Publications

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

M. Viceira, the George E. Bates Professor and senior associate dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. “That raises the question, who is exercising control in these corporations?” In traditional mutual funds,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

2017 New York: Scribner Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times By: Koehn, Nancy F. Abstract—An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

industries in its preferred direction. We find that exogenous price shocks proved particularly helpful in this regard. The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose Authors:Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John, and George... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15602 PublicationsSeven Lessons for Leading in Crisis Author:Bill George Publication:Warren Bennis Series. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2009 Abstract Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis outlines the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September–October 1991
Article

Knee-Deep and Rising: America's Recycling Crisis

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Crisis Management

1987
Book

Ideology and National Competitiveness : An Analysis of Nine Countries

By: George C. Lodge and Ezra F. Vogel

Keywords: Competition; Government and Politics; Theory

June 1990 (Revised July 1990)
Case

Minneapolis Plastic Packaging Ban (B)

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Minneapolis

summer 2003
Article

Leveraging the Incumbent's Advantage

By: Marco Iansiti, F. Warren McFarlan and George Westerman

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

revolutionary leader. Teddy Roosevelt was unfiltered, because he was a vice president who got the top job following the assassination of William McKinley. John F. Kennedy was a filtered leader with 13 years in the House and Senate. View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

made a difference in the world for all time. Dean Nitin Nohria, George F. Baker Professor of Administration: In the face of great odds and through acts of courage and conviction, Mandela transformed a nation... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
Case

Supercell 2.0: Clash of Plans

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and George Gonzalez

Founded in 2010, Supercell was a Helsinki, Finland-based mobile gaming company that had developed and launched five global hit mobile games: Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Hay Day, Brawl Stars, and Boom Beach. The company’s early philosophy was that it could produce... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Restructuring; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Video Game Industry; Finland

Educators

Purchase

June 1990 (Revised July 1990)
Case

Minneapolis Plastic Packaging Ban (A)

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Minneapolis

January 1990 (Revised February 1990)
Case

DARPA

December 2008 (Revised April 2009)
Background Note

China's Energy Industry

By: F. Warren McFarlan, George Baroutas and Tracy Manty

China is ranked the world's second largest consumer of energy. This note provides background on China's energy industry and provides details on China's leading state-owned energy companies, production and consumption statistics, and government policies in support of... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry; China

January 1991 (Revised March 1991)
Case

Responsible Care

Describes a 1989 initiative of the Chemical Manufacturer's Association (CMA) to secure chemical industry support for and implementation of a series of codes of conduct in the field of environmental health and safety. Called "Responsible Care", the program makes... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Fairness; Ethics; Environmental Sustainability; Safety; Chemical Industry

1991
Working Paper

Recycling Plastics: A Holistic View

By: George C. Lodge and J. F. Rayport