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  • 2010
  • Simulation

Finance Simulation: Capital Budgeting: Product No. 3357.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
In this single-player simulation, students act as members of the Capital Committee of New Heritage Doll Company, tasked with selecting and allocating capital across the company's three divisions. Students evaluate a diverse set of competing investment proposals and... View Details
Keywords: Resource Allocation; Investment; Projects; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance
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    Value Shift

    Today, corporate accountability is as vital to the bottom line as an effective business model.  Value Shift makes a strong case for the merits of corporate responsibility and shows how a value-positive orientation contributes to superior performance through... View Details

    • 28 May 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

    Investors rely on corporate auditors to keep impartial watch on the accounting practices of the companies they invest in. Historically, investors have not been shy about launching litigation when they believed auditors did not do enough... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting
    • 08 Aug 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Death of the Global Manager

    and its efforts to establish Humanitarian Assistance for Neglected Diseases (HAND), a corporate social responsibility program focused on treatments for diseases that typically affect too small a population... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • 15 May 2020
    • News

    Five ESG Implications from COVID-19

    • 12 Dec 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

    Most managers think the legal department is that office down the hall where they go to keep out of trouble or write a binding patent agreement. And that's shortsighted, says Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley. A company that makes proactive use of the... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
    • 02 Aug 2017
    • What Do You Think?

    Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

    anything less than excellence; treat everyone with respect; provide training and role models; and reinforce the right behaviors and hold people accountable for the wrong behaviors. David Wittenberg offered advice on measurement: “It’s better to measure effects, such as... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett

      Forest L. Reinhardt

      Forest L. Reinhardt is the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and HBS’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions and Tenure.

      Professor Reinhardt is interested in the relationships between market and nonmarket... View Details

      Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; beverage; biotechnology; chemical; energy; federal government; food; food processing; forest products; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; paper; petroleum; tourism; transportation
      • December 2014 (Revised July 2016)
      • Case

      HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José Alvarez, Tonia Junker and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      The Dutch company HEINEKEN, one of the leading global brewers known for its brands like Heineken, Amstel, and Desperados and for its award-winning marketing campaigns, seeks to closely integrate its long-term sustainability "Brewing a Better World" approach into its... View Details
      Keywords: Beer/brewing Industry; Sustainability; Local Sourcing; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry
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        Michael Beer

        MICHAEL BEER

        Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

        • May 2012 (Revised November 2015)
        • Case

        The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)

        By: David A. Garvin and Annelena Lobb
        In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.–based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
        Keywords: General Management; Change Management; Media And Publishing; Digital Convergence; Strategy Development; Business Models; Information Publishing; Online Technology; Business Model; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry
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        • August 2011
        • Supplement

        An Interview with John Fahey, President and CEO of National Geographic Society

        By: David Garvin
        In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
        Keywords: Transformation; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Natural Environment; Business Strategy; Web Sites
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        • August 2011
        • Supplement

        John Fahey, President and CEO of National Geographic Society, In-Class Comments, 2/11/11

        By: David Garvin
        In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
        Keywords: Transformation; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Sales; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Web Sites; Publishing Industry; Washington (state, US)
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        • 2013
        • Working Paper

        Managers and Market Capitalism

        By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
        In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are engaging in the political process in an attempt to structure the institutions of... View Details
        Keywords: Market Design; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Government and Politics
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        • January 2011
        • Supplement

        ISS A/S (D): Goldman's 2011 Business Standards Report

        By: Clayton S. Rose
        The (D) case describes aspects of the Jan 2011 report by the Goldman Sach's Business Standards Committee on how the firm might strengthen its practices with respect to clients and other stakeholders. View Details
        Keywords: Acquisition; Financial Crisis; Corporate Governance; Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Core Relationships
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          Louis E. Caldera

          Louis Caldera is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability, a required first-year course in the MBA program. He has previously taught law school courses on corporate... View Details

          • March 2013 (Revised January 2015)
          • Technical Note

          Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States

          By: Karthik Ramanna, Sandra J. Sucher and Ian McKown Cornell
          This note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate... View Details
          Keywords: Political Economy; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States
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          • March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
          • Module Note

          Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States

          This module note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to... View Details
          Keywords: Political Economy; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States
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          • Blog

          Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

          A few years ago, HBS Executive Education unveiled the program Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director, designed to introduce executives to the process of joining a corporate board. Since that... View Details
          • October 1982 (Revised May 1992)
          • Case

          Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Tragedy

          By: Stephen A. Greyser
          In October 1982, Johnson & Johnson was confronted with a major crisis when seven deaths were attributed to poisoned Tylenol. The case reviews the facts as known a week after the incident occurred, and raises a wide range of questions regarding consumer behavior,... View Details
          Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry
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