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  • 18 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

Love at HBS is a celebration of the diverse expressions of love that exist on our campus and in the world around us. This project showcases stories of love from students at Harvard Business School. Laura Sandoval & Javon Tai, Class of... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2017
  • HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

has no business interfering with products that aren’t breaking laws and, more importantly, are clearly meeting a real consumer need. “It was a powerful argument that played out strongly,” Deshpandé says of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • Web

Connell House | About

Connell House William F. Connell (MBA 1963) Connell House (formerly Fowler House) is named for distinguished business leader and generous HBS benefactor William F. Connell (MBA 1963). The three-story, 5,600-square-foot Georgian... View Details
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week   Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Why HBS? - Doctoral

Why HBS? Why HBS? Rigorous academic research that influences practice Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty are world-class scholars who have had an impact on organizations and economies on every continent. Doctoral students... View Details
  • September 2009 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

Scooter Lindley: The Formation Call

By: Lena G. Goldberg
Factors affecting decision making about appropriate types of business entities are explored in the context of advising a prospective investor with particular emphasis on why LLCs are increasingly "go-to" entities. The potential effect of choice of organization on... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Delaware
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  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

Sexual Harassment Harvard Business School Note 308-096 This note provides an introduction to the law of sexual harassment. It has three parts. Part One describes the laws on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54553 May 2018 Harvard Business Manager Was kostet die Zeit? By: Thomke, Stefan H., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Christina Kestel Abstract—A German luxury watch manufacturer... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

result. The findings by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Elisabeth Kempf come at a time of heightened political discord and polarization among Americans. The research sheds new light on how the same dynamics are unfolding in... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53601 Harvard Business School Case 718-008 'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War In 2012, Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín and President Cristina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

The controversial topic of offshoring U.S. jobs may have been shoved out of the headlines by recent events, but it remains front and center for senior business leaders operating in an increasingly global, competitive economy. To give MBAs... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

Finance can be intimidating, and many business executives don’t even try to get their arms around it. But Harvard Business School Professor Mihir Desai says business leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

captured the spirit of respondents when she said, “For Harvard Business School to give up on the case method would be a step backward, not forward.” Reminding us that the method was adapted from teaching techniques practiced at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
  • Supplement

Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
The A1 and A2 versions of the “Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)” split the original A case into two parts. The A1 case ends as activists Sardar Biglari and Phil Cooley prepare to meet with CEO Don Smith at Friendly's headquarters in September 2006. The... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict and Resolution; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-103.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsBancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A) Harvard Business School Case 107-055 In 1996, CEO Fernando Garcia Checa wanted to make customer analytics a part of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

e-book market. New regulations have shaken up the e-book landscape in China, intensifying competition and prompting writers to work harder, according to research by Harvard Business School Professor Feng Zhu. Book contracts that give... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • July 2022 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard

By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
In January 2022, Microsoft announces its acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard, in a deal valued at $68.7 billion, which would make Microsoft the world’s third largest video game company. The deal came as Activision Blizzard faced gender pay... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Analysis; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Ethics; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Video Game Industry; North America; California
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  • 15 Nov 2018
  • Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Toward a Life Well Lived

Illustration by Valerie Chiang Illustration by Valerie Chiang In many states, you’re required by law to get your car inspected annually, and if there’s something wrong, you get the car serviced, says Professor Leslie Perlow. But how many... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • October 2021
  • Case

Financial Reporting at Mattel

By: Aiyesha Dey, Trung Nguyen, Marshal Herrmann and Julia Kelley
In September 2020, Diana Ferguson was nearing her first Audit Committee meeting as the newly appointed Audit Committee chair of Mattel, Inc. Mattel was just recovering from an accounting scandal which had revealed the company’s poor internal controls and weak board... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; California
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