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08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from restaurant decisions to voting behavior. These findings often leverage unique data sets and methods ranging from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

businesspeople out of the religious picture. We call these "tripping points." They just really got in the way of any kind of joint communication in this area. First of all, [the lack of communication] marginalizes the churches in a very real way. People are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

after he took office in July 2010. That collective effort came to fruition in January 2011, when the faculty voted overwhelmingly to support the creation of the FIELD course. MBA Program Innovation: FIELD Launches Mission Possible:... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal

The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details

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20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

of African Americans enslaved by the Cherokee, as well as those born into unions of the two groups. The Freedmen had struggled for decades to establish their rights as Cherokee citizens, and briefly gained those rights in 2006; in 2007, however, the Cherokee Nation... View Details

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

leaving questions about future procurement. Finally, Amul's farmers form a large vote bank in the state of Gujarat, and its cooperative structure risks being compromised by vested political interests. Should Amul continue with the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor—who had done extensive research examining the benefits of clusters—to speak to the governor’s cabinet and the legislature in support of the idea. “That was the real reason the legislature View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
Case

Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code

By: Kristin Mugford, William Vrattos and Radhika Kak

In 2016, India passed a new bankruptcy law (IBC) to counter a brewing bank crisis and increased corporate distress. Homebuilder Jaypee Infratech, one of India largest distressed companies (the “dirty dozen”) began restructuring under the IBC in 2017. Two years later,... View Details

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26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

of firms’ compensation practices, we examine whether these assessments identify poor compensation practices as measured by subsequent performance. While prior research provides consistent evidence of an association between shareholder View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

projects with social impact—from cleaning up a river to saving animals—and allowed other users to vote on which projects Pepsi should fund. Or consider DonorsChoose.org, which allows donors to contribute funds directly to low income... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2017
News

How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

find, kind of a new group, and my vote and my preference and my inclination is that this group, given how talented and smart and hardworking they are, most of them will make the journey. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations... View Details

03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

likely to hire compensation consultants the following year. Finally, we show that shareholders “Say-on-Pay” votes are more favorable for companies using compensation consultants, but this association is also explained by the composition... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

414-031 United Rentals (B) In April 2012, Jenne Britell, the chairman of the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) was preparing her notes for an upcoming stockholders' meeting. It was a meeting unlike most other meetings she had chaired. Stockholders... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

regions in America. Seawater desalination is expensive and energy intensive, but it could be a partial solution. Brian Brady and other members of the Authority need to vote for or against a financing and construction plan that includes a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

package worth some $47 million. The move infuriated some shareholders who launched a campaign (ultimately unsuccessful) to vote out the chair of the board and the chair of the compensation committee. When the board later learned that... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

design, vote and choose winners, as well as which cars are developed and brought to market for specific local regions. Local Motors customers join experts at regional Micro-Factories to build their cars. New Leaders for New Schools... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Down the Memory Chute

(Written and Oral Communication); and MC (Management Communication). For generations of MBA students indentured to a demanding Muse, the trials and tribulations of report writing became legendary. As far back as 1914, the HBS faculty View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

Katherine L. Milkman, Leslie John, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Many intend to stay fit but fail to exercise or eat healthfully; students intend to earn good grades but study too little; citizens intend to vote but fail to turnout. How... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208064 Evaluating M&A Deals—Equity Consideration Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

community leaders and Celtics players: equity in education, economic opportunity and empowerment, equity in health care, criminal and law enforcement, breaking down barriers and building bridges between communities, and voting and civic... View Details

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March 8, 2016

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

Reimagining the MBA

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

Singing to the Corn

First Look: February 4

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

First Look: November 26

First Look: June 30, 2015

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Down the Memory Chute

December 8, 2015

First Look: December 11, 2007

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement