Publications

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

distinction as a Baker Scholar. He has served on the Board of Dean’s Advisors and various class committees, kept in touch with classmates, and was the subject of an HBS case... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

The View from the Pit

Illustration by Steve Bjorkman When the Class of 1974 returns to campus to celebrate its 25th Reunion, at least three of its members won't have far to travel. From their base of operations at Soldiers Field,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

highest affiliation organizations; Planned Parenthood and Outward Bound were high autonomy organizations; SOS Kinderdorf ranked lowest on the autonomy scale, and about in the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

June 2009 (Revised February 2010)
Case

Cirque du Soleil -- The High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Maxime Aucoin

The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case allows for a rich discussion and analysis of Cirque du Soleil's business model with an emphasis on how it interacts with that of MGM Mirage. Le Cirque and MGM's business models... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Investment; Profit; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Partners and Partnerships; Trust; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

04 Sep 2012
News

Harvard Business School Presents the 2012 Alumni Achievement Awards To Five Outstanding Graduates

30 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS

Let’s face it, folks, when you’re an upper middle class white male from suburban New Jersey who worked at a bulge bracket bank following your college graduation, only speaks one language, has no patents to... View Details

2012
Working Paper

Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Julie Wulf

Performance-based pay is an important instrument to align the interests of managers with the interests of shareholders. However, recent evidence suggests that high-powered incentives also provide managers with incentives to manipulate the firm's reported earnings. The... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Interests; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Earnings Management; Performance Evaluation; Stock Options

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March 2018
Case

Sandra Brown Goes Digital (A): The Promise and Perils of Social Movements in a Healthcare Company

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

As a middle manager at a biotechnology company, Sandra Brown harnessed digital tools and social media to engage others and build campaigns for change in the company. This case follows her career at the company and describes the challenges she faced as a change agent,... View Details

Keywords: Digital; Engagement; Stakeholder Engagement; Grassroots Movement; Organization Change And Adaptation; Quality; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Career Path; Leading Change; Management; Innovation and Management; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry

01 Mar 2017
News

The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

Africa and the Middle East, and to make deals with these countries that they hope will stabilize the region and stabilize refugee flows. KF: One thing Turkey is coming to terms... View Details

Keywords: April White

27 May 2020
News

Nine Harvard Business School Students Win Dean’s Award for Service to the School and Society

October 2015
Teaching Note

Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just reported lower... View Details

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

classes assigned to their patents by the U.S. Patent Office. Inventors whose patents are all in one class, or in just a couple of classes, are said to be more specialized. These results confirmed our initial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2008
Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

anything but a good example for the average citizen. Left-wing politicians are equally guilty of framing the American Dream in material terms. They claim the Dream is... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

11 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

in the class could be helpful with the project." Passion And Enthusiasm The keys to succeeding in these situations are two-fold: conveying... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

07 Nov 2019
News

The Future Of Education In Family Business Leadership And Tips To Get Started

September 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Case

B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy

By: Christopher Marquis, Andrew David Klaber and Bobbi Thomason

The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations (B=Benefit) that legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include... View Details

Keywords: Economic Sectors; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Policy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Value Creation