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  • November 2017
  • Case

The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble
In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History; Health; Government Legislation; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Germany; Europe
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  • 07 Jul 2021
  • Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

employees as well as customers and the general public. “It’s shocking the number of companies that don’t apologize,” Gupta says. “They think it’s an admission of guilt.” Losing trust The list of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • Teaching Interest

Senior Executive Leadership Program - India (SELPI)

By: Stefan H. Thomke
Over the past two decades, India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. To seize growth opportunities in this promising economy and sustain success under shifting global business conditions, companies need executives who are exceptional... View Details
  • 2010
  • Book

International Differences in Entrepreneurship

By: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the global market. As a result,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Supply and Industry; Business and Government Relations
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  • February 2021
  • Article

Topic Classification of Electric Vehicle Consumer Experiences with Transformer-Based Deep Learning

By: Sooji Ha, Daniel J Marchetto, Sameer Dharur and Omar Isaac Asensio
The transportation sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is a driver of adverse health effects globally. Increasingly, government policies have promoted the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to mitigate GHG emissions.... View Details
Keywords: Natural Language Processing; Analytics and Data Science; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Transportation; Policy
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  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

numerical tests, sales forecasts from our model are more accurate than forecasts from time-series models that ignore inventory and price as well as forecasts from financial analysts. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 18 Apr 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

    industries (computing, telecommunications, and health care) by shadowing them at their jobs. The team recorded every activity in the managers' workday, collecting a total of 256 hours' worth of observations.... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard
    • 26 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

    well as the ability to act faster on it and seize opportunities through new complementarities (Alaimo & Aaltonen; Aversa & Hueller; Ritala & Karhu; Kazemargi et al.; Thomas et al., all in this... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology
    • Program

    Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual

    provide wide-ranging insights into your personal leadership possibilities as well as the business challenges and career decisions you face Who Should Attend Mid-career professionals who are looking to... View Details
    • 12 Jan 2022
    • Blog Post

    How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora

    apply. Preparing for the GMAT was something I could easily incorporate into my daily study routine. Many people who take the GMAT years after leaving school might find it challenging to recover the studying skills and habits needed to... View Details
    • May 1995 (Revised April 1998)
    • Case

    AT&T Paradyne

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    A company making data communication devices has adopted a Total Quality philosophy for working with suppliers, employees, and customers. The finance group finds its existing cost system has become obsolete because of a shift from manual to automatic production... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Product; Corporate Accountability; Activity Based Costing and Management; System; Performance Efficiency; Financial Reporting; Operations; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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    • 02 Sep 2015
    • What Do You Think?

    What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

    the opportunity to earn high compensation--but jobs that often become too demanding for some employees, particularly those with health problems or family obligations.    Former employees complained about bosses who lacked empathy for... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion
    • Web

    All Industries

    Employment Data All Industries Employment Data All Industries All Industries Select an Industry to Access Additional Detail Pages: All Industries All Industries Consulting Consumer Products Entertainment / Media Health Care Investment... View Details
    • 16 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Breaking the Code of Change

    efforts and occasional spurts of good financial performance, the company's returns to shareholders remained low and well below the cost of capital. Over an extended period of... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
    • June 2023
    • Case

    Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart

    By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
    Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of deaths globally. The company's approach was a single shot treatment to permanently lower cholesterol, thus reducing... View Details
    Keywords: AI; Genetic Engineering; Medicine; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Innovation Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry
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    • 18 Apr 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The Cost of Leaning In

    Leaning-in, researchers show that when women choose to negotiate they tend to fare better financially than if they hadn’t. However, women who are forced to always negotiate fare worse than when they can choose when and whether to... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 26 May 2022
    • HBS Case

    Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

    would embroil the company in an ugly fight—one that risked alienating some shareholders—but he felt strongly that Apple should champion its customers’ basic human right to privacy. “We believe that a company that has values and acts on... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • July 2011 (Revised September 2012)
    • Case

    Industrial Metrology: Getting In-Line? (A)

    By: Willy Shih
    Metrology plays a key role in the manufacture of mechanical components. Traditionally it is used extensively in a pre-process stage where a manufacturer does process planning, design, and ramp-up, and in post-process off-line inspection to establish proof of quality.... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Machinery and Machining; Measurement and Metrics; Product Design; Planning; Quality; Opportunities; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Segmentation; Technology Adoption; Theory; Manufacturing Industry
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    • September 2024
    • Article

    A Potential Pitfall of Passion: Passion Is Associated with Performance Overconfidence

    By: Erica R. Bailey, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, Adam D. Galinsky and Jon M. Jachimowicz
    Having passion is almost universally lauded. People strive to follow their passion at work, and organizations increasingly seek out passionate employees. Supporting the benefits of passion, prior research finds a robust relationship between passion and higher levels of... View Details
    Keywords: Interests; Personal Characteristics; Performance Evaluation
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