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  • November 2017 (Revised February 2019)
  • Case

Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged)

By: Joshua Margolis and Michael Norris
In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, considered his future in Chicago politics. With an unpopular governor and mayor soon up for reelection, should Summers consider running for higher office? Summers reflects on his time growing up in gang-controlled... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development; Career Journey; Career; Career Management; Leadership; Leadership Development; Government and Politics; Personal Development and Career; Public Administration Industry; United States; Chicago
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    Malcolm P. Baker

    Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the required course in finance and a short immersive program on investing in life sciences.

    His research is in the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; biotechnology; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds); shipping; transportation
    • 15 Apr 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: April 15, 2008

      Working PapersOrganizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract Many companies operate units which are dispersed across... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Stephen A. Greyser

      Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management.  A... View Details

      Keywords: sports
      • January 2008 (Revised December 2011)
      • Case

      Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
      Setting up the goal to become one of the top 20 enterprises in the world dairy industry by 2010, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group had ambitious plans. As one of China's biggest national dairy companies, its main challenge was competing as a local company against... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Competition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
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      • 10 Oct 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: First Look: October 10

      We investigate these research questions in the context of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-021.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsGianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 01 Oct 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: October 1

      Vadim Kogan Abstract—"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • June 2012
      • Article

      Pricing to Create Shared Value

      By: Marco Bertini and John T. Gourville
      Many companies are in competition with their customers to extract as much value as possible from every transaction. Pricing is their weapon of choice, and consumers fight back by rooting out and disseminating pricing policies that seem unfair. The problem is that... View Details
      Keywords: Pricing; Marketing Strategy; Price; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Value Creation; Fairness
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      • 30 Jun 2022
      • HBS Case

      Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

      Also Like: Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right? Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Winners and... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle
      • 15 Feb 2022
      • Book

      When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

      be more rewarding. The book weaves in the stories of high-achieving musicians, philosophers, religious leaders, scientists, and Olympic athletes—some who gracefully jumped to the second curve and others who stumbled, and whose despair... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman
      • 25 Jul 2023
      • News

      Why Leaders with Big Egos Worry Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott

      In a recent profile in the Australian Financial Review, Rob Scott (AMP 179, 2010), CEO of Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, discussed his career path and management philosophy. “I actually think that one of the biggest dangers in leadership is ego and hubris,” Scott,... View Details
      • 15 Nov 2022
      • Book

      Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

      disagreed with it. The US Olympic Committee kept Larry Nassar as the gymnast team’s doctor even when it had reason to suspect he was sexually abusing young athletes. Catholic Church officials remained silent even when they knew some... View Details
      Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
      • Web

      News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

      U.S. Problem Political System Biggest U.S. Problem by Michael E. Porter Jan 20, 2016 Media Mention GE and the turning point for Boston GE and the turning point for Boston by Michael E. Porter Jan 13, 2016 Media Mention Winning GE: Better than the View Details
      • Web

      Terrill L. Drake | About

      Executive Director, Smith Programs and Events at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business. Terrill currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’ Diversity & Inclusion Affinity Group and the Special... View Details
      • 08 Mar 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

      opposition. The trail of such failed deals is long; for examples, see here, here, and here. For instance, consider the award of the 2024 Olympics to Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington DC. Boston’s successful bid was... View Details
      Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
      • 01 Mar 2024
      • News

      Case Study: Testing the Waters

      Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
      Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
      • Portrait Project

      Carol Lin

      I cried watching Michelle Kwan skate to “Fields of Gold” in the 2002 Winter Olympics after she just missed the gold medal—not out of sadness for her, but out of joy over seeing someone who looked like me shine. My fifth-grade self had... View Details
      • 27 May 2015
      • Blog Post

      What is an HBS Section?

      section’s ability to bring together people who otherwise may not have ever gravitated towards each other. Where else can you find the son of a US Senator, a first generation college student from Arizona, a Canadian Olympic ping pong... View Details
      • 28 Mar 2024
      • Blog Post

      Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

      members to Newport, RI for a fun and community-filled weekend where we toured The Breakers mansions, walked along the scenic New England cliffs, and bonded over “WSA Family” Olympics in the evening before treating ourselves to facemasks,... View Details
      • Web

      Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

      Light Probable Futures ProNicaragua Right To Play International Robin Hood Foundation Rocky Mountain Institute Save the Children Sesame Workshop Single Stop Social Finance Special Olympics Teach for America The Boston Foundation The... View Details