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  • May 1989 (Revised October 1989)
  • Supplement

Dow Corning Corp.: Business Conduct and Global Values (B)

Assumes that the reader has also read Dow Corning Corp. (A). Presents two difficult decisions faced by Dow Corning's Business Conduct Committee. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Decision Making
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Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Dow Corning Corp.: Business Conduct and Global Values (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 389-178, May 1989. (Revised October 1989.)
  • November 2002 (Revised May 2003)
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Epicentric

By: William A. Sahlman
Describes a set of decisions confronting the management of a software company that sells portal management tools to large companies. Management must raise additional funds under difficult circumstances. View Details
Keywords: Finance; Investment Funds; Business or Company Management; Product Marketing; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Information Technology Industry
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Sahlman, William A. "Epicentric." Harvard Business School Case 803-080, November 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
  • 06 Jul 2021
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Leading with Trust

  • 20 Jan 2022
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Three Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

  • February 1998 (Revised July 1998)
  • Case

Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)

Rob Parson was a star producer in Morgan Stanley's Capital Markets division. He had been recruited from a competitor the prior year and had generated substantial revenues since joining the firm. Unfortunately, Parson's reviews from the 360-degree performance evaluation... View Details
Keywords: Management; Personal Development and Career; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry
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Burton, M. Diane. "Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-054, February 1998. (Revised July 1998.)
  • April 1999
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Trexel

Describes an interesting plastics technology and an entrepreneur's attempts to build a business around it. Highlights issues around managing technical and market risk. Teaching purpose: Highlights difficult decisions around building a business off of an unproven... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business Startups; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Roberts, Michael J., and Matthew C. Lieb. "Trexel." Harvard Business School Case 899-101, April 1999.
  • 07 Jun 2023
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

How many cases do MBA students read over their two years at Harvard Business School (HBS)? 500. Ranging in topics from finance to entertainment to sustainability, cases share the story of a business leader (the case protagonist) making a key View Details
  • 24 Oct 2019
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Anu Aga

Anu Aga, former Chair of the engineering and energy company Thermax in India, describes the difficult decision to reconstitute the company’s Board of Directors and her belief in the need to keep the roles of... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2015
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Hakeem Belo-Osagie

Hakeem Belo-Osagie, head of United Bank for Africa,... View Details

    Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News

    Nine studies investigate when and why people may paradoxically prefer bad news—e.g., hoping for an objectively worse injury or a higher-risk diagnosis over explicitly better alternatives. Using a combination of field surveys and randomized experiments, the... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2011
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    Sometimes it's good to be a sellout

    • 24 Sep 2014
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    The business of being Beyoncé

    • December 2023
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    Gabriela Santana Goldstein

    By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman
    Gabriela Santana Goldstein was pursuing her passion, working as the Head of Business for a telehealth startup, when her father went into sudden cardiac arrest and family duty called. The case discusses Goldstein’s difficult decision to leave her dream job, and her path... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Decisions; Health Industry; United States; Boston; New York (city, NY)
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    Perlow, Leslie, and Hannah Weisman. "Gabriela Santana Goldstein." Harvard Business School Case 424-021, December 2023.
    • December 1999 (Revised October 2003)
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    BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett
    Two new product launch decisions face Christopher Carson, managing director of BRL Hardy, Europe. Responsible for the European operations of a major Australian wine company, Carson has begun to globalize his strategy beyond selling the parent company's wines. After a... View Details
    Keywords: Global Strategy; Joint Ventures; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Negotiation Style; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Bartlett, Christopher A. "BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company." Harvard Business School Case 300-018, December 1999. (Revised October 2003.)
    • 08 Feb 2012
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    Professor Noam Wasserman’s Advice to Mark Zuckerberg

    • October 1997 (Revised July 1998)
    • Case

    Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton

    By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
    Describes the efforts of the president of Booz.Allen, a major consulting firm, to understand and improve the way that products, services, and processes are developed and deployed throughout the firm. Proactive management of these processes proves very difficult because... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Management; Management Teams; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Consulting Industry
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    Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton." Harvard Business School Case 698-027, October 1997. (Revised July 1998.)
    • 06 Nov 2015
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    Does 'sleeping on it' help you make better decisions? Harvard study says no

      NoamWasserman.com

      Noam's research focuses on the early, often difficult decisions founders face that can make or break their startups.  This site includes his long-time research blog, resources tied to his Founders' Dilemmas course and his book (The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating... View Details
      • October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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      McDonald's Board of Directors (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      In October 2019, the McDonald’s Corporation board of directors, chaired by Enrique Hernandez, Jr., gathered to learn the results of their outside counsel’s investigation into the conduct of the CEO. On the surface, the iconic fast-food chain was thriving as growing... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Chair; Board Decisions; Business Ethics; Corporate Boards; Fast Food; Franchising; Legal Aspects Of Business; Legal Battle; Legal Settlement; Misconduct; Regulation; Reorganization; Restaurant Industry; Sexual Harassment; Shareholders; Stakeholder Management; Strategy And Execution; Turnaround; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Culture; Executive Compensation; Leadership; Management; Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Illinois; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "McDonald's Board of Directors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 324-044, October 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
      • 03 Feb 2022
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      Professor Debora Spar: Symphonic

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