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06 Oct 2015
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brothers returned to the United States, she argued, they somehow would find a way to make it work. Money, by necessity, became an obsession. Throughout his first year at HBS, Sityodtong sent $10 each week to his mother in Thailand, money... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

from the left and the right, set out to do just that. For the last two and a half years, we co-chaired the Commission's Mortgage Finance Reform Working Group. Remarkably, we saw consensus emerge from both parties on the goals of the new system. We made View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

practice in need of further examination. Taken to an extreme, it leads to a conclusion such as that of Renat Nadyukov: "Sometimes we forget why we pay people." Sivaram Parameswaran concurs, saying, "in the compulsion to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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AASU50 - Alumni

the following decades—students who were of Harvard Business School, not simply in it, and helped to shape its future. Clifford E. Darden, MBA 1969, DBA 1982 Don Harmon, MBA 1970 Grover P. Walker, MBA 1971 Matthew Augustine, Jr., MBA 1971... View Details

27 Nov 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

maker Ferrari opens up about how it has bucked industry trends to achieve a world class brand. How Wayfair Built a Furniture Brand from ScratchWhat was once a collection of 240 home furnishing sites is now a single, successful brand,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

arrangement that shared the risk of car loans between dealer and manufacturer. Its goals were, initially, to smooth out seasonal fluctuations in sales, but the ultimate effect was to dramatically increase the numbers of units sold. Henry... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Initiative Julliard School Junior Achievement KaBOOM! Kresge Foundation LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program/Mayor's Office L.A. Unified School District Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Mass Challenge Mass IT Massachusetts Bay... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

the thinking on this idea of neurodiversity; that we do better when we mix people who think differently or are wired a bit differently.” Social difficulties are one of the hallmarks of ASD, making it hard for those with ASD to make View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

08 May 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry

Keywords: by Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar & Tatiana Sandino; Retail; Food & Beverage

April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
Case

Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

In early 2025, boards of directors had to rethink corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts amid rapidly-shifting social, legal, regulatory, and economic forces. While just a few years earlier, calls to address racial justice and climate change reached into... View Details

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June 2017 (Revised May 2018)
Supplement

Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer

This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new... View Details

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February 2011 (Revised December 2012)
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Coca-Cola on Facebook

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

In late 2008, executives at Coca-Cola had to decide what to do with a fan-created page on Facebook that had amassed over one million followers in three months. From a legal point of view the fan-created page was in violation of Facebook's terms of service as a... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Governance Controls; Policy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Social and Collaborative Networks; Food and Beverage Industry

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02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

particular tool put forward in reforms is the idea of "say on pay," which gives shareholders a non-binding vote on executive compensation and severance packages. The Obama administration has proposed requiring it in all public... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

contractual, reputational, and legal risks to overcome in making the project a success. Given these risks, Enterprise is unsure whether to rebuild in New Orleans at all and whether to renovate the site or redevelop it into a mixed-income... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Dec 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine L. Milkman & Markus Nöth

18 Sep 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms: A Synthesis

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin

March 2021
Case

Founders Factory

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett

In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within... View Details

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December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
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Riverstone

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

In 2020, Luke Minion and the leadership team at Riverstone, a hog producer founded in 2013 in Shandong, China, were evaluating Riverstone’s strategy as it rebounded from outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in two of its three farm complexes. Riverstone was a joint... View Details