Publications

July 2002
Teaching Note

National Logistics Management, TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Maddy Kadish

Teaching Note for (9-801-110). View Details

Keywords: Service Industry

December 1984
Supplement

Helium: Crowdsourcing a National Telecom Network

By: Jorge Tamayo and Mahesh Ramakrishnan

In 2024, Helium is running a pilot to test pricing models for their innovative crowdsourcing approach to building out a national telecom network. View Details

Keywords: Networks; Price; Telecommunications Industry; United States

Educators

2019
Working Paper

Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

By: Kristin Sippl

While much is known about voluntary sustainability standards' contributions to certain issues in certain sectors, less is known about their contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Gold; Certification; Eco-labeling; International Law; Extractive Industries; Fair Trade; United Nations; Sustainable Development; Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Adoption; Governance; Global Range; Luxury; Mining Industry

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March 2023
Teaching Note

Copper Nationalization in Chile

By: Jeremy Friedman

Teaching Note for HBS Case 722-016. View Details

June 2019
Teaching Note

The National Hockey League

By: Robert F. Higgins and John Masko

Teaching Note for HBS No. 819-036. View Details

Keywords: Sports; Media; Multinational Firms and Management; Expansion; Strategy; Sports Industry; United States; Canada

February 1992
Case

National Semiconductor and SEMATECH

February 1987
Case

PBS National Advertising Plan

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Advertising; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry

September 1983 (Revised July 1985)
Case

National Electric Supply Co.

April 1983
Case

National Chemical Corp.: Tiger-Tread

A large chemical company has developed a novel industrial maintenance item, for which a marketing program and budget must be prepared. Case requires students to forecast demand at end-user and industrial customer levels to identify elements of the marketing mix, and to... View Details

Keywords: Product Marketing; Consumer Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry

Educators

July 1980
Case

Metropolitan National Bank (B)

July 1980 (Revised February 1981)
Case

Metropolitan National Bank (A)

April 2006 (Revised July 2006)
Case

Managing National Intelligence (A): Before 9/11

By: Jan W. Rivkin, Michael Roberto and Erika Ferlins

Examines the management of national intelligence prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Describes the actions taken by a variety of government agencies, including the FBI, the CIA, the FAA, and the Department of Defense, to detect and deter such attacks. View Details

Keywords: War; National Security; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Crisis Management; Management Systems; Public Administration Industry; United States

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

Summing Up Responses to this month's column devolved into a debate about the division of responsibility among institutions faced with the potential for a national bankruptcy. The majority argued that such bankruptcies shouldn't be... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, "How many of you have familiarity with View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

February 2014
Article

National Institutions and Subnational Development in Africa

By: Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou

We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts both for local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries in the eve of African independence partitioned... View Details

Keywords: Ethnicity; Development Economics; Local Range; Government and Politics; Africa