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- 30 Oct 2018
- Video
Autumn Arrives on Campus
- May 2002 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Innovation at Progressive (A): Pay-As-You-Go Insurance
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Consumer auto insurance is a price-sensitive industry in which customers rarely pay a premium to a provider even for additional service features. Progressive spends more on additional service features than its competitors do; consumers don't pay extra for these... View Details
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Innovation at Progressive (A): Pay-As-You-Go Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 602-175, February 2004. (Revised from original May 2002 version.)
- May 2023
- Case
Uruguay: South America's Singapore?
By: Richard Vietor
Uruguay, the richest country in Latin America and the only one that has not turned to the left, suffers from slow growth, high inflation and a weak education system. President Lacrolle Pou has two more years in office to reform these problems. View Details
- 03 Dec 2013
- News
PISA Test Results For U.S. Students Are 'Sobering'
- 11 Feb 2020
- News
UBS Scrambles to Stanch Outflows at Flagship Property Fund
- September 2006 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
Ever since ex-Ben and Jerry's CEO Perry Odak took over as CEO of Wild Oats in 2001, he has been trying to turn the company around. After some apparent false starts, profits now seem to be on the rise in 2005 and 2006. Has he finally done it? View Details
Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "Wild Oats Markets, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 707-438, September 2006. (Revised April 2008.)
- 06 Jan 2011
- News
Ego goes solo
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
Small Business Recovery Tips from Former SBA Chief Karen Mills
- 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EDT, 11 Aug 2020
- Virtual Programming
Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead in an Era of Disruption
HBS Professors Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine, coauthors of Capitalism at Risk, outline the disruptive forces that are threatening business and societyfrom rising income inequality, climate change, and mass migration to terrorism and failed states. Join them for a... View Details
- February 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Nordstrom: The Turnaround
By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
After a period of turbulence, the fourth generation of Nordstroms are in control of the $7.1 billion apparel retailer. They have instituted a number of changes in buying and IT that have turned the business around. What can they do to ensure future growth? View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Crisis Management; Growth Management; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Nordstrom: The Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 505-051, February 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- 09 Apr 2012
- News
Diagnosing Your Top Team's Span of Control
- 13 Oct 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Entrepreneurs Make Mobile Voting Easy and Secure?
- 15 Jul 2012
- News
The Workplace Benefits of Being Out of Touch
- 04 May 2021
- News
Radio: Hubert Joly, Former CEO and Chair, Best Buy
- 23 Apr 2020
- News
‘Staying Nimble’: How Small Businesses Can, and Do, Shift Gears
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
The Restorative Power of Ritual
- 2022
- Chapter
Capitalism and the Environment
By: Geoffrey Jones
Capitalism drove the environmental decimation of the planet. The environment was seen as a free good, while the consequences of dirty industrial and agricultural processes were seen as external to the firm. Public policies largely allowed this to happen, as politicians... View Details
Keywords: History; Environment; Sustainability; Capitalism; Ethics; Business History; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Climate Change
Jones, Geoffrey. "Capitalism and the Environment." Chap. 8 in Evolutions of Capitalism: Historical Perspectives: 1200–2000, edited by Catherine Casson and Philipp Robinson Rössner, 187–211. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press, 2022.
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
Norton and Rohit Deshpandé. Mohan's interest in the subject began when she was a kid, on a shopping trip with her father. "We were walking around Costco, and he turned to me and said, 'You know, what I love about this company is that the... View Details