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- January 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Supplement
Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)
By: Joseph Badaracco, Richard Burgess Jr., Robert Carpio III and William Wheeler
A Lieutenant leading a platoon in Iraq must make a complex ethical, military, and leadership decision: whether to risk his life and that of other soldiers to reenter a home rigged with an explosive and save three Iraqis. The (B) case describes the decision made and the... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Iraq
Badaracco, Joseph, Richard Burgess Jr., Robert Carpio III, and William Wheeler. "Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-086, January 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- November 2016
- Case
QuintilesIMS: Biosimilar Marketing in England
By: John A. Quelch and Emily C. Boudreau
QuintilesIMS was a leading healthcare consulting firm best known for its data and information offerings as well as its market research and management consulting services for life science companies. By 2015, the company was expanding beyond the biopharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: Health; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotech; Marketing; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; England
Quelch, John A., and Emily C. Boudreau. "QuintilesIMS: Biosimilar Marketing in England." Harvard Business School Case 517-054, November 2016.
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Roles Foundations Play in Shaping Impact Investing
- 31 Jan 2020
- Video
Students Participate in January Short Intensive Programs
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
Foundation, where he has been involved since 2007, including as chair from 2008–2013. Crisp is very comfortable with the behind-the-scenes role he has played in both his work and philanthropic endeavors. He likes to joke that the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- April 2013
- Teaching Note
New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
This case involves the founding and early life of a new bank enterprise in San Francisco with a commitment to the cause of sustainability. It illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and of specifying and making explicit the practical... View Details
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
other places." During the decision-making process, George explains, this means asking probing questions and insisting that managers present each situation in objective terms, rather than with a positive... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
in California, too. From our perspective as an investor, capital flows will follow structural reform." How much of a deterrent are shape-shifting regulations to MNCs who want to invest in Asia, wondered... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
conversation in the industry." There was a less hopeful tone to some comments. Peter Maxson said, "... we don't have a common vision of where we need to go as a global society, and even if we did, we don't have a viable View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Changing Role of Business in Society
Business interaction with the U.S. government, historically based on securing industry or company special interests at the expense of the public good, has enabled and furthered government dysfunction. Gridlock within the American political system has precluded the... View Details
Keywords: Politics; Shared Value; Social Progress Index; Competitiveness; Walmart; BlackRock; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG; Transparency; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Lobbying; Revolving Door; Political Ideology; Political Parties; Political Partisanship; Government And Business; Government Innovation; Elections; Democracy; Capitalism; Stakeholder Capitalism; Shareholder Engagement; Competition; Strategy; Government and Politics; Society; Social Issues; Human Needs; Wealth and Poverty; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Porter, Michael E. "The Changing Role of Business in Society." Working Paper, July 2021.
- August 2018
- Case
Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru
By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
This case follows Enfoca, Peru’s largest local private equity firm and its portfolio company Maestro, a leading player in Peru’s hardware retail market. Peru’s GDP growth between 2008 and 2014 was the highest of any Latin American country. Growth of the Peruvian middle... View Details
Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru." Harvard Business School Case 219-030, August 2018.
- 04 May 2021
- News
Hubert Joly on Coffee in the Clouds
- 18 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Institutional Strategies in Emerging Markets
Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Mia Raynard
- Article
Healthy Buildings in 2070
By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to... View Details
Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings and Facilities; Well-being
Macomber, John D., and Joseph G. Allen. "Healthy Buildings in 2070." The Bridge 50, no. S (Winter 2020): 11–14. (Special 50th Anniversary Issue edited by Ronald M. Latanision.)
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Apr 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
The Emergence of Mafia-like Business Systems in China
Keywords: by Meg Rithmire and Hao Chen
- July 2008
- Article
Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort pays) prevails also set harsher punishment for criminals. We know that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Law Enforcement; Mathematical Methods; Personal Characteristics; United States
Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'." Journal of Public Economics 92, no. 7 (July 2008).
- 2023
- Chapter
Malleability Interventions in Intergroup Relations
By: Smadar Cohen-Chen, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross and Eran Halperin
One important characteristic of intergroup relations and conflicts is the fact that toxic or violent intergroup relations are often associated with fixed and stable perceptions of various entities, including the ingroup (stable and positive), the outgroup (stable and... View Details
Cohen-Chen, Smadar, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross, and Eran Halperin. "Malleability Interventions in Intergroup Relations." Chap. 7 in Psychological Intergroup Interventions: Evidence-based Approaches to Improve Intergroup Relations, by Eran Halperin, Boaz Hameiri, and Rebecca Littman. Routledge, 2023.
- January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Background Note
A Note on Direct Selling in Developing Economies
By: Michael Chu and Joel Emilio Bregman Segre
Informal and formal direct selling play a particularly important role in developing countries characterized by markets with limited retail sectors. This note explores the practice of direct selling for the company, the sales person, and the consumer, as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Developing Countries and Economies; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Sales
Chu, Michael, and Joel Emilio Bregman Segre. "A Note on Direct Selling in Developing Economies." Harvard Business School Background Note 310-068, January 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- 10 Apr 2013
- News
Tapped In
resource his company harvests from pine trees. But he can offer a brief history: resin-harvesting is a millenarian tradition, mentioned in the Bible; it was a foundational industry for colonial America; and resin is even why North... View Details