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  • August 2008
  • Case

The Chubb Corporation in China

By: Li Jin, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Aldo Sesia
The Chubb Corporation, headquartered in the U.S., was the holding company for a number of property and casualty insurance companies which operated in 29 countries. In 1979, the Chinese government, as part of its "reform and open" policy invited a delegation of Chubb... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Insurance Industry; China; United States
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  • January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Space Data Corporation

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Jay Wynn
Space Data Corp. plans to partner with the U.S. National Weather Service to place transceivers on weather balloons and thereby create a national mobile communications network. The company is in the late development stages and is planning to launch a regional test that... View Details
Keywords: Wireless Technology; Business Startups; Business Processes; Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Telecommunications Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • 1998
  • Book

Global Climate Change: A Senior Level Dialogue at the Intersection of Economics, Strategy, Technology, Science, Politics and International Negotiation

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Based on the 1997 conference organized by the Kellog Environmental Research Center and sponsored by the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Global Climate Change presents the views of key players in the debate over global climate change... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Policy; Goals and Objectives; International Relations
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  • 18 Feb 2017
  • News

We are in a deglobalization period: Business historian Geoffrey G. Jones

  • 13 Dec 2016
  • News

Eye Appeal Is Buy Appeal: Business Creates the Color of Foods

    Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News

    Nine studies investigate when and why people may paradoxically prefer bad news—e.g., hoping for an objectively worse injury or a higher-risk diagnosis over explicitly better alternatives. Using a combination of field surveys and randomized experiments, the... View Details

      Make the Most of Your Relocation

      Although the Covid-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Assignments far from headquarters can... View Details

        Transforming Customer Engagement

        Against a backdrop of intensifying competition, rising labor costs, and ascending customer expectations, companies are actively seeking ways to do more with less – for example, compelling customers to take on new roles in the value creation process. And, when... View Details

        • 30 May 2023
        • News

        Finding PRIDE

        Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly... View Details
        Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
        • 23 Jun 2023
        • News

        Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

        the Charles River, an Enterprise Research Campus that will include two lab buildings, a University conference center, a hotel, and two residential towers, is projected to come online by the end of the decade, according to Carl Rodrigues,... View Details
        • 24 Jan 2020
        • News

        Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

        students and colleagues,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “His research and writings transformed the way aspiring MBAs, industries, and companies look at management. He was a beloved professor and role model whose brilliant teaching and wisdom... View Details
        • November 2002
        • Compilation

        Four Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Definitions and Examples

        By: Sandra J. Sucher
        Introduces four principles of biomedical ethics, excerpted from Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress (Oxford University Press, 2001). The principles provide a conceptual framework for the analysis and resolution of moral problems... View Details
        Keywords: Framework; Moral Sensibility; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Problems and Challenges; Research; Emotions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry
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        • 07 May 2007
        • Research & Ideas

        Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

        research and thoughts on Schumpeter's legacy in this e-mail interview. Sean Silverthorne: What attracted you to research and write about Schumpeter? And why the title Prophet of Innovation? Thomas McCraw: I... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education
        • March 2012
        • Article

        The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

        By: Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas
        New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this paper we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is... View Details
        Keywords: Technology; Transformation; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Strategy; Product; Values and Beliefs; Mathematical Methods; Power and Influence; Behavior; Experience and Expertise; Design; Market Entry and Exit; Employment Industry; Computer Industry
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        • 24 Nov 2003
        • Research & Ideas

        Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

        the author of more than 100 papers and nine books. Dr. Kaplan received a BS and MS in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in operations research from Cornell University. Krishna G. Palepu is the... View Details
        Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
        • 02 Aug 2020
        • What Do You Think?

        Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

        Korrawin SUMMING UP Will Digital Experimentation Take Hold in Industies Outside High Tech? The several responses to this month’s column generally were favorable to the notion that experimentation is gaining momentum as an everyday habit in many organizations,... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
        • Web

        Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

        Continued: The Business Model What Does the Research Say? Show Hide Details Concepts Infectious Change Public Goods Problems Cooperation in the Real Economy Expanding on Purpose Featured Exercises Public good simulation game Prisoner’s... View Details
        • 29 Jul 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: July 29, 2008

        and difficult to address. The time is ripe for fresh, authoritative analysis of this important yet often overlooked sector. In Revisiting Rental Housing, leading housing researchers build on decades of experience, research, and evaluation... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • Web

        HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

        Unrestricted 8% Other 7% Special Initiatives 6% Research 5% Building Operations Consistent with the long-term goal of preserving the value of the endowment in real terms (after inflation) and generating a predictable stream of available... View Details
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        Tsedal Neeley | About

        Tsedal Neeley Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Unit Organizational Behavior Contact Phone Bio Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty... View Details