Publications

September 2020 (Revised February 2021)
Case

Pricing the Priceless: Covering Transformational Medicines at Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan

By: Amitabh Chandra and Sofia Guerra

Educators

09 Jun 2020
News

China’s Tencent Plays Master Builder as Tech Firm Plans ‘Net City’

2013
Book

Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan

By: Francesca Gino

You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on your decisions and behavior, often diverting you from your original plans and desires. Sidetracked will help you identify and avoid these influences so the decisions you make do... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Decision-making; Judgment; Decisions; Strategy; Behavior; Ethics; Attitudes

03 Apr 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence

Keywords: by Shon Hiatt & Wesley Sine

August 2024
Background Note

Note on Creating Business Plans for Innovative Health Care Ventures

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Ben Creo, Lee Kaplan and Brian L. Walker

Educators

September 2021
Teaching Note

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 821-125. View Details

Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Strategy; Capital Markets

2009
Blog

Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Marketers Should Plan For Recovery

By: John A. Quelch

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Article

The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting: Evidence from Equity Compensation Plans

By: Christopher S. Armstrong, Ian D. Gow and David F. Larcker

June 27, 2011
Article

A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Taxation; Money; Business Ventures; United States

01 Dec 2008
News

GM, Ford, Chrysler CEO Jobs May Hinge on Bailout Plan

29 Jul 2021
News

Virus Surge Upends Plans for Getting Workers Back to Offices

01 Oct 2020
Video

Julia Austin - Product Customer Interviews, How Many, and Planning

06 Sep 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning

Keywords: by Rogelio Oliva & Noel Watson

January–February 1998
Article

Beyond Strategic Planning to Organization Learning: Lifeblood of the Individualized Corporation

By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal

Keywords: Strategy; Planning; Learning; Organizations; Business Ventures

1975
Chapter

Planned Reduction in Electrical Energy Use in Nashville: A Preliminary Assessment

By: J. K. Sebenius and B. D. Lichter

Keywords: Energy Conservation; Urban Scope; Planning; Energy Industry; Tennessee

We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force response to a bonus based compensation plan. Substantively, the paper sheds insights on how different elements of the compensation plan enhance productivity. We find evidence that: (1) bonuses enhance productivity... View Details

November 1997 (Revised June 1999)
Teaching Note

Becton Dickinson: Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process TN

By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila

Teaching Note for (9-197-014). View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Planning; Finance

September 13, 2010
Guest Column

El Plan nacional de Desarrollo, herramienta al servicio de la Nación

By: Laura Alfaro

January 2009
Article

Planning a Start-Up? Seize the Day...Then Expect to Work All Night

By: Noam Wasserman

If you dream of starting your own business, it's better to leave the corporate nest sooner than later, before you get too comfortable with the big-company amenities every start-up lacks. Get going before you're 40 - or even earlier, if you want to make entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Age; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career