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  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

INSPIRED BY RECENT EVENTS The protests against the unjust murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others since have mobilized the nation to take a stand in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and against the many policies that... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • October 2012
  • Case

Hill Country Snack Foods Co.

By: W. Carl Kester and Craig Stephenson
Hill Country Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about maximizing shareholder value and believes in keeping tight control over costs and operating the business as efficiently... View Details
Keywords: United States; Financial Strategy; Debt Management; Retail Trade; Risk Management; Food; Capital Structure; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Texas
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Kester, W. Carl, and Craig Stephenson. "Hill Country Snack Foods Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-517, October 2012.
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Do Information Frictions and Corruption Perceptions Kill Competition? A Field Experiment on Public Procurement in Uganda

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Francesco Loiacono, Edwin Muhumuza and Edoardo Teso
We study whether information frictions and corruption perceptions deter firms from doing business with the government. We conduct two nationwide randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in collaboration with the national public procurement supervisory and anti-corruption... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Trust; Perception; Business and Government Relations
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Colonnelli, Emanuele, Francesco Loiacono, Edwin Muhumuza, and Edoardo Teso. "Do Information Frictions and Corruption Perceptions Kill Competition? A Field Experiment on Public Procurement in Uganda." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32170, February 2024.
  • 2010
  • Article

Zwischen Familienerbe und globalem Markt. Eigentum und Management von großen westdeutschen Familienunternehmen im Wandel (1960-2008)

"Between Family Heritage and Global Market. Changes in Ownership and Management of Large West-German Family Firms (1960-2008)" Large family firms fall between two theoretical accounts. They neither follow the development path described by Alfred D. Chandler nor do they... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Family Ownership; Germany
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Lubinski, Christina. "Zwischen Familienerbe und globalem Markt. Eigentum und Management von großen westdeutschen Familienunternehmen im Wandel (1960-2008)." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 55, no. 2 (2010): 204–229.
  • February 1978
  • Case

Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter
Describes the history and evolution of the log home manufacturing industry, a rapidly growing embryonic industry capitalizing on the back-to-basics lifestyle changes in the United States. Focuses on one of the leading firms in the industry, but allows a discussion of... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Change Management; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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Porter, Michael E. "Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 378-195, February 1978.
  • March 2024
  • Case

Transforming a Region: Gothenburg’s path from Shipyards to E-Mobility

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Orjan Solvell
The case profiles the economic development of the Gothenburg region in Western Sweden, and the efforts of the regional economic development agency. During this period the region’s traditionally strong automotive cluster started to transform towards e-mobility... View Details
Keywords: Regional Economic Activity; Cluster; Economic Development; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Transformation; Green Technology; Auto Industry; Sweden
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Ketels, Christian H.M., and Orjan Solvell. "Transforming a Region: Gothenburg's Path from Shipyards to E-mobility." Harvard Business School Case 724-403, March 2024.

    Rakesh Khurana

    Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

    Professor... View Details

    Keywords: executive search
    • 05 Apr 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

    bookstores—the whole physical distribution system—is on the cusp of changing fundamentally." Olson has a particularly informed view of the issue. Before arriving at HBS in 2008, he was CEO of Random House. In a recent unpublished... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 07 Dec 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

    entrepreneurship and venture capital are especially exciting right now? Josh Lerner: One of the big changes in venture capital in the last decade is the rise of “personalized” entrepreneurial finance. That includes crowdfunding platforms... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking
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    Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

    What Business Leaders Should Know with Outrage & Optimism Co-hosts In this episode, host Mike Toffel sits down with Paul Dickinson and Tom Rivett-Carnac, co-hosts of the climate podcast Outrage & Optimism, to preview COP29, the upcoming UN Climate View Details
    • July 2001 (Revised September 2005)
    • Case

    USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (A)

    By: Michael L. Tushman, Michael J. Roberts and David Kiron
    Describes the evolution of USA TODAY Online, the electronic version of the newspaper, within the organizational structure of the newspaper. Describes the tensions and issues that develop and the pressure from the Online division to be spun off. At the same time, CEO... View Details
    Keywords: Business Units; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Internet and the Web; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Newspapers; Innovation and Invention; Journalism and News Industry
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    Tushman, Michael L., Michael J. Roberts, and David Kiron. "USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-010, July 2001. (Revised September 2005.)
    • September 2019 (Revised October 2019)
    • Case

    Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)

    By: Linda A. Hill, Eric Mankin and Emily Tedards
    After a successful inaugural year, Burunda Prince, the Managing Director of Comcast’s startup business accelerator The Farm, was getting ready for an eventful 2019. Comcast was America's largest cable and internet service provider, having built a profitable business... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Accelerator; Entrepreneur; Startup; Outsourcing; Hiring; Talent; Culture; Ecosystem; Digital; Women; African Americans; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Management; Diversity; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Media; Entertainment; Transformation; Atlanta
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    Hill, Linda A., Eric Mankin, and Emily Tedards. "Burunda Prince at The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)." Harvard Business School Case 420-057, September 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
    • 17 May 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

    in a quick scan of a resume,” DeCelles says. “They whitened their resumes because they wanted to appear more mainstream.” Different minority groups use different whitening techniques Asian applicants often changed foreign-sounding names... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 10 Jan 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Pay for Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon Emissions

    Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou, Shelley Xin Li & George Serafeim
    • May 2018 (Revised February 2019)
    • Teaching Note

    Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods

    By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
    Teaching Note for HBS No. 211-085. Greg Mazur (HBS 1997) identified a small firm, Great Eastern Premium Pet Food, in December of 1998 that fit his search criteria and decided to offer the seller a cash price of $1.2 million plus an earn-out equal to 1% of revenue over... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Strategic Planning; Valuation; Analysis
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    Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-122, May 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
    • March 2012
    • Article

    The Incentive Bubble

    By: Mihir Desai
    The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea—that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive contracts for... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Systems; Financial Markets; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Governance; Equality and Inequality; Human Capital; United States
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    Desai, Mihir. "The Incentive Bubble." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
    • 2012
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Strategic responses to collective activism in the U.S. biomass sector

    By: Shon R. Hiatt
    Almost all companies face constraints and pressure from collective activists. Using tactics such as protests, boycotts, and lobbying, social movement organizations and collective actors can draw significant media attention to issues facing industries and organizations,... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business and Community Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Identity; Forest Products Industry; United States
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    Hiatt, Shon R. "Strategic responses to collective activism in the U.S. biomass sector." 2012.
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    The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration

    By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephen Turban
    Organizations’ pursuit of increased workplace collaboration has led managers to transform traditional office spaces into “open,” transparency-enhancing architectures with fewer walls, doors, and other spatial boundaries, yet there is scant direct empirical research on... View Details
    Keywords: Open Office; Transparency; Collaboration; Collective Intelligence; Workspace; Workspace Design; Architecture; Cubicles; Boundaries; Spatial Boundaries; Human Behavior; Propinquity; Co-location; Interaction; Sociometers; People Analytics; Buildings and Facilities; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Networks; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology; United States
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    Bernstein, Ethan, and Stephen Turban. "The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration." Art. 239. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 373, no. 1753 (August 19, 2018).
    • January 2022
    • Case

    Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen

    By: Dennis Yao and Alpana Thapar
    In January 2020, Paddy Padmanathan, president and CEO of ACWA Power, was reflecting on the company’s sixteen-year record of success and thinking about its future growth plans. Founded in 2004, ACWA Power was a Saudi Arabian developer, owner, and operator of power and... View Details
    Keywords: Green Hydrogen; Energy; Climate Change; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Green Technology; Projects; Alliances; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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    Yao, Dennis, and Alpana Thapar. "Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen." Harvard Business School Case 722-381, January 2022.
    • June 1996 (Revised February 1998)
    • Case

    Repositioning Ranbaxy

    A leading Indian pharmaceutical company reacts to changes in its industry by trying to reposition along several dimensions from developing markets to developed ones, from bulk drugs toward pharmaceuticals in dosage forms, and from reverse-engineering products developed... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Industry Structures; Pharmaceutical Industry; India
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    Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Kazbi Kothavala. "Repositioning Ranbaxy." Harvard Business School Case 796-181, June 1996. (Revised February 1998.)
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