Publications

April 2005 (Revised January 2006)
Background Note

Note on Basic Option Properties

Options are contracts that give the right, but not the obligation, to either buy or sell a specific underlying security for a specified price on or before a specific date. Explains the basis of options, covering fundamentals such as option terminology, the payoff... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options

April 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Case

BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Carin-Isabel Knoop and H. James Nelson

Describes the events surrounding the construction of the BAE baggage-handling system at the Denver International Airport. It looks specifically at project management, including decisions regarding budget, scheduling, and the overall management structure. Also examines... View Details

Keywords: Management; Decisions; Contracts; Time Management; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Budgets and Budgeting; Construction Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Colorado

January 2021 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out Of The Gun Business (A)

By: George A. Riedel

Dick's Sporting Goods was one of the top five retailers of a range of firearms in the US. Over the last several years and specifically following the Parkland shooting of 2018, Ed Stack, the CEO and chairman, had wrestled with the question of their role as a leading... View Details

Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Sporting Goods; Sport; Human Behavior; Violence; Ethics; Decision Making; Social Issues; Corporate Accountability; Sports Industry; Retail Industry; United States

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

monthly payment, according to the Federal Reserve. For people struggling to chip away at high balances, targeting specific items on their credit card bills can provide much-needed control and encouragement. “Instead of a list of purchases... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

10 Oct 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Scaling Two Businesses Against the Odds: Wendy Estrella’s Founder’s Journey

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Legal Services; Real Estate

05 Oct 2011
News

On Corporate Taxes, Put the Public in Publicly Traded: View

29 Sep 2015
Blog Post

5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS

become a better leader. I left RC year with more lessons than I can count, but I’d like to share with you five that I’ve taken away specifically around leadership. 1. There is no single best leadership style Prior to HBS, I looked to the... View Details

October 1984
Case

NIKE (F1)

Concerns a specific strategic decision--should the apparel division expand rapidly? The teaching plan would highlight the pros and cons of such a move. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Expansion; Business Divisions; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

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May 2024
Supplement

Net Protections (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno

In Case B, set in spring 2017, the company has developed specific features and is at the stage of a “go/no go” decision. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Product Development

June 2007
Case

Buddy March

Entrepreneurial general manager (GM) ignores specific directives from his boss (GVP) to discontinue a new venture that the GM is championing. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Rank and Position; Management Teams

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Miaomiao Zhang is a doctoral candidate at the Technology & Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Miaomiao received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Economics from Emory University. She worked at the Strategy Unit at Harvard... View Details

September 1985 (Revised July 1986)
Background Note

The Art of Action Planning

Describes two different approaches to the process of action planning and implementation. Offers specific advice for action planning and for learning how to action plan. View Details

Keywords: Planning

10 Nov 2012
News

Making it through the storm

September 2013
Case

The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013

By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer

Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Accounting Statements; Ratio Analysis; Financial Statements; Finance

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

Questions To Be Answered: What are the best techniques for fostering innovation in multicultural teams? I want my functional experts to influence high-level strategy. How can managers get the best thinking out of support staff? What role does information technology... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

11 Feb 2015
News

When Investors Want to Know How You Treat People

Research Summary

Drivers of market entry

In this paper, I look at the selection of markets for entry. Specifically, regulation in the US pharmaceutical industry allows generic firms to try and enter the market prior to the expiration of patents. This work aims to understand what drives market entry,... View Details

August 2011
Module Note

Assessing the Legal Climate for Entrepreneurship

By: Lena G. Goldberg

This module note briefly reviews several approaches to assessing the link between law and specific rules and regulations and a favorable climate for entrepreneurship and economic growth. View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law