Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (6,355) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (6,355) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (6,355)
    • People  (36)
    • News  (2,703)
    • Research  (2,467)
    • Events  (21)
    • Multimedia  (101)
  • Faculty Publications  (1,086)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (6,355)
    • People  (36)
    • News  (2,703)
    • Research  (2,467)
    • Events  (21)
    • Multimedia  (101)
  • Faculty Publications  (1,086)
← Page 30 of 6,355 Results →
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Heroines and Helping Hands

women to the hospital. Mukhtar led improvements in the world around her. She didn’t commission a study or give advice. She confronted extremism. And if an illiterate peasant in a remote corner of Pakistan... View Details
Keywords: Sheryl WuDunn; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools
  • 19 Aug 2010
  • News

Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

(sent in by class-notes secretaries) Catchphrases and Mottos 1972B studied an HBO (Human Behavior in the Organization) case in which there were two hourly workers. One of them would steal the other fellow’s banana every day from his... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Serving with Purpose and Pride

Ashley Garrett and Alan K. Jones (both MBA 1987) As the School’s chief fundraising volunteers for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation, Ashley Garrett and Alan Jones... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Effective Leadership and Decision-Making

elements that make this approach successful: fostering constructive, not personal, conflict; giving each viewpoint serious consideration; and knowing when to close deliberations. In "We Don't Need Another... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • Research Summary

AIDS in Africa: Life, Death and Property Rights

By: Debora L. Spar
In the final years of the twentieth century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--the plague of AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought... View Details
  • May 2017 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid (A)

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
This case describes Kraft Heinz Company’s (KHC) February 2017 unsolicited $143 billion takeover offer to acquire Unilever. The offer was made to Unilever CEO Paul Polman by KHC chairman Alexandre Behring, who was also co-founder and CEO of Brazilian-based 3G Capital... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: Unilever and the Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid (A)." Harvard Business School Case 317-127, May 2017. (Revised February 2024.)

    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

    Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details

    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications for Financial Regulation

    By: Julio J. Rotemberg
    A model is developed that rationalizes contracts that give depositors the right to obtain funds on demand even when depositors intend to use these funds for consumption in the future. This is explained by depositor overoptimism regarding their own ability to collect... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Insurance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Consumer Behavior; Financial Services Industry
    Citation
    Read Now
    Related
    Rotemberg, Julio J. "A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications for Financial Regulation." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16620, December 2010.
    • 01 Jun 2007
    • News

    34,000 Pages and Counting

    Larson Why do we almost universally regard our college years as among the best of our lives? Pause for a moment to give that some thought. Here’s a hint: The correct answer is not sex, drugs, and rock ’n’... View Details
    Keywords: class notes; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • April 2021
    • Article

    The Effects of Quota Frequency: Sales Performance and Product Focus

    By: Doug J. Chung, Das Narayandas and Dongkyu Chang
    This study investigates the comprehensive and multidimensional effects of quota (goal) frequency on sales force performance. We develop a theory of salespeople’s behavior—aggregate effort and the product type focus—in response to the temporal length of a sales-quota... View Details
    Keywords: Sales Force Compensation; Field Experiment; Quotas; Quota Frequency; Commissions; Bonuses; Goals; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Goals and Objectives; Behavior; Performance
    Citation
    Find at Harvard
    Read Now
    Related
    Chung, Doug J., Das Narayandas, and Dongkyu Chang. "The Effects of Quota Frequency: Sales Performance and Product Focus." Management Science 67, no. 4 (April 2021): 2151–2170.
    • 18 Apr 2022
    • News

    As FDA Offers Breakthrough Designation to Device Makers, Patients and Providers Are Left with Questions

    • 22 Feb 2023
    • Blog Post

    Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

    can amplify them and give them greater reach. Whether you experience a physical, learning, mental, sensory, or developmental disability, or are the caretaker of someone with a disability, you have a place... View Details
    • 09 Sep 2016
    • News

    MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

    company. So I announced that I would give free hosting for a year and a little capital, to anyone that had something really cool. I came back with some other tech people. We did a contest View Details
    • Fast Answer

    Corporate giving, foundations and grants

    How can I find out about corporate giving, foundations and their areas of interest for making grants? Foundation Directory Online: Provides comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants.... View Details
    • Web

    Data - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    linkages or externalities across industries that give rise to clusters. Data on the composition, by cluster, of state, regional, and metropolitan economies in the U.S. has been collected View Details
    • 01 Jun 2025
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books

    Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
    • September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
    • Technical Note

    Measuring and Managing Social Impact

    By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
    A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments. View Details
    Keywords: Analysis; Change; Transformation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Entrepreneurial Finance; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Mission and Purpose; Success; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Strategic Planning; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; United States
    Citation
    Educators
    Purchase
    Related
    Trelstad, Brian, Gerald Chertavian, and Susan Pinckney. "Measuring and Managing Social Impact." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-017, September 2023. (Revised September 2024.)

      Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment

      What’s behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge... View Details
      • 01 Dec 2015
      • News

      Leading Boston and Beyond

      or public sector positions, giving those organizations the opportunity to use the managerial and analytical skills of a MBA to build capacity. Since the program’s launch in 2002, the City of Boston Mayor’s... View Details
      Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
      • 04 Jun 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance

      Keywords: by Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn & Jordi Quoidbach
      • ←
      • 30
      • 31
      • …
      • 317
      • 318
      • →
      ǁ
      Campus Map
      Harvard Business School
      Soldiers Field
      Boston, MA 02163
      →Map & Directions
      →More Contact Information
      • Make a Gift
      • Site Map
      • Jobs
      • Harvard University
      • Trademarks
      • Policies
      • Accessibility
      • Digital Accessibility
      Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.