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- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
sideshow distracting us from deeper flaws in accounting standards, compensation philosophy, and professional standards in the financial services industry. If the advocates of expensing win their small point and the spotlight on View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
to providing automatic inventory-replenishment services and improving customer service. It therefore becomes imperative that companies not only manage markets and segments, but also learn how to manage relationships with their individual... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
ventures during the venture capital boom of the late 1990s was selecting areas that had no staying power, such as Web calendars or Web-dispatched limousine services. Over time, it was inevitable that these new niches would merge with existing ones. The View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
such a brand, dust off your CV and move on. But bad behavior in the financial services sector has bruised trust in all corporate brands. Confirm that your target customers still trust you but plan to add... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
risk “It’s unrealistic to say that coal corporations are going to transition to become solar installers,” O’Hanley said at the start of the day. “So, we need to be thinking about the disruption.” At the same time, he noted, “there will be... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
not born but made. In a book dense with epiphanies, the most galvanizing one may be that the power to lead courageously resides in each of us. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53588 forthcoming Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur
for him, Levine said, was that the company's CEO backed the project, and allowed the group to operate outside the usual corporate boundaries. Levine was even able to move the start-up off campus. Once the group had developed its product,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
pick up passengers with disabilities. “Suddenly entrepreneurship is not about who can build a better mousetrap, but who can better ignore the law and develop a corporate advantage for ignoring the law” Consider Uber, which is involved in... View Details
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
nearly all corporations ceased offering defined benefit plans in favor of "defined contribution" packages such as 401(k) plans—in which employees contribute a set amount from their paychecks that would be individually invested... View Details
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Exeter Group, Inc. (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409001. View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
Editor's note: Even with recent disclosures about out-of-control spending on corporate perks and government agency parties, the US military is frequently held up as the exemplar of organizational largesse run wild. In the new book Defense... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Stock Price Synchronicity and Material Sustainability Information
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
workstations, and related support services. Bradley's PSG had played an important role in HP's financial success over the previous three years. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509010 IBM: The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
loyal in the traditional sense, ready to jump ship when their employers fail to meet expectations. Yet too many companies are falling short in their efforts to recruit the best and brightest young minds. Most try to convince skeptical millennials of the merits of their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
professor Tom Eisenmann, who also serves on the board of OneMain.com, one of the nation's ten largest Internet service providers, and on the advisory boards of many Internet start-ups. Eisenmann's definition of the get-big-fast strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- June 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
The Role of Real Estate in Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church, Oxford
By: David Chambers, Elroy Dimson, Arthur I Segel and Eva Steiner
The case centers on Christ Church's Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College's endowment in real estate. Approximately 1/3 of the total $690 million endowment was allocated towards real estate, much higher than... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Endowment Management; Endowments; United Kingdom; Oxford; Portfolio Allocation; Higher Education; Investment Portfolio; Property; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
Chambers, David, Elroy Dimson, Arthur I Segel, and Eva Steiner. "The Role of Real Estate in Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church, Oxford." Harvard Business School Case 216-086, June 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Algramo
By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
Chu, Michael, Monica Silva, and Mariana Cal. "Algramo." Harvard Business School Case 321-079, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
will help make you a winner." Glaser's success story in fending off intense competition from Bill Gates & Co. and turning his seven-year old company into a prime purveyor of streaming video, audio, and music services on the Web... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
disadvantage. Third, increasing wages or selecting suppliers with better environmental practices might bring a financial benefit in the long term; however, short-term pressures on the firm might make business leaders averse to making such investments. The market for... View Details
- 28 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries