North and Central America - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jun 2018
Cold Call Podcast

L.A. Philharmonic Shows the American Symphony Orchestra Isn’t Dead Yet

Keywords: Re: Rohit Deshpande; Entertainment & Recreation; Fine Arts

December 2018
Teaching Note

An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?

Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-039. View Details

Keywords: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; UK Bribery Legislation; Law; Leadership; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Asia

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30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin C. Esty, the author, with senior case researcher Aldo Sesia,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

they wanted "to avoid the consequences of bad publicity." “No longer can leaders be chosen strictly for their abilities” In so doing, these officials—including legendary head football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

looking at. Increasingly, viewers are doubling up on entertainment with a second media device in their hand or on their lap to complement—and compete—with the television. In 2012, Nielsen found that close to 40 percent of smartphone and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

June 1991
Teaching Note

Mebel, Doran & Co., Teaching Note

By: Samuel L. Hayes III

Teaching Note for (9-287-001). View Details

Keywords: New York (state, US)

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June 1999
Teaching Note

SOS-Kinderdorf International: Caring for Orphaned Children TN

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for (9-597-079). View Details

Keywords: India; United States; Norway

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December 1984 (Revised October 1987)
Case

Marginalism in the State of New York

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: New York (state, US)

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May 1998
Teaching Note

FAG Kugelfischer- A German Restructuring (TN)

By: Stuart C. Gilson

Teaching Note for (9-298-046). View Details

Keywords: Germany; United States; Europe

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April 2010
Teaching Note

The Globalization of East Asian Pop Music (TN)

By: Jordan I. Siegel

Teaching Note for 708479. View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Business Strategy; Profit; Expansion; Globalization; Culture; East Asia; United States

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January 2004
Teaching Note

Large-scale Change at the WSSC (TN)

By: Amy C. Edmondson

Teaching Note to (9-603-056). View Details

Keywords: Washington (state, US)

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06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

Summing Up The jury is in. Nearly all respondents to this month's column would advise U.S. firms such as Yahoo, Google, Cisco, and Microsoft to continue to operate in China despite the government's possible use of their content or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

September 2001 (Revised May 2005)
Teaching Note

Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-301-009). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry; Hong Kong; India; Europe; United States

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20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

worse than the financial crisis,” says Mills, who led the United States Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. “Many small businesses will not survive more than a month.” Small businesses have been scaling down and temporarily... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

26 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

Digital Doctor In recent years, many physicians have put away pen-and-paper and taken up the keyboard or tablet to maintain patient health records. One motivation was the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health