
- August 2017
- Case
Wake Up Call
By: David G. Fubini and Christine Snively
In 1993, three consultants at different stages in their careers must decide how to respond to what they considered to be unethical behavior from a partner at their firm. They each considered the potential consequences of reporting a senior colleague and the impact it... View Details
Fubini, David G., and Christine Snively. "Wake Up Call." Harvard Business School Case 418-001, August 2017.
- June 2025
- Teaching Note
To Found or to Cofound? That Is the Question
By: Christina Wallace and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 824-034. Entrepreneurs often struggle with the question of whether to found solo or alongside one or more cofounders. This case is comprised of three vignettes detailing common founding scenarios: the first-time technical founder; the... View Details
- November 1985
- Case
Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 286-033, November 1985.
- Article
Does 'Could' Lead to Good? On the Road to Moral Insight
By: Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino and Joshua D. Margolis
Dilemmas featuring competing moral imperatives are prevalent in organizations and are difficult to resolve. Whereas prior research has focused on how individuals adjudicate among these moral imperatives, we study the factors that influence when individuals find... View Details
Keywords: Moral Insight; Ethical Dilemma; Could Mindset; Divergent Thinking; Moral Sensibility; Creativity; Decision Choices and Conditions
Zhang, Ting, Francesca Gino, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Does 'Could' Lead to Good? On the Road to Moral Insight." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 3 (June 2018): 857–895.