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  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

increases brand attitude, and the company is seen as having more commitment to diversifying the workforce.” US law requires companies with more than 100 employees to report their workforce’s gender, race,... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
  • Case

Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Born at Scale

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Kyle Myers, Gunnar Trumbull and Richard Vietor
This case study chronicles the journey of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on its ambitious mission to commercialize fusion energy and become the world’s leading provider of fusion power plants. Emerging from a “special arrangement” with MIT's Plasma Science and... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear Energy; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Finance; Energy Generation; Commercialization; Science-Based Business; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry
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  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

equity and other institutional investors and (2) Congress should consider a new statute to streamline the recapitalization of bank holding companies by moving them outside current bankruptcy View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • March 1982 (Revised September 1985)
    • Case

    Sealed Air Corporation

    By: Robert J. Dolan
    Market leadership and technological innovation have marked Sealed Air's participation in the U.S. protective packaging market. Several small regional producers have introduced products which are less effective than Sealed Air's but similar in appearance and cheaper.... View Details
    Keywords: Product Marketing; Product; Technological Innovation; Supply and Industry; Competitive Advantage; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • January 2009 (Revised March 2013)
    • Case

    Live Nation Faces the Music

    By: Stephen P. Bradley, Frank Cespedes and Kerry Herman
    In 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music industry and the increasing power of the major artists. As the music business once again recreates itself in response to new... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Music Entertainment; Five Forces Framework; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 22 Jun 2017
    • News

    ShotSpotter: A Gunfire Detection Business Looks for a New Market

    • February 2020 (Revised August 2022)
    • Case

    Anomalie

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Thomas O. Jones
    In early 2019, the founders of Anomalie, an online direct-to-consumer provider of bridal gowns, have just agreed to a $13.6 million Series A investment from a Silicon Valley VC. They are considering three major initiatives as they move forward. (1) To scale their very... View Details
    Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors

    By: William R. Kerr
    The ethnic composition of US scientists and engineers is undergoing a significant transformation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual patent records granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to document these trends with greater... View Details
    Keywords: Inventors; Scientists; Engineers; Information Technology; Patents; Ethnicity; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Immigration; China; United States; India
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    • 25 May 2010
    • News

    Harvard Business School Receives City of Boston Green Business Award

    • May 2011 (Revised August 2011)
    • Case

    The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kenneth Corts and Joseph McElroy
    After booming in 2007 and early 2008, the offshore drilling industry slumps in 2009. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid for a rig's... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Metals and Minerals; Demand and Consumers; Price; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Mining; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
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    • March 1995 (Revised July 1996)
    • Case

    Mattson Foods, Inc. (Revised): The Bardolini Division

    By: Steven C. Wheelwright
    The Bardolini Division of Mattson Foods, with plants in the northeast and midwest, wants to open up the western market for its pizza. Management must decide whether to build a new plant on the West Coast, and what type of technology to put in the plant if they decide... View Details
    Keywords: Logistics; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Plan; Capital Budgeting; Expansion; Buildings and Facilities; Strategic Planning; Marketing Strategy; Technology; Economic Systems; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • November 1998 (Revised July 2000)
    • Case

    Deere & Company: Sustaining Value

    By: Malcolm S. Salter and Marlowe Dayley
    The question facing Deere & Co. is whether or not to adopt some of the organizational technologies of private equity investors (decentralized equity holdings, use of leverage to control the disposition of cash flows, the externalization of the capital budgeting... View Details
    Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cash Flow; Private Equity; Wealth; Adoption; Manufacturing Industry
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    • 23 May 2012
    • News

    Harvard Business School DBA Candidate Ryan Buell (MBA’07) Wins First Doctoral Programs Dean's Award

    • 28 Nov 2017
    • News

    Harvard Explores How Independent Bookstores Have Stuck Around in the Amazon Era

    • 26 Jul 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

    For mid-career STEM professionals looking to advance their skills and careers, certificate programs at elite universities can offer a fast track. And for universities, such programs are an important View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne

      Paul A. Gompers

      Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
      Keywords: high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology; high technology
      • 08 Sep 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: September 8, 2010

      under-invest in those firm attributes that may enhance long-term performance, such as human capital and technology (proxied by intangible assets in our paper). Indeed we do find evidence that ethnically... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2013
      • Working Paper

      Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Waste Heat Recovery

      By: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Deishin Lee
      Waste heat recovery is a proven technology for improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy-intensive manufacturing firms. However, evidence suggests that opportunities for recovering waste heat are untapped. By showing how the process... View Details
      Keywords: Sustainability; Energy; Capital Budgeting; Waste Heat Recovery; Manufacturing; Energy Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      • 01 Jan 2003
      • News