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    John A. Quelch

    John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; health care; high technology; marketing industry; media
    • September 2020
    • Case

    Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network

    By: Anita Elberse and Julia McNicholas
    Chip and Joanna Gaines, who have shot to fame as stars of the hit television show Fixer Upper, are preparing to launch their own television network. It is April 2019, a year since the home-renovation show Fixer Upper’s fifth season on cable channel HGTV ended, and more... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment; Television; Superstars; Innovation; Creative Industries; Talent; General Management; Celebrities; Television Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Joint Ventures; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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    Elberse, Anita, and Julia McNicholas. "Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network." Harvard Business School Case 521-044, September 2020.

      Clayton S. Rose

      Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His case writing is focused on the how leaders consider the... View Details

      Keywords: financial services
      • 02 Sep 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

      public benefits programs for which they were newly eligible, Olds says. Yet they took the risk of starting new companies even though their budget constraints had not changed, and even though they never... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
      • May 2019 (Revised June 2021)
      • Case

      State of Charge: The Massachusetts Energy Storage Initiative

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In early 2017, Judith Judson (Harvard Business School MBA, 2000), Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), was reflecting on the results of the initiative she had led to identify the contribution advanced electricity storage could make... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Storage; Energy Generation; Programs; Policy; Strategy; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Massachusetts
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "State of Charge: The Massachusetts Energy Storage Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 719-448, May 2019. (Revised June 2021.)
      • 13 Mar 2025
      • Blog Post

      Launching Leaders: HBS's New Initiative Fuels First-Generation and Low-Income Student Success

      For Claire Pang (MBA 2026), the orientation provided both practical information and a sense of community. “Tactically, the [pre-orientation] equipped me with knowledge, for example about section dues, which are $300 to $400. We needed to know that the fee was coming... View Details
      • 18 Dec 2007
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      First Look: December 18, 2007

      http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-038.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsFood Security and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Harvard Business School Case 508-002 The Mormon Church focuses on self-reliance and being prepared for emergencies. Part of their... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 10 Jun 2008
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      First Look: June 10, 2008

      governance, voluntary public-private partnerships and self-regulation programs have proliferated. However, because few have been subjected to robust evaluation, little is known about whether these innovative approaches are achieving their... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace

        W. Carl Kester

        Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

        Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
        • Article

        A Prescriptive Analytics Framework for Optimal Policy Deployment Using Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

        By: Edward McFowland III, Sandeep Gangarapu, Ravi Bapna and Tianshu Sun
        We define a prescriptive analytics framework that addresses the needs of a constrained decision-maker facing, ex ante, unknown costs and benefits of multiple policy levers. The framework is general in nature and can be deployed in any utility maximizing context, public... View Details
        Keywords: Prescriptive Analytics; Heterogeneous Treatment Effects; Optimization; Observed Rank Utility Condition (OUR); Between-treatment Heterogeneity; Machine Learning; Decision Making; Analysis; Mathematical Methods
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        McFowland III, Edward, Sandeep Gangarapu, Ravi Bapna, and Tianshu Sun. "A Prescriptive Analytics Framework for Optimal Policy Deployment Using Heterogeneous Treatment Effects." MIS Quarterly 45, no. 4 (December 2021): 1807–1832.
        • 2014
        • Working Paper

        Sharing Design Rights: A Commons Approach for Developing Infrastructure

        By: Nuno Gil and Carliss Y. Baldwin
        This study empirically investigates the relationship between design structure and organization structure in the context of new infrastructure development projects. Our research setting is a capital program to develop new school buildings in the city of Manchester, UK.... View Details
        Keywords: Design; Buildings and Facilities; Education
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        Gil, Nuno, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "Sharing Design Rights: A Commons Approach for Developing Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-025, September 2013. (Revised January 2014.)

          A Prescriptive Analytics Framework for Optimal Policy Deployment Using Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

          We define a prescriptive analytics framework that addresses the needs of a constrained decision-maker facing, ex ante, unknown costs and benefits of multiple policy levers. The framework is general in nature and can be deployed in any utility maximizing... View Details
          • 26 Feb 2013
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          First Look: Feb. 26

          Abstract Many scholars and practitioners have recently argued that corporate awards are a "free" way to motivate employees. We use field data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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          Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

          Admissions & Financial Aid MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding students who have an undergraduate degree in life sciences and/or significant workplace experience in biotechnology or life... View Details
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          Succeeding as a Strategic CFO

          program, you will learn what it takes to meet the demands of the CFO role. You will begin to build a robust set of skills in strategy, communication, and leadership that will enable you to drive innovation and lead organizational change. Key Benefits This View Details

            Angela Q. Crispi

            Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic programs to research, and the... View Details

            • January 2018 (Revised April 2021)
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            Capital Allocation at HCA

            By: W. Carl Kester and Emily R. McComb
            In early 2017, HCA Holdings, an investor-owned hospital management company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit of its private equity sponsors in 2016, HCA had to determine how best to allocate its substantial annual free cash... View Details
            Keywords: Capital Allocation; Cash Distribution Policy; Dividends; Share Repurchases; Growth Strategy And Execution; Growth Investing; Capital Expenditures; Debt Management; Debt Reduction; Debt Policy; Hospital Management; Investor-owned Hospital Chains; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Industry; United States
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            Kester, W. Carl, and Emily R. McComb. "Capital Allocation at HCA." Harvard Business School Case 218-039, January 2018. (Revised April 2021.)
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            Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth

            prepare to succeed in today's rapidly evolving marketplace, and learn how to lead growth initiatives through innovative marketing approaches and cutting edge go-to-market practices. Whether you are a marketing executive, growth officer, or general manager, this View Details
            • 01 Jan 2024
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            Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS

            to providing you with options and support to help finance your MBA. Even as the long-term earnings of a Harvard MBA continue to increase, we continue to work on making our MBA Program affordable for all. This includes offering the largest... View Details
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            Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

            policies, and major programs of their organizations Participating organizations must be public-serving nonprofits, fully operational, and out of the startup phase; they typically have operating budgets in... View Details
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