Publications

30 Jun 2019
News

Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration, teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. According to HBSCB president Bing Sherrill (MBA 1962), about 45 alumni from HBS, Harvard College, and MIT attended the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

January 2008
Supplement

Joe Bachelder: Reflections

By: Brian Hall and James K. Sebenius

After Charles Suarez's failed compensation negotiations with Victor, Suarez's attorney, Joe Batchelder, joined class discussions of the case in a course taught by Professor Brian Hall. Professor James Sebenius also interviewed Joe Bachelder at length on this case and... View Details

Keywords: Courts and Trials; Attorney and Client Relationships; Negotiation Deal; Executive Compensation; Knowledge Sharing; Talent and Talent Management; Perspective; Organizations

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

business administration cannot change the world. The recourse I see is to establish a level of supervision above the corporate world, either private sector or government. Of the two, only government is susceptible to opinion of mere citizens. The SEC could require that... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

April 1981 (Revised January 1997)
Case

Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project

By: Kim B. Clark

Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to fix... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Production; Problems and Challenges; Conflict Management; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Groups and Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States

2011
Working Paper

From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns

By: David A Lax and James K. Sebenius

Negotiation scholars typically take the individual deal, or a few linked deals, as the unit of analysis. While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Framework; Business Subsidiaries; Agreements and Arrangements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Information Management; Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

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28 Oct 2024
Blog Post

It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School

proposed by the faculty and are in line with their expertise and regional interests, but also consequential for the local partners the students are engaging with. So, the result is quick, intensive learning that is often put to practice immediately while View Details

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

strategy, and develop a hobby—all to face weeks on the road interviewing at far-flung institutions. Rouen teaches in the Accounting and Management Unit, having recently completed his own job hunt, which brought him to Harvard. Although... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

witnessed the company’s scrappy nature, commitment to innovation, and operational creativity. Key Takeaways from the Log 9 Site Visit The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) course at HBS introduced the Diamond-Square framework as a means to... View Details

February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Case

TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details

October 2004 (Revised October 2013)
Case

In Search of Global Regulation

By: Geoffrey Jones, Mona Rahmani and Alexis Gendron

The history of the international regulation of global capitalism is surveyed, addressing the challenges facing firms confronting international, national, and regional regulation. Follows the history of global regulation after 1914, from the League of Nations'... View Details

Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations

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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024

American 5% 5% 2% 3% 1% Hispanic / Latino / Latinx 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% White 89% 90% 93% 93% 95% Did Not Report / Unknown 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Staff headcount includes View Details

05 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

What do you do on a day-to-day basis? It varies quite a lot. In general, I’m focused on thinking about how we’ll scale up our production, first to make more prototypes, and eventually to the point where we are a mature company with products coming off the line. I View Details

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC. Alan Horn (MBA 1971), Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC)... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

marketing 6-7 hrs Module 4 Acquiring Customers, Part II: Owned and Earned Media Define owned and earned media and how to incorporate both into your marketing plan. Explore the process of working with influencers and learn to manage and... View Details

May 2008 (Revised September 2014)
Teaching Note

TD Canada Trust (A), (B), and (C)

By: Dennis Campbell

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Profit; Balanced Scorecard; Service Delivery; Announcements; Compensation and Benefits; Canada