Publications

16 Feb 2011
News

The World's Best 40 B-School Profs Under the Age of 40

February 2007
Module Note

The Prince Summary: Exercising Authority

By: Sandra J. Sucher

A summary of the major themes discussed in the ninth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Business Education

22 Oct 2015
News

Taxing (And Not Taxing) The Rich: Can Canada Teach The U.S. A Lesson?

August 2004 (Revised August 2006)
Background Note

Reading the Material

By: Sandra J. Sucher

This note is intended to aid students preparing for The Moral Leader course. Given the unique nature of the materials used in the course (history, literature, biography, autobiography, plays, philosophical extracts), a different approach to reading is required for... View Details

Keywords: Education

07 Mar 2017
News

The Bachelor's Degree: A Requirement For A Decent-Paying Job?

01 Mar 2003
News

Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls

HBS, led a successful alumni event last year titled “How I Leveraged My Harvard MBA,” which featured a panel of alumnae from the Classes of ’70, ’80, ’90, and ’00. Afterward, she says, she was tapped to help... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; the Women's Initiative; HBS Association of Northern California; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Masterpiece for the Masses: The First Art Exchange ARTEX

By: Lauren Cohen, Anastasiya Siroochenko (Siro) and Sophia Pan

Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi, CEO of ARTEX, aspired to marry the world of art and finance. Hoping to promote transparent, fractionalized ownership of renowned artwork, the founder had spent years contemplating the birth of an art stock market. This exchange would allow... View Details

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, the View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EDT, 20 Oct 2020
Virtual Programming

The Future of Work - and Managing the Impact of COVID-19

Forces such as automation, demographics, and globalization were already changing how and where we work at a bewildering pace, then COVID happened. In the months ahead, companies need to prepare for three areas where their decisions and actions will play out in... View Details

07 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

At Harvard Business School, 42% of the MBA Class of 2019 are women, and the Women’s Student Association (WSA) is the largest club on campus.... View Details

12 Feb 2015
Video

Man of the Year-Up: Creating Opportunity for Young Adults

June 2009 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi has created the leading high end jewelry company in the Middle East, Erum Jewelry, based in her home town of Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. She believes Erum has the potential to be a world player similar to Cartier and Chopard. How should she expand... View Details

Keywords: Gender Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Al-Khubar; Middle East

31 May 2017
Video

The Boardroom: Alumni Impact

20 Mar 2019
Working Paper Summaries

In the Shadows? Informal Enterprise in Non-Democracies

Keywords: by Kristin Fabbe, Allison Spencer Hartnett, and Steve L. Monroe

November 2018 (Revised January 2022)
Case

JUUL and the Vaping Revolution

By: Michael W. Toffel, John Masko and Sarah Mehta

In late 2019, San Francisco-based electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) maker JUUL Labs (pronounced “jewel”) faced intense pressure. Sales of JUUL products exceeded $1 billion in 2018, dominating the e-cigarette category. While JUUL Labs’ stated goal was to help current... View Details

2005
Working Paper

Additive Rules for the Quasi-linear Bargaining Problem

By: Christopher P. Chambers and Jerry R. Green

We study the class of additive rules for the quasi-linear bargaining problem introduced by Green. We provide a characterization of the class of all rules that are e¢ cient, translation invariant, additive, and continuous. We present several subfamilies of rules: the... View Details

Keywords: Econometric Models

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2007
Report

The Role of Clusters in the Chemical Industry

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The European Chemical Industry, still in the leading position globally, is under intense competitive pressure from emerging locations in Asia and the Middle East. After first reacting by efficiency upgrading within companies and then pursuing outsourcing and aggressive... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Chemical Industry; Asia; Europe; Middle East