Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (3,762) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (3,762) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 39 of 3,762 Results →
  • Program

Program for Leadership Development

HBS Live Online Classroom. Just as HBS pioneered the case study method, we also built the first live online classroom in 2014 and have been refining and optimizing our virtual program experience ever since.... View Details
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Ashish Nanda
Ashish Nanda’s research focuses on leadership, particularly in the context of professional services and institutions of higher education. He has published case studies and articles on professional services in three primary streams: management of professional service... View Details
Keywords: Professional Services; Professionalism; Strategy; Leadership; Higher Education; Asia; India; Latin America; China
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

Manage Time By: Porter, Michael E., and Nitin Nohria Abstract—In 2006 Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study tracking how large companies’ CEOs spent their time, 24/7, for 13 weeks: where they were,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 28

relationships in which BATNAs are inherently interdependent. Third, BATNAs are often mistakenly described mainly as “last resorts” relevant only in case of impasse or “if the other side is more powerful.” Other uses of the term “BATNA”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 20

case study of a multinational firm in the biotechnology sector to illustrate how the core-periphery framework works in multiple emerging markets across institutional differences. The analysis is based on 32... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2009
  • Background Note

Business Valuation and the Cost of Capital

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This note is an introduction to the cost of capital as used in discounted cash flow valuation analyses. The note covers basic financial economic principles and practical problems encountered in calculating the cost of capital, especially WACC. It concludes with... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Capital Budgeting; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Valuation
Related
  • January–February 2014
  • Article

Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong?

By: David A. Garvin
The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management innovation, referred to as People Support, involving a group of managers whose role is to listen to and help resolve employees'... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Organizational Culture
Related
  • August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations

By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis
Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; South Africa
Related
  • 16 Jul 2021
  • News

What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson?

  • March 2024
  • Supplement

Madrigal: Conducting a Customer-Base Audit

By: Eva Ascarza, Bruce Hardie, Peter S. Fader and Michael Ross
This case presents a scenario where Madrigal, a U.S. retailer with a rich 20-year history and a solid loyalty program, faces a turning point with the arrival of a new CEO. This leadership change reveals a critical gap in understanding the customer base, prompting an... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; United States
Related
  • September 2011
  • Case

China Development Bank

By: Li Jin, Matthew Preble and Aldo Sesia
In May 2011, Chairman Chen Yuan of the China Development Bank (CDB) was thinking back on CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Emerging Markets; Energy Sources; Banks and Banking; Energy Industry; Brazil; China
Related
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

over time. Two lab studies replicate our main findings and show that behavioral biases due to differences in perceptions of expertise drive the effect. Our research contributes not only to operations research, but also to the practice of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

as a developer of technical products for Fortune 500 companies, an executive of cutting-edge startups, and a venture capitalist for eight years. This case study also reviews how private equity investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Teaching

Overview

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Course Requirements

Students are required to prepare a business plan, which employs the framework of this course, to explore an entrepreneurial opportunity in health care, and to evaluate their classmates' plans.

Career Focus

For... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

2017 Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Public Health Preparedness: Case Studies in Policy and Management By: Howitt, Arnold M., Dutch Leonard, and David W. Giles, eds. Abstract—This book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2020
  • Blog Post

A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business

Jiyoon Han (MBA 2021) is getting a taste of what it’s like to be a case protagonist—learning how to pivot while measuring unforeseen challenges against new opportunities. When news broke in March about how COVID-19 would affect the... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2575912   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 515-011 Muñoz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation Muñoz... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

academic studies on the periphery of HRM are beginning to adopt such a view. We argue that the HRM studies so far have given us much valuable learning but that the subject has now reached a point where we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

case where General Motors dealt with a serious recall crisis translated these concepts into the reality of managing a global enterprise in a trustworthy manner. BOOK ABSTRACT: The role of the chief communication officer (CCO) in today's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2003
  • Case

Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
In the late 1980s, Analog Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, developed a technology known as Microelectromagnetic Machines, or MEMS. The technology allows tiny moving parts to be embedded within traditional silicon chips. The potential applications are widespread.... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Semiconductor Industry
Related