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  • April 2013
  • Supplement

AIG and the American Taxpayers (B)

By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
Explores the decision faced by AIG's board on whether to join shareholder and ex-CEO Maurice Greenberg's lawsuit against the U.S. government. The suit, argued by super-lawyer David Boies (of Bush v. Gore and California Gay Marriage fame), claims that in September 2008... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Financial Policy; Property Rights; Financial Institutions; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • 06 Jul 2017
  • News

How to teach civics in school

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services

      Michael E. Porter

      Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
      • 01 Sep 2017
      • News

      The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

      professional esports players and amateur gamers streaming video game play. By year’s end, market analyst Newzoo forecasts, the online global esports audience will reach 385 million people with revenues of nearly $700 million. But if all... View Details
      Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

        Janice H. Hammond

        Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing. She currently serves as coursehead for the new MBA required course, Data Science for Managers. She serves as program chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s... View Details

        Keywords: apparel; distribution; e-commerce industry; manufacturing; retailing; textiles; transportation
        • 25 May 2010
        • First Look

        First Look: May 25

        attempting the transformation required to embrace a new, dominant technology—the choice to maintain focus on the old technology. In considering this choice we distinguish between "racing" strategies, which attempt to fight off the rise of the new technology... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 02 Jan 2001
        • Research & Ideas

        Gurus in the Garage

        and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San Francisco International, one is struck by how small the region is.... View Details
        Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
        • 04 Nov 2013
        • News

        A Harvard Professor Knows Why the Bloated Blockbuster Will Never Die

        • November 2019
        • Case

        Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

        By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
        In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
        Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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        • May 2015
        • Teaching Note

        The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity

        By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Hilary White
        After struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial £113... View Details
        Keywords: United Kingdom; Austerity; Fiscal Deficits; Fiscal Policy; Keynesian Multiplier; Government; Government Policy; Recessions; Depression; Inequality; Government Intervention In The Markets; Stagnation; Public Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Public Sector; Economy; Financial Crisis; Taxation; Government and Politics; United Kingdom
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        • December 2020 (Revised October 2021)
        • Case

        Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround

        By: Amy C. Edmondson and Nancy Boghossian Staples
        Facing a significant decline in revenues in 2016, David Gwilliam, Head of Transformation at PepsiCo UK introduced a new way of working (“Responsive Working”), which encompasses a set of work practices and some new team structures. The work practices comprise a set of 9... View Details
        Keywords: SLAM Teams; Turnaround; Groups and Teams; Employees; Training; Decision Making; Planning; Performance Improvement; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom; Europe
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        • February 2014
        • Teaching Note

        Advising Families on Estate Planning

        By: Robert C. Pozen
        Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
        Keywords: Estate Planning; Estate Tax; Gift Tax; Gift Giving; Generation Skipping Tax; Tax Accounting; Tax Strategy; Taxes; Taxation; Retirement; Financial Services Industry; United States
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        • January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
        • Case

        Advising Families on Estate Planning

        By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman
        Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
        Keywords: Estate Planning; Estate Tax; Gift Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Tax Accounting; Tax Strategy; Taxes; Taxation; Retirement; United States
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        • 27 Jan 2015
        • First Look

        First Look: January 27

        oneself and to engage in moral compensation by behaving prosocially. We established the role that impurity played in these effects through mediation and moderation. We found that inauthenticity-induced cleansing and compensatory helping... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

          PRESENCE

          New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller, Chicago Tribune bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and... View Details

          • 06 Dec 2018
          • News

          Source Code

          MORE Listen to Donna Dubinsky explain why we shouldn't fear the Terminator, on the Skydeck podcast Google can identify a dog because the search engine has been fed millions of images of dogs—all labeled as such by humans—and it’s used... View Details
          Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg
          • 25 Jan 2016
          • News

          Problem-based learning and the case method

          • 29 Jun 2017
          • News

          HBX Launches New Certificate Program, Becoming a Better Manager

          • 03 Sep 2018
          • News

          Moving Pictures

          movie by Michael Keaton) who oversaw the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation. “Over the course of two years he dug out of us everything we knew—and then some.” That legwork and intense focus translated into a gripping, moment-by-moment... View Details
          Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment