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- October 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Teaching Note
Alvogen
By: Daniel Isenberg, William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Alvogen is an Icelandic pharmaceutical company that makes and sells generic drugs. Founder and CEO Robert Wessman is deciding whether to take on private equity investors willing to buy out all shareholders, merge with a large and publicly-traded US pharmaceutical... View Details
- May 1992
- Supplement
Fabtek (B)
By: Rowland T. Moriarty Jr. and Benson P. Shapiro
Presents an urgent order for repair service from an important customer who had purchased an item from a competitor. The item, which TiFab had bid on, went out at a price that TiFab predicted was below the amount necessary to ensure quality manufacture. Now the customer... View Details
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr., and Benson P. Shapiro. "Fabtek (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 592-096, May 1992.
- 30 Jan 2020
- News
What Organizations Need to Survive a Pandemic
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, recently published by Harvard Business Press, aims to give the topic its intellectual due. Edited by Khurana and Nitin Nohria, who will become the new Dean View Details
- TeachingInterests
MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models
The words “business model” are inescapable in our daily fare of business news. These two ubiquitous words seemed to effortlessly rise up to prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. When businesspeople, journalists, academics, and other... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
and maximize the research in these emerging areas?’ Because I’m convinced if we focus on these areas, we will increase our chances of finding that major breakthrough that we’re looking for.” Rodakis knew... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 2020
- Working Paper
Sex Selection and the Indian Marriage Market
I consider the widespread phenomenon of sex ratios skewed by parental preference. Edlund (1999) proposes that if parents prefer sons and permit only women to marry up in social class, sexes will segregate by wealth in equilibrium. Using data on 30,000 Indian children,... View Details
Keywords: Sex Selection; Marriage Market; Bargaining Power; Gender; Information Technology; Household; Outcome or Result; India
Hussam, Reshmaan N. "Sex Selection and the Indian Marriage Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-029, September 2017. (Revised October 2020.)
- October 2009 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
Generation Health: A Pioneer in Genetics Benefit Management (A)
By: Robert F. Higgins, Jeffrey D. Marrazzo and Rachel Gordon
Generation Health, a pioneer in the new field of genetics benefit management and a newly formed company, faces many strategic issues. CEO Per Lofberg is in the midst of negotiating a partnership with a major pharmacy benefit management company. As part of these... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Genetics; Health Industry; Insurance Industry
Higgins, Robert F., Jeffrey D. Marrazzo, and Rachel Gordon. "Generation Health: A Pioneer in Genetics Benefit Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-007, October 2009. (Revised November 2016.)
- July 1998 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Anderson Steel Service, Inc.
By: John A. Davis
Explores the management of family and business issues and helps to identify a range of topics with which families in business wrestle. Describes a dilemma faced by sixty-eight-year-old Charles Anderson, the semi-retired founder of the company and the father of three... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Family and Family Relationships; Strategy; Steel Industry
Davis, John A. "Anderson Steel Service, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 899-011, July 1998. (Revised May 2005.)
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
Trump’s open disdain for democracy and the rule of law, or his support for white supremacists. Rather, they were traitors, willing to work with a harm-doer to get what they wanted.” We’re all complicit... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- November 2008
- Article
Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets
By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Jay A. Conger
"This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development. Recently they interviewed executives at more than 20 global companies to identify strategies for attracting... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Culture; Recruitment; Diversity; Developing Countries and Economies
Ready, Douglas A., Linda A. Hill, and Jay A. Conger. "Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets." R0811C. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 11 (November 2008).
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
insurance persuades consumers across the nation to deposit funds in higher interest CDs in Puerto Rico banks and in non bricks-and-mortar, low-cost Internet banks such as ING Direct. Safety First Financial brands today must address the most basic View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
the hiring process for as long as possible in the early stages. The first 10-15 employees will set the culture of your company, and how you lead them will set the tone for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 05 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Zoe Bhargava
fluctuating and often uncertain job market. Joining a Series A startup was a huge risk, but that was exactly the beauty of the 2+2 program – it allowed me and even encouraged me to take such a risk. These experiences View Details
- Research Summary
"Modeling B2B Exchanges" (with Gabor Fath)
B2B exchanges are revolutionizing the way businesses will buy and sell a variety of intermediary products and services. It is estimated that most of the roughly $7 trillion worth of business transactions are likely to go through these new institutions within the next... View Details
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Wage-Employment Contracts
By: Jerry R. Green and Charles M. Kahn
This paper studies the efficient agreements about the dependence of workers' earnings on employment, when the employment level is controlled by firms. The firms' superior information about profitability conditions is responsible for this form of contract governance.... View Details
Green, Jerry R., and Charles M. Kahn. "Wage-Employment Contracts." Quarterly Journal of Economics 98, Suppl., no. 2 (1983): 173–188.
- 30 Mar 2010
- News
Good Housekeeping's 125 "Women Who Changed Our Lives"
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MBA Experience - Leadership
MBA Experience MBA Experience At Harvard Business School, students exercise the leadership skills they will practice in business and beyond, and leave with lessons in leadership that are practical, priceless and most importantly, real.... View Details
- 12 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora
about business areas beyond my scope of expertise, such as finance, human resources, and sales. What advice do you have for prospective MBA students considering the 2+2 program? When preparing your application, seek input and feedback... View Details
- 02 Oct 2014
- News