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- spring 2002
- Article
Foundations for Growth: How to Identify and Build Disruptive New Businesses
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Mark W. Johnson and Darrell K. Rigby
Christensen, Clayton M., Mark W. Johnson, and Darrell K. Rigby. "Foundations for Growth: How to Identify and Build Disruptive New Businesses." MIT Sloan Management Review 43, no. 3 (spring 2002).
- 25 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines: Santosh Iyer (MBA 2020)
surgical robots operating on beating hearts (Johnson & Johnson MedTech) and inside lungs (Intuitive). This technical foundation gave me the ability to collaborate seamlessly with engineers, clinicians, and executives, bridging the gap... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
socially responsible mission. There is tremendous inefficiency in the environmental community, and one of our goals is to facilitate the formation of strategic alliances between and amongst environmentalists and other sectors of society to reduce some of this overlap... View Details
- Web
Art Nature Business
process in which a design or pattern is made by assembling small pieces of veneer in various shapes—it is actually a photographic monoprint composed of digital copies, leaving the viewer to question what is "natural." SARAH ANNE View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) was a government official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He served as assistant secretary of defense for installations and logistics and, from 1967 to... View Details
- July 2024
- Case
Bridging Networks: The Afrodescendant Leadership Alliance's Black Wealth Club
By: Hise O. Gibson, Darryl Rice and Nicholas A.G. Johnson
- August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet and Christine Johnson
In May 2018, Berkshire Hathaway announced an unprecedented loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter of 2018. Warren Buffett blamed this loss on the new accounting rules for equity securities which he criticized. In the case ‘Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire... View Details
Keywords: Equity Securities; FASB; Fair Value Accounting; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry
Heese, Jonas, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet, and Christine Johnson. "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 119-030, August 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
$1.9 million Pursuing Perfection grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to funding an improvement-science training program, the grant requires that the hospital undertake improvement projects. Hence, Kotagal develops... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
NVC event on February 24. Nine teams pitched before a panel of seven HBS alumni judges (representing the four Texas clubs) and an audience of close to 100. NICKSON, presented by Cameron Johnson (MBA 2012), took the regional win with its... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- May 18, 2012
- Article
Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss
By: David I Levine, Michael W. Toffel and Matthew S. Johnson
Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at little cost to employers and employees. We... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Occupational Safety; Evaluation; Regression; Matching; Difference In Differences; Safety; Health; Working Conditions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Advantage; Performance; Manufacturing Industry; California
Levine, David I., Michael W. Toffel, and Matthew S. Johnson. "Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss." Science 336, no. 6083 (May 18, 2012): 907–911. (Online supplement (appendix). Featured in an article by the head of US OSHA, and in U.S. News & World Report and many other news outlets. Basis of U.S. Congressional testimony on promoting safe workplaces.)
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
awarded more than $35 million to 51 early-career researchers, making a long-term investment in the most promising scientists in the field. “The grants they provided are high-octane fuel,” says Dr. Mark Johnson, one of the early recipients of the Distinguished Scientist... View Details
Keywords: April White
- October 2009
- Case
Noble Group
By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Matthew Johnson and Linnea Meyer
What role does trade finance play in facilitating global supply chain management? Richard S. Elman, founder and CEO of Noble Group Ltd., a global commodities trading company based in Hong Kong, must raise capital to support the firm's working capital and investment... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Capital; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Globalized Firms and Management; Risk Management; Supply Chain Management; Hong Kong
Foley, C. Fritz, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Matthew Johnson, and Linnea Meyer. "Noble Group." Harvard Business School Case 210-021, October 2009.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
two-megawatt power systems, manufactured in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, are also in use in areas as diverse as Chile’s Atacama Desert; Johnson City, New York; and Tehachapi, California, as part of a “smart grid” solution designed to... View Details
- August 2012
- Teaching Plan
Living PlanIT (TP)
By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, John Macomber and Ryan Johnson
Eccles, Robert G., Amy C. Edmondson, John Macomber, and Ryan Johnson. "Living PlanIT (TP) ." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 413-039, August 2012.
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)
It’s open for all to attend (including prospective students!). This past February we returned to hosting a fully in-person conference, themed “Lead to Empower,” featuring keynote speakers including Dakota Johnson (Actress and Producer at... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Article
How Warm Days Increase Belief in Global Warming
By: Lisa Zaval, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Eric J. Johnson and Elke U. Weber
Climate change judgments can depend on whether today seems warmer or colder than usual, termed the local warming effect. Although previous research has demonstrated that this effect occurs, studies have yet to explain why or how temperature abnormalities influence... View Details
Zaval, Lisa, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Eric J. Johnson, and Elke U. Weber. "How Warm Days Increase Belief in Global Warming." Nature Climate Change 4, no. 2 (February 2014): 143–147.
- Web
Director’s Foreword | Baker Library
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives September 2024 Exhibition Curator Melissa Banta Exhibition Team Laura Linard Melissa Murphy Timothy Mahoney Debra Cuoco Lisa Clark Elena Bulat Processing Team Benjamin Johnson Mary Samouelian... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
discussing their findings, Shleifer and Johnson combined business and economic statistics from these nations to illustrate the levels of investor protection achieved by the disparate models. Establishing appropriate legal support for... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
Broido Johnson (MBA 2002) This is a repost from Alumni Stories, see the original post here. We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever.... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
story of how mission and finance can play out over a very long period. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/dana-hall-funding-a-mission-d/an/114031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 513-103 Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney In April 2013,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne