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- 08 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
In the Red: Overdrafts, Payday Lending, and the Underbanked
- 07 Sep 2010
- News
Estée Lauder's Counter Makeover
- 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.)
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 19 Jan 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Public Entrepreneurship: Can Startups Help Solve our Biggest Public Problems?
There is a new generation of inventors, inside government and outside of it, turning problems into opportunities. The webinar will provide a sense for how public entrepreneurship can be deployed in companies and in government, and for how to tackle its trickier... View Details
- 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
- March 2022
- Supplement
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
By: Rawi Abdelal, Jonathan Schlefer and Cressida Arkwright
Supplements the (A) case. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 raised questions about democratization and a possible reshaping of the global order. It arose from deep roots in the history of both nations but also turned on contingent decisions by their... View Details
Abdelal, Rawi, Jonathan Schlefer, and Cressida Arkwright. "Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-066, March 2022.
- 15 May 2013
- News
When paying more stops paying off
- 07 Nov 2012
- News
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson—Managing Manchester United
- 15 Apr 2019
- News
Why Anxious Customers Prefer Human Customer Service
- 30 Mar 2016
- News
Using commute time to raise productivity
- 15 Aug 2012
- News
Picking a Corporate Leader: The Crucial Question Almost No One Asks
- December 2014 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
Alibaba Goes Public (A)
In 2014 Alibaba debuted on the New York Stock Exchange, creating not only the largest IPO in history but this initial desire to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was denied due to the company's desire to preserve its partner's control over decision rights. Why did... View Details
Keywords: Dual-class Share Structure; Alibaba; IPOs; VIE; Corporate Governance; Financial Services Industry; United States; Hong Kong; China
Palepu, Krishna, Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C.Y. Wang, and David Lane. "Alibaba Goes Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 115-029, December 2014. (Revised November 2015.)
- 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
- 4 PM – 5 PM EST, 10 Mar 2021
- Virtual Programming
Meet the i-labs Unicorns: Celebrating Venture Success Stories
How did two Harvard Innovation Lab alumni teams achieve valuations of more than $1 billion. In a discussion moderated by i-lab executive director Matt Segneri (AB 2004, MBA 2010), Will Ahmed (AB 2012), founder and CEO of WHOOP, and Lissy Hu (MD/MBA 2014), founder and... View Details
- 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
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How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay
By: Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton
Do people from different countries and different backgrounds have similar preferences for how much more the rich should earn than the poor? Using survey data from 40 countries (N = 55,238), we compare respondents' estimates of the wages of people in different... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Justice; Wage; Cross-cultural; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Fairness; Income; Employees; Management Teams; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Kiatpongsan, Sorapop, and Michael I. Norton. "How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay." Perspectives on Psychological Science 9, no. 6 (November 2014): 587–593.
- November 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939
By: Alberto Cavallo, Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
The Great Depression was, by far, the worst economic contraction of the twentieth century, and some of the most important ideas about both fiscal and monetary policy in the second half of the century were developed in response to it. The economic collapse, which... View Details
Keywords: Great Depression; Economic Conditions; Unemployment; Homelessness; Financial Crisis; History; Economy; Policy; Poverty; Social Issues; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Cavallo, Alberto, Sophus A. Reinert, and Federica Gabrieli. "The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939." Harvard Business School Case 722-034, November 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
- 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.)