Publications

December 2019
Supplement

The Business of Pain: Johnson & Johnson and the Promise of Opioids (B)

By: Erik Snowberg, Trevor Fetter and Amy W. Schulman

This case is designed to provide an engrossing overview of stakeholder capitalism through a vigorous discussion of the conflicts that can arise when trying to serve multiple stakeholders. In 2007, Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) subsidiary Janssen has to decide whether or... View Details

Keywords: Opioids; Addiction; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Launch; Ethics; Society; Pharmaceutical Industry

17 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a merger. Finansbank AŞ... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. The book posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term sustainability by contributing to a sustainable society.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many clusters are also driven by external forces, such as foreign direct investment and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

reallocate capital from firms facing low tax rates to those facing high tax rates. Evidence from the worldwide operations of U.S. multinational firms indicates that affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions use trade credit to lend, whereas... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2012
Case

Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee

By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella

Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

Institute/Taubman Center Policy Brief, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010. An abstract is unavailable at this time. Working PapersThe Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

Working Papers Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization Authors: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5

universities and private companies to develop technologies important to Danish industry. We assess the effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 May 2017
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First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing the productivity gains from View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2024
Case

Myeloma Investment Fund

By: Kyle Myers and Scott Sawaya

This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure for multiple myeloma.

The MIF, a venture philanthropy fund, must choose between two distinct paths. One... View Details

Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Biomedical Research; Investing For Impact; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Science-Based Business; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

the hospital quickly followed their example, finding the idea compelling and practical. In the pharmaceutical industry, about 90 percent of newly developed drugs fail in the experimental stage, and thus drug View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

20 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

when a company attempts to move in on its market share, perhaps by offering price discounts. Since this strategy is viewed as more threatening, the competitor can be expected to retaliate with prejudice—often by firing off a campaign to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

significantly narrowed the range of variation in beauty and hygiene ideals. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-056.pdf Nationality and Multinationals in Historical Perspective Geoffrey G. Jones This paper provides a historical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2011 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary

This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. The AAF formed in 1991 to help advance GE's recruitment, retention and development of black... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Africa; United States

September 2019
Case

Dementia Discovery Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick

The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Mission and Purpose; Recruitment; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; London; England

January 2017
Case

Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details