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- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
experiments, are published in a new paper, When to Sign on the Dotted Line? Signing First Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-Reports, written by Lisa L. Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman of Harvard View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
Brooks, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. In a recent paper, Brooks offers a counter to that prevailing wisdom, detailing four study situations where an apology for... View Details
- 30 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)
What is the WSA? The WSA, or Women’s Student Association, is a student-led organization at Harvard Business School for anyone who identifies as a woman. We’re the largest student organization on campus. What do we do? Our role is View Details
- November 2021 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
QuantumScape CEO Jagdeep Singh juggles the many activities required to lead the next-generation battery pioneer. Founded in 2010, QuantumScape’s mission was to develop new “solid-state” car batteries that would improve upon traditional lithium-ion batteries in key... View Details
Keywords: Batteries; Electric Vehicles; SPACs; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; Energy Industry; California; San Jose
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future." Harvard Business School Case 822-044, November 2021. (Revised May 2022.)
Eva Ascarza
Eva Ascarza is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit. She is the co-founder of the Customer Intelligence Lab at the D^3 institute at Harvard Business School. She teaches the Marketing core in the MBA required... View Details
- April 2003
- Background Note
Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (E)
This case summarizes the technical evaluation methodology Shell employed to evaluate the alternative proposals submitted to its engineering competition for disposing of the Brent Spar. It also details the results of the evaluation process. View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Business and Community Relations; Projects; Energy Sources; Energy Industry
Watkins, Michael D., and Samuel Passow. "Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (E)." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-014, April 2003.
- 23 Nov 2022
- News
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
- 2007
- Case
Deriving by Doing: A New Approach to Teaching Finance
By: Joshua Coval, Jonathan Gadzik and Erik Stafford
Coval, Joshua, Jonathan Gadzik, and Erik Stafford. "Deriving by Doing: A New Approach to Teaching Finance." 2007.
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at Harvard Business School. Roughly 42 percent of Fortune 500 companies said they’d reached an environmental target or committed View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning: Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
To activate the first wind turbines in the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard eventually supplying clean energy to 400,000 households, Vineyard Wind’s leaders had to navigate the permitting process, numerous delays, and objections from stakeholders in three communities:... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Joint Ventures; Green Technology; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard; New Bedford; New England
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jacob A. Small. "Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (A): Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind." Harvard Business School Case 324-113, March 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- May 2022
- Case
Rawbank's Illico Cash: Can 'Fast Money' Overcome Cash Dependency in the DRC?
By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
Thomas de Dreux-Brézé, the Head of Strategy and Project Management at Rawbank Congo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was perplexed as he reviewed annual adoption rates for the bank’s launch of Illico Cash 2.0. As the bank’s mobile money app, Illico Cash... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Inflation; Deflation; Rural; Urban; Emerging Market; Mobile Technology; Finance; Money; Inflation and Deflation; Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Demographics; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Behavioral Finance; Currency; Banks and Banking; Commercial Banking; Financial Strategy; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; Innovation Strategy; Emerging Markets; Network Effects; Consumer Behavior; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cohen, Lauren, and Grace Headinger. "Rawbank's Illico Cash: Can 'Fast Money' Overcome Cash Dependency in the DRC?" Harvard Business School Case 222-084, May 2022.
- 09 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."
different function.” Prior to business school, Jon had fulfilled two roles in clean energy: one at a service provider to commercial energy users in the efficiency and demand... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 11 May 2021
- News
How To Talk Yourself Up (Without Turning People Off)
- November 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Deutsche Bank: Structured Retail Products
By: Boris Vallée and Jérôme Lenhardt
Describes how Deutsche Bank, a leading European bank, is deciding whether or not to launch a new structured retail product in Germany: an autocallable note. Will this product find a market and how does it fit into the bank’s product portfolio? The case investigates how... View Details
Keywords: Structured Products; Structured Retail Products; Germany; Auto Callable Note; Financial Product; Financial Product Development; Financial Product Marketing; Financial Product Launch; Financial Product Positioning; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Asset Management; Capital Markets; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Commercial Banking; Financial Instruments; Annuities; Bonds; Stocks; Financial Management; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Interest Rates; Investment
Vallée, Boris, and Jérôme Lenhardt. "Deutsche Bank: Structured Retail Products." Harvard Business School Case 217-037, November 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- 25 Mar 2014
- News
Neurophage Nabs $17M More to Hunt Down Brain Plaques
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
from most so-called sustainable funds. But this stance eliminates some of the most prolific and influential producers of green innovation, including Exxon Mobil, BP, and Chevron, according to recent research by Harvard View Details
- November 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
In March 2010, Burak Dalgın (HBS MBA 2004) led private equity firm Darby's investment in Sırma, a local Turkish water and beverage company. Sırma was owned and managed by members of two Turkish business families. The existing management, while being highly... View Details
Keywords: Control Systems; Variance Analysis; Emerging Markets; Debt; Family Ownership; Turkey; Valuation; Business or Company Management; Private Equity; Financial Reporting; Investment; Budgets and Budgeting; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Eren Kuzucu. "Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm." Harvard Business School Case 117-033, November 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
- Article
Multinational Corporations as the Key to Global Poverty Reduction
By: George C. Lodge and Craig Wilson
Lodge, George C., and Craig Wilson. "Multinational Corporations as the Key to Global Poverty Reduction." Challenge 49, no. 3 (May–June 2006): 68–82.