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September 1994 (Revised January 1997)
Case

This Case Sucks: Beavis, Butt-head, and TV Content (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Beginning in 1992, "Beavis and Butt-head," an animated series on MTV about two uncivilized teenaged misfits, became both a runaway popular sensation and the symbol of a heated national debate about violent and inappropriate programming on television. Especially after... View Details

Keywords: Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Animation Entertainment; Fairness; Governance Controls; Media; Outcome or Result; Social Issues; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

May 1994
Teaching Note

Kathryn McNeil (A) & (B) TN

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Teaching Note for (9-394-111) and (9-394-112). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

December 1993
Teaching Note

Morality and Character Taro Yoshida TN

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Allen Webb

October 1993
Supplement

The Analyst's Dilemma (B)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Ethics; Risk and Uncertainty; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry

March 1991 (Revised July 2001)
Supplement

Ann Hopkins (B)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Ilyse Barkan

Describes the reasons why the courts found in favor of Ann Hopkins in the sexual discrimination suit. Also explains why the courts concluded she was the victim of sexual stereotyping. View Details

Keywords: Law; Ethics; Human Resources; Gender

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

by rigid state licensure requirements, will be able to practice telemedicine for all patients in their regions. Replacing fee-for-service payments with value-based ones will remove the final barrier to delivering such integrated care. Robert S. Kaplan is the Senior... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Dec 2024
News

After Ozempic

million people worldwide are obese. The total addressable market for weight-loss drugs is almost unthinkable, especially considering that these drugs are prescribed for life. “They thought they were sitting in an airplane, and it turns out they’re in a rocket,” says... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

to the next level. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at HBS, and Norton (DBA '73), president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc., found that the diverse companies that used the balanced scorecard... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Article

Audit Personnel Salaries and Audit Quality

By: Jeffrey L. Hoopes, Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli and Joseph H. Schroeder

This study examines the relation between audit personnel salaries and office-level audit quality. We measure audit personnel salaries at the associate, senior, and manager ranks for Big 4 audit offices from 2004 to 2013, using unique individual-auditor-level data... View Details

Keywords: Audit Personnel Salary; Audit Quality; Salary Determinants; Audit Fees; Accounting Audits; Quality; Wages

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March 2014
Case

LGBT Issues at Exxon Mobil Corporation

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble

In late September 2013, Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that it would begin offering benefits to the spouses of its employees in same-sex marriages. This short supplement touches upon what led Exxon Mobil to this decision, some insights into its previous relationship... View Details

Keywords: Human Capital; Welfare; Human Resources; Utilities Industry; United States

March 2013 (Revised March 2015)
Case

iMatari

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble

In late 2012, recent Harvard Business School graduate Hannah Lopez is given the opportunity to lead entry into a new market for Plámo, a company that created startup companies in Europe and emerging markets based upon existing successful business models. She had only... View Details

Keywords: Ethical Behavior; Ethical Judgment; Entrepreneurship; Imitation; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Europe; Middle East

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

facts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-101.pdf Cases & Course Materials Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1 Joseph L. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Management, Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Accounting & Management Joseph Pacelli Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Business Analysis and Valuation Using... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

and Valuation Using Financial Statements Joseph Pacelli Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Yuan Zou Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management) Robert Simons Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0... View Details

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

why and how to pursue social goals along financial ones, and addressing legal limitations wherever they exist. The transformation of capitalism will not happen overnight, but there are actions that we can all take to make it possible. Julie Battilana is the View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

September 1983 (Revised July 1986)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (C)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

September 1983 (Revised September 1985)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (B2)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; United States

March 2020
Case

Minneapolis Star Tribune

By: Joseph L. Bower, Elizabeth Hansen and Michael Norris

In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region’s largest newspaper, reviewed subscription trends and plans for future experimentation. The newspaper industry across the U.S. had suffered a steep decline for... View Details

Keywords: Financial Performance; Industry Evolution; Business Earnings; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Journalism and News Industry; Minnesota