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- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
frictions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51088 forthcoming The Accounting Review Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence By: Khan, Mozaffar N., Suraj Srinivasan, and Liang Tan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2025
- Working Paper
Greenlighting Innovative Projects: How Evaluation Format Shapes the Perceived Feasibility of Early-Stage Ideas
By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Simon Friis, Tianxi Cai, Michael Menietti, Griffin Weber and Eva C. Guinan
The evaluation of innovative early-stage projects is essential for allocating limited resources. We
investigate how the evaluation format affects the identification of feasibility issues through a
field experiment at a leading research university. Experts were... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Evaluation; Evaluation Criteria; Feasibility Assessment; Attention Allocation; Cognitive Mechanisms; Field Experiment; Research; Performance Evaluation; Innovation and Invention; Prejudice and Bias
Lane, Jacqueline N., Simon Friis, Tianxi Cai, Michael Menietti, Griffin Weber, and Eva C. Guinan. "Greenlighting Innovative Projects: How Evaluation Format Shapes the Perceived Feasibility of Early-Stage Ideas." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-064, March 2024. (Revised May 2025.)
- April 2003 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Abby Joseph Cohen: A Career Retrospective
By: Ashish Nanda
This case provides a career retrospective as of 2003 on Goldman Sachs strategist Abby Joseph Cohen. It reviews Cohen's career path and progress through key decision points. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, and Kristin Lieb. "Abby Joseph Cohen: A Career Retrospective." Harvard Business School Case 903-118, April 2003. (Revised June 2003.)
- 14 Apr 2020
- News
HBR Announces 61st Annual HBR McKinsey Award Winners
- March 2011 (Revised August 2014)
- Background Note
Social Media in Health Care
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Selin Gunal Tyler and Charles C. Huang
This note reviews the social media firms in health care that help providers and consumers to interact and their nascent business models. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., Selin Gunal Tyler, and Charles C. Huang. "Social Media in Health Care." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-093, March 2011. (Revised August 2014.)
- October 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry
Reviews John Moran's 25-year career in the orthopedic industry and his current decision whether to start a hand and foot surgery company. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G. "John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry." Harvard Business School Case 805-026, October 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
- June 1984 (Revised April 1992)
- Background Note
The Marketing Mix
Reviews important concepts related to the marketing mix, and summarizes key relationships within the mix and between the mix and other parts of the company's marketing approach. View Details
Keywords: Marketing
Shapiro, Benson P. "The Marketing Mix." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-125, June 1984. (Revised April 1992.)
- 17 Feb 2020
- News
Why Don’t Women Promote Themselves?
- 16 Apr 2014
- News
Schafer: Yelp fosters suspicion among small businesses
- 04 Feb 2019
- News
The PCAOB as Third-party Payer
- August 1981
- Case
West Point: The Cheating Incident (B)
A review of the activities following the expose of the cheating incident at West Point and leading up to the Secretary of the Army's decision on the situation. View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Ethics; Judgments; Government Administration; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "West Point: The Cheating Incident (B)." Harvard Business School Case 482-005, August 1981.
- 10 Mar 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
For Today’s Travel Businesses, Is It TripAdvisor or Bust?
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?
Ever wanted to judge a Harvard Business Review case study? Here's your chance. In its June issue, Harvard Business Review published an account of the fictional company, DataClear, authored by Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 31 Dec 2015
- News
You, New and Improved
- 17 Mar 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
From Sweetheart to Scapegoat: Brand Selfie-Taking Shapes Consumer Behavior
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (B)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
A potential investor in General Motor's stock reviews the retiree benefit note data included in the company's 2001 financial statements as part of the investment analysis of the company. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Auto Industry; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 103-053, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- May 2002
- Background Note
Project Valuation in Emerging Markets
Reviews the issues managers face when attempting to value projects abroad. These include dealing with multiple currencies, adjusting for country and industry risk, and considering expropriation and devaluation risk. View Details
Kennedy, Robert E. "Project Valuation in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-077, May 2002.
- April 2023
- Article
The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’
In their Discussion Paper, Franzoni and Stephan (F&S, 2023) discuss the shortcomings of existing peer review models in shaping the funding of risky science. Their discussion offers a conceptual framework for incorporating risk into peer review models of research... View Details
Lane, Jacqueline N. "The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’." Art. 104707. Research Policy 52, no. 3 (April 2023).