Publications

January 2009 (Revised February 2014)
Case

Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceutical (Abridged)

By: Lucy White

Perry Capital owns shares in King and, to facilitate approval of the merger, buys shares in Mylan, whilst hedging out its economic exposure to Mylan's share price using derivatives. The price at which Mylan proposes to merge with King is generous to King shareholders,... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Voting; Ethics; Stock Shares; Investment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Ownership Stake

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

still a junior faculty member, focused on making tenure and writing a second book. That’s the year she got a call from the law firm Leigh Day, which was looking to sue the British government for reparations... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Dec 2017
News

Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

After a tumultuous year in US politics, more than a dozen recent alumni have thrown their hats into the ring to launch careers in public service. “More and more people are feeling they need to step up and... View Details

Keywords: politics

November 2012 (Revised April 2013)
Case

Konys, Inc.

By: Deishin Lee and Tunay I. Tunca

This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure contracts with their supplier—using a purchase contract, an option contract, or combination of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market.... View Details

Keywords: Option Contract; Uncertainty; Sourcing; Supplier Relationship; Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Supply Chain; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry

June 1994 (Revised June 1995)
Case

Chandler Home Products: European Rationalization

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Chandler, a large U.S. consumer products firm, is rationalizing its European operations. Tony Pesci, protagonist, is deciding which plants to close for maximum efficiency. The manufacturing/marketing relationship is strained as efficiency is being weighed against... View Details

Keywords: Debates; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Labor; Contracts; Operations; Performance Efficiency; Relationships; Consumer Products Industry; United States

01 Jun 1984
Conference Presentation

The Motivation for Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives

2002
Chapter

Eliciting Mental Models through Imagery

By: Gerald Zaltman

Keywords: Perception; Cognition and Thinking

04 Apr 2022
News

Strengthening City Hall’s Foundations

In an opinion piece published by the Jerusalem Post on April 4, 2022, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) announced a new management training program to support mayors in Israel. The Bloomberg-Sagol Center for City Leadership, created in partnership with Yossi Sagol (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

Web

Mental Health Awareness Month | Baker Library

University community at large. The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth The Fearless Organization , published by HBS Professor Amy C.... View Details

March 2008 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Facebook

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Aaron Smith, David Chen and Brian Feinstein

As Facebook topped one billion monthly users in October 2012, the online social network continued to face questions about how best to monetize its surging traffic. The company could invest further in new advertising products, which represented the majority of the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Profit; Open Source Distribution; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry

October 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Acme Investment Trust: January 2001

By: Josh Lerner

The managers of a large corporate pension fund must decide whether to invest in a private equity fund that is offering a guaranteed rate of return of 20% on part of its portfolio. The background behind and implications of the guarantee are explored. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Private Equity; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt of lightning shivering the key... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

January 2016
Case

Acxiom

By: John Deighton

Acxiom built the market for personal data, yet sales have been flat for a decade during which marketing's appetite for data has exploded. Will the acquisition of a digital data onboarder LiveRamp give marketers what they want from a data broker? View Details

Keywords: Big Data; Direct Marketing; Personal Data; Privacy; Digital Marketing; Retargeting; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Ethics; Marketing; United States