Filter Results:
(9,023)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(9,023)
- People (4)
- News (361)
- Research (8,398)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (7,408)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(9,023)
- People (4)
- News (361)
- Research (8,398)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (7,408)
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
Summing Up: Which Schools Will Produce the Next Generation of Transformative Leaders? This month’s column featured two leaders who were able to build organizations that literally transformed the mutual fund and airline industries. In the... View Details
- November 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Electro, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
CFO of U.S. company preparing for U.K. analyst meetings reviews his company's 2008 earnings per share calculations. View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Standards; United Kingdom; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Electro, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 111-058, November 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
Entrepreneurial success may depend on more than a great idea, plenty of connections, and financial backing, new research suggests. The entrepreneur’s job security may also play a significant role. Uncertain job prospects, such as those... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
TripAdvisor demonstrates the reach and power of recommendation services for consumers: it has become the world’s largest travel site with 340 million unique monthly visitors and 350 million reviews online... View Details
- August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Bankers Trust New York Corp.
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Bankers Trust New York Corp." Harvard Business School Case 286-005, August 1985. (Revised July 1991.)
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
this month's column. Several thought that the provision could have the desired effect. Yedendra Chouksey said, "What is open to public glare does restrain proclivity for 'insanely generous' self-rewards So, why not try it and hope... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Mebel, Doran & Co., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-287-001). View Details
Keywords: New York (state, US)
- June 1999
- Teaching Note
SOS-Kinderdorf International: Caring for Orphaned Children TN
Teaching Note for (9-597-079). View Details
- December 1984 (Revised October 1987)
- Case
Marginalism in the State of New York
Keywords: New York (state, US)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Marginalism in the State of New York." Harvard Business School Case 385-218, December 1984. (Revised October 1987.)
- May 1968 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Graybar Syndications
A potential investor evaluates a proposed offering—a major office building in downtown Manhattan. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Construction; City; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)
Poorvu, William J. "Graybar Syndications." Harvard Business School Case 313-324, May 1968. (Revised January 1992.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy
- February 1990 (Revised January 1993)
- Teaching Note
Nippon-WTI Ltd., Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-287-006). View Details
- April 2010
- Teaching Note
United Way (TN)
Teaching Note for [310014]. View Details
Keywords: Los Angeles
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
condoms is a challenge in the central African country, and she wanted to see if there was a way to incentivize hairdressers—who often maintain safe spaces for women to discuss sensitive topics—to sell female... View Details
- August 2004
- Teaching Note
Accel Partners' European Launch (TN)
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note to (9-803-021). View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
the older worker is shown to the door," said Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, who recently cowrote a working paper called Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms with Sari Pekkala Kerr of... View Details
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
the company's success over its 20-year existence. But Sunil Gupta, an expert on marketing and digital technology who wrote a recent case on Amazon, sees deeper motives behind the company creating its own Christmas in July. "I think... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
Informing consumers and restricting bad apples: that’s the dual role that occupational licensing is supposed to play. If a plumber, painting contractor, or HVAC repairer has a license it should matter to consumers wanting their services,... View Details