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  • January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Electronic Arts in Online Gaming

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Justin Wong
Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest independent video-game publisher, must decide whether to support Microsoft's initiatives in online gaming. Historically, EA has been platform-agnostic, releasing versions of its titles for all major console platforms. However,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Policy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Revenue; Segmentation; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • Web

Contemporary Art | About

Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019, stainless steel armature with hand painted glass reinforced polyester cast. 275 1/2 × 100 × 78 5/8 in., C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection, Harvard Business School © Yinka Shonibare CBE RA. All Rights Reserved, DACS/ARS, NY 2023... View Details
  • October 2005 (Revised September 2006)
  • Case

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
One of Boston's main cultural attractions, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), has experienced a steady decline of its core audience over the last decade. The museum's executive director attempted to bridge the shortfall by staging new, innovative, special exhibitions,... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Growth Management; Innovation Leadership; Capital; Financing and Loans; Service Operations; Consumer Behavior
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  • Video

HBS Fund Investors Society Challenge: Congratulations

  • 2022
  • Book

Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies

By: Ranjay Gulati
This book offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right. Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Culture
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  • 14 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Liberal Arts Major Pursues an MBA

I majored in theater at a liberal arts college, and I came to HBS from a nonprofit. I remember sitting in the auditorium on the first day of HBS, looking around the room at the 900 other suits surrounding... View Details
  • Web

The High Art of Photographic Advertising: The 1934 National Alliance of Art and Industry Exhibition

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The High Art of Photographic Advertising Introduction... View Details
  • 02 May 2024
  • Video

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on AI’s Impact on Business and Society

  • 07 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

slice of the pie." The art of negotiation lies in simultaneously creating and claiming value, says Wheeler, who likens it to "riding two different horses at the same time." On the one hand, if... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
  • 03 Apr 2009
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

Summing Up To remain sane and relevant, must we smell the flowers as well as the ozone? This month's question of how much obsolescence business and society (and by implication,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News
  • Video

Introducing the John C. Whitehead Society

  • August 2002 (Revised August 2003)
  • Case

Electronic Arts Introduces The Sims Online

By: Youngme E. Moon
Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest independent game publisher, is preparing to launch an online, subscription-based version of the most popular PC game in history: The Sims. The new game is called "The Sims Online" and it differs from the original game in two... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Decision Making; Price; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Internet; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Signaling without Certification: The Critical Role of Civil Society Scrutiny

By: Susan A. Kayser, John W. Maxwell and Michael W. Toffel
In response to stakeholders' growing concerns, companies are joining voluntary environmental programs to signal their superior environmental management capabilities. In contrast to the literature's focus on certification programs that require a third-party audit, we... View Details
Keywords: United Nations; Labor Standards; Supplier Relationship; Procurement; Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Quality And Safety; Risk; Globalization; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Working Conditions; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Reputation
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  • Article

Private and Civil Society Governors of Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Network Analytic Approach

By: Kristin Sippl
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is both a subsistence livelihood for millions of people and the leading source of mercury pollution globally. The United Nation’s 2013 Minamata Convention on Mercury aims to address this challenge, but such public regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Artisanal And Small-scale Mining (ASM); Private Governance; Gold; Mercury; Mining; Governance; Networks; Pollutants; Research
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  • September–October 2024
  • Article

The Art of Leading Teammates

By: Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria
When our society talks about leaders, we focus on formal roles, such as the CEO. This view undervalues the role of informal leaders—team members who influence outcomes by the tone they set, how they conduct themselves, and how they interact with their peers. Their job... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Leadership; Status and Position
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  • 15 Aug 2022
  • Video

The Role of Business in Global Society

  • Web

The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising

elevated the advertising poster to an art form that caught the attention of consumers through its dynamic compositions and striking colors. Posters were pasted on buildings, streetcars, railroad routes,... View Details
  • Web

The High Art of Photographic Advertising: The 1934 National Alliance of Art and Industry Exhibition

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The High Art of Photographic Advertising Introduction... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Ron Shaich’s Café Society

Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Panera Bread, the fast-growing bakery-café chain with over six hundred locations in mostly suburban markets across the United States. Panera’s ability to deliver high-quality food... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places
  • March 2023
  • Module Note

LCA Module Overview: Society

By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Leadership and Corporate and Accountability (LCA) is a required course in the first-year MBA curriculum at Harvard Business School to help managers determine and deliver on their economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities. This note summarizes the cases and outlines... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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