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  • 16 Nov 2020
  • News

Does Capitalism Need To Be Reimagined?

  • June 2005 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (A)

By: Paul M. Healy
Following an accounting problem at Molex, the firm's auditors request changes in management. The board of directors has to decide whether the auditors' concerns have merit or whether, as management argues, the accounting issue is immaterial. View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Financial Reporting; Relationships; Resignation and Termination; Accounting Audits
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  • April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must... View Details
Keywords: Boycott; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
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    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • 31 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

    to do this successfully becomes the pressing question—one we will try to answer in this three-part series: first, to describe what it means to be a digitally mature company; second, to outline what it takes to create one; and finally, probing how leaders must View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
    • Article

    The Translucent Hand of Managed Ecosystems: Engaging Communities for Value Creation and Capture

    By: Elizabeth J. Altman, Frank Nagle and Michael Tushman
    Management research has increasingly explored the domains of ecosystems, platforms, and open/user/distributed innovation—governance structures focused on engaging with external communities. While these research areas include substantial empirical and theoretical work... View Details
    Keywords: Ecosystems; Platforms; Open And User Innovation Strategy; Capabilities; Governance; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation
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    • September 2014
    • Article

    Colonial Institutions, Trade Stocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930

    By: Aldo Musacchio, Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Martina Viarengo
    We show how the decentralization of fiscal responsibility among Brazilian states between 1889 and 1930 promoted an unequal expansion of public schooling. We document how the variation in state export tax revenues, product of commodity booms, explains improvements in... View Details
    Keywords: Institutions; Economic History; Education; Development Economics; Policy; Brazil
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    • December 1981 (Revised September 1986)
    • Case

    Marriott Corp.

    By: Thomas R. Piper
    Marriott is considering the repurchase of ten million shares. This is apparently at odds with the financial policies that the Board of Directors passed two years earlier. Students must discuss why the policies were passed and why changes are now necessary. Includes a... View Details
    Keywords: Stocks; Policy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Change; Financial Strategy; Valuation
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    • 03 Feb 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Competition in Pricing Algorithms

    Keywords: by Zach Y. Brown and Alexander MacKay
    • 15 Feb 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

    dramatically." According to Christensen, none of these changes will take place without staunch resistance from the medical establishment. Even federal regulators are being asked to enter the fray, recalling previous cries for View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Health
    • February 1988 (Revised August 2000)
    • Background Note

    Note on the U.S. Freight Transportation Industry

    By: Janice H. Hammond and John E. P. Morrison
    Describes the major modes of domestic freight transportation (motor carrier, rail, air, water, and pipelines). Examines the characteristics of the transportation service that each mode provides and discusses changes in the industry that have resulted from recent... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Structures; Logistics; Service Operations; Transportation; United States
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    • 11 Sep 2020
    • News

    More Groceries, Less Gas: The Pandemic Is Shaking Up The Cost Of Living

    • June 2025
    • Article

    Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality

    By: Sylvain Catherine, Max Miller and Natasha Sarin
    Recent influential work finds large increases in inequality in the U.S. based on measures of wealth concentration that notably exclude the value of social insurance programs. This paper shows that top wealth shares have not changed much over the last three decades when... View Details
    Keywords: Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Taxation; Insurance; Welfare
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    • July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
    • Case

    Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
    The all-risks-ready emergency room prototype project becomes widely accepted as a need after September 11, 2001. The already operational medical informatics system, Insight, comes under heavy demand after its strong performance during crises and is noticed by various... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Performance Productivity; Health Industry; District of Columbia
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    • 02 Sep 2020
    • News

    Inflation Is Higher Than the Numbers Say

    • 24 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

    2018 Independently published Unlocked: Keys to Improve Your Thinking By: Zaltman, Gerald Abstract—What’s the best way to change your life? Change how you think, says marketing guru Gerald Zaltman. While most... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • April 1995 (Revised November 1995)
    • Case

    Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (A)

    By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
    Provides an overview of the human resource policies and practices applied by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Discusses HP's reactions as an organization to changes in its business environment. As such, it is an opportunity to analyze HP's practices, and how they have been... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resources; Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Policy; Computer Industry
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    Overview

    ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

    Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

    • September 1971 (Revised September 1983)
    • Case

    Gentle Electric Co.

    By: W. Earl Sasser
    Designed to illustrate various levels of complexity in determining optimum order sizes for a single item inventory policy. Students are asked to evaluate the impact of recent operational changes on the firm's ordering policy. Intended to follow the students' initial... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Policy; Supply Chain; Complexity; Electronics Industry
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    • Program

    Agribusiness Seminar

    and manage risks arising from climate change and environmental pressures Assess strategies for entering and competing international markets Identify ways to build the resilience and flexibility needed to thrive in an evolving industry... View Details
    Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture