Publications

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

The same group of people who had been working for an under-performing company can produce outstanding results if they have the right leader. Japan may be the first country in the world where companies can choose from two different... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

were unable to provide new loans to underwrite company growth. “The recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.” Even large companies that could ordinarily rely on public equity or debt markets... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

December 2021
Case

Danish Crown: Feeding the Future

By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej

Danish Crown, one of the world’s largest exporters of pork meat and one of Europe’s top five producers of beef, faced increasing headwinds in 2021, making CEO Jais Valeur feel like the core of the meat business was under attack. As a cooperative and prominent player in... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Food; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Nutrition; Cooperative Ownership; Change Management; Transition; Leadership; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Corporate Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; Denmark

28 Jul 2021
Video

Aroon Purie

Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today, discusses the importance of producing valuable content that people are willing to pay for when moving to digital magazines rather than print and the role that social media plays in advertising. View Details

24 Aug 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Multi-Product Duopoly with Cross-Product Cost Interdependencies

November 1995 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and James Weber

A cross-functional team at Massachusetts General Hospital tries to reengineer the service delivery process (the "care path") for heart bypass surgery (CABG) in order to shorten hospital stays (and lower costs) while maintaining/enhancing the quality of care provided. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Product Positioning; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Customer Satisfaction; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Fair Value Accounting; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts

12 Nov 2024
HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

seekers and employers. As remote work surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment hovered below 4 percent, and many employers struggled to fill openings. “Harley has to build a team, but doesn’t have all the skills necessary to do it.” View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment

Blog

Exceptional Learning—Wherever You Are

Can a virtual learning experience be as dynamic, energetic, and powerful as a classroom session? With its Live Online Classroom, HBS proves that the answer is a resounding yes. Through an initiative that started long before COVID-19 mandated a new landscape View Details

2009
Working Paper

Smith and Rawls Share a Room: Stability and Medians

By: Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus and Flip Klijn

We consider one-to-one, one-sided matching (roommate) problems in which agents can either be matched as pairs or remain single. We introduce a so-called bi-choice graph for each pair of stable matchings and characterize its structure. Exploiting this structure we... View Details

Keywords: Fairness; One-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods; Balance and Stability

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24 Sep 2018
News

Why Bad “Plot Twists” Ruin Brand Stories

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

because IT issues can affect economic and regulatory matters such as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. For this reason, it's a good idea to have one audit committee member serve on the IT oversight committee. The... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

January 2000 (Revised April 2000)
Case

AsiaMail.com: What's in a Name?

By: Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus

Three founders of an international Internet company (e-mail-based marketing) struggle with naming the company. As they prepare to invest more than $10 million of first-round venture funding in advertising and marketing, they search for a name that will have power and... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Brands and Branding; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; Asia

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01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

©iStock.com/GuidoVrola The bundled payment idea is part of a larger reform proposal called Value-Based Health Care Delivery, based on research by Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and founder of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

31 May 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Extremeness Seeking: When and Why Consumers Prefer the Extremes

Keywords: by John T. Gourville & Dilip Soman

March 2003
Case

Investing in Japan

By: Peter A. Hecht and Luis M. Viceira

The evolution of the macroeconomic environment, capital markets, financial institutions (including banks, public and private pension funds, and mutual funds), and financial regulation in Japan during the period 1980 to 2002, are examined long-term demographic... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Investment; Financial Institutions; Macroeconomics; Japan

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May 2007
Case

Demand and Supply Forecasting at Air Products - Electronics Specialty Materials

Explores the process and inputs behind financial and operational forecasting in the Electronic Specialty Materials unit at Air Products and Chemicals, a global chemical company. The protagonist, John Goldberg, grapples with how to better integrate the two forecasting... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Operations; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Finance; Chemical Industry